The stewards of our government gathered here today, those who are willing to serve under grueling public scrutiny. I pray that you would grant them wisdom and grace an fortitude to execute their responsibilities. Lord, you know as a nation, we are facing some of the Biggest Challenges in our young history. And we ask for your guiding hand, we seek your guiding hand to do what we cannot do. We acknowledge your ability to move us past our failures, our sins, and our humanity. I pray that this session would be a time of humility and healing and laying down differences to unite us even as your son, jesus christ, lay down his life for us, a greater purpose, help our government, help our government officials, to lay down their own agendas for the greater good, for providing for the underserved, for caring for the disenfranchised, and for fighting for those who cannot ight for themselves. Bless and protect these men and women and their families for those who would be unreasonable and those wh