Tag Archives: Live

To Delight In Becoming Complete

Posted on September 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Delight In Becoming Completeby Michael Doyle We thank you for the glory you let us liveAll of the sins that you found to forgiveBy your Spirit, I think on things I’ve saidI thank you for where your path has … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Clothed, Complete, Delight, Devotion, Forgive, Generation, Glory, God's Garments, Knees, Led, Live, Ocean, One By One, Outpour, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Retore, Righteous Ways, Said, Sins, Snare, Spirit, Temptation, The Son, Wrongs | Leave a comment

If It Wasn’t For Courage

Posted on August 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

If It Wasn’t For Courageby Michael DoyleOn the other side lies paradiseThe captain offers his best adviceAs his pirate crew readies for the fightWho knows how many will live until the morning lightReady the muskets and say your last prayerAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, Battle, Captain, Courage, Destiny, Eternity, Fight, Flight, Grave Insult, Ground, Hangman's Noose, Heart, Journey, Judgment Day, Last Prayer, Live, Morning Light, Muskets, Other Side, Paradise, Pirate Crew, Poetry and Poems, Power, Primal Urge, Result, Stare, Start, Steps, Struggle, Survival, Timing, Trial | Leave a comment

Like A Child

Posted on August 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like A Childby Michael DoyleUnafraid like a childFeeling the spirit of the wildI serve our Father’s kingdomIn the name of love and freedomPraising Jesus’s sweet nameThe spirit of the Lord is the sameThat brings our Father’s loveBelieved from below; proclaimed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Believe, Below, Bring, Child, Darkest Night, Darkness, Day, Days, Delivered, Deserve, End, Father, Father's Kingdom, Feel, Free, Freedom, Grave, Jesus, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Remove, Same, Save, Serve, Sing, Son, Spirit, Spirt, The Living King, Unafraid, Wild | Leave a comment

For Our Living Cares

Posted on July 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

For Our Living Caresby Michael DoylePrayer is not even in the least bitTo be prayed like the hypocritesTo preach or to pray; it’s easier to sayWhat it is to put your beliefs in playIt’s not the facade but in keeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accidents, Beliefs, Bible, Console, Daily Life, Destination, Difference, Expectations, Expected, Facade, False Desires, Feel, Forgot, Fullness, Gilded Rules, God's Ways, Godly Things, Hearts, Heed, Holy Relationship, Hypocrites, In Play, Instead, Keeping It Real, Lion's Den, Listen, Live, Living Cares, Living the Truth, Need, Neglected, Our Inheritance, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prayer, Preach, Private Conversation, Reluctance, Righteous Love, Sough, Souls, Speak, Spoon Fed Fools, Startled Moments, Theology, Treasure, Truth of Love, Wake Up, World's Sin, Worship, Wrong Things | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Live As If You Were To Die Tomorrow. Learn As If You Were To Live Forever

Posted on July 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Die, Forever, Learn, Live, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Thought For the Day, Tomorrow, You | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Be Advised That All Flatterers Live At the Expense of Those Who Listen To Them

Posted on July 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.” -Jean de la Fontaine, poet and fabulist (8 Jul 1621-1695)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Advised, Expense, Flatterers, Jean de la Fontaine, Listen, Live, Thought Fore the Day | Leave a comment

In the End (We Die Alone)

Posted on July 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In the End (We Die Alone)by Michael DoyleHarsh words are toldSometimes quietly, sometimes boldThere are a million ways to live your yearsBut it’s best when you free your fearsAnte up to stay in the gameWhatever happened or who is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above Ground, Ante Up, Balk, Best Ability, Best Card, Better, Beyond Our Capability, Blame, Bluff, Bold, Breath, Chin Held High, Chin Up, Desolate Mile, End, Face, Fake, Fears, Forgiving, Found, Friend, Getting Yourself Together, Grace, Hard, Harsh Words, Head Above Water, Hurt, Impartiality, In the End, Joker's Bluff, Keep On Living, Life, Life Is Life, Live, Live Your Years, Living, Loneliness, Loud, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Proud, Push Comes To Shove, Quite Enough, Rusted Glass, Smile, Stability, Surprise, Talk Your Walk, Thanks, Told, Troubles, We Die Alone | Leave a comment

How, Then, Should I Live?

Posted on June 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

How Then Should I Live?by Michael DoyleI look around this world with troubles to seeAnd I wonder to myself how then should I be?There are troubles all around – enough to seeThe need is here everywhere for another way to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolution, Adere, Answers, Beatitudes, Believing, Better Citizens, Bible, Blind, Christian Theology, Christianity, Clear View, Comfortable, Confusion, Correct, Direction, Disbelieving, Everywhere, Forgive, God, God's Worship, Guidance, Head, Heart, Heartache, Hesitation, Hid, Home, Human Beings, Humility, Illusion, Jesus, Kingdom, Leaders, Leadership, Lean-In, Lessons, Live, Meaning, Meekness, Mercy, Miracles of Life, Misdeeds, Mistakes, Mourn, Obedience, Others First, Ourselves Less, Path, Patience, Philosophy, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poor In Spirit, Pride, Profusion, Quench, Questions, Recognition, Relationship, Religions, Repentance, Righteousness, Satisfied, See, Seek, Sermon on the Mount, Sight, Sin, Sinful Nature, Steps, Strength, Submit, Thrist, Troubles, Unjust World, Ways of Man, Weakness, Wonder, World | Leave a comment

Reflections On the Aftertaste

Posted on June 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections On the Aftertasteby Michael DoyleIt was just one of those endless nightsI sat feasting on a garden of fried delightsTurning the channel to hear a bit of debateSurreally hoping to help decide the nation’s fateThere on the stage were … Continue reading →

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About Trees

Posted on June 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

About Treesby Michael DoyleDriving through the forestIt can be a bit like a testTo know that they pleaseAs you examine all the treesFrom saplings up to the heightsA million reasons offer delightSome live through the centuriesAll offer their sweet legaciesBranched … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged About Trees, All of Life, Biology, Branched Out, Breath, Call Us Out, Centuries, Define, Delight, Drive, Dvinity, Ecology, Embrace, Examine, Forest, Generations, God's Creations, Grace, Hearts, Heights, Illusion, Indiana, Infinity, Kentucky, Legacies, Life, Live, Living Memory, Living Spaces, Love, Lucky, Mankind, Million Reasons, Niche, Numberless, Offer, Old Growth Patches, Please, Poetry and Poems, Realign, Relationship, Restorative, Root Systems, Saplings, Space, Spirituality, Stars, Start, Test, Timeless Regeneration, Travelers, Trees, Woodlands, Worship | Leave a comment