Analysis of Efficient Prayer



I write these things to you,
Who believe in the Lord;
The Son of God is true,
To be loved and adored.

This is the confidence,
That we have unto Him;
Being in accordance,
Giving His spiritual vim.

If we know that He hears,
In whatever we ask;
Requests that it appears,
Honored to be His task.

If you see your brother,
That is committing sin;
We must help each other,
Building up discipline.

For God will give them life,
Sin not leading to death;
Reducing any strife,
That takes away their breath.

Unrighteousness is sin,
But if we will confess;
His Spirit cleans within,
As the Father will bless.

If you are born of God,
And not keep on sinning;
When you honor and laud,
Start a new beginning.

The Lord will protect you,
Against all the evil;
Shows what path to pursue,
To avoid the devil.

We know we are from God,
While the whole world lies;
That tempts you to be flawed,
With Satan in disguise.

We understand with Christ,
That we know who is true;
Not to become enticed,
With the evil He knew.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFX HIHI GJGJ KLML ANAN KOMO PAPA F
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 101001 011111 111001 110100 111101 100010 10110001 111111 01011 011101 101111 111110 110101 111110 101100 111111 111011 010101 110111 111 111101 110101 101011 111111 011110 111001 101010 011011 011010 111101 101010 111111 10111 111111 110001 10111 111111 110101 101011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,044
Words 243
Sentences 11
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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That You May Know 1 John 5:13-20

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Written on September 10, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on September 09, 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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