Daily Bible Verses

¹³ Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

¹³ Relent, Yahweh!
    How long?
    Have compassion on your servants!
¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness,
    that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen evil.
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be find time to be alone with you 

²² Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 
²³ After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone. 

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to listen to and speak your words today 

²⁰ “A Redeemer will come to Zion,
    and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says Yahweh.

²¹ “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh.
“My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth,
nor out of the mouth of your…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be self controlled, persevering in  brotherly affection and love

⁵ Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence,
in your faith supply moral excellence;
and in moral excellence, knowledge; 
⁶ and in knowledge, self-control;
and in self-control perseverance;
and in perseverance godliness; 
⁷ and in godliness brotherly affection;
and in…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to  feed on the bread of heaven.

²⁰ They all ate and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces. 
²¹ Those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

¹⁰ The days of our years are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty years;
    yet their pride is but labour and sorrow,
    for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
¹¹ Who knows the power of your anger,
    your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
¹² So teach us to count our days,
    …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to take what you give us today, and to share it with others  so that we may be blessed and be a blessing to others, particularly when we are feeling broken. 

¹⁹ He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass;
and he took the five loaves and the two fish,
and looking up to heaven, he blessed,
broke and
gave the loaves to the…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to act appropriately,
knowing when to challenge what is wrong
and when to be gracious to those who wrong us.  

¹⁸ According to their deeds,
    he will repay as appropriate,
    wrath to his adversaries,
    recompense to his enemies;
    he will repay the islands…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to hear your precious call to godly living

³ seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue, 
⁴ by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises;
that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature,
having…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see what resources we have and put them at your disposal

¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
¹⁷ They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”
¹⁸ He said, “Bring them here to me.” 

³ You turn man to destruction, saying,
    “Return, you children of men.”
⁴ For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past,
    like a watch in the night.
⁵ You sweep them away as they sleep.
    In the morning they sprout like new grass.
⁶ In the morning it sprouts and springs up.
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be compassionate

¹⁴ Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them and healed their sick. ¹⁵ When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”
¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to put on righteousness and salvation, particularly in the face of untruths. 

¹⁵ Yes, truth is lacking;
    and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.

Yahweh saw it,
    and it displeased him that there was no justice.
¹⁶ He saw that there was no man,
    and wondered that there was no intercessor.…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live in grace and peace

² Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 

Heavenly father
give us grace today 

¹² His disciples came, took the body, and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus. 
¹³ Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place apart.
When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

¹⁴ Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them and healed their sick. ¹⁵ …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek you when we feel down (as Jesus did on the death of his cousin)

¹¹ His head was brought on a platter and given to the young lady; and she brought it to her mother. ¹² His disciples came, took the body, and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus. ¹³ Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard…

¹     Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
²     Before the mountains were born,
    before you had formed the earth and the world,
    even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to stop us being foolish, particularly around pleasure and beauty

⁶ But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod. 
⁷ Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. 
⁸ She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
⁹ The…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to speak truthfully and act with justice

¹¹ We all roar like bears
    and moan bitterly like doves.
We look for justice, but there is none,
    for salvation, but it is far off from us.

¹² For our sins testify against us;
    and our transgressions are with us,
¹³ transgressing and denying Yahweh,
  …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to serve others, trusting in the righteousness of Jesus

¹ Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern if and when we need to speak about truth and justice 

¹ At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, 
² and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.” 
³ For Herod had arrested John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s…

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:

Greetings.

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a]whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work…

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh?
    Will you hide yourself forever?
    Will your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is,
    for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death,
    who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
^…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to follow the way of peace and turn away from evil, particularly in our thoughts. 

⁷ Their feet run to evil,
    and they hurry to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity.
    Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
⁸ They don’t know the way of peace;
    and there is no justice in their ways.…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be channels of love and peace to others

¹⁴ Greet one another with a kiss of love.
Peace be to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to discover new things about the kingdom of God

⁵¹ Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?”

They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”

⁵² He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

1 Clap your hands, all you nations;
    shout to God with cries of joy.

2 For the Lord Most High is awesome,
    the great King over all the earth.
3 He subdued nations under us,
    peoples under our feet.
4 He chose our inheritance for us,
    the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.[…

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever,
    and his throne as the days of heaven.
³⁰ If his children forsake my law,
    and don’t walk in my ordinances;
³¹ if they break my statutes,
    and don’t keep my commandments;
³² then I will punish their sin with the rod,
    and their iniquity with stripes.
…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be of use in the Kingdom of Heaven. 

⁴⁷ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind, 
⁴⁸ which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach.
They sat down and gathered the good [useful] into containers, but the bad they threw away. 
⁴⁹ So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to speak the truth, and seek after it.

¹ Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save;
    nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
² But your iniquities have separated you and your God,
    and your sins have hidden his face from you,
    so that he will not hear.
³ For your hands are defiled with blood,…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to stand in the grace you give us

¹² Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying
that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. 
¹³ She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you. So does Mark, my son. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to seek for what is finest and best today and deal with everything else appropriately.

⁴⁵ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, 
⁴⁶ who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Heavenly Father, pour out your grace and loving kindness on us today.

²⁵ I will set his hand also on the sea,
    and his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,
    my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ I will keep…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to seek first the Kingdom of Heaven today

⁴⁴ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid.
In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Heavenly Father
give us grace this weekend to delight in you as we take our rest

¹³ “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
    from doing your pleasure on my holy day;
and call the Sabbath a delight,
    and the holy of Yahweh honourable;
    and honour it,
    not doing your own ways,
    nor finding your own pleasure,
 …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be perfected, established, strengthened and settled in you. 

¹⁰ But may the God of all grace,
who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a little while,
perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 

¹¹ To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to do what is right

³⁶ Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying,
“Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

³⁷ He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, ³⁸ the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one…

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the…

¹⁹ Then you spoke in vision to your saints,
    and said, “I have given strength to the warrior.
    I have exalted a young man from the people.
²⁰ I have found David, my servant.
    I have anointed him with my holy oil,
²¹ with whom my hand shall be established.
    My arm will also strengthen him.
²² No enemy will tax…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be attentive to the hidden things of the Kingdom of Heaven

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them, 
³⁵ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

“I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to pour out our souls to those in need

¹⁰ if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
    and satisfy the afflicted soul,
¹¹ Yahweh will guide you continually,
    satisfy your soul in dry places,
    and make your bones strong.
You will be like a watered garden,
    and like a spring of water
  …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be self controlled

⁸ Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. ⁹ Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to allow the leaven of the Kingdom of Heaven to do your work in us

³³ He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:

Greetings.

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a]  whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance…

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
    Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you.
    They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day.
    In your righteousness, they are…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to allow the seed of the Kingdom grow in us

³¹ He set another parable before them, saying, 
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field, 
³² which indeed is smaller than all seeds.
But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree,
so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to turn away from looking down on others, and put our hearts into caring for others

⁹ “If you take away from among you the yoke,
    finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
¹⁰ and if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
    and satisfy the afflicted soul,
then your light will rise in darkness,
    and your obscurity will be as…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to ……

cast all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

¹⁵ Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. ¹⁶ And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

¹⁷ Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that…

¹¹ The heavens are yours.
    The earth also is yours,
    the world and its fullness.
    You have founded them.
¹² You have created the north and the south.
    Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm.
    Your hand is strong…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today tol live at peace alongside all that is good and all that is not good in the world. 

²⁸ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

²⁹ “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them. 
³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers,…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to give to those in need and to work towards freeing the oppressed

⁶ “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen:
    to release the bonds of wickedness,
    to undo the straps of the yoke,
    to let the oppressed go free,
    and that you break every yoke?
⁷ Isn’t it to distribute your bread…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to subject ourselves to others, walking humbly under your mighty hand

⁵ Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder.
Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another;
for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to trust you when bad things happen

²⁴ He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, ²⁵ but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and produced grain, then the darnel weeds appeared also. ²⁷ The…

1 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. 2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3 I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4 My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore judge…

⁸ Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you?
    Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
⁹ You rule the pride of the sea.
    When its waves rise up, you calm them.
¹⁰ You have broken Rahab [Egypt, probably] in pieces, like one of the slain. 
    You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to hear and understand the word of the Kingdom of God, so that we may bear fruit abundantly

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be humble and become aware of any disobedience in ourselves so that our sin may be burnt away and become like ash.  

¹ “Cry aloud! Don’t spare!
    Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Declare to my people their disobedience,
    and to the house of Jacob their sins.
² Yet they seek me daily,
  …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to fulfil our own calling today willingly, humbly and faithfully

¹ Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed: 
² Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; 
^3 …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to avoid the deceitfulness of riches

²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 

⁵ The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh,
    your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?
    Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
⁷ a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones,
    to be feared above all those who are…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to allow your words to us take root in the way in which we live today.

²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it; ²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to have a contrite and humble spirit so that we may have peace in our hearts, and may be a channel of peace to those who are far off, and to those who are near. 

¹⁸ I have seen his ways, and will heal him.   [who is of a contrite and humble spirit, from verse 15]
    I will lead him also,
    and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
¹⁹ I…

Heavenly father give us grace today to entrust our souls to you, particularly when we find ourselves in trouble. 

¹⁶ But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter. 
¹⁷ For the time has come for judgement to begin with the household of God.
If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God? 
¹⁸ “If it is…

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Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to understand what you say to us in our hearts

¹⁸ “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. ¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. 

¹ Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, ² as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious: ⁴ coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. ⁵ You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a…

³ “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David, my servant,
⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever,   
    and build up your throne to all generations.’” 
[and Jesus is David’s descendant]

Give us grace today to live in Jesus’ kingdom 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be thankful for everything we have have been given.

¹⁶ “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. 
¹⁷ For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men
desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them;
and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to know when to let go of our anger, as you let go of yours. 

¹⁶ For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry;
    for the spirit would faint before me,
    and the souls whom I have made.
¹⁷ I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him.
    I hid myself and was…

Heavenly father give us grace to do good today, particularly in our interaction with other people 

¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other people’s matters. 

(Sorry for wrong version sent out earlier)

Heavenly father
give us grace to live today with our eyes open and ears attentive, so that we may understand and find healing for when our hearts are callous, our ears dull of hearing and our eyes wide shut. 

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see,
and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. 
^14…

²⁶ So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, ²⁷ for all of you who were baptised into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 

¹ I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever.
    With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
² I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever.
    You established the heavens.
    Your faithfulness is in them.”