When You Pray

Matthew 6:5-15

When you pray do not be as a fake,
As some only go through the motion;
For the motive is for their own sake,
But for God having no serious notion.

When you pray go into your room,
And pray onto your Father in secret;
Close the door far from the gloom,
And your reward will be appropriate.

When you pray know what you seek,
Do not clutter it with empty words;
Remember to stay humble and meek,
Ending it in Christ name afterwards.

When you pray ensure you proclaim,
Our Father who resides in Heaven;
Truly hallowed is His sacred name,
And ask for your sins to be forgiven.

When you pray ask to stop temptation,
And for to be delivered from evil;
Give onto His glory your admiration,
And His Kingdom forever be viable.

Richard Newton Sherrer

Copyright ©2005 Richard Newton Sherrer

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