Ask With Thanksgiving

 

When we lift up our daily prayers
Which approach should we choose?
Give me this, Lord and that, too, or
Would thanks be best to use?  
 
We keep thinking of our needs first
The requests of our heart.
While supplication does matter,
Thanks is the place to start.
 
Thank Him for watching over us,
For the roof overhead,
And for His Word, by which we grow,
Our precious daily bread.
 
Thank Him for those we love in life,
And those who love us, too.
Maybe even the hardships that
He’s helped us to walk through.
 
Thank the Lord with a praise filled heart,
Then lift your requests up
Knowing His love tends to lead to
An overflowing cup.
 
Philippians 4:6
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.