Tag Archives: Shine

Processing Transformation

1 John 3:1-10 Processing Transformationby Michael Doyle As the children of God, we know loveShined down from the heavens aboveTo know this hope in God in which we will stayWe are forgiven to the extent we no longer stray We … Continue reading

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Wonderous Sea’s Night Dive

Wonderous Sea’s Night Diveby Michael DoyleAt the end of the day comes the night diveTo find that at the bottom, it’s the tinyThat somehow manages to keep us all aliveThe millions of phytoplankton are lights, however tinyEvery other breath that … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Hands That Help Are Better Far Than Lips That Pray. Love Is the Ever Gleaming Star That Leads the Way

“The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. / Love is the ever gleaming star / That leads the way, / That shines, not on vague worlds of bliss, / But on a paradise in this.” … Continue reading

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Together We Praise

Together We Praiseby Michael DoyleWe look together toward the futureThinking on those things to nurtureLike spending time in full devotionWe live lives deeper than the oceanWalking together as our tribe of lifeWalking together toward peace, away from strifeHand in gentled … Continue reading

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I Walk In Praise

I Walk In Praiseby Michael DoyleRaised hands toward heavenI walk in my praiseTake a taste of bread unleavenedIn communion with His graceI hold onto His storyPraising His name in all gloryMy heart filled with His traceAs holiness shines from His … Continue reading

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Turning the Impossible

Turning the Impossibleby Michael DoyleIn all of our daysLet us lift our voices in praiseLike the Lion of JudahRaises our valleysAnd lowers our mountainsGaining vantage that we might seeTurning our impossibleInto all our needed miraclesWith the faith of a mustard … Continue reading

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Open Declaration

Open Declarationby Michael DoyleThe cross is not a decorationIt is an open declarationOf how much love the Father bringsThese are the lessons of the hymns we singLooking carefully at all that we seeWhat brings happiness, what brings misery?Staring out bored … Continue reading

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We’ll Burn Our Memory

We’ll Burn Our Memoryby Michael DoyleThere is nothing more humanThen knowing that you are brokenAs time slips by as it canAnd words meander or are unspokenTime is fleeting and not to squanderLet me entreat you to spend yours wellThere are … Continue reading

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Waymaker

Waymakerby Michael DoyleI woke up this morningWith a shake and lurchThe alarm clock’s warningBarely got me up in time for churchBut there are promises madeThat once made, must be keptI walk with God never afraidDespite the tears I have weptKeeping … Continue reading

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Pure Love

Pure Loveby Michael DoyleWhat is Pure LoveBut the giving of loveWithout expectationWho is Pure LoveBut the giver of loveTo a man who felt undeservingBut has given this loveWith her full heartWhat is Pure LoveBut to live in humilityAll the days … Continue reading

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