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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the 
following prayer:
  Father of lights, every good and perfect gift comes from You. All 
that we have, our life and our loved ones, our talents and the 
stewardship of them, our desires and their enjoyment, have all come 
from Your generous hand. We lack nothing.
  Redeem us from the darkness in our hearts which shades us from seeing 
the revelations of Your grace. Save us from the fickleness of our faith 
which prevents us from appreciating Your divine design for our lives.
  There is no variation or shadow cast by the perfect plan You reveal 
to us in the mercies of this day and every day. In You we receive 
everything.
  Shine the light of Your salvation on each one of us, on this Nation, 
and on our world, that we would desire nothing more than to give our 
life, to use our talents, and to show our love to You for Your glory 
and the coming of Your kingdom. For You deserve the praise for all 
things.
  In Your sovereign name, we pray.
  Amen.

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