{"id":3749,"date":"2014-03-04T07:47:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T05:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=3749"},"modified":"2014-05-15T21:04:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T18:04:36","slug":"how-to-pray-for-ukraine-after-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/how-to-pray-for-ukraine-after-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Pray For Ukraine After Russia&#8217;s Occupation of Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things are changing so fast in Ukraine that it&#8217;s hard to keep up with the news. \u00a0We&#8217;ve been watching events unfold almost on an hourly basis through Youtube and Twitter and we&#8217;ve also been talking with family in Ukraine on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Your prayers for Ukraine are vital this week as Russian troops continue to move into the Crimean peninsula. While it has been peaceful so far, there is a great potential for this to turn into something much deadlier.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y9SjQeqVID4\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Prayer Requests for Ukraine<\/h4>\n<p>1. Pray that Russian troops who now occupy the Crimean peninsula would be peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>2. Pray for wisdom for the new government in Kyiv as it deals with the tense situation in the Crimea and financial problems.<\/p>\n<p>3. Pray for churches and Christians to be bold as they share the peace that only Jesus can give.<\/p>\n<p>4. Pray for our family members in the cities of Kyiv, Cherkassy and Odessa.<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/how-to-pray-for-ukraine-after-russia\/ukraine-unrest-politics-eu-russia-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russian-troops-0011.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AFP\/Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Armed men in military fatigues block access to a Ukrainian border guards base not far from the village of Perevalne near Simferopol on March 2, 2014. About 1,000 armed men surrounded the base of the 36th detached brigade of the Ukrainian Navy&#039;s coastal guards today in a tense standoff in the flashpoint Crimea peninsula. Ukraine&#039;s new leaders announced a full mobilisation of the army today, a day after Moscow officially approved the deployment of its troops to its western neighbour. AFP PHOTO \/ GENYA SAVILOV        (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV\/AFP\/Getty Images)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1393718400&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2014 AFP&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;UKRAINE-UNREST-POLITICS-EU-RUSSIA&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UKRAINE-UNREST-POLITICS-EU-RUSSIA\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Armed men in military fatigues block access to a Ukrainian border guards base not far from the village of Perevalne near Simferopol on March 2, 2014. About 1,000 armed men surrounded the base of the 36th detached brigade of the Ukrainian Navy&amp;#8217;s coastal guards today in a tense standoff in the flashpoint Crimea peninsula. Ukraine&amp;#8217;s new leaders announced a full mobilisation of the army today, a day after Moscow officially approved the deployment of its troops to its western neighbour. AFP PHOTO \/ GENYA SAVILOV        (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV\/AFP\/Getty Images)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russian-troops-0011.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3752\" alt=\"UKRAINE-UNREST-POLITICS-EU-RUSSIA\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russian-troops-0011.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russian-troops-0011.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russian-troops-0011-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russian-troops-0011-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russian-troops-0011-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Please Share!<\/h4>\n<p>We need as many people as possible praying for Ukraine this week, so please share these requests with your church, small group and on your social networks.<\/p>\n<p>The events of this week will determine much for the Ukrainian people.<\/p>\n<p>While we don&#8217;t know what the future holds for Ukraine, we do know who holds the future and we can trust him!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your continued prayers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things are changing so fast in Ukraine that it&#8217;s hard to keep up with the news. \u00a0We&#8217;ve been watching events unfold almost on an hourly basis through Youtube and Twitter and we&#8217;ve also been talking with family in Ukraine on a daily basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193,35],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-3749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine-2","category-video-updates","tag-prayer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russian-troops-0011.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-Yt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3811,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/is-this-war-russian-troops-on-ukraines-border\/","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":0},"title":"Is this War? 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