Daily Bible Verses

¹ The earth is Yahweh’s, and those who dwell therein.
⁴ Those with a pure heart who have not lifted up their soul to falsehood, ⁵ shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, ⁶ whom they seek

The next bit was probably about  lifting out of the way the heavy doors in the temple…

¹ Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity.
    I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
² Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me.
    Try my heart and my mind.
³ For your loving kindness is before my eyes.
    I have walked in your truth.
…

¹³ Jesus went to celebrate God’s gift of freedom (in the feast of Passover) at the place set aside for worship (the temple).
¹⁴ Instead of being a place which focused on God and His gifts, the temple was a place focussed on things to be bought and sold.
^15-17 Jesus drove out those whose primary concern was money saying “Stop turning my…

Jesus taught us to pray “Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven”
The kingdom of heaven is of primary importance, what happens on earth is important but is secondary.
 How does that work out in practice:

¹ On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, ² and Jesus and his disciples had…

¹ In you, Yahweh, I take refuge, ³ for you are my rock and my fortress,
    therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
    ⁴ Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me,
    ⁵ Into your hand I commend my spirit.
⁶ I hate those who regard lying vanities,
    but I trust in Yahweh ^14…

¹ I will extol you, ² Yahweh my God, for I cried to you,
    and you healed me ³ and raised me up
⁴ Sing praise to Yahweh, and give thanks to his holy name.
⁵ For his anger is but for a moment.
    His favour is for a lifetime.
Weeping may stay for the night,
    …

¹ Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty,
    ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
² Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.
    Worship Yahweh in holy array.

⁴ Yahweh’s voice is powerful.
    Yahweh’s voice is full of majesty.
⁷ Yahweh’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
⁸     Yahweh’s…

¹ To you, Yahweh, I call.
    My rock, don’t be deaf to me;
    lest, if you are silent to me,
    I would become like those who go down into the pit.
³ Don’t draw me away with the wicked, who speak peace with their neighbours,
    but mischief is in their hearts.

^6…

¹ Yahweh is my light and my salvation.
    Whom shall I fear?
Yahweh is the strength of my life.
    Of whom shall I be afraid?

³ Though an army should encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear.
Though war should rise against me,
    even then I will be confident.

⁴ One…

¹ To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul.

⁴ Show me your ways and ⁵ Guide me in your truth,
    For you are the God of my salvation.

⁸ Good and upright is Yahweh,
    therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
⁹ He will guide the humble in justice.
¹⁰ All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth
^11 …

Lord God, who shall live with you?

² Those who do what is right,
speak the truth in their hearts;
⁴  despise all evil thoughts and actions
honour those fear God, and
are faithful…

Heavenly father,
open my heart to an understanding of the goodness that is only to be found in you,
that I may seek after you
and lead me not into the foolish temptation of thinking that there is no such goodness, and no such God

¹ The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
    They are corrupt.
    They have done abominable deeds…

^1-3Why do those with power seek to use it against people rather than for people?

^4-7From the perspective of our Father in Heaven, the one with real power, it is laughable that people should think that this is what power is for.

Laughable, this is, if it wasn’t so serious.
God rebukes them in his anger, and points them to how power is really exercised, by His Son on a hill top on…

Blessed are those who do not follow advice which is based on wanting to do others down
Blessed are those who don’t stop attempting to do what is right.
Blessed are those who don’t ridicule what is loving and good.
Blessed are those who delight in who God is, as shown in the bible.
Blessed are those who day and night think about
* the one who brings peace to families (like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob)
* the one who brings peace to those who are abused (like Hebrew slaves in…

Heavenly father
give us grace to die to the things of this world so that we might live in Your song
and thank you that when we are faithless in this, Jesus is still faithful.

⁸ Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring^[a] of David, according to my Good News, ^9…

Heavenly father
give us grace to serve you today with a pure conscience.
give grace today to those whose sincere faith nurtured us in the faith.

³ I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day ⁴ longing to…

Heavenly father
stir up in us your gifts of power, love and self control.

⁶ For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. ⁷ For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to know your Son, the bringer of life and immortality

⁸ Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God, ⁹ who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be faithful and loving today through your Holy Spirit dwelling in us.

¹³ Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us…

Heavenly father
give us the strength that we need to face today’s hardships, strength which flows from the grace that is in Christ Jesus

¹ You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. ² The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be…

Here’s my problem:

O Lord, so many things, people and systems seem to be against me, and more seem to keep cropping up. - how many are my foes! Many are rising against me.
Many of those who know of my faith in you are saying to me “There is no help for you in God”

What do I know of my heavenly Father?

But you, O Lord, are a shield around me…

I say to God

Answer me when I call to you,
    my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;
    have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

God replies:

² How long will you people turn my glory into shame?
    How long will you love delusions and seek false gods…

¹ Listen to my words, Lord, ² hear my cry for help,
    my King and my God, for to you I pray.
    ³ In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice and I wait expectantly.

⁴ For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;…

¹ In the Lord I take refuge.
How then can you advise me to hide?

² Yes, the pure in heart do come under attack
³ and the foundations are being destroyed

⁴ But I know that the Lord  is on his heavenly throne.
and sees into hearts of all, seeing…

¹ Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

² Everyone lies to their neighbour;
they flatter with their lips
but harbour deception in their…

Heavenly father, give me grace to be thankful for the past (my experience of you in love, grace, creativity, trust, truth, humility, joy, peace, hope, mercy, healing and justice)

¹ I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Heavenly father, give me grace to delight myself in you today (in all of the above)

…

When things go wrong, LORD, you seem distant,
almost as though you are hiding yourself,
and I don’t understand why.
 

I am troubled both by the suffering of those who are weak,
and also by the success of those who have no room for God.
It seems particularly wrong that those who are helpless
suffer at the hands of those who are arrogant and greedy,
 

So, Arise, LORD, and do something for those who are helpless,
for I know that you see…

AAARRRGGGH!

¹ How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me? (your attention seems to be elsewhere)
² How long must I wrestle with my thoughts (I have to deal with stuff on my own)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
…

Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name.
Heavenly Father open my eyes today to see more clearly your character (your name)
and give me grace to give you honour today by displaying child-like trust.

¹LORD God, Our God
How majestic is your name in all the earth (and for all people)
You have given (us all) your splendour (and it is) above the heavens.

(And yet)  ^2 …

I know that I am weak:

            ¹ Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
 save and deliver me 
from everything and everyone that ²  can tear me apart

and yet I know that I have a certain moral strength

^…

¹ Lord God - things aren’t going well in my life
and I wonder whether it is, in part, because I have, by my own actions, brought this upon myself
and am feeling your just anger and wrath.

² OK! But I wish to repent, put this in the past and find healing
because I’ve run out of energy and am in pain.

³ I feel out of…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to do this: 

¹ The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me,
    because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble.
He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted,
    to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and release to those who are bound,
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to hear your voice calling us back to you whenever we speak evil in matters about which we are ignorant

¹¹ whereas angels, though greater in might and power,
don’t bring a railing judgement against them before the Lord. 
¹² But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed,
speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern signs of the kingdom of heaven on earth

¹ The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 
² But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 
³ In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’
Hypocrites! You know how to discern…

Hear the Lord saying this about you…..

¹⁴ “Because you have set your love on me, therefore I will deliver you
    I will set you on high, because you have known my name.
¹⁵  You will call on me, and I will answer you.
    I will be with you in trouble.
    I will deliver you , and honour you. 
¹⁶ I will satisfy you with long life,
 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be careful not to waste the precious resources you have given us.  

³⁷ They all ate and were satisfied. Afterwards the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 
³⁸ The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. 
³⁹ After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be patient as we wait for your kingdom to come and your will to be done

²⁰ Your sun will not go down any more,
    nor will your moon withdraw itself;
for Yahweh will be your everlasting light,
    and the days of your mourning will end.
²¹ Then your people will all be righteous.
    They will…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to look for what is good in those in authority

¹⁰ but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority.
Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries; 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to receive what you give us with thanks, and to use it, particularly for the benefit other others. 

³⁵ He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 
³⁶ and he took the seven loaves and the fish.
He gave thanks and broke them,
and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 
 

⁶ Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.’

¹¹ For he will put his angels in charge of you,
    to guard you in all your ways.
¹² They will bear you up in their hands,
    so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread on the lion and cobra.
    You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to have compassion for those around us.

³² Jesus summoned his disciples and said, 
“I have compassion on the multitude,
because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
³³ The disciples said to him,
“Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to allow you to be our light, so that we are governed by peace and righteousness

¹⁷ For bronze I will bring gold;
    for iron I will bring silver;
    for wood, bronze,
    and for stones, iron.
I will also make peace your governor,
    and righteousness your ruler.
¹⁸ Violence shall no more…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be distressed by what is wicked so that we may not be led into temptation

⁴ For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, 
and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgement; 
⁵ and didn’t spare the ancient world,
       but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness,
when he…

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…

³ Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you.
    Bind them around your neck.
    Write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴ So you will find favour,
    and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
⁵ Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
    and don’t lean on your own understanding.
⁶ In all your ways acknowledge him,…

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    and ten thousand at your right hand;
    but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only look with your eyes,
    and see the recompense of the wicked.
⁹ Because you have made Yahweh your refuge,
    and the Most High your dwelling place,
¹⁰ no evil shall happen to…

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 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to walk with you today and find joy in you

¹³ “The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet [i.e. the temple] glorious.
¹⁴ The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; [those who took the Jews into exile]
    and all those who despised…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to not be deceived, but walking in the truth and in obedience to our Master

¹ But false prophets also arose among the people,
as false teachers will also be among you,
who will secretly bring in destructive heresies,
denying even the Master who bought them,
bringing on themselves swift destruction. 
² Many will follow their immoral ways,
and as a result, …

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…

1 Praise the Lord.

How good it is to sing praises to our God,
    how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
    he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
    and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars
    and calls them each by name.
5 Great is our…

⁴ He will cover you with his feathers.
    Under his wings you will take refuge.
    His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
    nor of the arrow that flies by day,
⁶     nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
    nor of the…

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…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to live in an open handed and open hearted way

[Isaiah, still in Exile, has hope for the future]

¹⁰ “Foreigners will build up your walls,       [which the Babylonians tore down]
    and their kings will serve you:
for in my wrath I struck you,       [and allowed the Babylonians to take the Jews into exile]
    but in my favour I…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to take heed to the words of scripture

¹⁹ We have the more sure word of prophecy;
and you do well that you heed it,
as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns,
and the morning star arises in your hearts: 
²⁰ knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. 
²¹ For no…

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…

Jesus said “Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.”

² I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
    my God, in whom I trust.”
³ For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler,
    and from the deadly pestilence.

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 have hope for the future

[Isaiah had a vision of things being put right in the future]

[There will be ample supply of animals required for temple sacrifice]

⁷ All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you.
    The rams of Nebaioth will serve you.
They will be accepted as offerings on my altar;
    and I will beautify my glorious house.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live as your children,  bringing you pleasure

¹⁷ For he received from God the Father honour and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory,
“This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
¹⁸ We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

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…

rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.

4:11I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

4:12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

4:…

¹ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to lift up our eyes today and perceive you present among us, so that our hearts may thrill and be enlarged with your grace, and proclaim your praises. 

⁴ “Lift up your eyes all around, and see:
    they all gather themselves together.
    They come to you.
Your sons will come from far away,
    and your daughters will be carried in arms.…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to remember what is most important, and to encourage others to do the same. 

¹² Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth. 
¹³ I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, 
¹⁴ knowing that the putting off of my tent comes…

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.

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another
and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

¹⁶ Let your work appear to your servants,
    your glory to their children.
¹⁷ Let the favour of the Lord our God be on us.
    Establish the work of our hands for us.
    Yes, establish the work of our hands.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to cry out to you when we are afraid

²⁸ Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”
²⁹ He said, “Come!”
Peter stepped down from the boat and walked on the waters to come to Jesus. 
³⁰ But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
^…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to allow your glory to be on us and in us so that others may live in your light

¹ “Arise, shine; for your light has come,
    and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
² For, behold, darkness will cover the earth,
    and thick darkness the peoples;
but Yahweh will arise on you,
    and his glory shall be seen on you.
^3…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today so that faith, self control and love abound in us 

⁸ For if these things are yours and abound,
[namely faith, moral excellence, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly affection and love.]…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be afraid when we are in distress

²⁴ But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. 
²⁵ In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
²⁶ When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear. 
^27…