Tag Archives: Service

On Being the G.O.A.T….

Posted on July 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

On Being the G.O.A.T….by Michael DoyleHow to be the greatest of all timeIs to go beyond that easy rhymeAnd move past our selfish natureGrowing in the Lord and becoming matureStanding in life judging one anotherDebating who is best among all … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acknowledge, Agree, Being the G.O.A.T., Best, Best Attitude, Beyond, Breath, Cause of the Cross, Contest, Cruxifixion, Debate, Easy Rhyme, Example, Faith, Fate, Feet, Finally Understand, First, Flow, Follow, Forget Yourself, Full Humiliation, Greatest of All Time, Greet, Grow, Healing Moment, His Word, His Works, Honor and Duty, Jesus, Journey, Judge, Last, Last Supper, Latitude, Leanring, Lend, Lord, Loss, Love, Mature, Mustard Seed, Needed Hand, Nobility, Obedient to Death, Passover, Poetry and Poems, Self-Adulation, Selfish Nature, Servant Leadership, Service, Suffocation, The Latest, Torment, True Humility, Truth, Understanding, Victory, Wash, Willingness | Leave a comment

Dropping the Stones

Posted on May 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Dropping the Stones of Judgmentby Michael DoyleDemonstrating the Bible in our livingLet it be seen by what we’re givingBaptism as immersion brings its witnessIn how it serves to model our fitnessTo stand anew in our public affirmationIt’s a way of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Baptism, Bible, Devotion, Drop, Embrace, Eyesight, Humility, Immersion, Insight, Language of Hate, Loving, Ministry, Model, One Another, Poetry and Poems, Salvation, Service, Stones, Surface, Theology, Witness | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If Just As We Are, We Would Lay Ourselves On the Altar of Service of Jesus Christ, There Is No Saying What Christ Could Do With Us and Through Us

Posted on April 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If just as we are, we would lay ourselves on the altar of service of Jesus Christ, there is no saying what Christ could do with us and through us.” – William Barclay

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Altar, Christ, Could Do, Jesus Christ, Just As We Are, Lay Ourselves, Say, Service, Thought For the Day, Through Us, William Barclay, With Us | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: High Is Our Calling, Friend! Creative Art

Posted on April 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“High is our calling, Friend! Creative Art / (Whether the instrument of words she use, / Or pencil pregnant with ethereal hues,) / Demands the service of a mind and heart.” -William Wordsworth, poet (1770-1850)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Calling, Creative Art, Ethereal Hues, Heart, High, Instrument, Mind, Pencil, Service, Thought For the Day, William Wordsworth, Words | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Become Honorable By Being Necessary

Posted on February 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale, 1776

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Every Kind of Service, Exigencies, First Principles, Honorable, Imperious, My Country, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Public Good, Service, Useful, Wish | Leave a comment

Comfort Zone Christianity

Posted on November 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Comfort Zone Christianityby Michael DoyleIt’s always seemed to lightlyHow we fail to take things rightlyIn our comfort zone ChristianityFailing to take on things needed by you and meTo the best of our capacityWe take up baptism in accountabilityRepentance to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accountability, Angels, Awaken, Baptism, Beginning, Born, Capacity, Chaff, Christianity, Comfort, Comfort Zone, Conversion, Fail, God, Holy Devotion, Immersion, Light, Morn, Never Endind, Poetry and Poems, Repentance, Reverent, Right, Robes, Sacrament, Sacred, Service, Sing, Spoke, The Lord, Walks Among Us, Ways of the World, Weeding Away, Words, Yoke | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: All Great Human Deeds Both Consume and Transform Their Doers

Posted on November 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, or a scientist, or an artist, or an independent business creator. In the service of their goals they lay down time and energy and many other choices … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All, Artist, Athlete, Become, Choices, Consume, Doers, Energy, Goals, Great, Human Deeds, Independent Business Creator, Lois McMaster Bujold, Pleasure, Return, Scientist, Self, Service, Thought For the Day, Time, Transform, True | Leave a comment

Radically Reversed

Posted on October 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Radically Reversedby Michael DoyleReversing the brokenness of circumstanceTo give sacred life to its every chanceKnowing that those who have less are not lessHowever much life’s moments might be a messThe most hurting present are our familyBlessed be this truth in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmed, Affirmed Dignity, Appreciation, Atone, Be Not Afraid, Blessed, Blown Away, Brokenness, Brother, Chance, Choice, Circumstance, Climb, Decision, Deserve, Destination, Dignity, Dread and Danger, Drink, Each Child, Each Step, Encourage, Faith, Father, God, God's Blessing, Hopeful Reminder, Humble Supplication, Hurting, Isolation, Kingdom, Legacy, Less, Life's Moments, Lift, Mercy, Mess, Nation, Needs, Not Alone, One Family, Opportunity, Our Family, Poetry and Poems, Radical, Raise, Ready, Real Time, Release, Restore, Reverse, Rhyme, Roads, Sacred Life, Seismic Shift, Service, Sin Confessed, Sister, Stranger, Swirled, Take A Moment, Troubles, Truth, Vision, Walk, Water, Words | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Most Important Service Rendered By the Press and the Magazines Is That of Educating People To Approach Printed Matter with Distrust

Posted on October 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.” – Samuel Butler (1835-1902)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Approach, Distrust, Educate, Magazines, People, Press, Printed Matter, Samuel Butler, Service, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Empty Jar

Posted on January 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Empty Jarby Michael DoyleIt’s an empty jar that we fillGiven the many choices of our free willIt’s best to live with full intentionLooking back, we’ll see what’s had our attentionThis jar of ours, might just shatterIf we fill it with … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Cannot Steal, Center, Choice, Cold Night, Confessed, Definition, Destination, Don't Matter, Due Consideration, Empty Jar, End, Fact, Faith, Family, Fictions, Fill, Fill It, Filled With Love, Final Test, Foundation, Free Will, Full Intention, God, Greatest Treausre, Hearts, Heaven, Holy Star, Impact, Infancy, Legacy, Lessons, Life, Live, Looking Back, Matter Most, Minds, Mistaken, Over Fact, Overdue Conversation, Past, Poetry and Poems, Priceless, Priority, Purpose, Real, Realize, Serve, Service, Shatter, Sisters and Brothers, Situation, Thieves, Time Slips, Toward All, Wish | Leave a comment