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Ezekiel: In the Order of God
Ezekiel: In the Order of Godby Michael DoyleLife is filled with the unexpectedWhen blessings feel more like being rejected.This happened to Ezekiel, too,And life comes hard as it happens to you.Living through the Babylonian Exile,It must have felt like an … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylonian Exile, Bible, Blessing, Chaos, Christianity, Dry Bones, Endless Mile, Ezekiel, Faith, Give, God, Isrealites, Jesus, Life, Live, Nation, Order, Poetry and Poems, Rejected, Restoration, Unexpected, Valley
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The Role of A Father
The Role of A Fatherby Michael DoyleChildren walk this world in danger,Sometimes from the familiar stranger.The biggest danger is to fail to defendFrom the evils that pretend to be a friend.The Bible shows us in its illustration,How a father should … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoration, Adult, Bible, Children, Christianity, Conviction, Danger, Daughters, Decent Man, Defend, Evil, Faith, Familiar Stranger, Father, Friend, God, Good, Hope, Illustration, Jesus, Optimism, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Role, The Bible, Work
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Isaiah (What He Said)
Isaiah(What He Said)by Michael DoyleNot so much for what he did, but what he said.He’s quoted to this day for what’s in our heads.Seven hundred years before Christ’s holy birth,He foretold what now brings us our mirth.At least to us … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Catalyst, Christ, Christianity, Consequence, Dead Sea Scrolls, Earnestness, Eternity, Faith, Faithfulness, Fifth Gospel, God, History, Holy Birth, Isaiah, Jesus, Phrophesy, Poetry and Poems, Resp;onse
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The Lessons Learned
The Lessons Learnedby Michael DoyleLooking back on the wandering years,There were smiles, and there were tears.It seemed at times the days’ long lengthWere pushing me to grow and gain strength.Taking comfort in the days the Lord made,I bowed my head, … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Bible, Christianity, Comfort, Conceive, Days, Faith, God, God's Love, Grateful, Jesus, Learn, Length, Lessons, Looking Back, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Push, Rejoice, Smiles, Speak, Strength, Strong, Tears, The Lord, Truth, Unafraid, Voice, Wandering Years, Weak
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Nehemiah (To Fix What’s Broken)
Nehemiah (To Fix What’s Broken)by Michael DoyleWe find God’s lessons spokenServing like Nehemiah to fix what’s broken,Renewing Israel’s holy prosperityFollowing many years of austerity. Nebuchadnezzar exiled the Jews to Babylon,Until allowed to return from the pantheon.The Jewish people returned from … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Taken, Austerity, Babylonian Exile, Bible, Broken, Broken Heart, Change, Compassion, Control, Devotion, Discontent, Example, Faith, Fix, God, God's Glory, Grace, Guile, Holy Commands, Holy Imprint, Homeland, Humanity, Israel, Leadership, Legacy, Lessons, Mourning and Fasting, Nebuchadnezzar, Necessary, Nehemiah, Opposition, Ordinary People, Place, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Prosperity, Protection, Recovery, Redemption, Renewal, Soul, Story, Task, The Jewish People
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Jonah’s Whale of A Tale
Jonah’s Whale of A Taleby Michael DoyleJonah and the Whale tells the storyOf how even reluctance comes to glory.Jonah was a prophet that God spoke throughTo teach the Israelites what to do.Jonah’s life was an illustrationSpoken of for its simple … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Compression, Confrontation, Consequence, Escape, Faith, Glory, God, Hear, Heed, Humanity, Illustration, Israelites, Jesus, Jonah, Lesson One, Lessons, Poetry and Poem, Presence, Prophet, Reach, Reluctance, Sea, Storm, Tale, Teach, Toward, Truth, Vanity, Whale, Wisdom
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Keeping Faith In the Lion’s Den
Keeping Faith In the Lion’s Denby Michael DoyleKeeping Faith In the Lion’s Denby Michael DoyleThese things we need: worship, love and generosity;And in this relationship we live our spirituality.We spend ourselves as God’s good and holy family,And in this, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon, Bible, Christianity, Community, Daniel, Faith, Genorosity, God, Holy fa, Holy Family, Israel, Jesus, Lion's Den, Poetry and Poems, Secular Humanism, Spirituality
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Called To Praise
Called To Praiseby Michael DoyleWe walk into today with hearts on fireFilled as we are with righteous desire.Sharing the Word so we might learnAll of those things we were called to discern.Jeremiah was the weeping prophetAnd though we may not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Callled, Christianity, Community, Faith, Familyy, Fire, God, Hearrs, Hope, Jeremiah, Jesus, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Prophet, the Word, Truth
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Grown Into Purpose
Grown Into Purposeby Michael DoyleIn all times, God grows us with purpose,So that we are fit to perform our service.Conformed as we are in God’s holy wisdom,All that we serve well in Heaven’s kingdom.The Prophet Elisha fit into this sort … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Elijah, Elisha, Faith, God, Growth, Jesus, Poetry and Poems, Purpose, Service
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The Prophets Said
The Prophets Saidby Michael DoyleThen said the Lord,And the Prophet Elijah led,Always moving Israel forward,Sometimes hopeful and others dread.Still, in God’s promises made,We shall rejoice, being unafraid.The holy covenants call to God’s way.We reflect on this in how we pray.Speaking … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Ediification, Eljah, Faith, God, God's Promises, Holly Coovenants, Intercession, Israel, Jesus, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Revelatinin, The Lord, The Prophets
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 