Daily Bible Verses

⁹ He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹ Sing to Yahweh a new song,
    for he has done marvellous things!
    His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
² Yahweh has made known his salvation.
    He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
³ He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to cope with the difficulties that we encounter as a result of seeing first your Kingdom

(the mother of the sons of Zebedee asked Jesus for her sons to be his right/left hand men in his Kingdom) 
²² But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
They said to him...

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to listen to you, particularly when we are tempted to do things which are not good.

¹¹ “But you who forsake Yahweh,
    who forget my holy mountain,
    who prepare a table for Fortune,
    and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
¹² I will destin you to the sword,
    and you will all bow down to the slaughter;...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to enjoy things in the world, but ensure that we seek first the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world.
If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. 
¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. 
¹⁷ The world is passing away with...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first the kingdom of God (rather than power and status) 

²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. 
²¹ He said to her, “What do you want?”
She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
 

    but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
    They will mount up with wings like eagles.
    They will run, and not be weary.
    They will walk, and not faint.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images,
    who boast in their idols.
    Worship him, all you gods
⁸ Zion heard and was glad.
    The daughters of Judah rejoiced
    because of your judgements, Yahweh.
⁹ For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth.
    You are exalted far above all gods.
...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to face up to difficulties in life, in the same way that Jesus did. 

¹⁷ As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 
¹⁸ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, 
¹⁹ and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock...

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to not give up on people who have strayed from the right path, just as you don’t give up on people. 

⁸ Yahweh says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster,
    and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’
so I will do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.
⁹ I will bring offspring out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be strong because we know you, and know that our sins are forgiven

¹² I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
¹³ I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, little children, because you know the...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to avoid envy and embrace generosity 

⁸ “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’ 
⁹ “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. 
¹⁰ When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise...

⁷ Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. ⁸ For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. ⁹ Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up. ¹⁰ So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward...

¹ Yahweh reigns!
    Let the earth rejoice!
    Let the multitude of islands be glad!
² Clouds and darkness are around him.
    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
³ A fire goes before him,
    and burns up his adversaries on every side.
⁴ His lightning lights up...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to work in your vineyard, trusting you to give us what we need. 

¹ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household,
who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. 
² When he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 
³ He went out about the third hour, and saw others...

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to think as you think, and to be humble

¹ “I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask.
    I am found by those who didn’t seek me.
    I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
² I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people,
    who walk in a way that is not good, after their own...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be aware within ourselves of hate, and what leads to hate, and to turn away from it. 

⁷ Brothers, I write no new commandment to you,
but an old commandment which you had from the beginning.
The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. 
⁸ Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you;
because the darkness is passing away and the true...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see the life of kingdom of heaven for what it is and leave everything else. 

²⁷ Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”
²⁸ Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me,
in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory,
you also will sit on twelve thrones,...

¹³ Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

¹⁰ Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns.”
    The world is also established.
    It can’t be moved.
    He will judge the peoples with equity.
¹¹ Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.
    Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
¹²     Let the field and all that is in it exult!...

Heavenly father
give us grace today bring to you any situation in which is seems impossible to live as a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven. 

²³ Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. 
²⁴ Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
²⁵ When the...

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to live as those who have been made in your image. 

⁸ But now, Yahweh, you are our Father.
    We are the clay and you our potter.
    We all are the work of your hand.
⁹ Don’t be furious, Yahweh.
    Don’t remember iniquity forever.
Look and see, we beg you,
    we are all your people....

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live and walk just as Jesus did, following your commandments. 

³ This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. 
⁴ One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him. 
⁵ But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him: 
^6...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to love others in our thinking, in our words and in our actions.  

¹⁷ Jesus said to him, “If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
¹⁸ He said to him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’ ¹⁹ ‘Honour your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall...

5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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