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However Hard
However Hardby Michael DoyleHowever Hard the wind blewWe knew we’d make it throughHe who wears the victor’s crownWould never let us drownWith our strength of willWe depend on Him, and stillGod will allow to prevailOur faith is shown in our … Continue reading
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Tagged Busy Days, Community, Course, Crowd, Depend, Drown, Dust, Faith, God, God's Family, God's Gift, God's Ways, Good, Hands, Hard, Him, In the End, Make It Through, Matter, Mix, One Another, Poetry and Poem, Prevail, Shatter, Strength of Will, Strong, Tale, Understood, Victor's Crown, Ways
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First Principles: Foreign Influence Is Truly the Grecian Horse To A Republic. We Cannot Be Too Careful To Exclude Its Influence
“Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.” – Alexander Hamilton (1793)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Careful, Exclude, First Principles, Foreign Influence, Grecian Horse, Influence, Republic, True
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Thought For the Day: Reason Often Makes Mistakes, But Conscience Never Does
“Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does”. -Josh Billings, columnist and humorist (21 Apr 1818-1885)
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Tagged Conscience, Josh Billings, Mistake, Never, Often, Reason, Thought For the Day
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To Keep A Godly Heart
To Keep A Godly Heartby Michael DoyleOn most days, I set God-sized goalsDoing my best to grow my stubborn soulLiving large to fill envisioned shoesAll my prayers have surely paid their duesI know my sins nailed Jesus to the crossWho … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspire, Bible, Christianity, Cross, Dsicern, Dues, Embrace, Faith, Footing, God, Godly Heart, In the Spirit, Jesus, Keep, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Sins, Son of Thunder, Stubborn Soul, Surfer, The Bible, Victory, Vision
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Thought For the Day: The Key To A Successful Life Is To Find Your Passion and Pursue It With Dedication
“The key to a successful life is to find your passion and pursue it with dedication.” – Peter Frampton
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Tagged Dedication, Find, Key, Life, Passion, Peter Frampton, Pursue, Success, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: This Calls For Patient Endurance On the Part of the People of God Who Keep His Commands and Remain Faithful To Jesus
“This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.” – Revelation 14:12
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Tagged Call, Commands, Endurance, Faithul, First Principles, Jesus, Patient, People of God, Revelation 14:12
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First Principles: Be Courteous To All, But Intimate With Few, and Let Those Few Be Well Tried Before You Give Them Your Confidence
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence — true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversity, All, Appellation, Confidence, Courteous, Entitle, Few, First Principles, George Washington, Intimate, Plant, Shocks, Slow Growth, True Friendship, Well Tried, Withstand
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Thought For the Day: You Must Protest. It Is Your Diamond Duty. Ah But In Such An Ugly Time, the True Protest Is Beauty
“You must protest / It is your diamond duty / Ah but in such an ugly time / The true protest is beauty.”-Phil Ochs, folksinger (19 Dec 1940-1976)
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Tagged Beauty, Diamond Duty, Phil Ochs, Protest, Thought For the Day, True Protest, Ugly Time
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Standing At the Brink
Standing At the Brinkby Michael DoyleThis age of prevailing ill-liberalismBreeds little but despair and pessimismThere’s a breakdown in our societyThat has brought us into a time of anxietyOnce beautiful cities have turned into blightIt seems we are falling into our … Continue reading
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