[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, every good and perfect gift comes from You alone, for 
with You there is no variation or shadow of turning. Help us to 
remember that the function of prayer is not to influence You, Almighty 
God, but to change us. We, therefore, do not pray for an easy life but 
for the strength to endure a difficult one.
  Give our Senators the wisdom to trust You in the small things, 
realizing that faithfulness with the least prepares them for fidelity 
with the much. May they trust You to do what is best for America in 
good times and in bad. May we place our hope in You and never forget 
how You have sustained us in the past.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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