Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God (Philippians 4:6).
It is easy for us to turn prayer into a request-line. God wants to hear our prayers, but to keep them from becoming too self-focused, God wants us always to remember to give thanks.
It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. To declare Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness every night (Psalm 92:1-2). For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving (1 Timothy 4:4). So whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through [and for] Him (Colossians 3:17).
May my heart show compassion and my words thanksgiving; and like the universe and all creation, may my very being sing praises to our God.
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