In Luke 18, Jesus told the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. A Pharisee and a tax collector went up to the temple area to pray. The Pharisee took up his position and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income." But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, "O God, be merciful to me a sinner." Jesus commented, "The latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted." Here we're given this most beautiful prayer we can pray unceasingly. Saying it puts us in our right place. When we are humble enough to ask God for mercy, he is overjoyed. As a result, he grants our request without hesitation and we experience peace.
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