{"id":3772,"date":"2014-03-11T10:26:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T08:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2014-05-15T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T18:04:07","slug":"why-i-love-vladimir-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-i-love-vladimir-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Love Vladimir Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you didn&#8217;t know Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the president of the largest country on earth, the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Recently he&#8217;s been the subject of considerable hate and disdain by much of the West for what is going on in the Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>But I really do love the guy and I want to share with you why.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3773\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-i-love-vladimir-putin\/putin2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/putin2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Warner&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1365977692&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&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;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"putin2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/putin2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3773\" alt=\"putin2\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/putin2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/putin2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/putin2-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/putin2-600x405.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nAs a politician Putin is a polarizing and fascinating figure. Just when you think you have him figured out he does something completely unexpected. Like the time he decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/c4qJaEyoV44\">ditch his body guards<\/a> in St. Petersburg and take a walk alone down an alley!<\/p>\n<p>When was the last time you saw a US president do something like that?<\/p>\n<p>I find it interesting to listen to Putin speak. He&#8217;s the polar opposite of our American politicians who carefully weigh every word making sure that they use certain terms for effect and that they stay away from others for fear of offending their constituents.<\/p>\n<p>When Putin speaks it&#8217;s obvious that he doesn&#8217;t care about being <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-S1ZfjZmjgA\" target=\"_blank\">politically correct<\/a>! He just says what he thinks and doesn&#8217;t worry about who got offended. He also has a record for doing what he says he&#8217;s going to do and sometimes doing it before he says he&#8217;s going to do it!<\/p>\n<p>Putin has also taken the moral high ground on homosexuality and recently signed a law that bans distribution of literature that <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/m8xSZ9Fr4c0\" target=\"_blank\">promotes homosexuality!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that&#8217;s all interesting but it&#8217;s not really why I love Putin!<\/p>\n<p>The reason I love Putin has nothing to do with what&#8217;s happening in the Crimea and everything to do with what already happened on the Cross!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I love Putin because Jesus loved Putin enough to die for him!<\/li>\n<li>I love Putin because he needs Jesus just as much as I need Jesus!<\/li>\n<li>I love Putin because I understand God&#8217;s love for me! I John 4:7-21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I might not agree with all of Putin&#8217;s political decisions but as a Christian I am called to love him, pray for him and bless him.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to know how I&#8217;m praying for Putin?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m praying that he will become a true follower of Jesus!<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m praying that his heart will be made new by the Holy Spirit!<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m praying that God will bless him with spiritual sight!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Question: Will you pray with me that God will bless Putin?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you didn&#8217;t know Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the president of the largest country on earth, the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3777,"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":[31],"tags":[324],"class_list":["post-3772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-russsia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/putin2-001.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-YQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7693,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/an-open-letter-to-vladimir-putin-from-russian-baptists-about-religious-freedom\/","url_meta":{"origin":3772,"position":0},"title":"An Open Letter to Vladimir Putin from Russian Baptists About Religious Freedom","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"April 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Russian Baptists are worried that they may lose the freedom to worship after the Russian courts banned Jehovah's Witnesses from the country. https:\/\/youtu.be\/B0LqAGkeCas A.V. 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