{"id":142528,"date":"2024-08-11T11:59:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T10:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsdigest.ng\/?p=142528"},"modified":"2024-08-11T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T10:59:07","slug":"can-declares-three-day-fasting-due-to-drought-in-taraba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=142528","title":{"rendered":"CAN declares three-day fasting due to drought in Taraba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The youth wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Taraba State has announced a three-day period of prayers and fasting to address the ongoing lack of rainfall in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s chronically low rainfall made the move necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Farm crops have suffered from the lack of rainfall, and some have already started to wither.<\/p>\n<p>Concerned by this development, the youth CAN leadership encouraged all Christian youth in the state to take part in the spiritual exercise that is scheduled to start on Monday in a press release provided to media on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The group said in a statement signed by Ephesian Jesse, its state chairman, that the exercise was required to make up for whatever wrongs the people must have done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us come out and pray for the release of rainfall. It is no longer news that our crops are already drying up due to lack of rainfall. Let\u2019s cry unto God for divine intervention<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us pray for churches that are currently having challenges, let us pray for divine intervention knowing fully that nothing is impossible with God.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cLet us come out and pray for the release of rainfall. It is no longer news that our crops are already drying up due to lack of rainfall. Let\u2019s cry unto God for divine intervention<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us pray for churches that are currently having challenges, let us pray for divine intervention knowing fully that nothing is impossible with God.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop-only margin-top margin-bottom \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The youth wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Taraba State has announced a three-day period of prayers and fasting to address the ongoing lack of rainfall in the region. 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