Tag Archives: Night

In the Name of the Father and the Son

In the Name of the Father and the Sonby Michael DoyleTrying to hide in the nightWaiting for the morning lightFeeling my soul must atoneI have never felt so all aloneUntil I glanced on God’s faceThen and there, I knew graceA … Continue reading

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In A Pirate’s Night

In A Pirate’s Nightby Michael DoyleBehind walls, guns, and menWe knew our protectionAs a conspiracy of pirates knows sinIn a violent world lived with instigationGood souls should not live on this beachUnder these kinds of circumstancesImperiled as Bermuda falls to … Continue reading

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Like A Child

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

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Intoxicatingly Lost

Intoxicatingly Lostby Michael DoyleWe paraded all of our songsSinging on the trail to each otherStrumming our tunes to one anotherWondering where we might belongWe were tripping over the costFeeling intoxicatingly lostAs we fished for the starsInventing our stories on our … Continue reading

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Stone Cast

Stone Castby Michael DoyleMemory building on this June’s nightYou walk beside under the pale moonlightThat you’re not troubled seems clearBut there’s something to the something thereThese things are important to youLet’s talk about how it is we will doThis life … Continue reading

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In Pursuit of Great Expectations

In Pursuit of Great Expectationsby Michael DoyleI love the way you love meThe way that it makes me feelIt helps me find the abilityTo make it through and keep things realShining like a beacon of lightIt’s you that gets me … Continue reading

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Worthy Of Our Praise

Worthy of Our Praiseby Michael DoyleAll of our best daysBegin by giving God praiseAs the blindest eyes seeThe blessings of the TrinityGiving our all is what we bringHere together as we singNot as moments of platitudeBut moved by righteous gratitudeTo … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True, and It Must Follow, As the Night the Day, Thou Canst Not Then Be False To Any Man

“This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man.” – William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (23 Apr 1564-1616)

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Beautifully Amazed

Beautifully Amazedby Michael DoyleWe paint a life seen togetherCertain that our blessings are betterAs we talk into the nightBefore we know it, it’s the morning lightLearning things of complexityAs we break it down into simplicityLife can be overly demandingBut it … Continue reading

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Living Principled

Living Principled by Michael DoyleGoing to the cross, we give everythingYet, in giving our all, we lose nothingWe hold to the truth in this dark hourBlazing the light of Jesus as our powerWe must step boldly as we share the … Continue reading

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