Reverend Gregory J. Jackson
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Hackensack, New Jersey
Date of Prayer: 05/21/2003
Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
Fix our steps, O Lord, that we stagger not at the uneven motions of the world. Steady our fainting hearts and trembling hands as we journey ever forward in an unknown future.
As we gather in these hallowed halls, halls hallowed by the sacrifice of slaves and slave owners, halls hallowed by men and women who gave their lives for our freedom, halls hallowed by the blood, sweat and tears of those who built our great republic, hear our prayer.
Today, we ask that you keep our minds focused upon righteousness, keep our hearts in tune with your spirit, keep our eyes open to the pain and suffering of your people, not only in our nation, but around the world.
We thank you, dear God, for the opportunity that is ours. Help us to use this wonderful privilege that you have given unto us to serve the poor, to encourage the depressed and to make America everything she claims to be.
In your name we pray, Amen.
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