Tag Archives: God

Life On the Run

Posted on September 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Sunday’s sermon was based on Acts 27: Life On the Run by Michael Romani We all know the story told All that chaos that unfolds Bad choices that we have made That don’t quite make the grade Sometimes life comes … Continue reading →

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First Principles: God Governs the Affairs of Man

Posted on September 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I’ve lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: That God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is … Continue reading →

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Life’s Loving Song

Posted on September 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Last night’s Wednesday night sermon was based on https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+3%3A5-8&version=NIV Proverbs 3:5-8New International Version (NIV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Recreate

Posted on September 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

I do believe that God did create A need inside all to recreate Down by the dock, the dolphin plays While beside her the palm tree sways As though to provide the evidence Of the playful nature given by Providence … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Daily Prompt, Dolphin, God, Palm Tree, Plays, Recreate, Sunrise, Surprise, Sways, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: What God Says Is Best, Is Best

Posted on September 13, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.” – John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress In those moments when we do not know what to do next, God does. We may dread … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Better To Die Free Than Live As Slaves

Posted on September 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Declaration of the Cause and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, First Principles, Freedom, Freemen, God, John Dickinson, Liberty, Perservation, Reflection, Steadfast, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Is God, Not Man’s Words That Protect Us From Corruption

Posted on August 19, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be abused by human depravity; and that they may even, in some instances be made subservient to … Continue reading →

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Keeping His Love

Posted on August 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Wednesday night sermon time again! This time it’s based on: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A10&version=NIV John 15:10New International Version (NIV) 10 “If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Choose Positive Over Negative

Posted on August 12, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Believe in yourself. Believe you can be happy. Choose faith over doubt; choose love over hate; choose forgiveness over vengeance; choose honesty over deceit; choose positive thoughts over negative, and allow God to take control of things you can’t.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Faith, God, Happiness, Honesty, Peace, Positive Thinking, Self Confidence, Terry Mark, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: Fight Every Tyranny Over the Mind of Man

Posted on August 11, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson All ideas should be open for discussion in a free market place of ideas. This is the … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Altar, Dogma, Free Conscience, Free Marketplace of Ideas, Free Speech, God, Hostility, Oath, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny | Leave a comment