{"id":1979,"date":"2013-05-27T20:20:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T19:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2013-05-27T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T19:20:30","slug":"praying-for-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/05\/27\/praying-for-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying for the country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people gathered in front of the elementary school downtown, next to the mayor&#8217;s office, on Sunday afternoon, to pray for peace, to pray for forgiveness, to pray for mercy.\u00a0\u00a0 The speaker talked about 2 Chronicles 7:14 and we prayed for the Lord&#8217;s blessing and healing.\u00a0 It was powerful to be there in the midst of a crowd who cared enough to come out in the hot sun and pray.\u00a0 The commander of the local army and the mayor were present.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1975\" alt=\"blog prayer2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer2.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer2.jpg 420w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer2-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1974\" alt=\"blog prayer\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer3.jpg\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1980\" alt=\"blog prayer4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer4.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer4.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/blog-prayer4-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are still hearing bits of bad news from other parts of the country, but Gamboula remains an angel protected pocket of peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1979&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people gathered in front of the elementary school downtown, next to the mayor&#8217;s office, on Sunday afternoon, to pray for peace, to pray for forgiveness, to pray for mercy.\u00a0\u00a0 The speaker talked about 2 Chronicles 7:14 and we prayed &hellip; 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