Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father, give us grace to respond to evil with good, particularly in our relationships with family and friends. 

¹ Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.  ² Joseph commanded his servants, to embalm his father; and they did so. 
⁴ Joseph [then] spoke to Pharaoh, ⁵ ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of...

Heavenly Father, give us grace to be a blessing to each member of our families, however different they are from each other.

¹ Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

³ “Reuben, you are my firstborn, excelling in dignity, and power, [but] ⁴ you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed. (Gen 35) ...

Heavenly Father, give us grace so that we may be a blessing to our family, and not live comparing ourselves with others. 

¹ After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 

¹⁴ Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the...

Heavenly father, give us grace to do what is right in our work, both paid and unpaid, (not sure if Joseph putting the whole of the land of Egypt in debt to Pharoah was a reason why the children of Israel ended up in slavery to the Egyptians) 

⁵ Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, ⁶ “Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my...

Heavenly Father, give us grace to be guided by you in big decisions, be filled with your love in our personal relationships. 

¹ Israel travelled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. 
² God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”  He said, “Here I am.”
³ He said, “I am God, the God of your father....

Heavenly father, give us grace to be reconciled to others today. 

¹  Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!”
No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 
² He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 
³ Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to do what is right, whatever the personal cost to ourselves

¹ Joseph commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth. ² Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. ³ As soon as the morning was...

Heavenly father
give us grace to be honest about the things which don’t make us look good
and give us grace to trust in you.

¹  The famine was severe in the land. ² When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”

³ Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to face up to what we have done in the past and make amends for it as opportunity presents itself

¹  Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, so said to his sons, ²  “ Go to Egypt, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.” 
³ Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 
⁴ But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother,...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be prudent in times of plenty, so that we may be able to help ourselves and others in time of scarcity. 

¹ After two years, Pharaoh dreamed that he stood by the river. ² out of which came seven sleek and fat cattle ³ followed by seven ugly and thin cattle,  ⁴ which ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle.  ⁵ In a second dream,...

Heavenly Father
give us grace to understand dreams (like Joseph)
and give us grace to be a blessing to others when we are blessed (unlike the cupbearer)

⁹ The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph:  “In my dream, there was a vine ¹⁰ with three branches, on which were clusters of ripe grapes,  ¹¹ which I took and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”
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¹⁹ As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. ²⁰ Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. ²¹ He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²² He who has an ear, let him hear what the...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace to live in the love of Jesus today

³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
³⁶Even as it is...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace to be conformed to the image of your Son today

²⁸We know that all things work together for good for those who love God,
for those who are called according to his purpose.
²⁹For...

Heavenly Father, send your spirit on us in our weakness, so that we may live in hope.

²²For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
²³Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first...

Heavenly Father, Send your spirit on us to that we may live in hope and liberty

¹⁴For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
¹⁵For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace, to be in Christ today, so that, by your Spirit, we put to death the deeds of the body

⁸Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
⁹But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace to live in the spirit of Jesus, and so be free of sin and death

¹There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,
who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
^...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace to serve you today.

²¹I find then the law that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
²²For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace to face up to our failings today.

¹⁰The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;
¹¹for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me,
and...

June 2 Heavenly Father, Give us grace to live by the spirit of your laws rather than the letter

^7:6But now we have been discharged from the law,
having died to that in which we were held;...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace to be joined to you today, producing your fruit

¹Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law),
that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
²...

¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. ¹³ Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ¹⁴ And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace to live as your servants today, free from sin.

¹⁹I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh,
for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness
and to wickedness upon wickedness,
even so now present your members as servants to righteousness...

Heavenly Father, Give us grace today to be obedient to you from the heart

¹⁵What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace?
May it never be!
¹⁶Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as...