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+website www.bishinthenow.com+Youtube – BishInTheNowBishop Jim’s insightful messages help others find THEIR METRON through M~otivation E~nlightenment T~ranscendence R~enewal O~utreach and N~etworkingJoin us in person each Sunday at 195 Arizona Ave NE w1, Atlanta, GA 30307Watch the video on Facebook: HereWatch the video on Youtube : HereFollow Jim Swilley on Facebook to see the videos live Sundays at 11 am – https://www.youtube.com/bishinthenow‘CHRIST IS ALL: Manifesting the Dream of a Better World’____________________________I – “…where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.” (Colossians ______________________________II – “wherein…there is no Greek [figure of the multitudes who are non-Jews, and of those who are cultured and civilized] and Jew [figure of a covenant people of God], circumcision and uncircumcision [figure for religious in-groups and out-groups; there is no longer a covenant people versus non-covenant people], barbarian [foreigner who speaks a different language], Scythian [figure or example of wild, uncivilized groups], slave, freeman, but to the contrary, Christ is all, and within all (or Christ is all humanity, and within all mankind; or Christ is everything or all things, and within everything and all things; [note: the Greek is plural, and is either masculine, signifying “mankind,” or neuter, signifying all creation, in these phrases]).” (Colossians _____________________________III – “For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.” (Romans _____________________________IV – “All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don’t see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.” (Romans ______________________________V – “When you spend time worrying, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want.” – Shannon L. Alder_______________________VI – “Stop promoting the darkness, and embrace the light…use that amazing, creative, Divine Imagination of yours to dream a better world, instead of adding your faith to (and constantly setting yourself in agreement with) bogus, fear-filled conspiracy theories that only add to the confusion and depression around you…instead of foolishly falling victim to nefarious online bots, and being daily duped by computer algorithms which intentionally play on your fear and paranoia and inspire division in the world, decide to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves”, and become a part of the solution instead of just being a part of the problem…you were designed to be a Creator, but you have a daily role in deciding what you’re going to visualize into creation…seeing the potential worst-case-scenario in everything is an exercise in creative visualization – a perversion of the gift you were given by Th...

