{"id":26284,"date":"2016-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-burma-3073\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:56:56","slug":"prayer-diary-burma-3073","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/prayer-diary-burma-3073\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary &#8211; Burma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, we would like you to pray for Burma. While the election of Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in November was an amazing victory, the military \u2013 who for decades controlled the country \u2013 remains very powerful. This means that the NLD government needs to find a way of cooperating with a military regime that has led decades of oppressive rule. It\u2019s going to be a real challenge steering the country from decades of oppression to true democracy, so let\u2019s petition the God of miracles to secure Burma\u2019s future as a country of peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please also pray for Cardinal Bo, Archbishop of Rangoon, who is a dedicated defender of human rights, especially freedom of religion, and long-term friend of CSW. He will be visiting the UK this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>This week please pray:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>For Burma\u2019s new president, U Htin Kyaw, as he takes office as the first civilian president in over 50 years;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>For wisdom for Aung San Suu Kyi in her capacity as Burma\u2019s new Foreign Minister and the ruling party\u2019s \u2018state counsellor\u2019;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Asking God to strengthen and encourage political prisoners who are paying such a high price for expressing their views;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>That restrictive laws on freedom of religion or belief would be repealed before they can further harm freedom of religion or belief in Burma;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Please pray for health, strength, energy and wisdom, and continuing courage and protection for Cardinal Bo;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>That this time of transition would mark the beginning of a new era of peace in Burma;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Thanking God for the changes that have already taken place in Burma.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we would like you to pray for Burma.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":19654,"template":"","regions":[129,128],"class_list":["post-26284","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-burma-myanmar","regions-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26284","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"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40954,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26284\/revisions\/40954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}