Tag Archives: Strength

Overcoming the Adversary

Posted on November 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Overcoming the Adversaryby Michael DoyleI’m glad to say that I believeIn God’s promise, not a devil who deceivesLife’s storms come, but I have strengthEnough to last the day’s lengthWith the Bible as my swordI rest on the strength of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversary, Belief, Believe, Believer, Belssing, Bible, Christ's Blood, Circumstances, Confidence, Contrary, Darkness, Day, Deceive, Devil, Doubt, Fear, Glad, God of Second Chances, God's Promise, Going, Grow, Guess, Harshness, His Light, History, Holy Spirit, Joy, King, Legacy, Life, Lord, Name, Overcome, Overflow, Poetry and Poems, Show, Storm, Strength, Sword | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Patience Is Also A Form of Action

Posted on November 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Patience is also a form of action.” -Auguste Rodin, sculptor (12 Nov 1840-1917), attributed to Rodin in Hesitation: Impulsivity and Reflection, p.124, by Leonard William Doob — Action is most commonly thought of as being proactive and doing something tangible. … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Action, Art, Auguste Rodin, Challenge, Consideration, Delayed Gratification, Deliberation, Endeavors, Fast Paced Society, Form, Long-Term Results, Outcome, Patience, Proactive, Sculptor, Sculpture, Strategic Choice, Strength, Tangible, Thought For the Day, Water | Leave a comment

Whatever the Day’s Length

Posted on October 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Whatever the Day’s Lengthby Michael DoyleWhatever the day’s lengthMy joy in the Lord gives me strengthI say this in all that I speakFrom the ocean shore to the mountain’s peakGod is present in my every dayHe is here as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, All, Blessed, Calvary, Console, Darkness, Day's Length, Every Day, Forgiveness, Fullness of God, God, Grace, Grave, Harshness, His Love, Holy Name, Joy, Life, Light, Love, Mountain's Peak, Near, Nothing, Ocean Shore, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Reigning Down, Same, Say, Soul, Speak, Strength, The Lord, Whatever | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Cannot All Succeed When Half of Us Are Held Back

Posted on July 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousafzai

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All, Brave, Cannot, Embrace, Full Potential, Half of Us, Held Back, Malala Yousafzai, Realize, Sisters, Strength, Succeed, Thought For the Day, We, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: Courage Is Not Having the Strength To Go On; It’s the Going On When You Don’t Have the Strength

Posted on July 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Advantage, Courage, Determination, First Principles, Genuis, Go On, Industry, Strength, Theodore Roosevelt | Leave a comment

Owed To America 2024

Posted on July 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Owed To America 2024by Michael DoyleMy daughters ask me why is it you cryI think back on history and will not lieToo many brave souls have fought and diedFor us not to have mourned and criedThere was a time when … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages, America, American Nation, Battle, Belief, Believe, Bend Their Knees, Bleed, Blue, Brave, Brave Souls, Cause, Ceaseless, Color, Courage, Cried, Cry, Danger, Daughters, Dedication, Defeat, Despotic Crown, Died, Fear, Fight, Fire, Fought, Freedom, Good, History, Hope, Ill, Imagination, Inspiration, Inspire, Internal Eney, Judgment Day, Justice, Kind, Land, Liberty, Lie, Love, Measure, More, Mourn, Nation, Owed To America 2024, Passing Years, People, Photography, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Red, Rights, Road, Save, Spark, Stand, Stand Tall, Street, Strength, Sweet Land, This Land, Time, Travel, Unbeatable, Values, White | Leave a comment

How, Then, Should I Live?

Posted on June 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

How Then Should I Live?by Michael DoyleI look around this world with troubles to seeAnd I wonder to myself how then should I be?There are troubles all around – enough to seeThe need is here everywhere for another way to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolution, Adere, Answers, Beatitudes, Believing, Better Citizens, Bible, Blind, Christian Theology, Christianity, Clear View, Comfortable, Confusion, Correct, Direction, Disbelieving, Everywhere, Forgive, God, God's Worship, Guidance, Head, Heart, Heartache, Hesitation, Hid, Home, Human Beings, Humility, Illusion, Jesus, Kingdom, Leaders, Leadership, Lean-In, Lessons, Live, Meaning, Meekness, Mercy, Miracles of Life, Misdeeds, Mistakes, Mourn, Obedience, Others First, Ourselves Less, Path, Patience, Philosophy, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poor In Spirit, Pride, Profusion, Quench, Questions, Recognition, Relationship, Religions, Repentance, Righteousness, Satisfied, See, Seek, Sermon on the Mount, Sight, Sin, Sinful Nature, Steps, Strength, Submit, Thrist, Troubles, Unjust World, Ways of Man, Weakness, Wonder, World | Leave a comment

Profit and Schemes

Posted on June 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Profit and Schemesby Michael DoyleIt’s hard to tell the differenceBetween the pursuit of profit and schemesThe wise pirate holds great reverenceFor the pirate captain’s dreamsLandlubbers hold their stockIn the mild talk of stabilityBut an adventurer holds to the talkOf betting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Adventurer, All Business, Bet, Black, Captain, Coming Back, Deals, Difference, Dreams, Fall, Greed, Holding Fast, Hope, Ideal, Knot, Landlubbers, Life, Misunderstood, Money, Pirate's Life, Pirate's Pride, Poetry and Poems, Profit and Schemes, Promise, Pursuit, Reality, Recall, Revereence, Shade, Sincerity, Speed, Stability, Stock, Strength, Stumble, Talk, Tell, The Crew, Wagered Bet, Wise Pirate | Leave a comment

Certainty Grows

Posted on June 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Certainty Growsby Michael DoyleThere is a certainty felt 100%I believe in the you this representsThese are the keys of responsibilityThat validate our sense of securityLetting the differences build our memoriesI know that you and I know no urgenciesAs we float … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 100%, Beautiful Thing, Believe, Better, Certainty Grows, Confident, Differences, Feel, Feeling Good, Fickle Challenges, Fit Smoothly, Float, Forget, Heartbeat-By-Heartbeat, Into Place, Keys, Kindsom, Kiss, Love, Memories, Moonlight, More, Natural Thing, Numbered Traces, Our World, Over come, Place, Poetry and Poems, Represent, Responsibility, Sense of Security, Shore, Simply Fit, Strength, Together, Understood, Urgencies, Validate, Walk, Waves, Written On Our Faces | Leave a comment

In Prayers for My Mother

Posted on May 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Prayers For My Motherby Michael DoyleMy ex-wife recovers from surgery on this Mother’s DayI gave up the weekend she owed to show in some sort of wayThat I wish her to recover and want my daughters to tendTo her … Continue reading →

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