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When Good Is Called Evil and Evil Good: Our Anchor Is in Thy Holy Word and Victory in Christ by Debbie Harris

08 Sunday Feb 2026

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O Lord, the world is turned upside down,
Good is called evil throughout the town.
Evil they praise and set on high throne,
Light they name dark, and sweet they call stone.

Yet we look up from this shadowed strife,
To Thee, our hope, our very life.
Thy Holy Word stands firm and true,
Our anchor sure when all is askew.

As we hold fast to what is right,
Our souls are filled with victory’s light.
For who o’ercomes this world’s dark sway?
The one who trusts in Christ each day.

Who believes that Jesus is Lord divine,
In Him the victory is thine and mine.
So here we stand, through storm and flame,
Believing still in Thy great name.

Today, tomorrow, till time shall cease,
We rest in Thee—our joy, our peace.
Through endless ages, our vow shall ring:
We believe in Thee, eternal King.

Amen.

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Beware: Because of the Abounding of Lawlessness, the Love of Most Shall Wax Cold by Debbie Harris

07 Saturday Feb 2026

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Because iniquity shall multiply and spread,
Like shadows creeping where the righteous trod,
The love of many, once so warmly fed,
Will grow as cold as winter’s iron rod.

Lawlessness abounds in every street and hall,
Defiance reigns where once obedience stood;
Men call the evil good, the good they call
Foul wrong, and trample mercy in the mud.

Compassion fades, suspicion takes its place,
Hearts harden fast amid the rising tide;
Betrayal whispers in each darkened face,
And selfless care is cast forever aside.

Yet in this frost a faithful remnant gleams,
Whose love endures, though all the world grow dim;
They cling to truth through tribulation’s dreams,
And wait the dawn when Christ shall vanquish sin.

For he who stands unto the end shall find
Salvation sure, though tempests rage and roar—
The love that warms the soul and frees the mind
Shall burn eternal when the age is o’er

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Prove All Things; Hold Fast That Which Is Good: A Meditation on Discernment and Apostolic Wisdom by Debbie Harris

05 Thursday Feb 2026

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Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

I Thessalonians 5:21 KJV

In ancient Thessalonica’s gentle night,
Paul penned a charge with apostolic light:
Not blind acceptance, nor hasty flight,
But measured steps in wisdom’s sight.

Prove all things—let not the heart be swayed
By every whisper, promise, or parade.
Weigh words like gold upon the ancient scale,
Test claims where truth and falsehood often veil.

The prophet speaks? The teacher stands to teach?
The spirit moves in fervor’s fervent reach?
Hold not contempt, yet yield not swift belief—
Examine all, as Bereans found relief.

Search the sacred scroll with patient care,
Trace every thread through Scripture’s thorough air.
What rings with heaven’s pure, unchanging tone?
What builds the soul and leads the lost back home?

Hold fast that which is good—grasp firm and true,
The doctrines bright with grace, with mercy new.
Let not the winds of doubt or error tear
The treasure clutched in faith’s unyielding prayer.

Abstain from evil’s every shadowed form,
Though it may glitter, dressed in virtue’s norm.
For in this proving, faith grows strong and deep,
A mind renewed where God’s own wisdom keeps.

O believer, walk this narrow, thoughtful way:
Test, discern, retain—through night to day.
In proving all, you honor Him who said,
“Prove all things”—and find the living Bread.

So let the mind, awakened and awake,
Love God with reason, for His own dear sake.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good—
In this command, true freedom understood.

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Shall Tomorrow Bring a Fifth? Four Apples of Gold in a Silvered Day’s Quiet Roll by Debbie Harris

04 Wednesday Feb 2026

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Proverbs 25:11 (KJV)
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

In the hush of this silvered day,
four apples of gold have quietly rolled—

one slipped from a laugh at the morning’s first light,
one tumbled in answer to questions of night,
one bloomed as comfort when tears would not cease,
one lifted another, esteeming them higher than self.

Four golden orbs in pictures of silver,
spoken, then caught in the listener’s mirror.

No more, no less—
just four small suns today,
wrapped in the cool alloy of what we say.

Tomorrow, will you seek to speak a fifth—
a word so fitly chosen, so humbly given,
that another’s heart might glimpse the gold
and carry it into their own quiet dawn?

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The Parable Of The Pearl Of Great Price by Debbie Harris

31 Saturday Jan 2026

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Through oceans vast and markets crowned with light,
Where lesser pearls in shadowed heaps were pressed,
Yet none could stir thy soul to pure delight.
Then burst the One—a blaze of sovereign grace,
Defying gold, outshining every throne,
Whose glory shattered sin’s confining chains
And crowned the seeker king in realms unknown.

With shouts of victory he flung the old away—
Fields, fortunes, all—in rapturous release,
To seize the pearl where endless glories sway,
The conquering gift that bids the captive cease:

Salvation—born again, the soul made new—
No cost too dear to win this pearl so true.

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Behold the Gift Unconquered: The Triumphant Beauty of Salvation Where Endless Glories Keep by Debbie Harris

30 Friday Jan 2026

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Summary of the poem
Behold the Gift Unconquered: The Triumphant Beauty of Salvation Where Endless Glories Keep

The sonnet opens by confronting the grim reality of humanity’s fallen state: the grave’s insatiable hunger, death’s dominion, and the curse of sin that held every person in bondage and defeat.

The dramatic turn comes with Christ’s resurrection—“O thunderclap of dawn!”—portrayed as the decisive, thunderous victory. Crowned with His own scars, Christ shatters death’s gates, tears the temple veil, and transforms utter defeat into everlasting light.

The poem then exults in the nature of the gift itself: salvation is not a partial or tentative pardon, but complete and unconquerable dominion. It clothes the believer in an imperishable robe of righteousness and places upon them an unbreakable crown—images of beauty, security, and royal splendor that no decay or enemy can touch.

The closing couplet acknowledges the universal fact of physical death (“Though every flesh must die, though all must sleep”), yet immediately triumphs over it. For those redeemed by Christ, death is merely a gentle sleep, and the true outcome is glorious gain: entrance into heaven, where “endless glories keep” forever.

In essence, the sonnet is a victorious celebration of salvation as Christ’s ultimate, radiant gift—conquering sin and death, remaking the believer in imperishable beauty, and securing for the redeemed an eternal, triumphant home in heaven’s unending glory.

What though the grave once yawned with hungry jaw,
And death’s black banner waved o’er every field?
What though the curse had written every law
In blood and bondage, making all men yield?
Yet Christ arose—O thunderclap of dawn!—
The Victor crowned with scars that shame the night;
He broke the gates, He tore the veil withdrawn,
And turned defeat to everlasting light.

Behold the gift: not pardon half-bestowed,
But full dominion, beauty without end—
A robe of righteousness no moth can erode,
A crown no tyrant’s hand can ever bend.
Though every flesh must die, though all must sleep,
Heaven is gained—where endless glories keep.

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Fidelity To God: The Joyful Journey On The Strait And Narrow Road Of His Word by Debbie Harris

29 Thursday Jan 2026

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John 15:10-11

10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

In throngèd paths where fleeting fashions reign,
The crowd pursues the glitter of the age,
Their voices loud with pleasure’s sweet refrain,
Yet hollow echoes fill the gilded stage.
True faith to God demands no mimic art,
No bending knee to idols of the hour;
It scorns the tide that pulls the fainting heart,
And walks the way upheld by higher pow’r.
When popular waves crash with mocking scorn,
And compromise whispers soft and sly,
The soul that clings to heaven’s ancient horn
Rejoices still, though few the path descry.
For loyalty to Him who rules above
Means joyful journey on the narrow road of love.

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True Silver And Gold by Debbie Harris

29 Thursday Jan 2026

Posted by Debbie Harris in Bible Centered Poetry, Christ Centered Devotionals, Christ-centered poetry, Christian Poetry, Exalting Jesus Christ, Holy Bible, Inspirational, Jesus Christ, King of Kings

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Psalm 12:6
The words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver purified in a crucible,
like gold refined seven times.

Psalm 19:10
They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the honeycomb.

Psalm 119:72
The law from your mouth is more precious to me
than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

These capture the purity (Psalm 12), the surpassing value and delight (Psalm 19), and the personal declaration of priority (Psalm 119).

Here’s your poem presented with verses leading in:

Psalm 12:6
The words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver purified in a crucible,
like gold refined seven times.

Psalm 19:10
They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold…

Psalm 119:72
The law from your mouth is more precious to me
than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

Your word oh lord
is the true silver and
gold of this world.

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From Trembling to Triumph – Hold Your Peace: Sonnet Inspired by Exodus 14:14 by Debbie Harris

29 Thursday Jan 2026

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  • NIV (New International Version): “The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
  • KJV (King James Version): The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
  • NLT (New Living Translation): The LORD himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.
  • ESV (English Standard Version): The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.

When Pharaoh’s chariots thunder at our back,
And angry waves before us rise in might,
The heart cries out in terror, spirits quake,
No path revealed within the gathering night.
Yet Moses stands amid the people’s dread
And speaks the word that stills the frantic throng:
“The Lord Himself shall fight where we now tread;
Ye need but hold your peace, and wait, be strong.”
Be still, O soul, when tempests rage and roar,
When enemies draw near with fierce intent—
The battle belongs to the Lord forevermore;
His hand shall bring the promised end.
So cease thy striving, lay thy burden down:
In quiet trust, behold deliverance come.

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Iniquity Abounds, Love Grows Cold: Yet Christ Redeems Us from All Iniquity, and the God of Peace Shall Bruise Satan Under Our Feet Shortly by Debbie Harris

28 Wednesday Jan 2026

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2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2 Thessalonians 2:4 — Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

2 Thessalonians 2:6 — And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 — For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

2 Thessalonians 2:8 — And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

2 Thessalonians 2:9 — Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

2 Thessalonians 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Matthew 24:12 — And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

1 John 3:4 — Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

1 John 4:3 — And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

1 Thessalonians 5:4 — But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

2 Corinthians 3:16 — Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Hebrews 10:17 — And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

The mystery of iniquity doth work,
Already stirring in the sons of night;
Yet to the born again, no shadow lurks—
The Spirit renders all things plain and bright.
We are not children of the dark, but light,
Nor shall that day o’ertake us as a thief;
The unction of the Holy One grants sight,
To pierce the gloom and know the coming grief.
Men spurn His statutes, trample His decrees,
Exalt the lie, and scorn the ancient path;
But ye, anointed, in the Spirit see
The spirit of rebellion in full wrath.
Though lawlessness now breathes with brazen breath,
Christ redeems us—Satan crushed beneath our feet.

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