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Giving Is A Heart Matter
Giving Is A Heart Matterby Michael DoyleChurch can be satisfying and funWith all of God’s delights to be doneLeaning in for the moments of developmentWorship done properly leads to contentmentUnified and faith-filled the church leadsTo spiritual sanctification and Godly deedsLife … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Called Out, Church, Commitment, Community, Contentment, Decision, Delight, Development, Faith-Filled, Family, Fun, Generosity, Giving, God, Grace, Gratitude, Guidance, Heart Matter, Live, Live Out, Love In Action, Pastor, Path, Poetry and Poems, Received, Right Attitude, Sage, Sanctification, Sow, Standards, Stewardship
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Taking Heed of Our Correction
Ephesians 2:1-10 Taking Heed of Our Correctionby Michael Doyle As believers we walk from sinLearning to live true life againGod, in His richness has been kindBy this grace, we are not left behind This blessing has been given as giftTo … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Bragging Rights, Change, Correction, Craving, Deserve, Family, Forgive, Glory, God, Grace, Heed, Imprint, Poetry and Poems, Richness, Sanctified, Saving, Serve, Sin, Step, Stumble, Truth
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In Full Stomp (On Satan’s Head)
In Full Stomp (On Satan’s Head)by Michael DoyleLift the cross and trust in the FatherThough the steps seem sometimes fartherWe must walk away from things of enmityKeeping united to love in all its entiretyLife does come with things that painDespite … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Bruised Heel, Choices, Contemplation, Contrain, Cross, Devil, Enmity, Faith, Fall, Family, Feel, Fight, Fragility, Hell, Integrity, Level, Liberation, Life, Love, North Star, Pain, Patterns, Poetry and Poems, Promises of Truth, Purpose, Real, Reconiliation, Redemption, Right Intention, Rules, Same Lap, Scripture, Serpent, Service, Steps, Stomp, Swinging For the Fence, Tasks, Track, Trust, Understand, United, Vain
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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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Tagged Conversation, Doubts, Envy, Face, Family, Follow, God, God's Flow, God's Plans, Heavenly Father, Hold, Humility, Jealous, Journey, Juggle, Learn, Meaning, Moments, Odd, Poetry and Poems, Prodigal Child, Rooted, Shifting Hearts, Slipping and Falling, Squander, Star, State of Grace, Stay the Course, Torn, Traces, Treasures, Unwise, Visibility, Vulnerability
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First Principles: Government Is Instituted For the Common Good; For the Protection, Safety, Prosperity, and Happiness of the People
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men…” – John Adams (1776)
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Tagged Class of Men, Common Good, Family, First Principles, Government, Happiness, Honor, Instituted, John Adams, One Man, Private Interest, Profit, Prosperity, Protection, Safety, The People
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End Game
End Gameby Michael DoyleAt the base of our societyIs none other than the familyWhere better to build a ministryTo make the changes needed for historyIt’s a struggle in drifting apartWe need to focus on matters of the heartThe stages of … Continue reading
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Tagged Awesome, End Game, Explanation, Family, Flaw, Heart, History, Known, Ministry, Oberstation, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Progression, Shown, Society, Sorrow, Struggle, Tomorrow
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Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)
Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)by Michael DoyleNo freedom, no libertyNo right to fundamental dignityHappy the Elephant pays the costAnd the decision it seems is lostThere will be no sanctuaryPersonhood has been denied capacityRegardless of intelligence, elephants are thingsSubstantially … Continue reading
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Tagged "X", Ability, Aesthetic, Arbritary, Autonomy, Beauty, Capacity, Chattel, Complexity, Cost, Dead, Decision, Dissent, Dominant Tusked, Elephants, Empathy, Factors, Family, Forehead, Freedom, Full Recognition, Fundamental Dignity, Given Hand, Happy the Elephant, Human Beings, Humanity, Intelligence, Language, Legal Reasoning, Liberty, Love, Majestic Giants, Memory, Mirrors, Mourn, Nonverbal, Personhood, Picky Eaters, Poetry and Poems, Points of Similarity, Present, Recognize, Refinement, Rejected, Sanctuary, Science, Self, Sentient Beings, Solitary Confinement, Talking, Things, Things Unsaid, Understand, Unfeeling, Walking, Words, World, Zoo Enclosures
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On Behalf of the Uyghurs
On Behalf of the Uyghursby Michael DoyleGive me the whole of your sentence And I will still my will and serveGive me the entirety of your pretenseTell me what it is that I deserveAnd I will still write my poetryNever … Continue reading
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Tagged Banner, Behalf, Blossom, Bosom, Committing Verses, Conscience, Courage, Cried, Culture, Defend, Deserve, Encoourage, Endless Grief, Everything, Fade Away, Familiar Voice, Family, Fire n Throat, Flowers, Freedoms, Genocide, Gulnisa Imin, Hope, Human Contact, Integrity, Joined In Voice, Language, Live Dead, Live Freely, Living Legacy, Make Us Friends, Manner, Memory, Moonless Nights, Patriotism, People's Rights, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Reeducation, Regret, Said, Sentence, Separatism, Serve, Shared Thoughts, Sharing Freedom's Plea, Sing Freely, Stars, Strength, Strokes of Penmanship, Stubborn Pride, Supress, Tenderness, Thoughts, Thousand Nights, Tribe of Poets, Truth of Peace, Uyghurs, Vital, WeChat Snippets, Wilderness, Yearn
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