Tag Archives: Above

Whatever the Day’s Length

Posted on October 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, All, Blessed, Calvary, Console, Darkness, Day's Length, Every Day, Forgiveness, Fullness of God, God, Grace, Grave, Harshness, His Love, Holy Name, Joy, Life, Light, Love, Mountain's Peak, Near, Nothing, Ocean Shore, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Reigning Down, Same, Say, Soul, Speak, Strength, The Lord, Whatever | Leave a comment

Sacred Call

Posted on October 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Sacred Callby Michael DoyleMy eyes are set aboveFocused on my God’s loveI raise my voice in gratitudeFixing right my attitudeThe Holy Spirit knows us allIn its guidance, as we recallSinging out with our full voiceI live every moment by my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Attitude, Best Is Done, Christ, Days, Every Moment, Eyes, Focus, Free Choice, Full Voice, God's Alone, God's Love, God's Will, Gratitude, Guidance, Hallelujah, Holy Spirit, My All, Name of the Lord, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Recall, Relationship, Risen, Sacred Call, Savior, Sing, Stone, The Son, Tomb, Top of My Lungs, Trust, Whisper, Worship, Worthy | Leave a comment

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

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Above, Baron De Montesquieu, Become, First Principles, Great, People, Stand | Leave a comment

Hymn of the Taken Heart

Posted on September 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Hymn of the Taken Heartby Michael DoyleThere’s a lot to be doneI do it through the SonHailing Jesus as the kingI lift my voice and singBending like a tree in a hurricaneHoping for blessed salvation that cameTo teach me the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Beautiful Truth, Bend, Blessed, Blessed Salvation, Brightness, Done, Forever True, Forgiven, Given, Hail, Happen, His Call, Hope, Hurricane, Hymn, Jesus, King, Know, Led, Light, Listen, Lot, Love, Mercy, New, Path, Poetry and Poems, Redemption, Repentance, Right, Shadow, Sing, Taken Heart, Teach, The Son, Tree, True, Turn, Us All, Voice | Leave a comment

Age of Anxiety

Posted on August 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Age of Anxietyby Michael DoyleLooking out for my daughters with empathyAs this modern age drips with anxietyThere are so many issues and concerns seenIt quickly overwhelms any human beingIt has become an epidemic across this nationWhere morbid complexity gives way … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Age of Anxiety, Alienation, Angst, Anxiety, Community, Competence, Confidence, Connect, Corrected, Courses, Crisis and Challenge, Darkness and Blight, Daughters, Depression, Depth, Detection, Development, Earn, Empathy, Encouragement, Epidemic, Failure, Family, Fatherly Delight, Fear, Find Your Way, Focus, Friends, Growing, Heaven, High School, Human Being, Human Beings, Increasingly, Issues and Concerns, Knowing, Learn, Life, Life's Issues, Life's Lessons, Light, Listen, Love, Loving Family, Matters, Meaning, Middle School, Modern Age, Morbid Complexity, Nation, Overwhelm, Pandemic, Parent, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Right, Scared and Embarassed, Scatter, Screens, Scroll, Seen, Shadow, Sight, Smooth Roll, Social Media, Stranger's Love, Systematic, Therapy and Medication, Toll, Truly Know, Whisper, Wise | Leave a comment

On Our Wedding Day

Posted on August 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

On Our Wedding Dayby Michael DoyleWe go much better together than apartWe feel as if we’re one in our heartsGiving our all and living the presentAlways ready to give our 100 percentI’ve leaned on the Lord to do thisThough I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 100 Per Cent, Above, Apart, Better Together, Flow, Hearts, Kiss, Leanded, Lord, Love, One, Poetry and Poems, Present, Roller Coaster of Low, Step Closer, Surpass, Understanding, Wedding Day | Leave a comment

Like A Child

Posted on August 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like A Childby Michael DoyleUnafraid like a childFeeling the spirit of the wildI serve our Father’s kingdomIn the name of love and freedomPraising Jesus’s sweet nameThe spirit of the Lord is the sameThat brings our Father’s loveBelieved from below; proclaimed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Believe, Below, Bring, Child, Darkest Night, Darkness, Day, Days, Delivered, Deserve, End, Father, Father's Kingdom, Feel, Free, Freedom, Grave, Jesus, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Remove, Same, Save, Serve, Sing, Son, Spirit, Spirt, The Living King, Unafraid, Wild | Leave a comment

This Love Is Here To Stay

Posted on August 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

This Love Is Here To Stayby Michael DoyleIn our final steps toward the altarI feel that sometimes we falterIt seems for all purposes and intentsThe pressure is on, and it’s getting intenseMany factors lead to some off-daysThat leaves us side-tracked … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Altar, Analysis, Below, Bride, Broken Trust, Chapter, Daze, Falter, Final Steps, Flawless, Groom, Intense, Life's Book, Love, Off-Days, Paralysis, Poetry and Poems, Right Here With You, Sentimentality, Smile, Stay, Struggle, Thick Or Thin, Twist of Fate | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Is Always Legitimate To Wish To Rise Above One’s Self, Never Above Others

Posted on June 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one’s self, never above others.” – Julia Ward Howe

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Above, Always, Julia Ward Howe, Legitimate, One's Self, Others, Rise, Thought For the Day, Wish | Leave a comment

Hey Everybody

Posted on May 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Hey Everybodyby Michael DoyleHey everybodyGather around (gather around)We come together as a bodyTo sing about what we’ve foundComing together in this hourWe testify about God’s holy powerShining as He does in the shadowOur battles are in the prayers we knowSome … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Adversary, Authority, Battle, Body, Coming Together, Fight, Following, Found, Gather Around, God, Hey Everybody, His Love, Holy Power, Hour, Meaning, Mighty Lord, Offering, Offering Up, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Prrayer, Ride Out, Sacred Battle, Sacred Days, Saddle, Satan's Forces, Scarred Knees, Shadow, Shield and Sword, Shining, Sing, Together, Ways, Word | Leave a comment