Petition with Thanksgiving

 

I used to ask you everyday

For all the things I need,

But when I listened to myself

It sounded more like greed.

I’d say “please give this, My Lord,

Or “handle that for me”.

How selfishly I made demands

For what I longed to see.

But then I realized a truth

That I already knew,

I needed to ask you in faith

By starting with “Thank you.”

“Thank you for seeing me through this,

Thank you for helping here,

Thank you for taking constant care

Of those that I hold dear.

I know that I like to be thanked

For little things I do,

And you do so much more for me

For which I should thank you!

Now I still lift the things I need,

But lift them faithfully.

I trust you’ll do what’s best for me,

So I ask thankfully.

Philippians 4:6

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.