Tag Archives: Serve

First Principles: He Serves His Party Best Who Serves the Country Best

Posted on October 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“He serves his party best who serves the country best.” -Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (4 Oct 1822-1893)

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Called To Freedom

Posted on August 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Called To Freedomby Michael DoyleStanding firm on Sunday morningLiving life as if a warningDoing it as I can to my very bestFasting and testifying as I confessIt grew toward a borderline resentmentUntil I discovered what brought contentmentCalled to freedom to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attraction, Best, Call, Confess, Contentment, Crucify the Flesh, Dismiss, Fatal Distraction, Freedom, Fruit of the Spirit, God's Salvation, Hides Within, Idolatry, Law, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Repentance, Resentment, Serve, Sin Nature, Sincere, Sunday Morniing, Troublemaker, Warning, Wrong | Leave a comment

On the Importance of Free Speech On Campus

Posted on August 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

On the Importance of Free Speech On Campusby Michael DoyleOdd isn’t it? In a world seeking diversitySo many try to suppress free speech at the universityThis defeats the purpose of this being a nurseryFor the ideas and speech that are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bill of Rights, Blind, Brothers, Campus, Civil Rights, Color, Color of Skin, Diversity, Established, Fight, Free Speech, Free Thought and Speech, Freedom, Hearts and Minds, Hosted Debates, Ideas and Speech, Importance, Left Behind, Life, Necessary, New Thoughts, Nursery, Poetry and Poems, Protected, Purpose, Recommended, Remind, Sacred, Seamless Garment, Serve, Sisters, Society, Suppress, University, What's Right | Leave a comment

On Behalf of the Uyghurs

Posted on July 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

On Behalf of the Uyghursby Michael DoyleGive me the whole of your sentence And I will still my will and serveGive me the entirety of your pretenseTell me what it is that I deserveAnd I will still write my poetryNever … Continue reading →

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It’s A Sunday Conversation

Posted on May 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

It’s A Sunday Conversationby Michael DoyleThere’s something to give attentionWe’re all living in the tensionWe are not here for entertainmentBut we are here for engagementFiltered in God’s holy perceptionStanding in worship, giving our receptionIt is not the how in which … Continue reading →

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First Principles: For Although They Knew God, They Did Not Honor Him As God Or Give Thanks To Him, But They Became Futile In Their Thinking, and Their Foolish Hearts Were Darkened

Posted on March 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: As For Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord

Posted on February 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. … Continue reading →

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Artful In Implication

Posted on January 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Artful In Implicationby Michael DoyleAll art is broad in its implicationBut tell me please the explanationAs today’s surrealism perks making us illWhile twisting everyday into a monstrous chillUnsettling images of disquieting sensoryExperiences abound here at the end of historyBeyond the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artful, Borders, Challenge, Charm, Comission, Complexity, Distortion, Distraction, Explanation, External, Fantasies, Feeding Frenzy, Freedom, History, Humor, Hypnotism, Imagination, Implication, Integrity, Legacy, Mercy, Needed Voices, Poetry and Poems, Portion, Pressure, Private Horrors, Process, Psychic Aumoatism, Radically Concomformist, Regimes, Represemtation, Repressive, Role, Serve, Slice, Surrealism, Thirst For Power, Truth, Violence Into Violation, Visual | Leave a comment

Don’t You Just Be You

Posted on January 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Don’t You Just Be Youby Michael DoyleFaith forms logic and actionsSometimes it’s less easy with life’s distractionsDoing what we really want and needLooking at the fine print we must readSeek instead to always be your bestIt’s just reality and not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actions, Altar, Become, Better Days, Choose, Deeper Dive, Discomfort, Distinctions, Faith, Fine Print, Fortified, God's Kingdom, Godly Ways, Image, Life, Listen To God, Logic, Loyalty, Mountain, Past Ways, Poetry and Poems, Pursue, Reality, Right Decisions, Right Things, Sacrifice, Seek, Servants, Serve, Test, Truly Alive, View, Want and Need, You, Your Best | Leave a comment

A Tale of Two Kings

Posted on December 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

A Tale of Two Kingsby Michael DoyleWatching as our days unfoldInto the stories yet untoldLife is a gift for us to liveIn taking less than we have to giveLet’s not let the Grinch steal ChristmasNo snarling sneer will stop this … Continue reading →

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