Pastor Dexter Skepple
Speak the Word Ministries
St. Croix, VI
Sponsor: Rep. Stacey Plaskett, (D-VI)
Date of Prayer: 09/17/2026
One Minute Speech Given in Recognition of the Guest Chaplain:
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome Pastor Dexter Skepple, Senior Pastor of Speak the Word Ministries, to the Well of the House, and to thank him for offering this morning's opening prayer.
For more than twenty–five years, Pastor Skepple has served as a faith leader in the United States Virgin Islands, guiding his congregation and our community with humility, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to servant leadership. He mentors our young men, counsels families through hardship, and quietly shows up for the people of the Virgin Islands every day.
It is a distinct honor for the people of the Virgin Islands to have one of their own faith leaders recognized here, on the Floor of the House.
I thank Pastor Skepple for his ministry, his leadership, his wisdom, and his decades of devotion to our community. May God bless him and his family always.
Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
Father, in the name of Jesus, we come before You praying over this nation. Your Word declares in 2 Chronicles 17:14 that if your people are to humble themselves and pray and seek Your face and turn from their wicked ways, we will hear from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their land.
Father, heal our land. We pray over every congressman, congresswoman, senator, governor, government leader, staff member. Give them godly wisdom and guide their decisions. Let Your Holy Spirit rest upon them and direct their steps.
Lord, align our ways with your ways. Wash us, cleanse us, make us whole. We declare that no weapon that's formed against this nation shall prosper.
Your Word says in Isaiah 1:19, "If ye will be willing and obedient, then ye will eat the good of the land." Help us to walk in obedience and to put Your word first.
Thank you Father for Your presence, Your power, Your protection, Your anointing. May Your hand remained upon our leaders, our family, our communities, and our nation.
in Jesus' precious name. Amen.
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