Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first your kingdom and ask for kingdom things 

²⁰ When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. ‘How did the fig-tree wither so quickly?’ they asked.

²¹ Jesus replied, ‘Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig-tree, but also you can say to this mountain, “Go, throw yourself into the sea,” and it will be done. ²² If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.’

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be wise when we are confronted by people whose heart is not for the kingdom of Heaven

²³ Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. ‘By what authority are you doing these things?’ they asked. ‘And who gave you this authority?’

²⁴ Jesus replied, ‘I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. ²⁵ John’s baptism – where did it come from?...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to faithfully do what acts of righteousness that you call us to do.

²⁸ ‘What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, “Son, go and work today in the vineyard.”
²⁹ ‘“I will not,” he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
³⁰ ‘Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, “I will, sir,” but he did not go.
³¹ ‘Which of the two did what his father wanted?’
‘The first,’ they answered.
Jesus said...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be content where you have placed us and see around us all your provision for us, even when you seem absent. 

³³ ‘Listen to another parable: there was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall round it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. ³⁴ When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to listen, particularly when we need to hear difficult messages. 

³⁵ ‘The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 
³⁶ Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them in the same way. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to respect Jesus

³⁷ Last of all, he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
³⁸ ‘But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.” 
³⁹ So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
⁴⁰ ‘Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
⁴¹ ‘He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,’ they replied,...

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek first your kingdom and bear its fruit today 

⁴² Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures:
‘“The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes”?
⁴³ ‘Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 
⁴⁴ Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed...

In the New Testament, and particularly for Jesus, the most common image for what God is offering us is a banquet. It’s not a trophy, not a prize, not a reward reserved for later, but a participative and joyous party now. A banquet has everything to do with invitation and acceptance; it is never a command performance.  

Matthew’s Gospel contains the parable of the wedding banquet (Matthew 22:1–14). A king sends out his servants to let the guests know that the banquet has been prepared. “But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to his business” (22:5)....

Heavenly father
give us grace today to celebrate the kingdom of heaven

¹ Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying, 
² “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son, 
³ ...

Heavenly father
give us grace to  accept your invitation to heaven today

⁴ Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. 
My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’ 
⁵ ...