{"id":4000,"date":"2014-05-25T00:35:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T21:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2014-07-18T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T13:21:19","slug":"30-how-to-pray-for-ukraine-17-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/30-how-to-pray-for-ukraine-17-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"#30 How to Pray for Ukraine -17 Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a national day of prayer and fasting in Ukraine before the presidential elections which will take place tomorrow, May 25th.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <a href=\"30-how-to-pray-for-ukraine-17-ways\">&#8220;Now is the Time&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0I talk about the some of the persecution of Christians that is happening in Eastern Ukraine and I share 17 ways for you to pray for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h4><iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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accomplish their anti terror campaign without more loss of life<\/li>\n<li>That peace and order of law would be brought back to Lugansk and Donetsk regions<\/li>\n<li>For the many families who have already lost loved ones<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"color: #666666;\">Links<\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">You can easily download this podcast on your mobile device by subscribing on<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><a style=\"color: #285486;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\/id658436314?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10l9ET\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">or<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><a style=\"color: #285486;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">If you enjoy the podcast please leave a rating and review, this helps get the podcast out in front of others!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">If you want to support what God is 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How can you help to bring peace, stability, and prosperity back to our beloved country? Maybe you think there is little you can do but the truth is you can do something very powerful for Ukraine by simply praying!\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ukraine&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ukraine","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/category\/ukraine-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5-ways-to-pray.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5-ways-to-pray.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5-ways-to-pray.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5-ways-to-pray.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/5-ways-to-pray.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1452,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/elections-and-cmi-conference\/","url_meta":{"origin":4000,"position":1},"title":"Elections and CMI Conference","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"October 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems like everyone is\u00a0talking about the elections but did you know that tomorrow is voting day? 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