 I am Ukrainian, my wife is Russian. In fact, a few years ago, Tri-Cities did an article, they put house divided. And yeah, so we are not divided though. But the nations we come from are right now, there's a huge tension that is there. The verse I'm going to read is 1st Timothy chapter 2, it says, I urge you first of all to pray for all people. Ask God to help them intercede on their behalf and give thanks for them. And we were just doing that, we were just thanking God. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we may live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and please is God our Savior who wants everyone to be saved and to understand and to understand the truth. We're going to be praying for that conflict today that is happening. I'm going to invite Roman, he's a friend of our house, he ministered here a few times. He's a professor, associate professor of economics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to Kiev, Ukraine's capital, two months ago. And Sheremeta was born in Ukraine in 1982 and lived there until 2004. And he moved to the United States to get his PhD from Purdo University in Indiana. And he's been voted as, has a lot of awards in economics world. He taught here, he's a Christian, born-again believer. He's also a spirit-filled believer. About a few years ago, he's already started to get offers to launch, they're launching a first university in the Ukraine that's English University. And so, he is now the founder and the president of that university in Kiev. Hi Vlad, how are you guys? We're doing better than we deserve, better than we deserve. Amen. How are you? Well, I'm doing great. Thank you so much. I'm calling from Kiev and you know, I'm really grateful that you have made this bridge possible. Roman, tell us a little bit more. I mean, we're seeing this everywhere on the news right now. It's just like, it's the hot topic right now. Even though, as I've read a lot of articles, where they quoted you that this conflict has been happening for at least last eight years, the Ukraine's been living in this tension. What is underground? Can you give us just a little bit of explanation of what is actually happening there from the Ukrainian perspective of somebody who lives there? Yeah, so, so you'll understand the context. One stands on the brink or a crossroad of two very different worldviews. One is authoritarian with not much freedom and not too much regard for individual liberties and people are more subject than the citizens. And another one is more democratic where people are citizens, they are free to choose. And so the tension between Russia and Ukraine really represents this fight between these two worldviews. And this fight has been going on for quite some time. So we can go back all the way eight years ago when Russia annexed Crimea, again, and they also attacked and have been supplying arms and troops to Donbass and Luhansk region on the east of Ukraine. And now what is happening? Now Russia has amassed over 150,000 troops surrounding Ukraine and they're staging a precedent to attack Ukraine. So for example, in the past two days, there have been shells, bombshelling and shots all across southern part of Ukraine. And Russian media is portraying as if Ukraine is shooting at them. And so basically it's as if Ukraine is attacking Russia and they're waiting for the precedent to attack now Ukraine. They have started to evacuate some people from the east into Russia. Basically, it's pretty serious. And Ukraine really needs the help of the West because also you have to understand that because of what's going on right now, we have a really difficult situation where Ukraine and Hryvna is devaluing, the markets are crashing. There's been a lot of outflow of investments out of Ukraine. So and it's a pretty desperate moment right now for Ukrainians. And we're praying for Ukraine. We're praying. And I was mentioning before this that my wife is actually from Russia. And so I just had her on the stage and that we symbolically prayed both of us so that because we're believing for we know that and I've read in one of your articles in the news media, you mentioned that if this will accelerate into war, it will not help Russia either. It will really destroy Russia as well. And it's and if it doesn't turn into war, but the tension remains, it's going to keep on crippling because Putin doesn't have to go into war to cripple Ukraine. That's right. That's exactly right, Vlad. And a very important point that there is a difference between Russia and Russian people or Kremlin and Russian people. It's a very big difference. They have wonderful Russian friends that are supporting Ukraine standing along in this fight, and it's just the regime. And you know better than anybody else, your church, that our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, the underlying spiritual powers that are bringing this oppression. And this is something that people have to understand. It's not just a physical fight. It is also a spiritual fight. Thank you. Thank you. Praise God for everything. I just wanted to say if you can be intentional also church hunger generation in your prayers, we need courage. Instead of fear and despair, recently I made a post on social media showing how Ukrainian people in Kharkiv on the snow, on their knees praying, asking God to interfere and to help Ukraine. So if you can continue to pray for that sort of courage to be, you know, expressed in the midst of fear and despair, also I ask you to pray for unity within Ukraine and also unity around the world in support of Ukraine. I also want for you to ask to pray for principalities and demonic powers, because again, as I said, that's where our fight is. And of course, pray for peace. So if you in the evening or throughout the week or throughout the next month, please be intentional about your prayer. May God bless you. Thank you so much for this bridge that let us build. God bless you, and I want my wife to just begin to pray that prayer for those of you online, drop the Ukrainian and Russian flag because we're praying for both of those nations right now in Jesus's name. Just pray for those two nations. Lord, we pray for innocent people that are affected by this conflict. God, we ask for your intervention. Let you feel like a miracle. Would you come for those that are struggling? God, we covered with the blood of Jesus, both of the presidents. And we ask you that you will steer the hearts of the president. God, towards peace and not war. Lord, we just cover them with your presence and with the fire of the Holy Spirit. Lord, we ask for the Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. God, that you will raise them up from ashes. God, that you will begin to help them. God, your supernatural hand of help will be upon that country in a mighty name of Jesus. We pray for it. Come on, let's just take one more minute. Let's just begin to intercede right now. Let's just begin to intercede right now for peace to come to that area. In the name of Jesus, Lord, we pray right now for the peace to begin to come. Father, we pray for the nation of Ukraine. Lord, we pray, God, that you will begin to, even as revivals have been happening there, God. Even as there is freedom, Lord God, for the preaching of the good news. We ask you, God, for the peace to begin to come into that area. We ask you that you will begin to defend that nation, God. We ask you that you will begin to, Lord God, come to that nation, Lord. We ask you, Father, as you said, to pray for Jerusalem, Lord. Today we pray for Ukraine. Today, Father, we pray, God, for the people that are in there. We pray, God, for the churches that are in there. We pray, Lord, God, for the pastors, God. We pray for the missionaries, Lord, that are in there, God. We pray for the citizens of this nation, Lord. Let there be peace in that nation. Let there be shalom in that nation, God. We ask you, Father, that you will begin to release your angels, God, to prevent the bloodshed, to prevent the sharing of the innocent blood, the sharing of the blood for the sake of the political schemes that are happening, Lord, God. Lord, let me the precipilities not succeed in that region, Lord. May the regional demons that are seeking to spill more blood, God, let them not succeed, Lord. In Jesus mighty name, Father. We speak, Lord, God, that you will, right now, push back to darkness. We speak, right now, Lord, God, that you will begin to push back every agenda, every agenda to bankrupt the nations, to bring extreme poverty, to bring violence, to bring, Lord, God, hate between these two countries, God. In the name of Jesus, we ask for your mercy. We ask for your wisdom. We ask, Lord, God, for the direction of the Ukrainian president, God. We ask, Lord, God, for that you will turn the heart of the Russian president, Lord, God, toward your agenda, God, not toward his agenda, as you did with Nebuchadnezzar, as you did with the pharaohs of old, as you did, Lord, God, with different kings, even with dictators, God, where you will shift their hearts in your direction, God. Your word says that you hold the king's heart in your hand, and you can turn it the way you wanted to turn it, God. You are sovereign, Lord. You are over the earth. You are over the heavens, God, and we plead for your mercy. We plead for your grace. We plead to extend your mercy, God. We pray, God, for other nations right now. We pray for the nations where American troops are at. We pray for the nations where there is, it's illegal to be a Christian. We pray for the nations where Christians are in hiding right now. We pray for the nations where there's violence and blood, just runs down the street, the blood of innocent people, Lord, that you will begin to bring your revival there, God. In Jesus' mighty name, we plead for your grace. We plead for your mercy. In the name of Jesus, in Jesus' name, amen, amen, amen. Church, I believe that God hears our prayer, and I ask you that as you come every day to pray here, that you remember right now these things that are happening, and it's not only in Ukraine and Russia, but there's other places where stuff is happening that you will remember these things in prayer.