METRON-SPEAK: FOCUS ON GRATITUDE!

Thursday, November 13, 2014

FOCUS ON GRATITUDE!

I AM GRATEFUL...

We're talking about INFINITE LOVE AND GRATITUDE this month at METRON, particularly about how these things positively affect our physical health, and enable us to optimize our entire lives...gratitude enables you to find the good in every situation, which ultimately causes you to look for the good in others, which, in turn, inevitably empowers you to see the good in yourself...

Everything is connected...we know this by the Spirit...we know this from our understanding of Quantum Physics...everything in the Universe is connected to everything else in the Universe...everything originates from the same energy...everything that exists is a product of the words, "Let there be Light!"...so when you experience and show gratitude in one area of your life, the energy of that attitude and train of though connects to every other area of your life...

Jesus said, "To them that have more will be given"...when you focus on being grateful, you are focusing on the things you want, instead of spending your precious energy on trying to get rid of the things that you don't want...when you are grateful for the positive people in your life, you automatically begin to attract the right people to help you succeed...

Being grateful enables you to contribute to the lives of others...one of the main components of The Gospel is loving your neighbor AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF, and when you are grateful for your life, you develop the habit of positive and uplifting self-talk, which then sets you free to love people as they are, to see the best in them, and to be free, giving and vocal in your praise of those with whom you regularly come into contact...

Grateful people are generally happy with themselves, and happy people automatically (and often without even realizing that they are doing it), continually give themselves permission to succeed...grateful people don't, as a rule, even stop to think about whether or not they deserve their blessings...they just enjoy what they have without overthinking it...

As the meme above says, "It's not happy people who are thankful; it's thankful people who are happy"...I believe that we create our lives, but it's important to enjoy the life that you have now while you are moving toward living the life you really want to live...it's all a process, and gratitude oils the mechanism of progress, so that the journey is a smooth one...gratitude creates a vision and a world-view that sees things getting better and better every day and in every way...

Love your life...be grateful for what you have, and excited about what is coming...celebrate the people in your life, but always be extra good to yourself because you're totally worth it...

Be happy...live your purpose...be in love with you, without reservation and without apology...

The Book of Your Life is an adventure story, with heroes and villains and interesting plot twists, but ultimately a story with a happy ending...

Be grateful for every part of your adventure...

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU...

9 comments:

AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 7:46 PM
Cheryl W. Stephens said...

I have started to live in gratitude and it is really amazing. I woke up the other morning "feeling some kind of way" (as my kids say). After a quick analysis, I realized that I woke up HAPPY! I haven't felt that free in a long time! I'm even more grateful!!
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AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 8:55 PM
Irma Crump said...

Bishop if you don't mind if I steal from you or add to your thought process, your words and mine combined, I would like to say: If you really love GOD and the CHRIST who presented himself to us in a man named JESUS, You would really understand this whole concept of Love and grace and would be so grateful for it. JESUS said we have been saved under grace once and for all time. Being grateful enables you to contribute to the lives of others...one of the main components of The Gospel is loving your neighbor AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF, and when you love yourself and are grateful for your life, you develop the habit of positive and uplifting self-talk, which then sets you free to love people as they are, to see the best in them no matter what man has taught you to believe. Who are you really? The person GOD purposed you to be or are you the person man has taught you to be? You decide: Are you living under GOD’s love an purpose for man, or under Man’s laws and ideals of what GOD’s actual purpose for mankind was? The real answer lies somewhere between Malachi and Matthew. Why did the Christ have to come back again? I think it was because we still had and have not gotten or understand the real purpose of GOD’s love for his people. GOD IS LOVE.
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AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 8:57 PM
Irma Crump said...

Thank you so much for your kindness and consideration.
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AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 9:09 PM
Bonnie Hilton Childers said...

I am grateful for you, Pastor. Thank you.
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AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 9:42 PM
Hannah Aaron said...

I shared on my page, Bishop. Hope you don't mind. Maybe I should ask before first, but it's so encouraging, powerful, and uplifting, I had to. Thanl you for sharing. This has spoken to me and blessed me. Wow!!!!!!!! Like a shot of Spiritual Energy straight to my heart and soul! !!!!!!!!
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AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 9:44 PM
Jackie C Jenkins said...

Beautiful truth, beautifully expressed!
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"...I've been going to "church" with you and your ministry, online, if you will. I've looked to you as my spiritual Bishop. I was laughing at you recently, where in a recent sermon you said how people write to you and say these very words...how you're the one they refer to as their Pastor. But man oh man, it's true! There's a digital flock out here and you're the Pastor of it Bishop Jim. I know that much to be true. And I'm one of them. Will I ever return to church some day? I don't know. And that's kind of why I'm writing you...No matter what, I thank you for what you're doing. Keep preaching. (As if you'll ever stop). Keep reaching folks all over. Stay encouraged. Know that the Lord is with ya, and you're appreciated for the love and acceptance that you preach. No matter what Bishop...I do know, that I'll keep tuning in. ��"
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9/18/16

It's a good day when you're still thinking and going on words that have activated your own energy and they are manifesting things you speak into the atmosphere. I love Metron because it's moving in the "NOW"...To me it means, if you are living your life in what has been handed down for years..the energy of that is gone. That's why nothing is working for you.We often wonder why churches are not filled.I don't go because it's boring and non-effective...Thank you Bishop Jim Swilley...You have us marching to a different beat and you're leading us and we are being productive in our daily life. That to me is exciting. That is why I get excited about the teaching. I just had to share it with others.

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"...I can only imagine how busy you are and how many weekly messages you get from others, so I try hard not to bombard and flood your inbox..saying how much I truly enjoy and glean from every single message you open your mouth to speak, but honestly..I could. Every week I could come here and tell you what a profound effect that a certain phrase or insight you presented had on my thinking and how it's challenging my perceptions..and knowing that if I could just put that concept into practice..it would literally transform my LIFE. Seriously, I could say this weekly..but I try to spare you. haha!

Bishop, I'm typing this through literal tears..because there's no possible way for me to express adequately with human words how much I love and appreciate you..and who you are in my life. When you show up in any capacity..with a word of encouragement or assurance..or with the slightest sign of connection in any form, I'm grateful. I've told you this before, and it's still true: Your voice..is THEE spiritual voice in my life in this season. I honestly don't know how this came to be, but I'm really glad it did. Your voice is needed..and always welcome in my life."

- DS

8/21/16

Some time last year I found your video on YouTube and from that day to this I have felt a connection to you and your ministry that I can't seem to shake. To some extent I can say that the truth and enlightenment that you & your companions share on YouTube have saved my life. I know I have written you privately but I wanted to make a public declaration that what you are doing is still a great work and has impacted my life in a way you prob will never know! One day soon I will visit you at Metron and I am looking forward to it. Until then stay encouraged and continue to shake off the ppl who don't want to see you succeed Bc if it had not been for your success I would not be better today. God bless you bishop!

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When I tell you that I've never missed Metron once since you began over a year ago, I mean NEVER. In fact, sometimes..I watch the same service twice just to let it sink in even deeper. I've been to church most of my life and I've been blessed to sit at the feet of a few amazing ministers of the gospel, but for the past 7 or 8 yrs, I haven't been connected with any particular ministry. Mainly because, my thinking is just not in keeping with most of their teachings any longer and it's just hard for me to sit through~you understand. Ha. I attend a local church periodically, but it's not for my sake..it's only because my granddaughter loves their children's program. Although I've never met you face to face..I just wanted you to know that Metron is not a cyber-church supplement for me, and you are not just another spiritual voice that I tune in to. You are in fact, THEE Spiritual Voice- that I glean from in this season of my life. Thank you for that.

Blessings...

PS..you and Ken are wonderful people in general."

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Today I love myself!! And now I can love people and live in peace.
God Bless you Big"
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