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I Bought You A Necklace

I Bought You A Necklaceby Michael DoyleIn love since the beginningI can’t help but feel I’m winningIt’s so surreal in what I findA love like this is my state of mindIt’s all about thinking that I canYour love makes me … Continue reading

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This Love Is Here To Stay

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

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First Principles: I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God, Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)

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Keeping Holy Balance

Keeping Holy Balanceby Michael DoyleWe live in a world of brokennessWe must speak our praise with outspokennessAs we place one foot in front of the otherWhile we walk this life with our sisters and brothersScripture must be seen in its … Continue reading

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A Desecration

A Desecrationby Michael DoylePolitics take a backseat to the ConstitutionYet some do not like this resolutionBut that doesn’t make it a wrongIt’s the restoration of where law belongsThere is a value that matters to all of lifeWhere we save the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: If Just As We Are, We Would Lay Ourselves On the Altar of Service of Jesus Christ, There Is No Saying What Christ Could Do With Us and Through Us

“If just as we are, we would lay ourselves on the altar of service of Jesus Christ, there is no saying what Christ could do with us and through us.” – William Barclay

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Our Everything

Our Everythingby Michael DoyleNot just important, but our everythingOur reason for all and the joy of our beingNo compartmentalizing, but our purposeOur every reason with nothing to presupposeAll things through and of God to loveThis truth we must keep aboveAll … Continue reading

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First Principles: I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God, Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)

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Don’t You Just Be You

Don’t You Just Be Youby Michael DoyleFaith forms logic and actionsSometimes it’s less easy with life’s distractionsDoing what we really want and needLooking at the fine print we must readSeek instead to always be your bestIt’s just reality and not … Continue reading

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On the Altar of My Life

On the Altar of My Lifeby Michael DoyleIn every moment, even or oddYou put me together, Lord GodIn every flaw and every breakYou have eased every single acheYou have shown me the truthLived every moment since my youthEvery shame of … Continue reading

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