Tag Archives: Conversation

Seven Ways of Living A More Godly Life

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

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Dwelling Richly

Dwelling Richlyby Michael DoyleStanding there caught amidst my sighI raise my hands up to the skyGiving myself in prayerful conversationIn the truth of my greatest relationIn an echo of God’s word, lived in my lifeI turn further toward peace, away … Continue reading

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Trauma and Perspective

Trauma and Perspectiveby Michael DoyleIt’s a public testimony of faith in baptismWe embrace our faith with optimismAs we join hands in this great conversationWalking every step toward our destinationDoing the hard work going on in the insideThe core of this … Continue reading

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Funny How Time Slips Away

Funny How Time Slips Awayby Michael DoyleI was thinking just the other dayIsn’t it funny how time slips away?Somewhere between country and rockThere’s need for living by straight talkLife has its beats and tribulationsTimes of sadness and of jubilationsIndulging in … Continue reading

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Steadfast Against the Culture

Steadfast Against the Cultureby Michael DoyleThere are two kinds of believersThose committed to the Bible and deceiversSome are guided by the Holy Spirit to aspireAnd then there are the carnally minded led by desireThere are two types of ways to … Continue reading

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Stay the Course

Stay the Courseby Michael DoyleStanding rooted in our visibilitySeeing beyond our vulnerabilityLead out in example of God’s flowIs the only star we should followShifting hearts torn from GodInto doubts that are feeling oddJealously looking with envious eyesThough we know from … Continue reading

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Scrambling On God’s Path

Scrambling On God’s Pathby Michael DoyleIt was a Sunday morning scrambleWhen with his words at a rambleThe minister began to tell his taleHoping somehow the truth will prevailHoping to bring his congregationCloser to the heart of God in aggregationGod’s grace … Continue reading

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Holistic Commitment

Holistic Commitmentby Michael DoyleThere is no real culture of lifeWithout the culture of married familyHere in this world filled with strifeThis is not just an empty homilyBut a call for holistic commitmentTo which there should be no resentmentBut a desire … Continue reading

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Inspired By Conversation

Inspired By Conversationby Michael DoyleLife has its hitsThat come along the wayThe Devil has his duesWe all have to payIt’s a slow paradeThe passage of these yearsFilled with ups and downsIts smiles and its tearsBut of all the thingsThat have … Continue reading

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Open Declaration

Open Declarationby Michael DoyleThe cross is not a decorationIt is an open declarationOf how much love the Father bringsThese are the lessons of the hymns we singLooking carefully at all that we seeWhat brings happiness, what brings misery?Staring out bored … Continue reading

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