When Christ Is Banished From The Public Square by Debbie Harris

04 Tuesday Mar 2025

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The sonnet laments Christ’s exile from public influence, portraying a world where “sin” fades from awareness and “Christian” grows vague and diluted. It warns of liberalism, progressivism, humanism, and evolution as cunning forces that draw souls from God’s grace into peril. Yet, it concludes with the Cross as an unshaken light, offering redemption to those lost i. The storm’


When Christ departs the square where once He reigned,
The word of “sin” dissolves in silent air,
A hollow shell of “Christian” now remains,
Its meaning stretched, a garment none repair.
The liberal mind exalts its fleeting throne,
Progression bends the truth to mortal whim,
While humanism carves its heart of stone,
And evolution chants a godless hymn.
These doctrines, forged in shadows deep below,
Seduce the soul with whispers soft and sly,
To turn from grace where living waters flow,
And bind the heart where endless fires lie.
Yet still the Cross stands firm through storm and strife,
A beacon calling souls to endless life.

Steadfast Hearts Of God Rising Above The World’s Dark Reign by Debbie Harris

03 Monday Mar 2025

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The sonnet explores the tension between divine belonging and a world dominated by evil. It begins by depicting the earth as a place shrouded in darkness, influenced by a malevolent force, yet asserts that those who belong to God carry an inner light and truth that protect them. The poem contrasts the pervasive grip of wickedness with the enduring hope and grace granted to the faithful, which allow them to overcome despair and mortality. It acknowledges the visible reign of evil but emphasizes the spiritual transcendence of God’s people, whose strength lies in divine will—a stronghold against sin. The sonnet concludes with a call to stand firm as God’s own, embracing a peace that sustains life eternally amidst worldly conflict.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

I John 5:19 (KJV)

The world beneath a shadowed veil reclines,
Where wicked whispers weave their subtle art,
Yet we, of God, bear light in steadfast lines,
A truth to shield the pure and faithful heart.
The sway of darkness grips the earth’s domain,
Its tendrils coil through every fleeting breath,
But grace divine bestows a bright refrain,
A song of hope that triumphs over death.
Though evil reigns in realms of mortal sight,
Our souls ascend beyond its fleeting reign,
For in His will we find eternal might,
A fortress firm where sin cannot constrain.
So let us stand, God’s own amidst the strife,
And seize His crown, o’er darkness reigning rife.

One Healing Word by Debbie Harris

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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The poem portrays healing as a gift of grace, achieved through a single word from Christ, triggered by the royal faith of prayer, which restores the sick with divine power.

When healing grace alone can mend the frail,
One word from Christ, and all is set aright,
A royal faith in prayer shall prevail,
The sick restored by Heaven’s boundless might.

Satan’s Fleeting Reign by Debbie Harris

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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The poem depicts Satan, aware his time is short, unleashing demonic chaos upon the world. As his end nears, he frantically spreads disorder through his evil schemes.


Satan, the foe, sees his brief hour decay,
His time runs thin, a fleeting, cursed span,
With demons loosed, he breeds the world’s dismay,
Chaos unfurls by his infernal plan.

Righteous Wrath Arise by Debbie Harris

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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The poem captures Jesus’ zeal in overturning tables, showing a fierce stand against antisemitic sin. With righteous anger like Christ’s, it rejects festering hate, aiming to purge it in a bold, defiant act of moral clarity.


With zeal like Christ, I flip the tables high,
To cast out hate that festers dark and grim,
The antisemitic sin shall not abide,
In righteous wrath, I mirror Him.

The Abominable Sin Of Antisemitism by Debbie Harris

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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The poem celebrates the Jewish people as precious to God, enduring through ages of disdain, while condemning antisemitism as a heinous, abominable sin born of demonic hatred. This evil defies God’s covenant with His chosen, yet through Christ’s blood and sacrifice, salvation redeems them, forging an unbreakable bond. The cross triumphs over malice, uniting God’s people with the Son in eternal light, and calls all to reject this vile sin.


The Jewish kin, so precious in His sight,
Endured through ages shadowed by disdain,
Yet demons stir an antisemitic blight,
A heinous sin that stains the soul with pain.
Abominable hate, from hell’s dark core,
Defies the Lord who called them as His own,
Through Christ’s dear blood, salvation’s gift they bore,
A covenant in flesh and spirit sown.
No force of evil rends this holy tie,
For grace redeems what malice seeks to mar,
The cross stands firm, where love will never die,
A light to guide both near and wandering far.
So let us rise, this vile affront to shun,
In Christ, God’s chosen shine as one with Son.

Salvation Through Jesus Christ Our Lord Is The Gift Of All Gifts by Debbie Harris

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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The poem portrays a chaotic world redeemed by Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, where His blood grants salvation—the ultimate gift surpassing all others. This divine grace transforms the soul, awakening it to a new life and binding it eternally to God, a bond secured through Jesus’ suffering and love, offering hope and unity with the divine.


The world in tumult spins through darkened days,
Yet from the cross, a sacred gift unfurls,
Christ’s blood pours forth in pure, redeeming rays,
Salvation shines, the crown of Heaven’s pearls.
All lesser boons dissolve before this grace,
A new creation springs from death’s defeat,
The soul awakes to see its Savior’s face,
Through love divine, we’re bound to God complete.
No earthly power rivals what He gives,
This gift of all, by thorn and nail secured,
In crimson streams, the hope of mankind lives,
A bond eternal, steadfast and assured.
So cast off sin, embrace His holy rod,
For through salvation, we are one with God.

The Singular Path To Redemption by Debbie Harris

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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The sonnet explores the exclusivity of the gospel, presenting it as a singular, unwavering path to salvation through Jesus Christ. Amid a world of competing voices and diverse roads, the poem asserts that only one name and one way—Christ’s—offers true redemption. Though this narrow claim faces scorn for its perceived rigidity, the poem reveals a deeper grace within it: a bold, divine love that illuminates the darkness and leads to eternal peace for those who follow.

Through Christ Alone
Amid the voices clamoring for sway,
A single path emerges, sharp and clear,
Through shadowed vales where lost souls seek their way,
One name alone resounds for hearts to hear.
The world delights in roads of varied hue,
Each promising a summit of its own,
Yet steadfast stands the gospel’s narrow view,
A gate through which the Savior’s light is shown.
What scorn it draws from minds that crave no bound,
What whispers call it harsh, unyielding, cold—
But in its claim a deeper grace is found,
A love that pierced the dark with truth so bold.
For though the way be lone, its end is sure,
In Christ, the heart finds peace forever pure.

A Time To Speak, A Time To Rend by Debbie Harris

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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“A Time to Speak, A Time to Rend”:

The poem explores the biblical concept of speaking truth in love as a precious treasure, drawing from Ephesians 4:15. It highlights the delicate balance of delivering truth with gentleness to heal, yet acknowledges moments, inspired by Ecclesiastes 3, where brutal honesty becomes necessary. This sharper truth, though painful, cuts through denial or decay to awaken and restore. The sonnet presents truth as a dual force—tender and loving at times, fierce and wounding when needed—ultimately a divine gift that serves both mercy and justice!

A treasure rare, from sacred wellsprings drawn,
The truth in love, a gentle balm to give,
Yet times arise, beneath a shadowed dawn,
When candor’s edge must cut to make us live.

For love alone may cloak what must be seen,
A softened veil o’er rot that festers deep,
Then brutal honesty, though sharp, serene,
Awakes the soul from slumber’s coward sleep.

Ephesians bids us speak with grace in view,
Yet Ecclesiastes knows the seasons’ turn,
A time to rend, to pierce the heart straight through,
When fire of truth must blaze, and bridges burn.

This priceless gift, both tender and severe,
Doth heal through love—or wound, when truth is near.

Rare Royalty by Debbie Harris

02 Sunday Mar 2025

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The poem depicts a rare group of Spirit-led royal souls, surrounded by a vivid lavender mist and a golden stream, who feast on God’s word. Through their humble act of esteeming each other better than themselves, they glorify God.


A lavish lavender mist unfurls its gleam,
Royal souls, so rare, Spirit-led, ablaze,
Feasting on God’s word by a golden stream,
Esteeming each other, God’s glory they raise.