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Thought For the Day: Since No Man Is Excluded From Calling Upon God the Gate of Salvation is Open To All. There Is Nothing Else To Hinder Us From Entering, But Our Own Unbelief
“Since no man is excluded from calling upon God the gate of salvation is open to all. There is nothing else to hinder us from entering, but our own unbelief.” – John Calvin
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Tagged All, Call, Enter, Excluded, Gate of Salvation, God, Hinder, John Calvin, Man, No Person, Open, Thought For the Day, Unbelief
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First Principles: If You Declare With Your Mouth, “Jesus Is Lord,” and Believe In Your Heart That God Raised Him From the Dead, You Will Be Saved
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” – Romans 10:9 NIV
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Tagged Believe, Dead, Declare, First Principles, God, Heart, Jesus Is Lord, Raised, Romans 10:9 NIV, Saved, Your Mouth
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Sudden Thunderstorm
Sudden Thunderstormby Michael DoyleWhen I left to go hike, the skies were clear.I just wanted God and nature’s path to be near.Besides missing my daughters, my world had no care.It turned out that this illusion was its own snare.Having hiked … Continue reading
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Tagged Acted, Baby Squirrels, backpacking, Birds, Brightness, Buildings, Car, Cell, Chipmunks, Clear, Darkness, Daughters, Dead, Disappear, Distance, Distracted, Energuy, God, GPS, Hard To Understand, Harshness, Heartland, Hike, hiking, Illusion, Life, Lightning, Limb, Loving Intention of God, Moan and Talk, Nature, No Care, Orchard Trail, Otter Trail, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Punch, Rain, Rock, Shadowed, Shaken Up, Silent, Skies, Snakes of Fire, Snare, Straight-Line Winds, Thunderclap, Thunderstorm, Tornado, Tornado Skies, Torrential Downpour, Travail, Travel, Twists of Light, Ugly and Frightening, Versailles Park, Weather, Woodland, Wrath of Rain
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First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property Can Be Protected
“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Administer, First Principles, Free, Impartial, Independence, Justice, Justice Joseph Story, Law, Mankind, Persons, Principles, Property, Protect, Redress, Regulate, Remedy, Rights, Savage, Society, Tenure, Value, Violate
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Thought For the Day: The Proper Role of the Judiciary Is One of Interpreting and Applying the Law, Not Making It
“The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it.” – Sandra Day O’Conner
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Tagged Apply, Interpet, Judiciary, Law, Not Making It, Proper Role, Sandra Day O'Conner, Thought For the Day
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Each Day Is A Gift
Each Day Is A Giftby Michael DoyleEach day, it seems, is a gift receivedFrom God above, or so it is believedBut there is no real proof to be givenSo, a little doubt might yet be forgiven.Prayer doesn’t change God, just … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Answers, Beliefs, Believed, Bible, Change God, Christianity, Confidence, Day, Deep, Doubt, Faith, Fall Apart, Forgiven, Fruit of the Spirit, Gift, God, Good fight, Jesus, Man, Maybe, No, Our Father, Passing Shadow, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Prayers, Proof, Received, Savor, Shallow, Slay Me, Stumbling, Supplication, The Past, Three Flavors, Twice Removed, Value, Yes, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: No Matter How Many Mistakes You Make Or How Slow You Progress, You Are Still Way Ahead of Everyone Who Isn’t Trying
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” – Tony Robbins
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Tagged Mistakes, No Matter, Progress, Slow, Thought For the Day, Tony Robbins, Try, Way Ahead
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First Principles: My Concern Is Not Whether God Is On Our Side; My Greatest Concern Is To Be On God’s Side, For God Is Always Right
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Concern, First Principles, God, God's Side, Our Side, Right
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Moving Me Forward
Moving Me Forwardby Michael DoyleLike God’s only childI arise feeling wildAs I step out of the shadowTo see where this goes.Grace takes me by the handTo help me understandMy precious freedomWithin my Father’s kingdom.I dance on the air,Feeling as though … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Broken, Care, Chains, Cleansed, Dance, Door, Father's Kingdom, Feeling, Forward, God, God's Name, Goes, Grace, Move, Moving Me Forward, Only Child, Poetry and Poems, Precious Freedom, Shadow, Shame, Spirit of the Lord, Spoken, Understand, Wild, Word
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First Principles: Prayer Steadies One When He Is Walking In Slippery Places – Even If Things Asked For Are Not Given
“Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places – even if things asked for are not given.” – Benjamin Harrison
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Tagged Asked, Benjamin Harrison, First Principles, Not Given, Prayer, Slippery Places, Steady, Walk
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 