Breaker of Chains

Posted on September 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever 
Breaker of Chains
by Michael Doyle

Breaker of the chains
You have freed my soul
Heard in the refrains
It's you that I extol

You are the Lord
Subject to my praise
Your Bible is my sword
Throughout my days

Held in our veneration
From first to last generations
Held in holy connection
You've shown my direction

As I look at your ways
To show me how to live my days
I'm never lost in guessing
Every day brings new blessings

In you, my trust confides
Beyond the strength of my pride
Together, we are never alone
You and I are Christ's own

Held in our veneration
From first to last generations
Held in holy connection
You've shown my direction

(c) September 29, 2024    Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: For God So Loved the World That He Gave His One and Only Son, That Whoever Believes In Him Shall Not Perish But Have Eternal Life

Posted on September 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 (NIV)

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First Principles: Rid Yourselves of All Malice and All Deceit, Hypocrisy, Envy, and Slander of Every Kind. Like Newborn Babies, Crave Pure Spiritual Milk

Posted on September 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” – Peter 2:1-2 (NIV)

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First Principles: Democracy Is the Most Vile Form of Government

Posted on September 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Democracy is the most vile form of government.” – James Madison

Memo to the Swamp and its supporters… We live in a republic.

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Thought For the Day: Life Is A Comedy For Those How Think and A Tragedy For Those Who Feel

Posted on September 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.” – Horace Walpole, novelist and essayist (24 Sep 1717-1797)

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Eternal Flame

Posted on September 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever 
Eternal Flame
by Michael Doyle

Feeling unworthy of God's touch
I felt I was asking too much
Until I heard and then I read
Of the holy things that were said

God of all things came to save
Lifting me from my fated grave
Slowly changing the path that I was on
His loving kindness worked until sin was gone

As the path that was walking
And I became then the man who was talking
Worn down until conformed by His pages
The king of kings is the rock of all ages

I praise Him for setting me free
Salvation and hope became my theology
The God of second chances threw a lifeline
Into a life lived in emotional landmines

In a life born in free-flow violence
The Lion of Judah roared through the silence
To take away feelings of blame and shame
To set me free through His love that came

(c) September 27, 2024   Michael Doyle
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First Principles: To Become Truly Great, One Has To Stand With People, Not Above Them

Posted on September 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” – Baron de Montesquieu

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Thought For the Day: Hear One Side and You Will Be In the Dark. Hear Both and All Will Be Clear

Posted on September 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.” – Lord Chesterfield

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Call Out To Love

Posted on September 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever 
Call Out To Love
by Michael Doyle

In a life lived with sanctimony
I somehow came to my testimony
Based on faith and healing
That moved beyond mere feeling

Into knowing the true deal
Of finding belief and knowing it real
I reached out as if shown
To the God, I had not known

Praying for a miracle in His name
Not knowing how to remove my shame
Until I learned God's ways
And doing my best to focus through my days

I have called out to His love
Learning to know Heaven above
From all he has done
In my home, we worship the Father, Spirit, and the Son

I lived through that miracle of healing
Doing this was soul-revealing
As He worked all things for His good
Until even this simple man understood

(c) September 26, 2024   Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Wherever the Real Power In Government Lies, There Is the Danger of Oppression

Posted on September 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.”  – James Madison (1788)

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