Tag Archives: The Lord

First Principles: Naked I Came From My Mother’s Womb and Naked I will Depart. The Lord Gave and the Lord Has Taken Away; May the Name of the Lord Be Praised

Posted on March 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.[a]The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” – Job 1:21

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Came, Depart, First Principles, Gave, Job 1:21, Mother's Womb, Naked, Name, Praise, Taken Away, The Lord | Leave a comment

Always Worthy of Praise

Posted on March 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Always Worthy of Praiseby Michael DoyleThe faith of the Church savesUplifting us from our gravesLet those who see plainly singAbout God’s victory over everythingSatan has come to know his defeatGained, for us, as Jesus took His seatWe were given the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Our Days, Always, Anxiety, Battle, Church, Defeat, Depression, Faith, Fight, Fill, Firm, Gain, Glad, God, Grave, Hallelujah, Happiness, Heart, Heaven, Hour, Infirmities, Intensity, Jesus, Joy, Keys, Knees, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Satan, Save, Seat, See, Shield, Sing, Taught, Thankfulness, The Lord, Tortured, Uplift, Victory, Ways of Love, Won, Worthy, Yield | Leave a comment

An Outpouring of Praise

Posted on February 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

An Outpouring of Praiseby Michal DoyleWith the power to saveYou called me out of my graveI was heavy from sins chainsAnd all of my own efforts were in vainThe day of my salvationCame to change my destinationYour love brought a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Atonement, Blame, Broken, Called, Celebration, Chains, Change, Confess, Destination, Fascination, Forever, Glorious Day, Grave, Heart, Heavy, History, Holy Name, Light, Love, My Ways, Mystery, Offer, Outpour, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Remaining Days, Restore, Return, Salvation, Save, Sins, Spoken, Test, The Lord, Tongue, Truth, Words | Leave a comment

A Hymn For A Winter’s Day

Posted on January 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Hymn For A Winter’s Dayby Michael DoyleLeaning by the firesidePutting away my vain prideFear is not my wayI’ll follow the Lord in all my daysGod’s house is my dwellingGod’s love is my true ceilingAs I find my heart in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Burn, Ceiling, Darkest Day, Day, Days, Death, Dwelling, Fear, Fireside, Follow, God's House, Heart, Him, History, Humanity, Hymn, Jesus, Joy, King, Lean, Light, Lord, Love, Moments, Naigate, Not My Way, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Pride, Put Away, Rolled Away, Savior, Silent, Sing, Stars, Stay, Stone, The Lord, Victory, Winter's Day | Leave a comment

The Path of Generosity

Posted on October 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Path of Generosityby Michael DoyleStanding on a mountain of epiphanyStill, wondering what might come for meThis is no moment of bumper-sticker fameSome of the things happening are a shameReaching out for all the unreachedBringing the resources so that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessings, Bumper-Sticker, Chance, Christmas Spirit, Church, Circumstances, Connection, Darkness, Embrace, Epiphany, Fame, Feed, Fish and Loaves, Five Thousand, Forge, Generosity, Give, Gospel, Gratitude, In Light Of, Live, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nobility, Opportunity, Paralable, Path, Poetry and Poems, Preach, Promise, Reach, Resurrection, Right Attitude, Satisfaction, Shame, Space, Speak, Spiritual Economy, The Lord, Tomorrow, Truth to Power, Unchurched, Understand, Unreached, Wonder | Leave a comment

Living Days

Posted on August 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Living Daysby Michael DoyleThe rock of my foundationDefies natural explanationBut that of the Father’s loveGiven from Heaven aboveMy life is filled with thunderNever pulled down underBut given unfailing graceFaithful in His loving embraceThere is no failing in compassionRain cannot remove … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Compassion, Defy, Deserve, Down Under, Embrace, Faithful, Father's Love, Foundation, Heaven, Home, Lifee, Living Days, Love, Nature, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pull, Rain, Serve, The Lord, The Rock, Thunder, Trust, Unfailing Grace | Leave a comment

My Foundation

Posted on July 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

My Foundationby Michael DoyleWhen everything around is shakingAnd my heart falls apart breakingMy best battles begin on my kneesCasting my worry and fears on the breezeKnowing that I can trust the LordTo find the words as shield and swordMy faith … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Battle, Breaking, Faith, Fear, Foundation, Heart, Holy Child, Jesus, Loss, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Shaking, Shield and Sword, The Lord, Trust, Victory, Words | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Only Way That You Can Have A Joy That Doesn’t Fade Away Is From the Lord

Posted on June 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The only way that you can have a joy that doesn’t fade away is from the Lord. Any other type of joy is actually happiness that comes from circumstances and outcomes. … Joy from the Lord is really the only … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Captain, Circumstances, Doesn't Fade Away, Good Mindset, Grace Lyons, Happiness, Joy, Motivate, Only Way, Outcomes, Sooners, The Lord, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

One-To-One Hearted

Posted on March 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

One-To-One Heartedby Michael DoyleThere best belongs to be foundIn the miss that comes aroundWhere nothing becomes the somethingThat brings the best of everythingSo often we walk feeling perplexedUnsure of how it all connectsBut if we listen really hardOur dreams show … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Best of Everything, Blessing, Breaking, Brink, Broken, Challenges, Coming Up Short, Connects, Correct, Deference, Deficient, Distance, Dreams, Experience, Faith, Forgive, Found, Fruits, Future, God's Grace, Grace, Heartbreaks, Hearted, Helpful, Humanity, Kingdom, Lessons Learned, Listen, Locked Eyes, Miss, Mistakes, Mistaking, No Disguise, Not Prefect, Nothing, Nurture, One-To-One, Perplexed, Poetry and Poems, Recognize, Record, Shame, Something, Spiritual Maturity, Spoken, Stay Humble, Stretched In Our Thinking, Stumbles, Sufficienct, Test, The Lord, Think, Toast, Truth, Truth of God, Wild Card, Wisdom | Leave a comment

First Principles: Fathers, Do Not Exasperate Your Children, Instead, Bring Them Up In the Training and Instruction of the Lord

Posted on November 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” – Ephesians 6:4 (NIV)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bring Them Up, Children, Exasperate, Fathers, First Principles, Instruction, The Lord, Training | Leave a comment