Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace today to reach out to you and find wholeness

³⁴ When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. 
³⁵ When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region and brought to him all who were sick; 
³⁶ and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.

Heavenly father
give us grace today when finding fault with others to examine ourselves to see if we too have those faults.  

¹ Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 
² “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
³ He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to do what is right, particularly when we are not in the habit of doing so

⁴ For God commanded, ‘Honour your father and your mother`, and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
⁵ But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,” 
⁶ he shall not honour his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. ...

Heavenly father
give us grace to be gentle in our seeking after righteousness today

⁵ Blessed are the gentle,
    for they shall inherit the earth.
⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they shall be filled.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be careful what we say

¹⁰ He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand. 
¹¹ That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern when others are giving a lead which we should not follow

¹² Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
¹³ But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted. 
¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to cleanse our souls from everything which defiles us.  

¹⁵ Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
¹⁶ So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand? 
¹⁷ Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body? 
¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. 
¹⁹ For out of the heart come...

Heavenly father
give us grace to value you and all your goodness so much that it is you and your goodness that we look to for what we need today.  

²¹ Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 
²² Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying,
“Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
²³ But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away;...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to believe in your goodness particularly when we encounter the opposite.

^[A Canaanite woman asked Jesus about her daughter who was severely possessed by a demon!”]

²⁶ But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
²⁷ But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
²⁸ Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see you at work today in those most in need. 

²⁹ Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee;
and he went up into the mountain and sat there. 
³⁰ Great multitudes came to him,
having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others,
and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, 
³¹ so that the multitude wondered
when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing...