User Clip: Chaplain John Vernon Prayer

THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER. THE PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY THE GUEST CHAPLAIN, CHAPLAIN JOHN L. VERNON JR., HIGH POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT, HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA.

THE CHAPLAIN

SHALL WE PRAY? HEAVILY FATHER, WE STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE TODAY THANKFUL FOR THIS GREAT NATION WE CALL HOME. I PRAY FOR EACH OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO SERVE THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS IN THIS VITAL TASK OF GOVERNING. I PRAY ALSO FOR THOSE WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM AS MEMBERS OF THEIR STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES. I PRAY TODAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE THESE MEMBERS GODLY WISDOM, GIVE THEM COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT , IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR NATION AND ITS PEOPLE. GIVE THEM THE HUMILITY THAT TRULY EXEMPLIFIES SERVANT LEADERSHIP. AND MAY THEY EACH, WITH ALL OF US, DESIRE TO DO JUSTICE, LOVE MERCY, AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOU. I PRAY ALSO FOR THOSE WHO PROTECT US, MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY AND VARIOUS PART -- IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND FIRST RESPONDERS ALL ACROSS OUR NATION. PROTECT THEM AS THEY PROTEC close