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Tag Archives: The Lord
First Principles: It Is My Constant Anxiety and Prayer That I and This Nation Should Be On the Lord’s Side
“I am not at all concerned about that…. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side.”– Abraham Lincoln, cited in F.B. Carpenter’s Six Months At the White House , … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Anxiety, Constant, First Principles, Lord's Side, Nation, Prayer, Side of the Right, The Lord
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Two-Way Street
Two-Way Streetby Michael DoyleI don’t have the words to sayAll the things that I must sayI silently sit here, and I prayI will somehow make my wayTo my shepherd, I will singThe holiest of holies, He is my kingYou know … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Comfort, Congregation, Days of Life, Destination, Disappear, Faith, Faithfulness, Feeling Weak, Freed, Holiest of Holies, King, Lead, Life, Lost, Make My Way, Meet, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Say, Shepherd, Silent, Sing, Sing and Shout, Tapestry, The Lord, Two-Way Street, Wait, Words, Words To Speak, Yoke
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Affirmation
Affirmationby Michael DoyleThere’s a sound of freedomThat celebrates the kingdomThere is one thing understoodOur God is faithful and goodAll the good that is done In the name of the SonEvery answered prayer is an affirmationA shout of joy giving confirmationIn … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Affirmation, Answered Prayer, Broken Soul, Capable, Confirmation, Control, Faith, Free, Freedom, God, Gratitude, Heal, Heart, Heaven, Hell, Hold, King, Kingdom, Life, Lonely Road, Not Alone, Poetry and Poems, Right Attitude, Sing, Son, The Lord, Understood
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A Pastor’s Sorrow
A Pastor’s Sorrowby Michael DoyleSitting in church bringing our last weeksTo hear the Lord as the pastor speaksEmotions felt can be good and badThe moments of life can be happy and sadMoments of sorrow rock us to our coreThese are … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Church, Conditions, Core, Cry, Door, Emotion, Enter, Fall Down, Good and Bad, Happy and Sad, Help Us Grow, Know, Know the Score, Let Life Fly, Life Presses On, Moments of Life, Need, Pastor, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Rock, Sorrow, Speak, The Lord, Times, Tomorrow, Uncertain, Ways of Life, We Can Handle More, Week
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Whatever the Day’s Length
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
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The Lord Turns His Blessed Face
The Lord Turns His Blessed Faceby Michael DoylePraise the Father; Praise the SonPraise the Spirit for what is doneJoy spreads across all creationGiving us all its holy inspirationTruth is truth, new to oldThis is God’s story toldAll things that are … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blessed Face, Blind, Choir, Creation, Daily Prayer, Done, Find, God, God's Story, His Word, Holy Inspiration, Joy, King of Kings, Left Behind, Love, Mind, Pace, Peace and Grace, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Sacred Sight, Seek, Sing, The Father, The Lord, The Son, The Spirit, Three-In-One, Traces, Truth, Truth of God
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First Principles: Rid Yourselves of All Malice and All Deceit, Hypocrisy, Envy, and Slander of Every Kind. Like Newborn Babies, Crave Pure Spiritual Milk
“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” – Peter … Continue reading
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Tagged Deceit, Envy, First Principles, Good, Grow, Malice, Newborn Babies, Peter 2:1-2 (NIV), Rid, Salvation, Self, Slander, Spiritual Milk, Taste, The Lord
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The King of Glory
The King of Gloryby Michael DoyleGrateful for the battles wonI sing praise for the SonWe have been set freeThe Lord has brought us victoryTaking a stand against the adversaryHolding to the holy and nothing contraryThere is nothing to fear or … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Battles, Contrary, Days, Doubt, Each of Us, Essence, Fear, God, Grace, Graceful Ages, Grateful, Hold, Holy, King of Glory, Light, Lord's Name, Might, Nothing, Pages, Part, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Presence, Protect, Set Free, Sing, Song, Stand, Star, Story, Testament, The Lord, The Son, Victories, Victory, War Cries, Without Blame, Worship
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I Stand Justified
I Stand Justifiedby Michael DoyleGod’s grace rewrote my storyTo be touched by His gloryBy grace, I will testifyAbout the God that I deifyGreater things have yet to comeAs we join linked to His kingdomAll that good that I can conceiveBecomes … Continue reading
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Tagged Above Us All, Ages, Apart, Blessed, By Grace, Church, Clever, Crumbled, Deify, Efforts, Forever, God, God's Grace, Guide, Healed, Hearts, Held Up, Holy, Holy Name, Joined, Justified, Kill, Life, New Possibility, One Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Recall, Remain, Resonate, Rewrote, Sacred Hand, Seek, Self-Crucified, Separate, Shown, Smart Enough, Span, Stand, Story, Testify, The Lord, Thousand Generations, Thousand Pages, Times, Tried, Tumbled, Understand, Veneration, Wiser, Worthy, Written, Wrong
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First Principles: The Lord Will Guide You Always; He Will Satisfy Your Needs In A Sun-Scorched Land and Will Strengthen Your Frame
“The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.” – Isaiah 58:11
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Tagged Always, Fail, First Principles, Frame, Garden, Guide, Isaiah 58:11, Spring, Strengthen, Sun-Scorched Land, The Lord, Waters, Your Needs
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