Tag Archives: Purpose

In All My Living Days

Posted on October 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In All My Living Daysby Michael DoyleIn all my living daysI will lift my voice in praiseI’m overjoyed by what I’ve foundHappily blessed, chasing it aroundAll because He roseAs every wiseman knowsHe took our sins from usAnd we know this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Baptized, Blessed, Catch My Breath, Chasing It Around, Connection, Conversion, Death, Devotion, Found, Grave, He Rose, Immersion, Know, Lifting My Head Up, Living Days, Love, Melody, Overjoyed, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Purpose, Reason, Relationship, Renewed, Save, Share, Sin, Voice, Wiseman, Worship, Write | Leave a comment

The Magnificence of Significance

Posted on May 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Magnificence of Significance by Michael DoyleFrom the beginning, we have the visionWe might lack in our precisionBut we know what we’re going forFaith is the kindness that opens the closed doorIn all the paths we are shownWe look back … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arose, Authority, Baton, Beginning, Biblical Verse, Billy Graham, Character, Christ, Christianity, Circumstances, Closed Door, Created, Cross, Details, Done, Ears To Hear, Eden, Embrace, Eyes To See, Face, Faith, First, Generosity, Gnosticism, God, Grown, His Blood, In the Name of, Interwoven, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kindness, Know, Lack, Magnificence, Open, Palestine, Paths, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Post-Modernism, Poverty, Precision, Purpose, Redemption, Reveal, Serpent, Service, Shown, Significance, Spoken, Stay, Steadfast, Sucession, Supremacy, Teach, Temptation, Thirst, Three Days, Universe, Victory, Vision | Leave a comment

The Love In Your Eyes

Posted on March 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Love In Your Eyesby Michael DoyleWe look for love in the life we embraceWe struggle to find our footing in this placeThere is nothing left for us to explainHow it is that we’ve walked past life’s painThe struggles that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accidental Kiss, Angst and Doubt, Blindness, Bound, Celestial Skies, Close, Comes Our Way, Embrace, Explain, Eyes, Fall In Love, Feeling, Feelings, Footing, Found, God Given, Keep, Kept, Kindness, Know, Left Behind, Life, Life's Pain, Love, Love In Your Eyes, Muzzle, Not For Play, Not That Deep, Nothing, Openly Say, Place, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Purpose, Puzzle, Question, Raw, Real, Reflect, Replace, Reveal, Say, Seals the Deal, Secret, Shining Star, Slip Out, Smile, Somehow, Struggle, Tear, Tears Wept, This World, Top of the World, Tortured Mind, Truth, Walked Past, Watch, Way, Wish, Worry | Leave a comment

No Longer Afraid

Posted on March 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

No Longer Afraidby Michael DoyleIt’s really not so frightening To see Satan fall like lightningCast down from the Heavens aboveAll in the name of God’s sacred loveLiving life as a personal testimonyThe world sometimes crashes down on meAnd I’ll remain … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Afraid, Believe, Birth, Blessing, Cast Down, Conceive, Crash, Crippled, Death, Eyes, Fixed, Fright, God's Care, God's Sacred Love, Heaven, Holiness, Holy Hour, House of Worship, Jesus, Lam, Last Breath, Lightning, Living Life, Met, Miacles, Name, No Longer, Personal Testimony, Poetry and Poems, Pour, Power, Proclaim, Protected, Purpose, Safe, Satan, Satan's Snare, Servant, Spokn, Street, The World, Truth and Love, Victory, Walk | Leave a comment

Living In God’s Purposes

Posted on February 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Living In God’s Purposesby Michael DoyleI attach my heart as I bringMy all to the words that I singA struggle to my way in the seasonSearching for faith despite my reasonSometimes, faith is in the nameIt doesn’t matter, but just … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abound, Altar Call, Ample, Beacon, Best Evidence, Bible, Born, Faith, First, Forgiven, Found, Gift, God, Good Will, Grace, Heart, Hope, Intention, Jesus, Kingdom, Living, Living Example, Living God, Love, Love and Respect, Matter, Measure, Message, Name, Night, Path, Poetry and Poems, Possibiliy, Pray, Prayer, Presence, Proof, Purpose, Ratify, Reason, Reflect, Sake, Salt, Same, Satisfy, Season, Service, Stand Tall, Standard, Step, Struggle, Thirst, Treasure, True Riches, Understood, Value, Walk, Wall, Weight, Word | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Know That In All Things God Works For the Good of Those Who Love Him, Who Have Been Called According To His Purpose

Posted on January 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28 (NIV)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Accord, All Things, Called, First Principles, God, Good, His, Know, Love, Purpose, Romans 8:28 (NIV), We, Work | Leave a comment

For the Love Of God

Posted on January 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

For the Love of Godby Michael DoyleWe are offered advice every dayThere is no end to what people sayThough some things said are wiseOther things should open our eyes”For the love of God”, said in frustrationShould be redeemed without hesitationBecause … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, All Encompassing, Atonement, Believe, Commands, Conceive, Condemnation, Confidence, Consideration, Define, Expression, Eyes, Faith, Fear, For the Love of God, Forgiven, Frustration, Full Reality, God's Love, Grace, Gravity, Impression, Increments, Jesus, Life, Love, Loving Others, Mountain, No End, Nobility, Open, Overwhelm, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Pours, Primary, Purity, Purpose, Redeem, Redemption, Refine, Sacred Love, Salvation, Steps, Understand, Walk, Wisdom, Wise, Words | Leave a comment

Every Next Step

Posted on October 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Inspired by a friend’s blog post. It’s been a very wonderful experience reading her journey of recovery and walking toward fulfilling her bliss over the years. The tips and insights she has shared have been quite remarkable. If you’re interested, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Applaud, Apply, Attitude, Beauty Beyond Bones, Behind, Best Lives, Blessings, Blog, Bring, Clean Slate, Confron, Days, Deception, Dignity, Does, Earn, Empty Hearts, Every, Experience, Familiarity, Focus, Free, Freedom, Fulfillment, Future, Godly, Good Life, Gratitude, Habits, Health, Helpful, Humility, Inspiration, Itention, Jesus, Journey, Know, Learn, Liberty, Life, Living Life, Love, Measure, Mind, Mindful, Need, Neglect, New Discovery, New Walk, Next Step, Numbers, Nurture, Nurturee, Onward and Upward, Open Admiration, Past, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Post-Recovery, Power, Prayer, Preference, Proect, Proverbial Hat, Purity, Purpose, Read, Relate, Respect, Right Intention, Run, Safe, Share, Shock, Sickness, Similiarty, Simple, Snare, Strive, Things Happen, Treasure, True, Tyranny, Victory, Walk, Ways, Wellness, Wisdom, Words, Wrong Comfort | Leave a comment

Things of Sisterhood Observed In Nashville

Posted on October 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Things of Sisterhood Observed in Nashvilleby Michael DoyleA resplendent marble temple sits in full scaleIn Centennial Park, centering beautiful NashvilleWith Athena’s legendary wisdom in its representationAs a timely reminder of the city’s due stationBuilt in thanksgiving for this modern Athens’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Athena, Athens, Centennial Park, Chamber, City, Dignity, Full Scale, Journey, Lake Watauga, Marble, Nashville, Observe, Places Unseen, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Purpose, Representation, See, Sing, Sisterhood, Statue, Stranger, Temple, Things, Trees, Wisdom | Leave a comment

Orphan Bachelors

Posted on September 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Orphan Bachelorsby Michael DoyleSelf-expression has become democratizedIn an era where everyone is traumatizedThe Asian experience is best understoodBy taking in the feelings, both bad and goodHowever minor these seem in their unfoldingThere’s nothing said that requires scoldingIt needs a historical … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversity, Alienation, America, American Family, Analyzation, Arguments and Resentments, Asian Experience, Ask, Assimilation, Balanced Devotion, Bloodless Crime, Burden, Chinese Families, Complete, Conflicting American Ideals, Confusion, Conversation, Dedication, Democratized, Dreams, Era, Exclusion, Eyes, Fabric, Feelings, Formation, Four Generations, Fraught, Generation, Generations, Hard Facts, Historical Legacy, Identity, Immigrant's Song, Impossible Task, In Depth Truth, Inheritance, Inspiriation, Language, Lasting Sorrow, Limits of Inclusion, Loneliness, Lore, Marginalization, Minor, Nation, Old Sojourners, Orphan Bachelors, Pain, Paper Sons, Passed-Through Experience, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Promise, Purpose, Quality, Question, Scold, Self Expression, Story, Storyteller's Delusion, STuck, Tension, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Transparent, Trauma, Truth, Truth-Telling, Unborn, Understood, Unfolding | Leave a comment