Tag Archives: Cross

Blessed, Broken, and Given

Posted on June 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Blessed, Broken, and Givenby Michael DoyleWe live in the era of the offendedWhile we’ve forgotten that we’re friendedBy a friend who teaches in His storyThe ways to move past offense into gloryHave a sharp mind in every interrogationFinding discernment in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 30 Pieces of Silver, Betrayals, Blessed, Breaking the Bread, Bridge, Broken, Circumspection, Confide, Cross, Crucifixion, Disappointments, Discernment, Distinction, Ebb and Flow, Forgiven, Forgotten, Friended, Given, Grow, Heartbreak Ridge, Integrity, Interpretation, Interrogation, Jesus, Joy and Compassion, Legit, Lessons, Let the Right Things In, Listen, Mirror, Motive, Move Past Offense, Offended, Outside, Pattern, Patterns, Perfection, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Pointed Fingers, Promises, Recall, Resurrection, Rooster, Sharp Mind, Sin, Soft Heart, Spiritual Blessing, Story, Tears, Test, Thick Skin, Years | Leave a comment

The Power In God’s Name

Posted on May 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Power In God’s Nameby Michael DoyleWe believe in the sameThe power in God’s nameThough it feels impossibleWe know in God, all is capableMiracles out of nowhereThe final say of what is fairThe mover of the breakableFinds voice in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Altars, Attitude, Believe, Blessed, Breakable, Capable, Changed for Good, Cross, Crucifixion, Cry, Fair, Final Say, Found, Glory of God, Gratitude, Heaven Bound, Impossible, In God, Layer, Lives, Magnified, Miracles, Mover, Nowhere, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Prayer, Sea, Sky, Sunrise, Sunset, Surprise, Transformation, Unspeakable, Voice | Leave a comment

Open Declaration

Posted on April 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Carefully, Contrary, Conversation, Cross, Cultivate, Decoration, Experiences, Finest Hours, God's Command, Happiness, Hit and Miss, Hymns, Learn, Lessons, Live Through, Living Life, Love, Misery, Nowhere to Live, Observation, Open Declaration, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Sanctuary, See, Shine, Sing, Stare, Strong, The Father, Timberline, Words of Power | Leave a comment

Have A Blessed Resurrection Day 2022!

Posted on April 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The true message of Easter is not found in the Cross. It is revealed in the empty tomb. It is Christ’s victory over death not for Him but for humanity. It is a four part play of Creation, Fall, Redemption, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Aloha Promises Forever, Creation, Cross, Easter, Empty Tomb, Fall, Four Part Play, Have A Blessed Resurrection Day 2022!, Humanity, Pray, Redemption, Resurrection, Thought For the Day, Victory Over Death | Leave a comment

On the Third Day

Posted on April 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

On the Third Dayby Michael DoyleThe Holy Spirit brings us powerBut we bring tenderness to this hourEaster then is the pinnacle of gloryAs we tell the tale of the resurrection storyGod is the business of setting things rightHe paid for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accordance, Affirmation, Anchor, Ascension, Attitude, Blood Sacrifice, Bond, Bow, Burn, Candles, Changes Everything, Christ, Circumspection, Confess, Confirmation, Conscience Choice, Contest, Conversion, Creation, Cross, Daily Pain, Death, Death of Death, Death to Life, Debt, Deceived, Deliver, Disciples, Done, Dragons to Slay, Easter, Emerge, Empty Tomb, Eternity, Every Day, Every Knee, Experience, Eyes, Eyes of Our Hearts, Fade Away, Faith, Faithful, Fall, Family, Father, Fill, Final Victory, Finished, First Fruits, Focus, Folly of Man, Forget It, Four Part Play, Gather, Genesis Three, Get It, Glory, God, God and Man, God's Power, Good, Good Cheer, Good News, Gratitude, Grave, Harvest, Heart, Heaven, His Ways, Holy Light, Holy Resurrection Day, Holy Spirit, Holy Story, Immersioin, Journey, Joy, Knowledge of God, Light, Martyrs, Melody, Message, Ministry, Mystery, Newness, Night, Obedient, On the Third Day, Opportunity, Paid, Paid In Full, Patient Promises, Payment Made, Peace, Penalty, Pinnacle of Glory, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praised, Precious Message, Promises, Raised, Recall, Received, Reconciliation, Redemption, Renewal, Restore, Resurrection Story, Role, Setting Things Right, Sight, Significant Yes, Sing, Son, Spotless Lamb, Steadfast, Strife, Subjugation, Sunrise, Temporal, Temptation, Tenderness, The World, Theology, Third Day, Tomb, Tongue, Total Sum, True Loss, Truth, Water, Witness, World's Darkness | Leave a comment

Bumping Into Jesus

Posted on November 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Bumping Into Jesusby Michael DoyleDivine encounters along the wayIt doesn’t necessarily happen on SundayLittle moments that teach usPut on as these are to reach usBumps on the road have their distractionThe way through gives the best tractionEach moment is given … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bumping, Certain, Chance, Circumstance, Clarity, Conclusion, Confusing, Cross, Depart, Distraction, Divine, Divine Encounter, Experience, Faithfulness, Fragment, Glory, God's Hand, Goodness, Heart, Horrify, Hour, Insecurity, Invasion, Invitation, Jesus, Light, Little Moments, Ordinary, Perceptions, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Promised Land, Purity, Reach, Story, Sunday, Teach, Teaching Moment, Throne, Trace, Traction, Trust, Understand, Victory, View, Water, Wine | Leave a comment

Thoughts On Dorian Gray, Part II

Posted on October 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Thoughts On Dorian Gray, Part II, III and IVby Michael DoyleII.Conjuring tales and hallucinationServe up as the Devil’s illustrationIt’s a triumph of base deceitQuietly play on a foggy London streetToo many things are better left unsaidWhere this an extraordinary sense … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, Beautiful, Blame, Blood Stain, Conventions of Morality, Cross, Deceit, Devil, Dorian Gray, Dread, Fog, Hallucination, Hands, Illustrate, Life, London Street, Measure, Name, No Limits Known, Poetry and Poems, Price, Pride, Suicide, Tales, Tender Heart, Thoughts, Triump, Unsaid, Wonderful | Leave a comment

Off Ramp

Posted on September 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Off Rampby Michael DoyleFrom dodge ball to full gloryWe live the Christmas storyBridged by that crossOn which God took our lossUnknown is the time and seasonBut what is known is the reasonThat healing of eternal riftIf only we will receive … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Accept, Bridged, Chains, Chosen, Christmas Story, Cross, Dead, Death, Elected, Enjoy, Eternal Rift, Freeway, Fruit, Full Glory, Gift, God, Good Book, Hallelujah, Healing, Holy Priests, Known, Last, Last Breath, Left, Life, Live, Loss, Love, Off Ramp, Past, Poetry and Poems, Raised, Real Death, Reason, Receive, Relieve, Righteous Nation, Said, Salvation, Savior, Selected, Time and Season, Unknown, Walks | Leave a comment

I Wouldn’t Disagree

Posted on July 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

I Wouldn’t Disagreeby Michael DoyleWas it youOr was it meI wouldn’t disagreeMaybe it wasBoth of usAnd just becauseThe truthOf our youthThat never wasPerceptionsMisconceptionsSelf-deceptionsIt’s a matterOf interpretationMiscalculationsToo many distractionsIn our interactionsWouldn’t allow for detractionsDoesn’t take long to realizeI haven’t the words … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apologize, Appreciation, Both of Us, Bridge of Sighs, Cross, Detractions, Disagree, Disconnection, Distraction, Events, Eyes, Grow, Haven't the Words, Interactions, Interpretation, Just Because, Know, Matter, Me, Miscalculation, Misconceptions, Moment, Negotiation, Never Was, No Longer Room, No Room, Perceptions, Poetry and Poems, Realize, Self-Deceptions, Truth, What Else Is There, Without Respect, You, Youth | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #24: Perishable

Posted on April 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #24: Perishableby Michael DoylePerishable as a live plantShe insists but just can’tThere a perfect consolation in leafIts in its hiding manifestations of griefIn the soft shame of being seenEach of us fails our push at being human beingsPotted plants … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Call To me, Conservation, Cross, Dishonestly, Domination, Each of Us, Earth's Future, End of Nature, Fails, Fear, Fickleness, Form, Frail Ecology, Grief, Helpless Loss, Here, Hiding Manifestations, Human Beings, Humbled Isloation, Leaf, Little Wonder, Live Plant, Mystery, Na/GloPoWriMo, Observation, Perfect Consolation, Perishable, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Potted Plants, Push, Rooted, Sake of Man, Seen, She Insists, Soft Shame, Tending, Watering of Our Plants, We Can | Leave a comment