Tag Archives: Paul

Of Harmony and Division

Posted on November 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Of Harmony and Divisionby Michael DoyleThere in all the bold stories told Of early Christians in days of old,Paul found too many walking in false divisionAnd this led to words of needed admonition.The quality of the church family’s worshipComes down … Continue reading →

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In God’s Liberty and Love

Posted on October 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In God’s Liberty and Loveby Michael DoyleWatching after the Lord of all,His ways I model and always recall.Lesson after lesson, I will learn,In all things that I must discern.Grace and peace pave the way,In all that I do, and all … Continue reading →

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For God’s Love

Posted on August 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

For God’s Loveby Michael DoyleI.In truth and good faith, I do well,Unashamed as I am of the full gospel.Fanning into flames my testimony,In the name of God and spoken faithfully.From faith and for faith, we live,Taking our lead from what … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bible, Christianity, Faith, God, God's Love, Gospel, Jesus, Lessons, Ministry, Name of God, Narrative, Origin, Paul, Poetry and Poems, Questions, Reasons, Seasons, Sin, Testimony | Leave a comment

Sufficiency

Posted on January 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Sufficiencyby Michael DoyleGod’s grace is filled with sufficiencyIt eases us from lives of deficiencyWe walk this world, but not aloneStep by step, we come to atoneWithin God’s sacred familyWe learn God’s word is not a homilyBut a walk we live … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anchor, Atone, Believer, Bible, Blind, Book of Romans, Centrality, Christ, Christianity, Community, Courageous Question, Deficiency, Faith, Follow, God, God's Grace, Good News, Homily, Humility, Identity, Jesus, Life Claiming, Paul, Poetry and Poems, Purpose, Right, Sacred Family, Servant, Sight, Sinner, Sufficiency, Walk, Wrong Road | Leave a comment

Coming To Peace With the Questions

Posted on March 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Coming To Peace With the Questionsby Michael DoyleWhatever might be said as final proclamationOne way or another about Jesus’ divinationIt can’t fail to be noted, He changed civilizationRegardless of any attempts at miseducationJesus came to fulfill, and not overturn JudaismFrom … Continue reading →

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A Split Decision Left Standing

Posted on November 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Split Decision Leaves Us Standingby Michael DoyleIn self-awareness, we look into the mirrorUnwilling to walk this world in errorBut instead, seeking to understand, not undermineUnderstanding first as the defining lineLoving one another as part of our worshipPaul and Barnabas … Continue reading →

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Not Me, But God

Posted on July 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Not Me, But Godby Michael DoylePaul, the murderer, brought salvationFinding perfection in the worst situationToday in the world’s secularizationWe can still find faith in our dedicationThe traumas that come and goCan be disruptive to our best flowGod somehow finds His … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Church, Dedication, Flow, God, Heal, Heartbreak, Me, Mistake, Murderer, Paul, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Salvation, Situation, Trauma | Leave a comment

First Principles: For He Chose Us In Him Before the Creation of the World To Be Holy and Blameless In His Sight

Posted on July 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus,[a] the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Praise be … Continue reading →

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Staying On the Straight Street

Posted on July 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Staying On the Straight Streetby Michael DoyleNo longer timid sure sureThat the gates of Heaven will prevailSo that no longerWill the gates of Hell prevailThis broken worldNeeds a brave churchOur banners unfurledVictory is seized from the lurchAs Paul met JesusBlinded … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave Church, Broken World, God's Commands, Heaven, Hell, Jesus, Mercy, Paul, Pharisee, Poetry and Poems, Stay, Straight Street, Victory | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Time Will Come When People Will Not Put Up With Sound Doctrine

Posted on June 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They … Continue reading →

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