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                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Jesse Bernard Bilberry, Jr., Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church, 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we come before You with hearts full of gratitude for 
giving us another day.
  Your loving kindness, grace, and mercy have blessed us with all good 
and perfect gifts, which we know come from You, and with grateful 
hearts we say thank You.
  You have promised to supply all of our needs according to Your riches 
in glory, and with this in mind, we thank You for the opportunity to 
serve the people of this great country.
  Help us to be truly concerned about others. Locked together, we can 
withstand the storms of life. How true of us. We need the help of 
others.
  We pray, especially, for the Members of the House. Please endow them 
with the wisdom they need as they work individually and collectively to 
accomplish the agendas set before them. And this country will be wiser, 
stronger, and better because they have tabernacled here today.
  Amen.

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