Tag Archives: God

Something Somehow Selfish Worn

Posted on June 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Cor.10:31: Something Somehow Selfish Worn by Michael Doyle There is something selfish in loving the Lord Because He loves us and we’re looking forward To that fellowship we feel here and up above And know … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Believe In A Heavenly Father Who Is Loving and Caring and Who Rejoices In Our Every Effort To Stand Tall and Walk Toward Hiim

Posted on June 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I do not believe in a God who would set up rules and commandments only to wait for us to fail so He could punish us. I believe in a Heavenly Father who is loving and caring and who rejoices … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Caring, Commandments, Dieter F Uchtdorf, Disxourage, Effort, Fail, Faith, Flee, God, Heavenly Father, Him, Keep Trying, Loving, Never Give Up, Punish, Rejoice, Rules, Set Up, Stand Tall, Stumble, Take Courage, Thought For the Day, Urge, Wait, Walk | Leave a comment

On Understanding Children’s Literature

Posted on June 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A wisely crafted tale invites its reader or listener, young and old, to inquire what good might be learned from the tale. On Understanding Children’s Literature by Michael Doyle The stories we have heard from childhood Are the classics of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aim, Allow, Aristotle, Art, Attention, Awe, Bless, Blunder, Childhood, Children's Literature, Classic, Craft, Creation, Deep Learning, Demanding, Depth, Detection, Draw, Education, Embrace, Endow, Enjoy, Escapism, Fable, Fiction, First Acts, First Time, Focus, Foster, God, Good, Grow, Heart, History, Hocus Pocus, Imagination, Imitation, Jesus, Know, Knowledge, Learn, Legacy, License, Limitation, Literature, Magic, Making, Met, Metaphor, Morality, Near Perfection, Nobility, Open Inquiry, Other Worlds, Parable, Passages, Photograph, Poem, Poetics, Poetry, Points, Prison, Reality, Retention, Seek, Sense of Wonder, Sharpen, Smaller Scale, Sterility, Story, Sublime, Sum of Darkness, Tale, Tell, Think, Together, Told, True Liberation, Truth, Understand, Understanding, Understood, Unfold, Want, Will, Work, Yearning | Leave a comment

Choice To Be Made

Posted on June 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What it really all comes down to, I think, anyhow… Choice To Be Made by Michael Doyle What this all comes down to For the likes of me and you Is if we’ll let our nation live in fear Or, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Brutality, Choice, Christian Nation, Comes Down, Destiny, Determine, Dignity, Equal Justice, Equally Loved, Fear, Founded, God, God's Love, God's Side, Goodness, Hope, Hopelessness, Innocent Lives, Known, Legacy, Made, Mankind, Me and You, Mercy, Nation, Odd, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Recall, Righteous Nation, Rule of Law, Shaken, Share, Shown, Side By Side, Taken, The Least, Together, Walk, Walk Together, Well Off | Leave a comment

A Champion Rides On

Posted on June 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There are a lot of great ways out there to be involved in what will actually improve our nation and its society. Among these is to communicate, grow, and then use your voice in effective non-violent ways. One project that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Absence of Fear, Adversity, Anarchy, Ancient Tradition, Bigger Person, Build, Champion, Community, Contrary, Conviction, Cope, Cost, Courage, Death Row Inmate, Destroy, Die, Dignity, Dirt Roads, Evidence, Falsity, Family, Gallows, Given Up, God, Good fight, Good Seasons, Grind Down, Hatred, Help, Home, Hope, Hurt, Improve, Innocence Project, Innocent Man, Integrity, Intensity, Involved, Lack Character, Lost, Make Better, Man, Modern Day, Nation, Non-Violence, Opportunity, Penitentiary, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Police Misconduct Litigation, Poor, Questionable, Reality, Reasons, Results, Ride, Scared, Shadows, Society, Stand, Standing, Strength, System, Testimony, True Heart, Untrue, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: Every Man Ought To Be Protected In Worshipping the Deity According to the Dictates of His Own Conscience

Posted on June 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I have often expressed my sentiments, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions, ought to be protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of his own … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Accountable, Alone, Deity, Dictate, Every Man, Express, First Principles, George Washington, God, Good Citizen, Own Conscience, Protected, Religious Opinions, Sentiment, Worship | Leave a comment

Knowing Who We Are

Posted on May 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Pentecostal Sunday and Ephesians 10: Knowing Who We Are by Michael Doyle For we are the handiwork of God for His good Created in His image, let this be understood With all thanks to God we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attitude, Benefit, Best, Blood of Jesus, Candle, Capacity, Charged, Christ, Command, Creation, Darkeness, Dedicate, Duties, Ephesians, Fulfill, God, God's Good Plan, Good, Gratitude, Handiwork, His Image, His Will, Hope, Hour, Humble, Illustrate, Immensity, Implication, Intend, Intensity, Jesus, Kingdom, Know, Legacy, Light, Live Up, Lives, Masterpiece, Night, Pentecostal Sunday, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Potential, Power, Promise, Purpose, Repudiation, Responsibility, Salvation, Servants, Service, Shape of God, Sins, State of Grace, Test, Thanks, Time, Truth, Understand, Understood, Victory, We Are, Who | Leave a comment

Soldiers From the Heart

Posted on May 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 5:6: Soldiers From the Heart by Michael Doyle Blessed are those who hunger and thirst For the righteousness of God foremost and first For all of these shall be fully satisfied Because in the countersign … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstain, Battle, Biblically True, Blessed, Book of Matthew, Cross, Discern, Discipline, False Doctrine, Fight the Good Fight, Focus, Footsteps, Forgive, Gentle, God, Godliness, Heart, Hunger and Thirst, Knees, Know, Love, Maturity, Pastor, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Righteousness, Satisfied, Sight, Sin, Soldier, Spiritual Battle, Standard, Timid, Timothy | Leave a comment

On the Gains of Godly Meditation

Posted on May 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalm 19:14: On the Gains of Godly Meditation by Michael Doyle The Bible isn’t just words but application We must understand before proper supplication Thinking and asking in prayer and open heart Listening to God, hopeful … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Application, Authority, Blessing, Book of Psalms, Capacity, Circumstance, Clarity, Commandments, Correction, Direction, Faith, Free, Gain, God, Humility, Insight, Joy, Lamp, Learn, Legacy, Listen, Live Right, Meditation, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Presence, Principles, Promises, Purity, Saved, Shutting Out, Sin, Sincerity, Spirit, Strength, Supplication, Thinking, Understand, Wisdom, Wise | Leave a comment

Woven Into A Delicate Tapestry

Posted on May 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Faith and reason must work in combination with one another to approach the balance necessary to navigate the life of individuals and of nations around the world. Woven Into A Delicate Tapestery by Michael Doyle Woven into a most delicate … Continue reading →

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