Bible Time

Are you a Christian? Lets find out.

I believe in Jesus.
Romans 10:9-13
... if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
For, "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved".

Very good, but...
James 2:19
You believe there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe - and tremble!

Matthew 7:21-23
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
"Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'

Okay, you say, "What else is there?
You need to have a relationship with God.
John 3:1-8
There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."
Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"
Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Being a good person will never be enough. Doing good things will never be enough.

Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Are you a born again Christian?

My Sunday, June 21st

I did something I don't do very often. I went to bingo on Sunday at the Moose Lodge. I had a wonderful time with my friends. Took some pictures and, won two bingo's! I won an "Early Bird" all to myself for $62, and 1/5 of the "$250 Grand Prize Blackout" for $50. I even won a side game; the hardway during the "blackout" for $7.50 It was very exciting.
I didn't forget to thank the Lord for his wonderful blessings in my life. He has been very gracious to me. When it looks like I'll run out of money to play bingo with my christian friends, I'll win enough to keep playing. I always say, "I play to win, and I win to play". I don't use my income for bingo money. So the Lord is truly gracious, loving, and understanding.

New pictures

I have been taking some nice pictures with my new camera. Some are of my friends and neighbors, and some are of my dogs. I even took a really amazing picture of the clouds one night on my way home from church.
I am trying to get pictures of all my friends and family to post on my flickr site. Friends are fairly easy. I see them all the time. Family is the difficult part. They either live 200 miles away, or out of state. I will have to work on those ones.
I have been told that the new pictures of my dogs are really good.
So, please, if you would, visit my flickr site by clicking on the "My pictures" link. God bless you all.

I bought a digital camera

I bought my very first digital camera. I've been looking for 2 years for one that has a picture card AND downloads to a computer. It is an Olympus FE-370. It has a lot of features. It has 8 mega pixels, 5x optical zoom, 2.7" LCD monitor, image stabilization, face detection, smile shot detection, perfect shot preview [4 choices of each shot], perfect fix [auto correction], and movie and sound capabilities. It came with a picture card, a memory card and a case. It cost me $99.99 at Costco, with an instant manufacturers rebate.
I think I made a good choice. This camera will last me a very long time. I love to take pictures, and even have a flickr site to share them. I have been using my cellphone to take pictures for my computer and sharing. Now, I have a camera that can take better and larger pictures.
I'm looking forward to learning how to use it. I will have lots of fun.

Laptop Connect

Laptop Connect did not work. I live too far from the "data" signal. It was slower than dial up, and many things didn't work at all. I am back to bluetooth connectivity through my cellphone. It works, because it uses the phone signal.
I bought a new charger for my cellphone at WalMart. It works better than the one that came with it. It kept letting my phone battery discharge while I was online, even though it was plugged in. So, I would lose my Internet connection. It doesn't do that anymore with the new charger. I'm glad that I figured out this problem. I thought it was over-heating my phone. It all is working great now. I have 115K, and that is fast enough for me.