Save the Lord's Prayer?

William Ramier wrote
at 11:03pm
I've been mulling this one over for a while. Some time ago, the Liberal government in Ontario decided to get rid of the Lord's Prayer in the legislature. I even heard some Christians say that they agreed with this. Their reason was that if people are forced to say it, they don't mean it. They don't respect it etc.... This is the same reasoning that had God's name removed from the Bible. Anyway, I think it stinks of atheism and secularism and anti Christian sentiment to name but a few things. This country was founded by Christians. God is in our constitution. Canada was founded on the belief in God. The sad irony is that, as we remove more and more of our Christianity from our society, we breed more and more atheists. Removing the Lord's prayer to be more tolerant toward others is not a Christian value; it's a republican value. Why is that more important? I'm not saying we should advocate theocracy. But this land was founded on God by Christians, not republican atheists. I'm just trying to support and grow the faith; and, I see it being eroded everywhere in our society.

Believe Without Seeing

William Ramier wrote at 1:03am
"Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy," 1 Peter 1:8 (NIV)

I was reading 1 Peter the other day, and this jumped out at me. It reminds me of something from one of St. Paul's letters where he says something about faith being believing without seeing. So we can believe without seeing.

Why Change?

William Ramier wrote at 12:59am
It annoys me to see Church leaders and others struggling so hard, and changing everything, to make the Church relevant in the world today. They don’t get it. It’s not the way we worship. It’s that we worship. Nobody believes in God anymore, not in Western society.

Honor Your Parents

William Ramier wrote
at 10:31pm
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you."
Exodus 20:12 (NIV)

Please pray for the Diocese of Huron

William Ramier wrote at 12:47pm
Prayers for the Diocese of Huron Synod May 16-18

"Lord God, as we set about this work, we ask that you will lead us step by step. Help us to see with our eyes. Help us to listen with our ears. Help us to think about what we are doing in our world. Guide us to recognize how great are our resources, and inspire us to put our plans, your plans, into action. Lord, for your sake, and not for the sake of those around us, may we not falter nor make empty plans but work to share your love and peace and to proclaim your gospel now and always. AMEN"

Shame & Lies

William Ramier wrote
at 12:32pm
"Turn from me shame and rebuke, for I have kept your decrees. The proud have derided me cruelly, but I have not turned from your law. Though the cords of the wicked entangle me, I do not forget your law. The proud have smeared me with lies, but I will keep your commandments with my whole heart. Let the arrogant be put to shame, for they wrong me with lies; but I will meditate on your commandments. Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. The proud have dug pits for me; they do not keep your law. All your commandments are true; help me, for they persecute me with lies. The wicked have set a trap for me, but I have not strayed from your commandments. There are many who persecute and oppress me, yet I have not swerved from your decrees."
Psalms 119:22, 51, 61, 69, 78, 80, 85, 86, 110, & 157 (BAS)

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William Ramier wrote
at 12:08pm
"Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."
Proverbs 25:24 (NIV)