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The Holy Transformative Word: How We Remain Triumphant When The World’s Sin Filled Darkness Presses In by Debbie Harris

17 Saturday Oct 2026

Posted by Debbie Harris in Christian Poetry, Exalting Jesus Christ, Holy Bible, Inspirational, Praise, Royally Redeemed, Triumphant

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Dear reader,

This poem began as a simple reminder that the light we carry is not our own. In a world that often feels dark, the only triumph that lasts is the one we receive—and keep receiving—from Christ, through His Word, within the life of the Father, Son, and Spirit. My hope is that these lines leave you not merely encouraged, but steady: standing in a light that the darkness cannot overcome.

With grace,

The poet

Hebrews 4:12 — “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

• Isaiah 55:10–11 — “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout… so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”

• 2 Timothy 3:16–17 — “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”

• Jeremiah 23:29 — “Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”

• Psalm 119:105 — “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

• Romans 10:17 — “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

• Ephesians 6:17 — “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

• John 17:17 — “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.”

• 1 Peter 1:23 — “…you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.”

We have no light apart from Christ.

His word is the dawn that finds the heart

and teaches it to shine.

O royal ones,

is that light still resting

on your soul today—

because you have stayed

in the holy, transformative Word?

This is how we remain

triumphant in a sin-filled world:

not by the strength of our own flame,

but by the light we keep receiving—

light that flows from the Father,

shines in the Son,

and is kept burning by the Spirit.

In that light we stand,

unshaken,

for the darkness cannot overcome

what the Triune God has given.

**To God be the glory always and only.

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From Rags of Sin to Robes of Righteousness: A Song of Royal Triumph by Debbie Harris

17 Saturday Oct 2026

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Dear Reader,

I set these lines down under the weight of a privilege I still cannot fully measure: that we who once wore the rags of sin now belong to Christ, and are clothed in His righteousness.

The exchange is so complete, the covering so royal, that the soul is left staggering—not with doubt, but with wonder. Every fold of the robe, every thread of the triumph, is a gift we did not earn and cannot lose.

May these verses help you stand a moment longer in that light, and revel, as I have tried to do, in the garments that are ours because we are His.

—the poet

Zechariah 3:4

“And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”

Revelation 19:8

“And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.”

2 Corinthians 5:21

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

Romans 13:14

“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”

Galatians 3:27

“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

Philippians 3:9

“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.”

From rags of night, where beggars of the Fall

Crept in the dust of Eden’s broken throne,

We rise—clothed now in splendor’s sovereign call,

The rags of sin exchanged for glory’s own.

Behold the robe! Not woven of the earth,

But spun of light upon the looms of grace;

Its purple folds outshine the stars of birth,

Its gold more pure than any king’s embrace.

Each thread a triumph, every seam a psalm,

Embroidered with the blood that bought our place;

No moth of guilt can mar this living balm,

No stain of yesterday can touch its face.

We revel, then—crowned heads and lifted hands,

In garments brighter than the noonday sun;

The court of Heaven thrills at our commands,

The former beggars now the Father’s sons.

Let trumpets sound! Let banners of the King

Unfurl above the hosts in white arrayed;

From filthy rags to royal covering,

We walk the streets of gold, unafraid.

All praise to Him who stripped our shame away

And robed us in the righteousness He won—

Forever we shall revel and obey,

Clothed as the Bride, the conquerors, the one.

**To God be the glory always and only.

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