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First Principles: Religion, In Its Purity, Is…Obedience To God In Improvement of Self and Benevolence To Men
“Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Beneevolence, Faith, First Principles, Foundation, God, High and Holy, Holiness, Improvement of SElf, Jonathan Edwards, Mankind, Obedience, Purity, Pursuit, Religion, Temper, Works
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My Heart Grows Heavy (I’m Dipping In)
My Heart Grows Heavy (I’m Dipping In)by Michael DoyleMy heart grows heavy in the sadnessAs I look at this world of madnessAnd know that love is the needed legacyAs it should be walked as its meant to beNo Matter what … Continue reading
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Tagged Back, Bible, Book of Romans, Broken, Burden, Christianity, Death and Rsurrection, Dipping In, DNA, Eden, Faith, Foot Prints, Forgive, Forward, God, God's Will, Haters, Heart, Heart Heavy, Heaven, Hurting, Imprint, Jesus, Legacy, Madness, Palm Sunday, Personal Theology, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Sadness, Shame, Sin, Spoken, The Garden, Walked, Whispers, World
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Redemption In the Law
Redemption In the Lawby Michael DoyleIn God’s love, like a symphonyThe Book of Romans feeds the communityComplete in its fullness and integrityIt teaches history and theologyProdigals are welcomed to this storyAs we reveal the depth of God’s gloryKnees are bowed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad, Bible, Broken Patterns, Challenges, Christianity, Community, Complete, Confession, Consciousness, Corrrect, Courage, Define, Depth, Encourage, Faith, Foundation, Friend, God, God's Glory, God's Love, Good, Grace, Grow, History, Holy Relationship, Integrity, Jesus, Love, Missed Mark, Moral Law, No Quarter, Poetry and Poems, Prodgials, Redemption, Revelation, Sin, Soul, Symphony, The Law, Theology, Truth, Understood, Unvarnishedd
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To Live In the Law
To Live In the Lawby Michael DoyleWalked into the doctrines of controversyThere is a stiff challenge without heresyDown through God’s good agesThere are debates that readily rageThe dialog should be had with all humilityGracefully admitting a bit of grace and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adjustment, Ages, Bible, Bonds, Challenge, Christianity, Conscience, Context, Contradictions, Controversy, Debate, Demanding, Dialog, Direction, Discernment, Doctrines, Expectation, Failed Understanding, Faith, Filters and Perceptions, Forgive, Fruit, God, God's Story, Grace and Mercy, Heresy, Humility, Jesus, Law, Live, Marriage, Martin Luther, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Root, Shades of Glory, The Law, Universal, Widow
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Set Free
Set Freeby Michael DoyleLife has me trying to find myselfIt’s not like a book on the shelfBut it’s me who I learn how to readAs life comes at me as it makes me bleedTo live in faith brings graceIt’s known … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, Believe, Bible, Bleed, Children, Christianity, Confidence, Confront, Face-To-Face, Faith, Faithfulness, Find Myself, God, Grace, Holy Way, Jesus, King, Life, Nation, Place, Poetry and Poems, Read, Receive, Relation, Set Free, Worthy
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Dawn Breaks
Dawn Breaksby Michael DoyleWaking up to this holy hourDawn breaks in our Father’s powerAnd we know there’s nothing He can’t doHe stands ready for me and youWe pledge our everything and allHeeding our Lord’s loving callOpening our eyes with gratitudeWe … Continue reading
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Tagged Dawn Breaks, Done, Eyes, Faith, Father, Father's Power, Foot of Calvary, Gifts, Gratitude, Greatest Treasure, Holy Hour, Human Measure, Love, Loving Call, Note By Note, Nothing, Our King, Pledge, Poetry and Poems, Right Attitude, Risen Son, Son, Songs, Spirit, The Lord, This Love, Throne of Majesty, Victory, Worship
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Secure In My Salvation
Secure In My Salvationby Michael DoyleMy life’s abundance has no regretMy gains are my life’s netMy life has become better since I metOur Lord and savior, never to forgetMy belief, our belief, quietly persistsThat our God fully and entirely existsAs … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Bible, Christianity, Debt, Earth, Exist, Faith, Forget, Freed, Gains, God, Heaven, Holiness, Hope and Love, Jesus, Life's Abundance, Lord and Savior, My Life, Need, Net, No Regret, Peace and Grace, Poetry and Poems, Salvation, Secure, Truth, Waking Moment
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Honored In My Praise
Honored In My Praiseby Michael DoyleFrom now until my deathI’ll praise God to my last breathWhether doubtful or in confidenceI’ll put my faith in providenceKnowing that God stays in controlHis is the hold on my soulThere is nothing to hideAs … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, All My Days, Astound, Bounty, Calvary, Confidence, Control, Death, Dedicated, Doubtful, Faith, Forgiven, God, Hide, His Ways, Honor, Last Breath, Living, Moments, Now, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Praise God, Providence, Sarifice, Savior, Sins, Soul, Thrive, Tide, Trust
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Thought For the Day: Faith Is To Believe What You Do Not See; the Reward of This Faith Is To See What You Believe
“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” – Saint Augustine
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Tagged Believe, Do Not See, Faith, Reward, Saint Augustine, See, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: It Was Not Through the Law That Abraham and His Offspring Received the Promise That He Would Be Heir of the World, But Through the Righteousness That Comes By Faith
It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.” – Book of Romans 4: 13 (NIV)
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Tagged Abraham, Book of Romans 4:13, Faith, First Principles, Heir, Offspring, Righteousness, The Law, The Promise, The World
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 