Tag Archives: Temptation

A Short Story of Jesus, Part II

Posted on December 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Short Story of Jesus, Part IIby Michael DoyleIt came to pass as it was foretold,That Jesus grew into being about 30 years old.While in the wilderness, John called for repentanceKnowing that his cousin would be of great consequence.Shouting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Atone, Bible, Blind, Christianity, Consequence, Conversion, Faith, Fishers of Men, Full Authority, God, God's Kingdom, Holy Communiion, Holy Spirit, Immersion, Jesus, John the Baptist, Jordan River, Lamb of God, Mission, Poetry and Poems, Purpose, Repetace, Short Story, Sin, Temptation, Walk, Word of God, World's Sin | Leave a comment

Emptiness Revealed

Posted on January 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Emptiness Revealedby Michael DoyleMomma says, “kneel and pray”The last words after a long dayLife finds its way, however unkindSometimes, I don’t know how I’ll findMy way to keep on standingThe forces that push me are demandingThat I be strong despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art of Cruelty, Believe, Broken Society, Chase, Cling, Connection, Deceive, Deception, Edge, Embrace, Emptiness, Fooling Myself, Forces, Lifee, Living Years, Long Day, Miss, Momma Says, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Sensation, Serpent, Stand, Strong, Suffered, Surface, Temptation, Truth, Unkind, World | Leave a comment

To Delight In Becoming Complete

Posted on September 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Delight In Becoming Completeby Michael Doyle We thank you for the glory you let us liveAll of the sins that you found to forgiveBy your Spirit, I think on things I’ve saidI thank you for where your path has … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Clothed, Complete, Delight, Devotion, Forgive, Generation, Glory, God's Garments, Knees, Led, Live, Ocean, One By One, Outpour, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Retore, Righteous Ways, Said, Sins, Snare, Spirit, Temptation, The Son, Wrongs | Leave a comment

A Reach and Twitch

Posted on July 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Reach and Twitchby Michael DoyleA hand reaches out and twitchesHeld out toward the unseen switchesAs a life comes and then is goneAs easy as a light turned off and onWe come into this life cryingScreaming out for more and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Arms of God, Attention, Balloon, Blame, Call, Control, Corner Boys, Crash and Burned, Crawl, Crying, Death, Desire, Die, Different, Dollar, End of Night, Escape, Fall, Fantasy, Fatalstically, Fear, Fire, Friend, Gang, Gone, Gun, Hand, Heed, Holler, Jester Crown, Last Prayer, Life, Light, Lost Soul, Loud, Lower East End, Mark, Name, Need, Off and On, On Your Own, Phantasm, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pointed Fingers, Reach, Relationship, Revere, Reverent, Scratch, Scream, Shots Fired, Shuffle, Sinners, Snitch, Soldier, Soul, Stale, Street, Struggle, Switch, Tale, Temptation, The Devil, Truth, Twitch, Whole, World, Worship, Worth of Life, Wreckage | 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

First Principles: Remember, Democracy Never Lasts Long, It Soon Wastes, Exhausts, and Murders Itself. There Never Was A Democracy Yet That Did Not Commit Suicide

Posted on March 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I might have exhibited as many millions of plebeians sacrificed by the pride, folly, and ambition of their fellow-plebeians and their own, in proportion to the extent and duration of their power. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Clear Prospects, Commit Suicide, Conscientious Moralists, Cruelty, Democracy, Effects, Exhaust, First Principles, Forms, Fraud, Gratification, John Adams, Long, Murder, Passions, Philosophers, Plebians, Power, Proportion, Remember, Resist, Simple Government, Temptation, Violence, Waste | Leave a comment

Feels Like Singin’ In the Rain

Posted on December 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Feels Like Singin’ In the Rainby Michael DoyleAcross the musicals of American BroadwayThe composers have found a thousand waysTo move our spirits to hurt and to soarAnd they leave us wanting to hear moreAs the songsters lay our souls bare … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful Girl, Bouquets, Broadway, Broadway Melody, Composer, Dance, Dream, Explain, Fabric, Feel, Fiddle, Glory, Guide, Happiness, Heart, Hurt, Inscribe, Love, Middle, Montage, Musical, Note, Painted Dolls, Poetry and Poems, Poses, Rain, Rhythm, Romeo and Juliet, Roses, Showtime, Sing, Singin' In the Rain, Snare, Soar, Songster, Soul, Spirit, Stars, Temptation, West Side Story | Leave a comment

First Principles: No Temptation Has Overtaken You Except What Is Common To Mankind

Posted on November 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV), A Way Out, Bear, Beyond, Common, Endure, Except, Faithful, First Principles, God, Mankind, Overtaken, Provide, Temptation | Leave a comment

Pretender or Contender

Posted on October 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Pretender or Contenderby Michael DoyleDrawing on song lyrics in my dayMakes life special in its own wayThe singer is my daughter, and she’s on fireAs legends are made to grow and conspireA life led in three-part inspirationWe all know the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appetites, Baptism, Best, Bread, Breakthrough, Capable, Connection, Conspire, Contemplation, Contender, Continuity, Daughter, End, Fire, Friend, Hunger, Immersion, Jesus, Legends, Perspiration, Poetry and Poems, Pretender, Raised Awareness, Regret, Resistance, Satan, Singer, Song Lyrics, Special, Spirit, Stone, Striking Foot, Strong Feeling, Susceptible, Temper, Temptation, Tempter, Test, Three Part Inspiration, Tired, Ultimate Truth | Leave a comment

The Gospel of A Hard Life

Posted on September 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Gospel of A Hard Lifeby Michael DoyleWith a pinch and a twistThe Devil takes my wristLeading me into temptationAnd away from contemplationAt the podium, the preacher talksAbout the holiness in which he walksDefining words by their situationSomehow arriving at … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Contemplation, Define, Destination, Gospel, Hard Life, Holiness, Pinch, Podium, Poetry and Poems, Preacher, Situation, Temptation, The Devil, Twist, Wrist | Leave a comment