Tag Archives: Jesus

Living Scripture

Posted on February 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Living Scriptureby Michael DoyleWe started church with a prayer for UkraineI can only further pray it is not in vainThe horrors that they are going throughCan only be endured by the strength of how God is trueTurning next in our … Continue reading →

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As To Heaven, Our Hands Raise

Posted on February 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

As To Heaven, Our Hands Raiseby Michael DoyleIn our Christian legacyJesus is our first priorityHe is before all other thingsAnd He is for whom we singIn the beginning was the WordBefore any other thought occurredUntil He came to dwell among … Continue reading →

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Layers of Emotion

Posted on February 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Layers of Emotionby Michael DoyleOur hearts hold feelings deeper than oceansIt’s up to us to manage our own emotionsThe heart of the matter is that hearts matterYet, we must do this or our lives might shatterFeelings are so very hard … Continue reading →

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Illuminations of Faith

Posted on November 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Illuminations of Faithby Michael DoyleFaith is not a blind leapBut the illuminations that we keepFinding, like a compass, our directionThrough Christ and His correctionListening to that small, still voiceIt’s where we find the healthy choiceIn apparent tone deaf moments of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blind Leap, Christ, Compass, Correction, Direction, Faith, Healthy Choice, Illumination, Jesus, Keep, Listen, Poetry and Poems, Tone Deaf, Voice, Walks, Year After Year | Leave a comment

Discernment Revisited

Posted on November 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Discernment Revisitedby Michael DoyleI guess that’s the dealLetting Jesus take the wheelLike the wisdom of Solomon’s sealIt is what keeps it realGoing deep into the ScriptureWe find the things of GodSurrendering in devotion to ScriptureWe recommit to the ways of … Continue reading →

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In A Walk of Faith

Posted on November 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

In A Walk of Faithby Michael DoyleThe heartbeat behind the day to dayis to find our way to Jesus along the wayIt’s hard to lean into more enthusiasmThan to find anything but optimismIn a walk of faith, we are awestruckIn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awestruck, Day To Day, Enthusiasm, Find Our Way, Hands, heartbeat, Jesus, Lean Into, Optimism, Passions, Poetry and Poems, Surrender, Walk of Faith | Leave a comment

Bumping Into Jesus

Posted on November 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Bumping Into Jesusby Michael DoyleDivine encounters along the wayIt doesn’t necessarily happen on SundayLittle moments that teach usPut on as these are to reach usBumps on the road have their distractionThe way through gives the best tractionEach moment is given … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bumping, Certain, Chance, Circumstance, Clarity, Conclusion, Confusing, Cross, Depart, Distraction, Divine, Divine Encounter, Experience, Faithfulness, Fragment, Glory, God's Hand, Goodness, Heart, Horrify, Hour, Insecurity, Invasion, Invitation, Jesus, Light, Little Moments, Ordinary, Perceptions, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Promised Land, Purity, Reach, Story, Sunday, Teach, Teaching Moment, Throne, Trace, Traction, Trust, Understand, Victory, View, Water, Wine | Leave a comment

First Principles: With Man This Is Impossible, But With God All Things Are Possible

Posted on October 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 (New International Version)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged All Things, First Principles, God, Impossible, Jesus, Look, Mankind, Many, Matthew 19:26, Possible, Said | Leave a comment

Inconvenience Into Resemblance

Posted on October 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Inconvenience Into Resemblanceby Michael DoyleCasting aside the inconvenienceLooking instead for the resemblanceIs he your bother or a brother?What happened to loving one another?Red letter moments meant to teach usEach word said in try to reach usPassages that speak to heartachesMeant … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Belong, Bother, Brother, Done, Dwell, Embrace, Embraces, Encourage, Factual, Faith, Gentle Correction, God, God's Loving Arms, Goodness, Grace, Healing Hand, Healthy, Heartaches, His Love, Hurt, Importance, Incovenience, Jesus, Leaning In, Loving One Another, Me, Messy Spaces, Missing, Mistakes, Passages, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Purity, Pursuit, Reach, Red Letter, Reflection, Resemblance, Sacred, Seasons, Sick, Sobering, Speak, Spiritual Perfection, Stepping Into, Teach, Teaches, Thee, Toward, True, Wrong | Leave a comment

Pick Up Stix

Posted on May 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Pick Up Stixby Michael DoyleYou can pick up sticksYou can play a thousand licksBut you can’t save a soulWithout saving your ownYou can make up tricksThat mesmerize slickers and hicksBut when you walk the walk of JesusYou’re never aloneSaid the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brief, Dignity, Each of Us, Equality, From the Heart, God's Family, Irish Homily, Jesus, Knew, Lifting Up, Love For One Another, Make Up, Mesmerize, Never Alone, Pick Up Stix, Play Our Part, Poetry and Poems, President, Restores, Rock Star, Save A Soul, Save Your Own, Slickers and Hicks, Straits of Poverty, Thousand Licks, Tricks, Walk the Walk, What He Meant | Leave a comment