Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6) See also Matthew 6:25–34; 7:9–11; John 16:23–24; Ephesians 6:18; Hebrews 5:7; James 5:13–16 ‘Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors’ (Matthew 6:12) It is astonishing that this comes almost at the end! When we come to pray, we so often feel we need to tell God all our sins and shortcomings first, for how can he listen