Analysis of Church Prayer



I thank God for remembering,
Always in every time I pray;
Knowing that He is answering,
My requests as to what I say.

Always in every prayer of mine,
For making my prayers are with joy;
I feel comfort with such sublime,
He intimately does employ.

His fellowship through the Gospel,
Ever since from the beginning;
An alternative to the people,
Having a path to stop sinning.

He who began good work in you,
Will bring completion on that day;
Knowing that Christ Jesus is true,
And that you can trust and obey.

It’s right for me to feel this way,
Because I hold Him in my heart;
For His grace I no longer stray,
In His words I always impart.

For God is my witness I yearn,
For all the affection of Christ;
Of all the goodness I did learn,
My heart and mind have been enticed.

It is my prayer about His love,
May abound you yet more and more;
In His wisdom from up above,
Knowledge and judgment are secure.

You may approve of what is pure,
Excellent and that is blameless;
His glory will give you a cure,
And enabled to be shameless.

The fruit of righteousness be filled,
From the glory and praise of God;
And within your heart be instilled,
Through Jesus to honor and laud.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB XCXC DADA EBEB BFBF GHGH IXIJ JKJK LXLX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11110100 10100111 10111100 10111111 10100111 11011111 11101101 11000101 1101010 10110010 101001010 10011110 11011101 11010111 10111011 01111001 11111111 01111011 11111101 0111101 11111011 11001011 11010111 11011101 11110111 10111101 01101101 10010101 11011111 10001110 11011101 00101110 01110011 10100111 00111101 11011001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,221
Words 272
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Thanksgiving and Prayer Philippians 2:3-11

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Written on September 24, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on September 23, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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