Growing in Your Faith
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Make a drive to be diligent.
Supplement your faith with virtue;
Virtue makes you intelligent,
Knowledge that helps to construe.
Knowledge will give you self-control,
And temperance for your patience;
A godliness abounds the soul,
Loving-kindness in your conscience.
These qualities that will increase,
Keeps you from being unfruitful;
So that your mind can be at peace,
Making your actions more graceful.
Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Will cleanse you of your former sin;
Not myopic to be enticed,
Which causes corruption within.
Be more diligent to confirm,
For qualities you can practice;
As a habit for the long term,
Which is building your confidence.
You will be richly provided,
Into His eternal Kingdom;
And you will become united,
Within His knowledge and wisdom.
Copyright © 2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
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Confirm Your Calling and Election 2 Peter 1:5-11
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Written on January 03, 2024
Submitted by richardnsherrer on January 02, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
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Words | 161 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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