In Christ, There Is Always Hope, Love, Mercy , And Forgiveness by Debbie Harris

22 Sunday Sep 2013

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In Christ, a hope unfurls, forever bright,
No shame attends, no condemnation clings,
His mercy flows, a stream of pure delight,
Love lifts us high on redemptive wings.
Forgiveness reigns, abundant, free, and vast,
A fragrant life, by cross and blood remade,
New creatures rise, old shadows overcast,
As royal heirs, in glory’s light arrayed.
Joint heirs with Him, our Savior’s boundless grace,
We share the wealth of triune majesty,
His lavish pardon gilds our humble place,
A joyful bloom of life’s eternity.
In Him, unfathomed beauty ever dwells,
Our hearts, His throne, where greatness still excels.

The Incomparable Joy Of Being Children Of The Great I Am! by Debbie Harris

22 Sunday Sep 2013

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A sinner I, by grace alone redeemed,
No more, no less, in humble dust I stand,
Yet in Christ’s light, far greater truth is deemed,
His boundless love unveils a higher plan.
Joint heirs with Him, we rise from lowly state,
Soldiers of cross, we march with Lamb in view,
Perfected saints, His joy our hearts inflate,
Delighted in by I Am, ever true.
Through trials borne, our spirits boldly sing,
His grace transforms the least to royal kin,
A crown awaits where heaven’s echoes ring,
The supper calls, breathtaking love within.
From dust to glory, faith has set us free,
In Christ, we reign for all eternity.

Through The Power Of Jesus Christ, Our Focus Can Be On Christ Alone by Debbie Harris

22 Sunday Sep 2013

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Gloriously free, by Spirit’s holy flame,
We cast our gaze on Christ, and Christ alone,
No chain endures, no shadow stakes its claim,
His power rends the veil, our hearts His throne.
Within, without, our focus pure aligns,
The Spirit moves, a wind of sacred might,
All else fades dim beneath His grand designs,
In Him we stand, bathed full in boundless light.
No earthly pull can bind what He sets free,
Our souls arise, unshackled, bold, and whole,
Through grace divine, we taste eternity,
His presence reigns where once was frail control.
In Christ alone, our liberty is sown,
A glorious dawn, forever His own.

Beholding His Glory, Living For His Glory, And Living In The Glory Of Our God by Debbie Harris

22 Sunday Sep 2013

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To dwell within alone, we must not strive,
Nor gaze without and miss the soul’s deep call,
But seek His glory, where true life arrives,
Proclaim His love that rescues one and all.
A story vast, eternal, wrought in grace,
Unfolds through time, redemption’s tender thread,
Each sinner saved, restored to see His face,
By mercy’s hand from death to life is led.
Not inward bound, nor outward lost to roam,
Our purpose sings in Christ’s amazing light,
His beauty heals, His grace our truest home,
A tale to tell through day and darkest night.
In Him we stand, His glory to adore,
Saved by His love, exalted evermore.

Loving Others With Great Dignity And Quiet Grace by Debbie Harris

22 Sunday Sep 2013

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If I must sound a trumpet’s brash refrain,
Each time a kindness flows from hand to heart,
Does not this clamor steal, in prideful gain,
The dignity that mercy should impart?
A needy soul, so precious in His sight,
Deserves no fanfare’s glare to mark their need,
For self-proclaimed deeds dim the heaven’s light,
And mock the grace in secret we should feed.
The Lord alone should see the quiet gift,
His criteria, a whisper, not a roar,
In stillness, love ascends to gently lift,
The broken high, their worth to full restore.
True triumph lies in shadows humbly cast,
Where Christ’s own heart rewards what pride outlasts.

The Unknown To The Known by Debbie Harris

21 Saturday Sep 2013

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Behold these truths,” the Lord in mercy calls,
“Will you not see what once was veiled unknown?”
From sinner’s dark, where blindness bound us all,
To saint’s clear sight, His Cross our sins atone.
A penitent heart, once lost, now bends to grieve,
Eyes wide awake to Calvary’s dread grace,
The Savior’s anguish blooms that we believe,
His blood upon the tree our shame erase.
By faith alone, this gift so freely giv’n,
The unseen dawns, the hidden stands revealed,
A soul reborn, to celestial heights is driv’n,
In Christ, the unknown known, the rift is healed.
Old heart remade, like snow in glory bright,
We stand redeemed, His saints in endless light.

The Life Of Christ Within Us Brings To The Believer A Heavenly Glow by Debbie Harris

20 Friday Sep 2013

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The love of Jesus Christ
authentically lived out
from within our hearts,
souls, and minds completely
changes and continuously
transforms our within’s and
without’s and brings and gifts
each believer with a Heavenly
redemptive beautiful Christ
centered glow, which is
Christ walking with us,
Christ within us and
Christ all around us
no matter where we go!

Christ Centered Resilience by Debbie Harris

20 Friday Sep 2013

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In Christ, our resilience brightly burns,
A Spirit-gift, salvation’s sturdy root,
We shine His Word, where triumph’s tide returns,
Through grace, our lives bear victory’s sweet fruit.
No earthly storm can dim this sacred flame,
For centered firm in Him, we boldly stand,
Forgiving free, we bear His mighty name,
As children shaped by nail-pierced, tender hand.
All things we do through strength He freely gives,
The King of Kings, magnificent and near,
His power flows where humble clay still lives,
A vessel bold, His Kingdom to revere.
With joy we serve, by mercy’s boundless might,
In love, we rise—His vessels, crowned in light.

There Is No More Grace-filled, Truer, Nobler, Greater,Loving, Humbler, Self-Given, Christ Encouraged Examination Than To Pray, Search Me Oh God And Know My Heart To See If There Is Any Wickedness Within Me by Debbie Harris

19 Thursday Sep 2013

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Search me, O God,” my soul in quiet cries,
“Know every thought, each wicked way reveal,
Lest I, in pride, cast stones with blinded eyes,
And miss the grace my heart must first appeal.”
When tempted sore to judge my brother’s sin,
Or heap on burdens none can bear alone,
I turn within, where frail desires begin,
And seek His love to cleanse what I’ve outgrown.
No righteousness of mine can claim the day,
For all my worth in Christ’s own blood is found,
A pauper’s state, yet raised by mercy’s sway,
In Him alone my victory is crowned.
So let me love, esteem my kin above,
And live the truth of His redeeming love.

Each And Every Idle, Careless Word And Thought by Debbie Harris

19 Thursday Sep 2013

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Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Prov 12:18

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement.

Matthew 12:36 (KJV)

O Lord of mercy, vast beyond all scope,
Whose grace and love in endless rivers run,
We bow beneath Thy truth, our hearts to grope,
For idle words that wound what Thou hast won.
Each careless thought, each piercing, deathly sound,
We lift to Thee in penitential plea,
Forgive the tongue that dares to strike unbound,
And cleanse the speech that strays from purity.
Accountable, we stand before Thy throne,
Each damaging word a weight we cannot flee,
Yet in Thy light, our sins Thou dost atone,
Thy boundless truth sets captive spirits free.
So may we speak with love, Thy grace our guide,
In Christ redeemed, our words with Thee abide.