Today’s world can be a difficult and sometimes hostile environment for Christians, but there are many believers in Washington, D.C., striving to live for Christ, Congressman Gary Palmer told the Shelby County Chamber at a prayer breakfast Tuesday morning.

There are Congress members meeting for prayer three to four times a week, but it’s not always easy to operate in a Christlike manner in that environment, Palmer, a Republican from Hoover representing the Sixth Congressional District, said in his speech at the Pelham Civic Complex.

“I work in an environment where that’s a challenge every day,” he said. “There are some people that I really don’t like. It’s hard to keep in mind that … I need to have the same heart toward them that God has. I’ll do what I can to defeat the ones that I think

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