tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post6640833941945711045..comments2023-09-30T05:42:51.940-04:00Comments on BLOGINTHENOW: MITN VIBishop Jim Swilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-90336819348666672212008-11-29T23:07:00.000-05:002008-11-29T23:07:00.000-05:00Thanks and amen to all the above!Thanks and amen to all the above!Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-29846674616084982632008-11-29T12:59:00.000-05:002008-11-29T12:59:00.000-05:00I reallllly like verse 6. My prayer closet used t...I reallllly like verse 6. My prayer closet used to be a set place; don't know when that changed. <BR/><BR/>Verse 17 is so funny! (so true, I mean)<BR/><BR/>The flying eyeball pic seems to illustrate verse 26.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-45346186065124863502008-11-29T11:24:00.000-05:002008-11-29T11:24:00.000-05:00Avatar - no correction; more like incredulity. CI...Avatar - no correction; more like incredulity. CITN's a city set on a hill. So, I wrote for gates to lift & everlasting doors to open.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-43715728931239841582008-11-29T00:59:00.000-05:002008-11-29T00:59:00.000-05:00Yes, it IS consolation, Bishop--and I understand t...Yes, it IS consolation, Bishop--and I understand the destructive/constructive challenge--and the feeling beat up in the process. Funny, I've used a "tornado" analogy frequently along with sensing a need to keep my arms close in the calm center while everything whirled just inches away--but tornadoes don't have a calm center, hurricanes do. Hmmm--interesting. <BR/><BR/>Your comment soothes and lets me ease up on myself enough to remember a quote from "The Star of Bethlehem" author...goes something like "the scriptures can be <I>pressed and pressed</I> and still stand. Thank you and YES...Sunday will...<BR/><BR/>NTL, your pic choice is BOC cool. <BR/>See MITN VII.Avatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272707274578250714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-6960863112806783852008-11-29T00:30:00.000-05:002008-11-29T00:30:00.000-05:00consTructive...consTructive...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-38858621036666610752008-11-29T00:28:00.000-05:002008-11-29T00:28:00.000-05:00Avatar, I just posted Chapter VII and then noticed...Avatar, I just posted Chapter VII and then noticed that you had added this under Chapter VI...<BR/><BR/>First of all, your points are well taken, and, if it's any consolation, doing this paraphrase has brought up as many new questions for me as it has answers...<BR/><BR/>Going word by word through it makes me look very closely at all of it, which causes me to wonder why He said so many things that He said...honestly, it's as destructive as it is consructive for me in a way...<BR/><BR/>You're not being a Debbie Downer...this journey of searching for all the truth is mysterious, to say the least, and revelation is a hurricane (blast) that tears down as much as it builds up (was that a redundant statement?)<BR/><BR/>And yet, as I said in the next post, the revelation keeps coming...and I love the searching, even though it causes great bewilderment...<BR/><BR/>I wonder as I wander...<BR/><BR/>We all just have to keep moving forward...<BR/><BR/>Sunday will be a great day...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-44028213056208616532008-11-29T00:16:00.000-05:002008-11-29T00:16:00.000-05:00......NTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09248986330241368293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-82790034645533176812008-11-29T00:09:00.000-05:002008-11-29T00:09:00.000-05:00Bishop, cool "tree and you" picture. Mostly-a-blu...Bishop, cool "tree and you" picture. <BR/><BR/>Mostly-a-blurker and I have been joyfully cleaning out closets and doing other long-ignored stuff today--which is typical for this time of year in our house. But this year we've JOYFULLY been cleaning out our budget [totally reinventing might be more precise] and old mindsets, too. It's been a great day. Feels like a "maximized potential" day--we flipflopped yesterday and today in AYITN.<BR/><BR/>Praise God, P.Dennis has posted which gives me an opportunity to totally agree before I share my personal challenge. Parts of Matt. 6 have been a challenge for me for quite a while. I end up arguing with it for some reason--yeah, but, the birds are hunting for food all the time...yeah, but, the lilies don't have to change clothes or do laundry. I waited till late to put this on here, didn't want to be a debbie d...but its my unvarnished thought and I would like it to be cleansed, so I'm confessing it. In a Avatar-like way, this sort of goes along with the picture question...HE said What?<BR/><BR/>I totally get the concepts He's presenting and MITN is way positive and full of light...Lord's Prayer [v.7 Bishop Alliteration, way cool] and verses 33-34, exceptional...but I've wondered a long time why the One who came to fulfill the "thou shalt nots" is quoted using so many of them. <BR/><BR/>Is it just me? Do I need an attitude/perception adjustment? Have I got some "not" issue?<BR/><BR/>If so, I speak light to my perception--and will keep reading this translation until I can deal with them, giving thanks, in the natural for MITN...and in faith, for being set free.Avatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272707274578250714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-90832664253961834082008-11-28T23:41:00.000-05:002008-11-28T23:41:00.000-05:00Another five star…. I like the way you brought out...Another five star…. I like the way you brought out the NOW in the Lords Prayer, and also illuminated the “communal flavor “ of the prayer; if I may coin a phrase.<BR/><BR/>I really like the message bible in many instances for a paraphrase; it obviously has become very popular among many others also. But I must say, If the Lord gives you strength and days to complete a New Testament; it will set that same sector of the bible market on fire for this bible. While setting a fire under many others as well……..:)<BR/><BR/>My favorites for this chapter were………<BR/><BR/><I>8. “Do not be like them. Really communicate with God, because the thing about prayer is this: your Father already knows what you need even before you ask Him! So prayer is more about building relationship with the one to whom you pray, for whom you pray, and with whom you pray, than it is about just getting your physical needs met. In other words, it is communication that not only creates a connection in heaven, but also creates a community on the earth.<BR/><BR/>22. “Your perception ultimately becomes your reality. It’s as if the eye is the lamp of the body, because your vision (or the way that you see things) is the light that continually shines on your life-path and determines its direction. Perception is everything. So if your eye is healthy through singleness of vision – or if your perspective on life is positive and progressive – then your entire body will be full of light…your entire being will be progressively enlightened.<BR/><BR/>33. “But seek out and search for a revelation of the kingdom of God in and through every circumstance, and in every situation. And seek it first (or first thing)...before you strive with the circumstance... before you start to worry about the situation…before you fret over it…before you allow yourself to become overwhelmed by it or let it become exaggerated in your mind.<BR/><BR/>34. “So don’t worry or be anxious about what may or may not happen tomorrow. Live in the now, because the kingdom is always revealed in the now. Deal with tomorrow and what it may bring when it gets here, knowing that tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. As you live each day as it comes, God will enable you to successfully handle each day’s trouble, whatever it may be.</I><BR/><BR/>Just what I needed to end the day. Good night Y’all!<BR/><BR/>Sleep in heavenly peace,<BR/>DennisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-15437320978574270052008-11-28T23:38:00.000-05:002008-11-28T23:38:00.000-05:00Bish,I know. Isn't it wonderful. Miracles, peace,...Bish,<BR/>I know. Isn't it wonderful. <BR/><BR/>Miracles, peace, love and the ability to dream, to us all.NTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09248986330241368293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-59182109998141957862008-11-28T23:29:00.000-05:002008-11-28T23:29:00.000-05:00All things are possible, NTL...All things are possible, NTL...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-5754319525507688362008-11-28T23:22:00.000-05:002008-11-28T23:22:00.000-05:00Bish,Actually I was thinking, the whole New Testam...Bish,<BR/>Actually I was thinking, the whole New Testamentont on CD, one book at a time, as you completed them. Then there would be the translating it all into the many differfent languages, then...<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm just having an out of the box moment.NTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09248986330241368293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-50716355204303872732008-11-28T22:55:00.000-05:002008-11-28T22:55:00.000-05:00Thanks for missing me. I've been in the Big Apple ...Thanks for missing me. I've been in the Big Apple for a much needed mini-vacation with my WHOLE family. That is a rare occurance these days so I closed myself off to everything and took advantage of every precious moment with them.<BR/><BR/>See you ITB Sunday.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace<BR/>PMpeacemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05218430809432292994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-85158196916644711542008-11-28T22:17:00.000-05:002008-11-28T22:17:00.000-05:00AMEN, Tracy!AMEN, Tracy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-52355947749655862732008-11-28T21:55:00.000-05:002008-11-28T21:55:00.000-05:00Stupid movie redeemed itself...Stupid movie redeemed itself...tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353650096163818788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-51382728135818859002008-11-28T21:47:00.000-05:002008-11-28T21:47:00.000-05:00Watching Fred Claus- stupid movie but when Fred (S...Watching Fred Claus- stupid movie but when Fred (Santa's brother) marks all kids as "NICE" and not naughty---is that not what Jesus did? Just wonderin, word ver delved-I delved right in didn't I?tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353650096163818788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-79537946296222526902008-11-28T21:03:00.000-05:002008-11-28T21:03:00.000-05:00Izumi, from MITN V...correction received re: close...Izumi, from MITN V...correction received re: closed scriptures, especially here! I must be more precise with my words--smile. Like you, I keep going back to the previous chapters. I started thinkings this morning, though, how cool it is to connect with a translation that is SO alive and inviting to plumbing its depths.Avatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272707274578250714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-41974648310541414292008-11-28T20:37:00.000-05:002008-11-28T20:37:00.000-05:00I appreciate it, Crownjewel...I appreciate it, Crownjewel...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-33547691724565652342008-11-28T20:36:00.000-05:002008-11-28T20:36:00.000-05:00Thanks, Anon @ 1:09...Thanks, Anon @ 1:09...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-74061596395568602262008-11-28T20:34:00.001-05:002008-11-28T20:34:00.001-05:00Amen, Laura...Amen, Laura...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-62329338599477891642008-11-28T20:34:00.000-05:002008-11-28T20:34:00.000-05:00Thanks, P. Nancy...great reference from The Messag...Thanks, P. Nancy...great reference from The Message...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-45372960006708809472008-11-28T20:31:00.000-05:002008-11-28T20:31:00.000-05:00Thanks, NTL...I don't know if we'll do a Matthew C...Thanks, NTL...I don't know if we'll do a Matthew CD...could be...could be not...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-54597498998186933992008-11-28T20:30:00.000-05:002008-11-28T20:30:00.000-05:00Thanks, Tracy...and I've been wondering where ever...Thanks, Tracy...and I've been wondering where everyone else is, as well...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-5409122877134643792008-11-28T20:28:00.000-05:002008-11-28T20:28:00.000-05:00Peacemaker, thanks for the affirmation (both comme...Peacemaker, thanks for the affirmation (both comments)...I was about to send out a posse looking for you! Glad to have you back...Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96114027914038785.post-58452915261181928492008-11-28T20:27:00.000-05:002008-11-28T20:27:00.000-05:00Thanks so much, Scribe!Thanks so much, Scribe!Bishop Jim Swilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367155153494024919noreply@blogger.com