[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 993]
[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 Father, our souls long for You, for we find strength and joy 
in Your presence. Increase our faith and teach us to trust You even 
during life's storms.
  Today we have witnessed the peaceful transition of power, and we are 
grateful for this great land. Guide our lawmakers. May they find 
strength and joy in Your presence. Lord, give them the wisdom to claim 
Your promise that You will never leave or forsake them and that nothing 
can separate them from Your love. Empower them to seek in every 
undertaking to know Your will, daily claiming the promise of Your 
wisdom. Keep them without stumbling or slipping, as You continue to do 
for them more than they can ask or imagine.
  We pray in Your mighty Name. Amen.

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