Tag Archives: Ears

Born Into This World

Posted on January 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Born Into This Worldby Michael DoyleWe are born into this wounded worldIn which we see the need for improvementIt often feels as if we’re hurledBecoming ourselves is our greatest accomplishmentGrasping for the bits and pieces we can findThat which which … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accomplishment, Beauty of Tomorrow, Becoming Ourselves, Behind, Bits and Pieces, Blind Faith, Books On Shelves, Born, Coming Years, Crowd, Culture, Dare, Desperate, Discontent, Discover, Drowning Surface, Ears, Eccentric Opinions, Essential, Eyes Above, Fallacies, Feel, Find, Fools, Gambit, Grasp, Grievous, Harshest Critics, Humble Beginnings, Hurled, Improvement, Into This World, Love, Ourselves, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Sorrow, Stumble, The Best, Vulturess, Wartmth, Whisper, World's Embrace, Wounded, Written Script | Leave a comment

An Appreciation Recognized

Posted on November 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

An Appreciation Recognizedby Michael DoyleSpoken with some adherenceIs the preacher’s insistenceOnly the Holy Spirit needs to appearFor the ears willing to hearOther churches are our familyWith eyes joined on the holyWe live this walk in celebrationAs we spread our faith … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adherence, Appear, Appreciation, Belong, Calling, Celebration, Church, Ears, Eyes, Faith, Falling, Family, Growing Faith, Growing Together, Hear, Holy, Insistance, Joined Hands, Joy, Leadership, Love of God, Mission, Nation, New Song, Pastored, Persisstence, Poetry and Poems, Position, Preacher, Recognize, Spirit, Spoken, Spread, The Holy Spirit, the Word, Witness, Word, Worship | Leave a comment

Surrender and Devotion

Posted on November 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Surrender and Devotionby Michael DoyleEvery one of usMove from death to lifeWe know that it’s more than a fussAs we move toward peace from strifeOur values push us toward unityLiving in the free land of libertyThis is the struggle for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Audience of One, Bible, Blind Spots, Calamity, Catalyic, Centerstage, Church, Circumstance, Community, Completion, Conversation, Courage, Dead, Death to Life, Deed, Dispute, Ears, Faith, False Glory, False Pride, False Teaching, Fear, Fuss, God, Going, Harmony, Hear, Heart, Hollow, Holy Spirit, Humanity, Indwelling, Jesus, Know, Liberty, Love, Outspoken, Overreaching, Peace From Strife, Poetry and Poems, Relationship, Repetition, Revelation, Scriptures, Seven Stars, Shallow, Social Reputation, Start, Struggle, Surrender and Devotion, Table, The Book, True Repentance, Unity, Values, Way Forward, World's Brokenness, Worship | Leave a comment

First Principles: Whoever Has Ears, Let Them Hear What the Spirit Says To the Churches. To the One Who Is Victorious, I Will Give the Right To Eat From the Tree of Life

Posted on October 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” – Revelation … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Church, Ears, First Principles, Heart, Paradise of God, Revelation 2:7, Right, The Spirit, Tree of Life, Victorious, Whoever | Leave a comment

A New Horizon

Posted on February 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A New Horizonby Michael DoyleOpen up your eyes and seeLook into the new horizonThe morning light brings possibilityShining on without corruptionThe purity of this new dayLies in your hands to be madeThe rain may fall along the wayBut don’t hide … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Arc, Begin Again, Believe, Bound, Childhood, Compassion, Corruption, Darkness, Ears, Eyes, Fears, Forget, Future, Hand In Hand, Hands, Hate, Hide Away, Hoome, Keep, Known, Late, Leave, Light, Look, Love, Made, Morning Light, New Day, New Horizon, Northern, Ourselves, Past, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Purity, Rain, Run, See, Shadow, Shine, Stars, Today, Truth, Understand, Understood, Way, Whisper, Win, Woods | Leave a comment

Lamentations Through the Tears

Posted on July 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Lamentations Through the Yearsby Michael DoyleBefore my eyes and with my own earsI’ve witnessed miracles in my yearsYet, there have still been times of painWhich have brought lessons, not in vainHard times hit, and they hit hardWith darkness compelling like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cares, Communication, Dependent, Ears, Eyes, Faith, Frustration, God, Hard Times, Heartbreak to Hope, Lamentations, Lessons, Limitation, Miracles, New, Old Testament, Pain, Plain View, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Psalmist, Relationship, Sovereignty, Submit, Tears, Theology, Vain, Wild Card, Years | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Are Apt To Shut Our Eyes Against A Painful Truth – and Listen To the Song of That Syren, Till She Transforms Us Into Beasts

Posted on March 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Apt, Beasts, Ears, Eyes, First Principles, Painful Truth, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Struggle for Liberty, Temporal Salvation, Wise Men | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Use Your Voice For Kindness, Your Ears For Compassion, Your Hands For Charity, Your Mind For Truth, and Your Heart For Love

Posted on May 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity, your mind for truth, and your heart for love.” – William John Bennett

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Charity, Compassion, Ears, Hands, Heart, Kindness, Love, Mind, Thought For the Day, Truth, Voice, William John Bennett | Leave a comment

In the Example of the Okapi

Posted on October 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

In the Example of the Okapiby Michael DoyleUnique in our awesomenessWe are known by our awkwardnessIt’s not to be living in arroganceBut to live God’s thumbprint in confidenceStewarding the space between our earsLiving to our best in all of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrogance, Aware, Awesomeness, Brokenness, Chains, Confidence, Contemplation, Doubt, Ears, Edge, Ego, Example, God, God's Thumbprint, Good, Habit, Heaven, Insecurity, Life, Living, Love of Self, Maturity, Okapi, Paths, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Positivity, Redemption, Sake, Searching Hearts, Shake, Space, Steward, Strife, Surety, Thumbprint, Years | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Problem For Individuals and Nations When Standards of Right and Wrong Are Abandoned Is Where It Leads

Posted on July 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The problem for individuals and nations when standards of right and wrong are abandoned is where it leads. Moral anarchy has been one of the contributing factors to the collapse of empires and great nations of the past. Apparently, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abandoned, Believing, Cal Thomas, Collapse, Court, Ears, Empires, Eyes, Great Nations, Hear, Inclusive, Individuals, Judgment of God, Judgment of History, Leads, Moral Anarchy, Nations, Past, Problem, Right and Wrong, Scripture, Seems Right, Standards, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment