Holy and merciful God, send Your angels to surround us, and protect us while we pray and then as we conduct the business of this day.
May we seek and find You ahead of us, showing us the way. May we be certain that You are behind us, upholding us in Your truth. Grant us a sense of Your presence beside us, encouraging or challenging us on the path we take. Take residence within us, granting us a fundamental understanding of Your wisdom. Surround us with Your unfailing love, for our hope is in You alone.
Lord, You have hemmed us in, behind and before, in the past, in this present, and the future ahead. Lay Your hand upon each one of us, that we would yield to Your authority alone, and so that none will stray from Your perfect plan.
For You, O Lord, are omnipresent and omniscient, and it is in Your omnipotent name, we pray. Amen.
We hold these truths to be self–evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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The Declaration of Independence, 1776
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