Tag Archives: Control

Worth the Turning of Attention

Posted on April 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Worth the Turning of Attentionby Michael DoyleThe time has come and the time is nowTo remember the nation’s virtues somehowBecause when the Left has gotten out of controlThere is virtually nothing to ever consoleThe loss of some fundamental beliefsThat without … Continue reading →

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A Rebellion Begins In Questions

Posted on April 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Rebellion Begins In Questionsby Michael DoyleSome seek truth with hesitationWhile others cannot form the questionsOften, answers arrive with simplicityUntangled as these are from the world’s complexityFaith belongs aside it’s sister, reasonComplementing each within its seasonEach tempers the other as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Beckoning Question, Begin, Blend, Boundaries, Complement, Complexity, Control, Conversation, Cultivation, Day One, Define, Destination, Doubt, Earth, Education, Elements, Existence, Faith, First Questions, Flavor, Focus, Form, Garden of Eden, God's Good Purposes, Grand Design, Grow, Hesitation, Hint, Humanity, Journey, Know, Page One, Poetry and Poems, Protect, Question, Questions, Ragged Souls, Reality, Reason, Rebellion, Relationship, Room, Savor, Season, Seek, Serpent, Shape, Simplicity, Sky, Spiritual, Temper, Travel, Truth, Universe, Untangled, Why | Leave a comment

At First Sight…

Posted on April 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

At First Sight…by Michael DoyleAt first sight, it is the love expectedAfter a life of being unrequitedI feel it with the kiss of your lipsThe sparks run to my fingertipsI pay attention to what my heart tells meWhile praying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Believe, Better, Blind, Close, Come Out Well, Control, Destiny, Do, Don't, Emotions, Expected, Eyes, Fade, Fail Me, Fairytale, Feel, Finger Tips, First Sight, God, Good Season, Guiding Light, Happen, Heart, Hero, Just As Well, Kiss, Kiss Farewell, Life, Lips, Look, Love, Love Is Kind, Night, Overhelming, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prevail, Reason, See, Smile, Soul, Sparks, Together, Touch, Unrequited, Warmth, With My Heart, Worse | Leave a comment

Mountain of Consequence

Posted on February 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Mountain of Consequenceby Michael DoyleThere are legends of lost treasureThat goes deep and beyond known measureThe locks that must be brokenAs the stories are told, quietly spokenMankind’s greed leads to deathAn old man mumbles under breathWhile the bringer of life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age Old Story, Ansswer, Arrogance, Awe, Beg, Beyond, Bleed, Breath, Bringer of Lifee, Broken, Bury, Calculated Science, Call, Castle, Consequence, Control, Cres, Darkness, Date, Day, Death, Death and Misery, Deep, Dies, Disenchanted, Echo, Embrace, Everything and Everyone, Face to Face, Fairytales, Fate, Forgive, Fractured Soul, Fragile, Free, Frozen Prayer, Greed, Harshness, Heart, Heartbreak, Heresy, Horror, Intolerance, Know, Left, Legends, Length, Live, Lock, Lost Treasure, Love, Mankind, Measure, Meet, Mercy, Mountain, Mumble, Need, New Strength, Old man, Pines, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Promise, Search, See, Seeking Glory, Snow, Sorrows, Spoken, Street, Survive, Tears, The End, Tomorrow, Tortured Souls, Trace, True Secret, Universe, Unknown God, Valley of Sorrow, Verse, Wish | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Mind Controlled By the Sinful Nature Is Death, But the Mind Controlled By the Spirit Is Life and Peace

Posted on January 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The mind controlled by the sinful nature is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.” – Romans 8:6 (NIV)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Control, Death, First Principles, Life, Mind, Peace, Romans 8:6 (NIV), Sinful Nature, Spirit | Leave a comment

First Principles: You Must First Enable the Government To Control the Governed; and In the Next Place, Oblige It To Control Itself

Posted on October 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Administer, Control, Difficulty, Enable, First Principles, Frame, Governed, Government, James Madison, Men Over Men, Next Place, Oblige | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Our Memories Are Card Indexes Consulted and Then Returned In Disorder By Authorities Whom We Do Not Control

Posted on September 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.” – Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (10 Sep 1903-1974)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Authorities, Card Indexes, Consult, Control, Cyril Connolly, Disorder, Memories, Return, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Power of the Society But the People Themselves

Posted on September 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abuse, Constitutional Power, Control, Discretion, Education, Enlighten, Exercise, First Principles, Inform, Know, Remedy, Safe Depository, Society, The People, Thomas Jefferson, True Corrective, Ultimate Powers | Leave a comment

Seven Ways of Living A More Godly Life

Posted on August 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Seven Ways of Living A More Godly Lifeby Michael DoyleTaking and saving a life surrendered from sinFollowing God’s will and starting once againSanctification is the life’s journey we travelNever worried for our future; assured we will prevailThe first habit is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accomplishment, Charge, Commandments, Conform, Constant Prayer, Contemplation, Control, Conversation, Dedication, Dependence, Devil, Dilemma, Faith, Faithfulness, Focus, Follow, God, God's Will, God's Word, Godly Life, Habits, Holy Conversation, Holy Relationship, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, Intimacy, Judge, Know, Live, Meditation, Obedience, Path, Poetry and Poems, Power, Prevail, Promises, Quibble, Repetition, Resilience, Righteousness, Sanctification, Seal, Seven Ways, Sin, Soul, Sovereignity, Surrender, Think and Feel, Thoughts and Questions, Trust, Understanding, Worship, Wrath | Leave a comment

First Principles: Let Us Resolve To Be Masters, Not the Victims, of Our History, Controlling Our Own Destiny Without Giving Way To Blind Suspicions and Emotions

Posted on August 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.” – John F. Kennedy

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Control, Destiny, Emotion, First Principles, Giving Way, History Books, John F. Kennedy, Master, Resolve, Suspicion, Victims | Leave a comment