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First Principles: Watch Out For Those Who Cause Divisions and Put Obstacles In Your Way That Are Contrary To the Teaching You Have Learned. Keep Away From Them
“I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.” – Romans 16:17 NIV
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Tagged Contrary, Division, First Principles, Keep Away, Lean, Obstacle, Romans 16:17 NIV, Teaching, Watch Out
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Wounded Bluntness
Wounded Bluntnessby Michael DoyleIt seems cliché, by revealing,When we talk about our covert feelings,That even writers aren’t sure what’s good.It’s well enough hoping to be understood.The personal is what others find compelling.Otherwise, just what is it that you’re revealing?That is, … Continue reading
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Tagged Another's Story, Arrangement, Bluntness, Books, Cemetery, Cliche, Compelling, Contemplation, Contrary, Covert Feelings, Deep, False Imagery, Funny Business, Glory, Good, Healing, Hesitatioin, Indgestion, Indiscretion, Jugged Edges, Legendary, Life, Love, Lovely and Amazing, Notes, Oblivion, Person, Poetry and Poems, Prism, Prison, Question, Redundancy, Revealing, Scribble, September, Silcence, Speculation, Stephen King, Stinging Bee, Stumble, Talk, Thought-Provoking, Thoughts, Thunder, Understood, Uptight, Vanity, Walk, Worth, Wounded, Write, Writers, Writing
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Where Are the Kids’ Bikes?
Where Are the Kids’ Bikes?by Michael DoyleDriving down the suburban streetsIt seems the few kids out are on their feet.What happened to the bikes in my neighborhood?The fun of this, I thought, would be understood.But even as I tried over … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdit, Bikes, Briliance, Computers, Contrary, Daughters, Feet, Forget, Friends, Fund, Health, Kids, Kids Bikes, Lines, Neighborhood, Passe, Poetry and Poems, Protective Helmets, Regret, Resilience, School-Aged Children, Sedentrary, Suburban Streets, Understood
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Life’s Mystery Dance
Life’s Mystery Danceby Michael DoyleIt’s true. God’s good love endures foreverWhile I’d love to claim differently, I’m not so cleverBut I do know this is a promise on which we can relyAfter chasing false love, I was led to this … Continue reading
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Tagged Analytical, Artistry, Attention, Awareness, Circumstance, Claim, Clarity, Clever, Contentment, Contrary, Craftsmanship, Deny, Eternal Love, False Love, Forever, Generosity, God's Love, Heavns, Intention, Invitation, Life, Living Life, Love, Mystery Dance, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Process the Claims, Promise, Real Thing, Reliance, Resentment, Revelation, Sincerity, Temporary, The Creator, Transactional, True, Truth, Visible, Walk, Worship
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Overcoming the Adversary
Overcoming the Adversaryby Michael DoyleI’m glad to say that I believeIn God’s promise, not a devil who deceivesLife’s storms come, but I have strengthEnough to last the day’s lengthWith the Bible as my swordI rest on the strength of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Belief, Believe, Believer, Belssing, Bible, Christ's Blood, Circumstances, Confidence, Contrary, Darkness, Day, Deceive, Devil, Doubt, Fear, Glad, God of Second Chances, God's Promise, Going, Grow, Guess, Harshness, His Light, History, Holy Spirit, Joy, King, Legacy, Life, Lord, Name, Overcome, Overflow, Poetry and Poems, Show, Storm, Strength, Sword
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Garrulous Excess Canonized
Garrulous Excess Canonizedby Michael DoyleThe poet fought against fame againThinking only of peace found in ZenSeeking quiet life in a monastery But the truth faced turned out contraryDeath on two legs stole no small amountLeaving Cohen with nothing in his … Continue reading
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Tagged Account, Amount, Angel, Archangel, Bending Words, Breath, Broken and Lame, Canonized, Catalog, Cohen, Collide, Contrary, Creatures, Dark, Deal, Death, Death On Two Legs, Deity, Disallowed, Emotions, Essence of Fame, Ethics, Excess, Experience, Fame, Game, Generational Divide, Guard, Guitar, Hand, Healer, Heart's Song, Hollywood, Image, Induced, Insight, Light, Monastery, Muse, Numbers, Peace, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Prefrence, Private Failures, Produce, Quiet Life, Reality, Recall, Reduced, Role, Seduce, Songs, Star, Stardom, Sympathy, Symphony, Tall, Truth, Understood, Unwanted Fans, Wealth, Zen
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For Me and You
For Me and Youby Michael DoyleNo one has really asked my adviceBut I’ve seen lightning strike twiceEveryone’s part is more than necessaryTo be heard is not something contraryWe need to speak out on what we’ve heardWe need to share what … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Alone, Behind, Believe, Better, Bridge, Broke My Heart, Build, Clock, Contrary, Cried, Cross, Do, Each Other, Faith and Love, Fates, Find, For Me and You, Gods, Hands, Heard, Heart, Home, Know, Lied, Lightning, Necessary, Need, New World, No One, Occur, Our Place, Part, Poetry and Poems, Recognize, Share, Sigh, Speak, Through, Time, Together, True, Twice
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The King of Glory
The King of Gloryby Michael DoyleGrateful for the battles wonI sing praise for the SonWe have been set freeThe Lord has brought us victoryTaking a stand against the adversaryHolding to the holy and nothing contraryThere is nothing to fear or … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Battles, Contrary, Days, Doubt, Each of Us, Essence, Fear, God, Grace, Graceful Ages, Grateful, Hold, Holy, King of Glory, Light, Lord's Name, Might, Nothing, Pages, Part, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Presence, Protect, Set Free, Sing, Song, Stand, Star, Story, Testament, The Lord, The Son, Victories, Victory, War Cries, Without Blame, Worship
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Venomously Bitten
Venomously Bittenby Michael DoyleOn this roller coaster of loveIt’s sometimes hard to keep track ofWho’s the saint, and who is sinningToo many complications can set things spinningThrowing in the towel isn’t how it’s doneNot if you’re fighting for your golden … Continue reading
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Tagged Affinity, Bitten, Chapters, Complication, Contrary, Cultivate, Deception, Done, Embrace, Empathy, Fight, Forgive, Garden, Gossip, Grace, Habits of Excellence, Integrity, Lives, Love, Mistakes, Other Side, Persistence, Poetry and Poems, Roller Coaster, Sad, Saint, Scenes, Sinning, Spin, Stability, Throwing In the Towel, Time, Track, Understanding, Vemonous, Venomously Bitten, Words, Written
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