It's actually a challenging times for citizens of Ukraine and Russia due to the ongoing conflicts in the two countries. Although to some the conflict is targeted towards economic interest of various superpowers, but I see the major victims being innocent citizens of those countries.
Psalm 143:11 For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
Apostle Paul ask believers to pray for two sets of people: pray for those in authority and pray for one another. Why is prayers are important is because leaders of a nation can take selfish decisions that seems important to them but detrimental to the entire citizenry.
Why We Should Pray at this Time
Why this pray is important is that Apostle Paul encourages us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. The literal interpretation of that scripture simply means we should pray for our land. By extension, we should pray for those in trouble.
There's no religion in this world that doesn't encourage peace or peaceful coexistence among and between people around the world.
Remember that the entire world is affected by the current Russia-Ukraine Crisis, so that's why it's important to pray. If you think that you're afar off, look at the inflation that the conflict has caused in your economy right there in your country, just measure the distance between your country and the current conflict zone, you'll see that globalization has brought us closer to each other than ever.
For those of you that doesn't know that any nation can decide to join the conflict. For instance, the US is very far away from Eastern Europe but they could get involved in the conflict and once the US enters the conflict other members of NATO automatically join the war.
God can turn the decisions of world leaders to end the conflict as soon as possible by touching the hearts of key decision makers to accept peace.
I'll conclude by saying that it's happening in Ukraine and Russia right now it might be in your country but it's not today it might be tomorrow, so pray for those in trouble today.
Pray for the Peace of Russia and Ukraine