{"id":28282,"date":"2023-05-02T09:12:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T09:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-fast-and-pray-2"},"modified":"2023-05-02T09:57:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T09:57:13","slug":"basotho-urged-to-fast-and-pray-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/basotho-urged-to-fast-and-pray-2","title":{"rendered":"Basotho urged to fast and pray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Lesotho Council of Churches (LCC) has urged Basotho to embark on a week of prayer and fasting to plead with the Almighty to intervene in the prevailing situation of Covid-19 devastation, and renew the nation\u2019s covenant with God.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview last night, LCC\u2019s public relations officer, Rev. Thomas Lebiletsa, told Public Eye it was time the nation went back on its knees to plead for God\u2019s mercy. He said through a week of prayer and fasting, Christians should pray for national unity and unity among churches in particular.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLesotho is a covenant nation and we should try by all means to pursue and revive our covenant with God, while re-building unity and peace in the country, which our beautiful country\u2019s founding father, Morena Moshoeshoe 1 strongly advocated,\u201d said Rev Lebiletsa.<\/p>\n<p>The week of prayer and fasting is open to all Christian believers regardless of their denominational differences. Lesotho is a predominantly Christian nation. 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