[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Phillip L. Pointer, Sr., Saint Mark Baptist Church, 
Little Rock, Arkansas, offered the following prayer:
  Great Eternal One, we thank You for these Representatives whom you 
have given the sacred trust of participating in governing this great 
Nation.
  We ask for Your blessing as they begin this session, which will serve 
to improve the lives of the citizens of this country. Please give them 
Your wisdom, resolve, and compassion.
  May Your Spirit guide every heart, mind, and word so that, by Your 
power, justice, peace, prosperity, and wholeness are experienced by all 
who are blessed to live in this land.
  Help our Representatives to continue to fully embrace the enormity of 
this task and to carefully execute their duties with integrity.
  Bless their families and loved ones who participate in the sacrifice 
of governing vicariously.
  Encourage them and grant them Your joy during difficult and lonely 
times.
  Let Your loving light emanate from this House today and every day for 
the sake of Your glory.
  Amen.

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