Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace today to look for the deeper mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven

¹⁰ The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
¹¹ He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. 
¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance;
but whoever doesn…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be contrite and humble 

¹⁴ He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way!
    Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
¹⁵ For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
    whose name is Holy, says:
“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
    to…

Heavenly father give us grace today to rejoice in all circumstances

¹² Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. 
¹³ But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. 
¹⁴ If you are insulted for the name of…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to root out all those things which get in the way of eternally important things. 

⁷ Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. 
⁸ Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹³ But to you, Yahweh, I have cried.
    In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ Yahweh, why do you reject my soul?
    Why do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.
    While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
¹⁶ Your fierce wrath has gone over me.
   …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to allow your words to affect our lives at a deep level

⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 
⁶ When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. 

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see the futility of everything which is outside the kingdom of God.

¹ The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart.
⁴ Aren’t you children of disobedience
    and offspring of falsehood,
⁵ you who inflame yourselves among the oaks;   [giving worship to someone/thing that isn’t God]
who kill the children in the valleys   …

Heavenly father give us grace today to serve others in all that we do or say today.

¹⁰ As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. 
¹¹ If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God.
If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies,
that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom belong the glory and…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discard what is of ultimate importance

¹ On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside. 
² Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. 
³ He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow. 
⁴ As he sowed, some seeds fell by…

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is…

⁷ Your wrath lies heavily on me.
    You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
⁸ You have taken my friends from me.
    You have made me an abomination to them.
    I am confined, and I can’t escape.
⁹ My eyes are dim from grief.
    I have called on you daily, Yahweh.
    I have spread out my…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to do your will.

⁴⁶ While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
 ⁴⁷ One said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.”
⁴⁸ But he answered him who spoke to him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” 
⁴⁹ He stretched out his hand…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to faithfully care for those we need to watch out for today. 

⁹ All you animals of the field, come to devour,
    all you animals in the forest.
¹⁰ His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge.
They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark — dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
¹¹ Yes, the dogs are greedy. They…

Heavenly father give us grace today to be hospitable to others 

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to open our hearts to you spirit today, so that there is no room for evil within us. 

⁴³ “When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through water less places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it. 
⁴⁴ Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came;’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 
⁴⁵ Then he goes and takes with…

17 The Lord your God is with you,

    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”

¹ Yahweh, the God of my salvation,
    I have cried day and night before you.
² Let my prayer enter into your presence.
    Turn your ear to my cry.
³ For my soul is full of troubles.
    My life draws near to Sheol.
⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit.
    I am like a man…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to pay attention to the one who died and rose again, so that we may repent of everything that draws us away from him

³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
³⁹ But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign,
but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. 
⁴⁰ For as Jonah…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to have a larger heart for others today, so that there is room for foreigners and outcasts. 

^[the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh
    to serve him, and to love Yahweh’s name]
⁷ Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;
    for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
^8 …

Heavenly father give us grace today to love others earnesly. 

⁸ And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to open our hearts to you, so that our mouths may speak your words of truth and peace

³³ “Either make the tree good and its fruit good,
or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit. 
³⁴ You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things?
For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 
³⁵ The…

Praise to the God of All Comfort

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and…

This is an extraordinary Psalm - it says that ALL PEOPLE are born in God City, Zion.
They are made in the image of God, and God is the source of all that is good in them. 
ALL PEOPLE includes our worse enemies both the Babylonians who deported Israel and the Philistines who were a perpetual enemy of Israel. 

¹     His foundation is in the holy mountains.
²     Yahweh loves the…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to turn to you today in our hearts, in what we do and in what we say

³⁰ “He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters. 
³¹ Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 
³² Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him;…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be joined to you today, serving you and loving you in all that we do.  

⁶ Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him,
and to love Yahweh’s name, to be his servants,
everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it,
and holds fast my covenant,
⁷ I will bring these to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer.

Heavenly father give us grace today to pray today so that we may be self-controlled

 ⁷ But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer. 

Heavenly father
Deliver us all from evil today, we pray

²⁷ If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 
²⁸ But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you. 
²⁹ Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods,
unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder…

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God;
    for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
² Yahweh builds up Jerusalem.
    He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
³ He heals the broken in heart,
    and binds up their wounds.
⁴ He counts the number of the stars.
    He calls them all by their names.
^5…

¹⁴ God, the proud have risen up against me.
    A company of violent men have sought after my soul,
    and they don’t hold regard for you before them.
¹⁵ But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God,
    slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
¹⁶ Turn to me, and have mercy on me!
    Give your strength to your…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be loyal to those who hearts are set on the kingdom of God

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
²⁵ Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation,
and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 
^26…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be gracious to those who aren’t married with children in the usual way, just as you are gracious 

³ Let no foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh speak, saying,
    “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people.”
    Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

⁴ For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,…

Heavenly father give us grace today to turn away from everything that has a deadening effect on us. 

³ For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles,
and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries. 
⁴ They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming. 
^5 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to help those who cannot see things to see them, and those who cannot communicate to communicate

²² Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him; and he healed him,
so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 
²³ All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?” 

A Psalm for giving thanks.

100 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2     Serve the Lord with gladness!
    Come into his presence with singing!

3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
    It is he who made us, and we are his;[a]

 …

¹¹ Teach me your way, Yahweh.
    I will walk in your truth.
    Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
¹² I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart.
    I will glorify your name forever more.
¹³ For your loving kindness is great toward me.
    You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be gentle to those who are bruised

²⁰ He won’t break a bruised reed.
    He won’t quench a smoking flax,
until he leads justice to victory.
²¹     In his name, the nations will hope.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace to  do what is just and right today

¹ Yahweh says,

“Maintain justice
    and do what is right,
for my salvation is near
    and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
² Blessed is the man who does this,
    and the son of man who holds it fast;
who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it
    and…

Heavenly father give us grace today to have the mind of Christ so that we may do your will

 ¹ Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh,
arm yourselves also with the same mind;
for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 
² that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men,
but for the will of God. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to focus on justice rather than publicity

¹⁵ Great multitudes followed Jesus; and he healed them all, 
¹⁶ and commanded them that they should not make him known, 
¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

¹⁸ “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
    my beloved in whom my…

¹ Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ² Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up. ³ For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”Psalm 69:9 ⁴ For whatever…

⁹ All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord.
    They shall glorify your name.
¹⁰ For you are great, and do wondrous things.
    You are God alone.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to avoid conflict and to help others

¹⁴ But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
¹⁵ Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there.
Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all, 

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be full of joy and peace today

¹² For you shall go out with joy,
    and be led out with peace.
The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing;
    and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
¹³ Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up;
    and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up.…

Heavenly father give us grace today to be alive and have a good conscience

¹⁸ Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous,
that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, 
¹⁹ in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison, 
²⁰ who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah,
…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to do what is right today, whether or not it is popular

⁹ He departed from there and went into their synagogue. 
¹⁰ And behold, there was a man with a withered hand.
They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” so that they might accuse him.
¹¹ He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep,
and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath…

⁶ In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

⁵ For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
    abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
⁶ Hear, Yahweh, my prayer.
    Listen to the voice of my petitions.
⁷ In the day of my trouble I will call on you,
    for you will answer me.
⁸ There is no one like you among the gods, Lord,
    nor any deeds…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see the bigger picture, looking past good rules and regulations, to the greater good

³ But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 
⁴ how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor
for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 
⁵ Or have you not read…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust in your provision today

⁸ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh.
⁹ “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways,
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.
¹⁰ For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky,
 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to cope with unfairness.

¹⁶ Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ. 
¹⁷ For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil. 
¹⁸ Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous,
that he might bring you to God, being…

Heavenly father
give us today our daily bread

¹ At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields.
His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 
² But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

¹ Hear, Yahweh, and answer me,
    for I am poor and needy.
² Preserve my soul, for I am godly.
    You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
³ Be merciful to me, Lord,
    for I call to you all day long.
⁴ Bring joy to the soul of your servant,
    for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Heavenly father
give us grace to bring our burdens to you today

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 
²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart;
and you will find rest for your souls. 
³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace to seek you today and turn away from what is wrong

⁶ Seek Yahweh while he may be found.
    Call on him while he is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts.
Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him,
    to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be afraid, particularly when we are speaking

¹³ Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good? 
¹⁴ But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed.
“Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.” 
¹⁵ But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.
Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who…

Heavenly father
give us grace to listen to you today as a small child listens to a parent

²⁵ At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants. 
²⁶ Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. 
²⁷ All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except…

¹⁶ Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory, ¹⁸ while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

⁸ I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak,
    for he will speak peace to his people, his saints;
    but let them not turn again to folly.
⁹ Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
    that glory may dwell in our land.
¹⁰ Mercy and truth meet together.
    Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.…

Heavenly father
give us grace to turn towards you when we have turned away.

²⁰ Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent. 
²¹ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you,
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 
²² But I…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to listen to your voice today and to bear witness to what we have heard.

³ Turn your ear, and come to me.
    Hear, and your soul will live.
    I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
⁴ Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples,
    a leader and commander to…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be wise and not have a critical spirit today

¹⁶ “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions 
¹⁷ and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’ 
¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 
^19 …

[Looking back at God’s mercy in the past]

¹ Yahweh, you have been favourable to your land.
    You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
² You have forgiven the iniquity of your people.
    You have covered all their sin. Selah.
³ You have taken away all your wrath.
    You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

[…

Heavenly father
give us grace to love you with all our strength today

¹² From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 
¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 
¹⁴ If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. 
¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Heavenly Father
give us grace to feed on you and delight in you today

¹ “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters!
    Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat!
    Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
² Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
    and your labour for that which doesn’t satisfy?
Listen diligently to me,…

Heavenly father give us grace to turn away from deceit, and seek peace today

¹⁰ For, “He who would love life
    and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
    and his lips from speaking deceit.
¹¹ Let him turn away from evil and do good.
    Let him seek peace and pursue it.
¹² For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to live as citizens of the kingdom of Heaven today

⁷ As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 
“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 
⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. 
⁹ But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I…

12 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. 2 Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

⁹ Behold, God our shield,
    look at the face of your anointed.
¹⁰ For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
    I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
    than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield.
    Yahweh will give grace and glory.
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to see you at work today

⁴ Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: 
⁵ the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,
the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
⁶ Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace to only use the weapons of your spirit today

¹⁶ “Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame,
    and forges a weapon for his work;
    and I have created the destroyer to destroy.
¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against you will prevail;
    and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in…

Heavenly father give us grace today to  do this: 

⁸ Finally, all of you be like-minded,
compassionate, loving as brothers,
tenderhearted, courteous, 
⁹ not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult;
but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to voice our deepest fears to you when we are in difficulty

¹ When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

² Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 
³ and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

⁸ Oh give thanks to Yahweh.
    Call on his name.
    Make what he has done known among the peoples.
⁹ Sing to him.
    Sing praises to him.
    Tell of all his marvellous works.
¹⁰ Glory in his holy name.
    Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
¹¹ Seek Yahweh and his strength.
…

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
⁶ Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.
    Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
⁷ They go from strength to strength.
    Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
^8 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to be generous to those around us today

⁴⁰ “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 
⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward.
He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 
⁴² Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of…