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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Whatever the Day’s Length
Whatever the Day’s Lengthby Michael DoyleWhatever the day’s lengthMy joy in the Lord gives me strengthI say this in all that I speakFrom the ocean shore to the mountain’s peakGod is present in my every dayHe is here as I … Continue reading
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First Principles: Hold Fast To the Bible As the Sheet-Anchor of Your Liberties; Write Its Precepts In Your Hearts, and Practice Them In Your Lives
“Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives” – Ulysses S. Grant
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Tagged Bible, First Principles, Heart, Liberty, Lives, Practice, Precept, Sheet-Anchor, Ulysses S. Grant
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Thought For the Day: People Who Love Literature Have At Least Part of Their Minds Immune From Indoctrination. If You Read, You Can Learn To Think For Yourself
“People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.” – Doris Lessing
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Tagged Doris Lessing, Immune, Indoctrination, Literature, Mind, People, Read, Think For Yourself, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Rules For Happiness: Something To Do, Someone To Love, Something To Hope For
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” – Immanuel Kant
First Principles: Before Any Man Can Be Considered As A Member of Civil Society, He Must Be Considered As Subject of the Governor or the Universe
“It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage…Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.” – James … Continue reading
In All My Living Days
In All My Living Daysby Michael DoyleIn all my living daysI will lift my voice in praiseI’m overjoyed by what I’ve foundHappily blessed, chasing it aroundAll because He roseAs every wiseman knowsHe took our sins from usAnd we know this … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Baptized, Blessed, Catch My Breath, Chasing It Around, Connection, Conversion, Death, Devotion, Found, Grave, He Rose, Immersion, Know, Lifting My Head Up, Living Days, Love, Melody, Overjoyed, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Purpose, Reason, Relationship, Renewed, Save, Share, Sin, Voice, Wiseman, Worship, Write
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Thought For the Day: Do Not Wait For Leaders; Do It Alone, Person To Person
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa
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Tagged Do It Alone, Leaders, Mother Teresa, Person To Person, Thought For the Day, Wait
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First Principles: In Everything, Do To Others What You Would Have Them Do To You, For This Sums Up the Law and the Prophets
“(I)n everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.– Matthew 7:12
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For the Sake of Community
For the Sake of Communityby Michael DoyleDecisions are made for the sake of communityAs we join hands to rebuild a sickened societyWords and intonation create a transcendent headspaceWhere the weak fill their need for a sense of placeTrust in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Analysis, Clearer Eyes, Coercive, Cult, Cult Leaders, Cults, Decisions, Devour, Headspace, Loaded Language, Mental Paralysis, mental-health, Party Line, Poetry and Poems, Power, Religion, Sake of Community, Semantic Stop Signs, Sense of Place, Sickened Society, Terminating Cliches, Words and Intonations
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