Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be guided by you today, whether the guidance is from of old, or whether it is from today.

[God revealing things in advance]

⁴ Because I knew that you are obstinate;
⁵ therefore I have declared it to you from of old;
    before it came to pass I showed it to you;
    lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them.
    My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’
⁶ You have heard it.
  …

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be merciful today, particularly in difficult circumstances

⁹ For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,
    and for my praise, I hold it back for you
    so that I don’t cut you off.
¹⁰ Behold, I have refined you,
    but not as silver.
    I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
¹¹ For my own sake,
    for my own sake, I will do…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to hear your eternal voice today.

¹² “Listen to me, O Jacob,
    and Israel my called:
I am he.
    I am the first.
    I am also the last.
¹³ Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
    and my right hand has spread out the heavens.
    when I call to them, they stand up together.

Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust that your purposes are being worked out in our world (just as they were when the Chaldeans in Babylon who had taken Israel into exile were defeated by Cyrus who then permitted Israel to return from exile)

¹⁴ “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear!
    Who among them has declared these things?
He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon,
    and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
¹⁵ I, even I, have spoken.
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be obedient to you today so that we may live in peace and righteousness

¹⁷ Yahweh,
    your Redeemer,
    the Holy One of Israel says:
“I am Yahweh your God,
    who teaches you to profit,
    who leads you by the way that you should go.
¹⁸ Oh that you had listened to my commandments!
    Then your peace would have been like a river
    and your…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to open our hearts to you today so that we may live in peace

²⁰ Leave Babylon!  [The place where Israel went into exile]
    Flee from the Chaldeans!  [The new power who will return Israel to their own land]
With a voice of singing announce this,
    tell it even to the end of the earth:
    say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
²¹ They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts.  [Remembering back to when…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to live in the knowledge that our pasts, our presents and our futures are in you.

¹ Listen, islands, to me.
    Listen, you peoples, from afar:
Yahweh has called me from the womb;
    from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
² He has made my mouth like a sharp sword.
    He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.
He has made me a polished shaft.
    He has kept me close in his…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to live as Jesus did- finding strength in you and being a blessing to others

⁵ Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
    says to bring Jacob again to him,
    and to gather Israel to him,
    for I am honourable in Yahweh’s eyes,
    and my God has become my strength.
⁶ Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust your guidance today, particularly when we are out of our comfort zone

⁸ Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time.
    I have helped you in a day of salvation.
I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people,
    to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
⁹ saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’;
    to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’
“They…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be a blessing to ALL those we meet today, particularly bringing comfort where it is needed 

¹¹ I will make all my mountains a road,
    and my highways shall be exalted.
¹² Behold, these shall come from afar,
    and behold, these from the north and from the west;
    and these from the land of Sinim.” [probably China]
¹³ Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth!
    Break out into singing,…