Daily Bible Verses by Book

Jesus sent out the twelve with the following instructions: “Go and 7 proclaim this message: “The kingdom of heaven has come near.” 8 Heal those who...

Heavenly father
give us grace to be channels of your healing leaving no room for evil. 

⁷ As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ 
⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons.
 

Heavenly father
give us grace to be generous today

Freely you received, so freely give. 
⁹ Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts. 
¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the labourer is worthy of his food. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to be a peaceful presence wherever we are today

¹¹ Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on. 
¹² As you enter into the household, greet it. 
¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you. 
¹⁴ Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. ...

Heavenly father
give us grace to be both wise and gentle today.

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to speak your words, particularly in any difficult situation we encounter today.

¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 
¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 
¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say,
for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 
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Heavenly father
give us grace to be faithful today, whatever the circumstances

²¹ “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child.
Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 
²² You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. 
²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you,
you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man...

Heavenly father
give us grace to be like our teacher Jesus today, even when things go badly

²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 
²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord.
If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! 

Heavenly father
give us the courage to live in the truth today and the wisdom to know what needs to spoken and proclaimed 

²⁶ Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 
²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 
²⁸ Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul.
Rather, fear him...

Heavenly father
give us grace to know that we are loved today

²⁹ “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? 
Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 
³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 
³¹ Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.