{"id":103099,"date":"2015-03-27T15:09:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=103099"},"modified":"2015-03-27T15:09:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:09:22","slug":"video-duncan-williams-calls-for-prayers-for-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=103099","title":{"rendered":"[Video]: Duncan Williams calls for prayers for Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams is calling on believers to pray for Nigeria as it goes to the polls on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;HxXw9UhnifLWDcgEdrPLnJuyTFjgNVp7&#8243;]Referencing to 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u00a0Timothy chapter 1 and 2 of the Bible, Duncan Williams said prayers and supplications should be made for all men \u201cirrespective of their \u00a0religious background, we are to intercede for all men, for Kings, [presidents] for all those who are in authority, whether you like them or not it is mandatory by God if you are a believer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the importance of praying for the country is to \u201cblock the enemy from carrying out his agenda through them and allowing God&#8217;s agenda to be executed in them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria\u2019s election which was scheduled for February 14 was postponed to March 28th due to the security reasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Electoral Commission, said the postponement will give a newly-formed multinational force, the opportunity to reclaim areas controlled by militant group, Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria has also closed its sea and land borders ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country&#8217;s Interior Ministry had explained that the closure of the borders is to prevent people from other countries from voting in the election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Click below to watch the call made by Duncan Williams:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TEHhJwvUPqw\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams is calling on believers to pray for Nigeria as it goes to the polls on Saturday. 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