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On the recordNovember 15, 2016
I thank Congressman Lamborn so much for his leadership on this. What an inspiring evening. Mr. Speaker, as a little boy, I was taught that little song: ``Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.'' Now, I am no Cliff Barrows, but I have carried that song with me my whole life. In fact, I do want to make a testament about Cliff Barrows, for he went to be with the Lord today. Cliff Barrows--a great saint who led the crusades for Dr. Billy Graham for nearly 70 years--is now singing praises in Heaven. I was thinking earlier that Cliff will be greeting those tens of thousands of people who come forward, singing just as I am. As we look at the Word of God, we find truth. As we read in John, Chapter 1: ``In the beginning, it was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.'' Now, I didn't know that Word until November 2, 1969, at 10:30 p.m., on a Sunday night, when I gave my life to Christ. I wasn't too theological. I just said: ``Lord, I give up. You lead my life.'' When that happened, I had an insatiable desire to read the Word of God. I would stay up, when I was a senior in college, and I would read the Word of God at midnight and later on into the early morning because it fed my spirit, it fed my soul, and it gave me direction in my life. I didn't know much about the Bible. I went to church. I guess they drug me to church, for you can still see the heel marks in the ground.…
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Robert Pittenger
North Carolina

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