Reverend Rod Cannon
New Vision Worship Center
Zolfo Springs , FL
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Rooney, (R-FL)
Date of Prayer: 10/22/2015
One Minute Speech Given in Recognition of the Guest Chaplain:
Mr. ROONEY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Reverend Rod Cannon of Zolfo Springs, Florida.
This afternoon, Reverend Cannon offered the opening prayer as the guest chaplain for the House of Representatives. I would like to thank Reverend Cannon for traveling to Washington for this honor and House Chaplain Father Conroy for providing this opportunity to a pastor from the 17th District of Florida.
Reverend Rod Cannon is the senior pastor at New Vision Worship Center in Zolfo Springs, Florida. He comes from a family devoted to the Church of God, where both his father and his son have been influential pastors in that community.
Reverend Cannon has been a leader in his church and the Zolfo Springs community since he arrived at the New Vision Worship Center in 2009. He has offered prayers across the State of Florida, and I am happy that he can add the House of Representatives to his extensive ministry.
I commend Reverend Cannon's commitment to his ministry and wish to thank him for offering the opening prayer today. It was my honor to invite him to Washington as guest chaplain.
Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
Heavenly Father, we are thankful for You and for the government that was built on Your foundation.
We thank You for our Representatives who are charged with focusing on the districts they represent and our Nation as a whole.
Bless them, Father. Let the burden that they have for their communities be shared by the people they represent. I pray for unity in their hearts. May they share one focus, and may that focus be pleasing to You.
Lord, open our eyes that we would see wondrous things from Your law.
Grant every official a strong desire for Your wisdom, the courage to say it, and the commitment to never turn from rectitude.
Father, let our Nation once again be a land pleasing and prosperous in Your sight.
Bless our military and law enforcement who lay their lives on the line every day on our behalf.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
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