Opening Prayer
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07/24/2014
Reverend Thomas Koys
Heavenly Father, I give You thanks and I ask Your blessing upon all gathered here. Lord, I beg You to enlighten us, and I ask You to be merciful to our country, as we strive to win that kind of peace that You desire.
As these people debate the best ways to order our society, give them humble hearts to seek that order that flows from Your supreme intelligence.
Help them to learn the lesson that You tried to teach Your chosen people in the time of Samuel, the prophet; that to be the most favored nation in Your eyes, that nation must be unlike other nations.
Lord, I pray for ministers of all faiths that they may be protected from the penalties assigned to lawbreakers who find it their duty to follow their conscience, save those who think it their duty to destroy America.
Put in our hearts a desire to build a nation unafraid to follow Your commands.
Amen.