Analysis of Ministry Fulfillment



I charge you in front of God,
Judges the living and dead;
That you will honor and laud,
For the salvation Christ bled.

Preach the Word for this reason,
Complete patience in teaching;
Set in and out of season,
Rebuke another preaching.

The time comes for sound doctrine,
To hear the truth that is just;
Endure to gain discipline;
To avoid passionate lust.

Itching ears has made them stray,
By wandering from the truth;
To the Word they disobey,
Rebelliously in their youth.

Always be sober-minded,
And to endure suffering;
Never to become blinded,
What Satan is conjuring.

So fulfill your ministry,
Poured as a drink offering;
Preaching of the mystery,
That others are censoring.

For I have fought the good fight,
And I have finished the race;
And kept the faith in His light,
For a blessing from His grace.

For a crown of righteousness,
The Lord gives as an award;
For my humbled graciousness,
For obeisance to the Word.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA BCBC BDBD EFEF XCXC GCGC HIHI JXJX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111 1001001 1111001 1001011 1011110 0110010 1001110 0101010 0111110 1101111 0111100 1011001 1011111 1100101 101101 1011 111010 0101100 1010110 1101100 1011100 1101100 1010100 1101100 1111011 0111001 0101011 1010111 1011100 0111101 1110100 11101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 969
Words 207
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Preach the Word 2 Timothy 4:1-8

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Written on October 29, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on October 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 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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