{"id":26078,"date":"2011-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/the-persecuted-at-christmas-389\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:56:24","slug":"the-persecuted-at-christmas-389","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/the-persecuted-at-christmas-389\/","title":{"rendered":"The persecuted at Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As we look forward to celebrating Christmas, let us remember Christians around the world who don&#8217;t have the same freedom as we do. Join with us as we seek God&#8217;s favour, blessing and guidance for CSW&#8217;s work in 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This week, please:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Thank You Lord for the way You have used us to be a voice for the voiceless this year. Please continue to use us as a strong voice for freedom in 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray for all those who are leading churches through times of persecution.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Give thanks for the way the No Way Out campaign has given a voice to Egyptian Christians this year.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray rest and peace for CSW&#8217;s advocacy staff members who are regularly exposed to harrowing testimonies.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>As the anniversary of the bombing in Alexandria approaches, pray for Egyptians mourning the loss of loved ones, and for the authorities to launch an investigation into the event.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Remember those Christians and churches who are particularly vulnerable to attacks over Christmas.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>On Christmas Eve, pray that Christians imprisoned for their faith will be blessed with peace.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we look forward to celebrating Christmas, let us remember Christians around the world who don&#8217;t have the same freedom as we do. Join with us as we seek God&#8217;s favour, blessing and guidance for CSW&#8217;s work in 2012.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","regions":[],"class_list":["post-26078","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40748,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26078\/revisions\/40748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}