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On the recordJune 3, 2007
I can tell you that it is a part of my daily prayer to -- when I pray, to ask the Lord to give me the strength to see the difference between what I want to do and what he wants me to do.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Edwards shares his prayer for guidance in aligning his will with God's.

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