Analysis of Prayer for All



I urge that your supplications,
To be included in your prayer;
Thanksgivings and intercessions,
For all people to God you share.

Pray for those in authority,
For a peaceful and quiet life;
In godliness and honesty,
Far from the turmoil and strife.

This is good and acceptable,
Pleasing in the sight of the Lord;
To our Savior perceptible,
When we do live in one accord.

God desires all to be saved,
Come to the knowledge of the truth;
Not letting them to be enslaved,
By earthly sin which is uncouth.

For there is one mediator,
Between God and man which is Christ;
As our facilitator,
The Son who was sacrificed.

He gave Himself as a payment,
From the testimony given;
For judgment as an arraignment,
For our pass into Heaven.

I’m not ordained as a preacher,
But a poet to tell the truth;
That has made me as a teacher,
Making amends back in my youth.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111 11010011 101 11101111 11100100 10100101 010100 110101 11100100 10001101 110100100 11110101 10101111 11010101 11011101 11011111 1111100 01101111 1100100 011110 11011010 1010010 11011010 11010110 11011010 10101101 11111010 10011011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 900
Words 196
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Pray for All People 1 Timothy 2:1-7

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Written on November 13, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on November 12, 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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