Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly Father
give us grace to see the immense and eternal power that is in you and with us today. 

¹⁴ You will be established in righteousness.
    You will be far from oppression,
    for you will not be afraid,
    and far from terror,
    for it shall not come near you.
¹⁵ Behold, they may…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to honour all people

⁷ You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge,
giving honour to the woman, as to the weaker vessel,
as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

Heavenly father
give us grace to follow you today, whatever the cost  

³⁸ He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me. 
³⁹ He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

¹ Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. ² Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. ³ For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴ But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself…

¹ How lovely are your dwellings,
    Yahweh of Armies!
² My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh.
    My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
³ Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,
    near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
…

Heavenly father
give us grace be faithful to you particularly when it would be more peaceful not to.

³⁴ “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. 
³⁵ For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 
³⁶ A man’s foes will be those of his own household. …

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be a blessing to the next generation 

¹¹ “You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted,
    behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colours,
    and lay your foundations with sapphires.
¹² I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
    your gates of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to gentle and quiet in our spirits

³ Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; 
⁴ but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is very precious in the sight of God. 
⁵ For this is how in the past, the holy women who hoped in…

Heavenly father
give us grace to stand by the truths that we know about you today.  

³² Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. 
³³ But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

1 May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;
    may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
    and grant you support from Zion.
3 May he remember all your sacrifices
    and accept your burnt offerings.[b]

4…

¹ God, don’t keep silent.
    Don’t keep silent,
    and don’t be still, God.
² For, behold, your enemies are stirred up.
    Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
³ They conspire with cunning against your people.
    They plot against your cherished ones.
⁵ For they have conspired together with…

Heavenly father
give us grace to know that we are loved today

²⁹ “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? 
Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 
³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 
³¹ Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. 

Heavenly Father
give us hope when life is bleak 

⁷ “For a small moment I have forsaken you,
    but I will gather you with great mercies.
⁸ In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment,
    but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.

⁹ “For this is like the waters of Noah to me;
 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be pure in our behaviour today

¹ In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;
so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behaviour of their wives without a word, 
² seeing your pure behaviour in fear. 

Heavenly father
give us the courage to live in the truth today and the wisdom to know what needs to spoken and proclaimed 

²⁶ Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 
²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 
²⁸ …

¹ Praise Yah!
    Praise, you servants of Yahweh,
    praise Yahweh’s name.
² Blessed be Yahweh’s name,
    from this time forward and forever more.
³ From the rising of the sun to its going down,
    Yahweh’s name is to be praised.
⁴ Yahweh is high above all nations,
    his glory above the heavens…

[The author is speaking about those in power encouraging them to have humility]

⁵ They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    they walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶ I said, “You are gods,
    sons of the Most High, all of you;
⁷ nevertheless,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be like our teacher Jesus today, even when things go badly

²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 
²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord.
If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! 

Heavenly Father
give us grace to love you with our whole heart today

⁴ “Don’t be afraid, for you will not be ashamed.
    Don’t be confounded, for you will not be disappointed.
For you will forget the shame of your youth.
    You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more.
⁵ For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name.
    The Holy One…

Heavenly father
give us grace today so that we can be gracious to others, particularly when we not in a position of power
 

[previous chapter ends with slaves showing grace to their masters]

¹ In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;
so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behaviour of their wives without a word, 
² seeing your pure behaviour in fear. 

…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be faithful today, whatever the circumstances

²¹ “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child.
Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 
²² You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. 
²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most…

¹ God has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of the gods he holds judgement: [and speaks to the rulers of the nations, and also, by implication, to the electorate in democracies]
² “How long will you judge unjustly
    and…

Heavenly father
give us grace to speak your words, particularly in any difficult situation we encounter today.

¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 
¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 
¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to hear and your words of hope for ourselves and speak your words of hope to others  

¹ “Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth;
    break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child:
    for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.
² “Enlarge the place of your tent,
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to die to sin and live to righteousness

²⁴ He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree,
that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness.
You were healed by his wounds. 
²⁵ For you were going astray like sheep;
but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Heavenly father
give us grace to be both wise and gentle today.

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 

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 “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you,
Israel, if you would listen to me!
⁹ There shall be no strange god in you,
neither shall you worship any foreign god.
¹⁰ I am Yahweh, your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
¹¹ But my people didn’t listen to my voice.
Israel desired none of…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be a peaceful presence wherever we are today

¹¹ Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on. 
¹² As you enter into the household, greet it. 
¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you. 
¹⁴ Whoever doesn’t receive you…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to know your servant Jesus today and allow Him to bear all the sins which affect us, both our own and those of others.

My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself;
    and he will bear their iniquities.
¹² Therefore I will give him a portion with the great.
    He will divide the plunder with the strong;…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to refrain from deceiving, cursing and threatening when we suffer unjustly.

²¹ For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, 
²² who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
²³ When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back.
When he suffered, he didn’t…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be generous today

Freely you received, so freely give. 
⁹ Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts. 
¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the labourer is worthy of his food. 

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. 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…

¹ Sing aloud to God, our strength!
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

² Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre with the harp.

³ Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,
at the full moon, on our…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be channels of your healing leaving no room for evil. 

⁷ As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ 
⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons.
 

Heavenly Father
give us grace to live in hope today, particularly when we encounter sin and suffering. 

¹⁰ Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him.
    He has caused him to suffer.
When you make his soul an offering for sin,
    he will see his offspring.
He will prolong his days
    and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
¹¹ After the…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to treat everyone with respect today

¹⁸ Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect:
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. 
¹⁹ For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. 
²⁰ For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating?
But…

Heavenly father
give us grace to care for those people we already know today.

⁵ Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, 
“Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans. 
⁶ Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. ¹⁹ Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. ²⁰ In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. ²¹ Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father,…

[Exodus]
⁸ You brought a vine out of Egypt. 
[Joshua]
    You drove out the nations, and planted it. 
⁹ You cleared the ground for it.
[King David]
    It took deep root, and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shadow.
    Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
¹¹ It sent out its branches to the sea,
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to faithfully follow you today even if we feel insignificant, like Thaddaeus about whom almost nothing is known. 

² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; ³ Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be wise in how we view others today, particularly those who are stricken in any way. 

⁸ He was taken away by oppression and judgement.
    As for his generation,
    who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living
    and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
⁹ They made his grave with the wicked,
 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to do these 4 things: 

¹⁷ Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood.
Fear God.
Honour the king.

Heavenly father
give us grace to challenge evil in all its forms today and be channels of healing.  

1 He called to himself his twelve disciples,
and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out,
and to heal every disease and every sickness. 

“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”

⁴ Yahweh God of Armies,
    how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears,
    and given them tears to drink in large measure.
⁶ You make us a source of contention to our neighbours.
    Our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷ Turn us again, God of Armies.
    Cause…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be moved with compassion for those we meet today so that we may communicate in word and deed the good news of the Kingdom.

³⁵ Jesus went about all the cities and the villages,
teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,
and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 
³⁶ But when he saw the multitudes, he…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to remain silent when appropriate today

⁷ He was oppressed,
    yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth.
As a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he didn’t open his mouth.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to serve you today, doing all things well.

¹³ Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake:
whether to the king, as supreme; 
¹⁴ or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well. 
¹⁵ For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men…

Heavenly father
deliver us today from evil in how we think and what we say.

³² As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him. 
³³ When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.
The multitudes marvelled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
³⁴ But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”

…

¹ “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. ² Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ³ You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

¹ Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead Joseph like a flock,
    you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
² Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might!
    Come to save us!
³ Turn us again, God.
    Cause your face to shine,
    and we will be saved.

Heavenly father
give us grace to believe and trust in you today.  

²⁷ As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!” 
²⁸ When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
²⁹ Then he…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to live in peace and wholeness today.

⁴ Surely he has borne our sickness
    and carried our suffering;
yet we considered him plagued,
    struck by God, and afflicted.
⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions.
    He was crushed for our iniquities.
The punishment that brought our peace was on him;
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to abstain from all those things which war against our souls.. 

¹¹ Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims,
to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 
¹² having good behaviour among the nations,
so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, 
they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

…

Heavenly father
give us grace to receive and give your life giving touch  today. 

²³ When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder, 
²⁴ he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
They were ridiculing him. 
²⁵ But when the crowd was sent out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.…

¹ I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – ² for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ³ This is good, and pleases God our Saviour, ⁴ who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between…

¹¹ Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.
    According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
¹² Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom
    their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
¹³ So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,
    will give you thanks forever.
   …

Heavenly father
give us grace to trust in the wholeness flows from you

²⁰ Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; 
²¹ for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
²² But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” 
And…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be open to and respect our real source of power 

¹ Who has believed our message?
    To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed? 

[Note: arm denotes God’s power to deliver, support, conquer. e.g. His “outstretched arm” delivered Israel from Egypt ]
² For he grew up before him as a tender plant,
    and as a…

Heavenly father
give us grace for us to live in you, and for you to live in us, so that we communicate your goodness in what we do and say today 

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people for God’s own possession,
that you may proclaim the excellence of him
who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 
¹⁰ In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to face up to both our deepest needs and also your love and power

¹⁸ While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshipped him, saying,
“My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
¹⁹ Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. 

¹ The heavens declare the glory of God.
    The expanse shows his handiwork.
² Day after day they pour out speech,
    and night after night they display knowledge.
³ There is no speech nor language,
    where their voice is not heard.
⁴ Their voice has gone out through all the earth,
    their words to the end of the…

⁸ Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
    Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.
⁹ Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.
    Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
¹⁰ Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
    Let it be known among the…

Heavenly father
give us grace to make sure that our lives always have room for you. 

¹⁶ No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment;
for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 
¹⁷ Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins,
or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined.
No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace to have time today to open our eyes to see your glory in unexpected places.

¹³ Behold, my servant will deal wisely.
    He will be exalted and lifted up,
    and will be very high.
¹⁴ Just as many were astonished at you—
    his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—
¹⁵ so he will…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to obedient to your commands and promptings today

⁷ For you who believe therefore is the honour, but for those who are disobedient,

“The stone which the builders rejected
    has become the chief cornerstone,”

⁸ and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offence.”

For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. 

…

Heavenly father
give us grace to mourn in all situations where the absence of your grace and love is most accute

¹⁴ Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
¹⁵ Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.…

³¹ The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. ³² He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. ³³ Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. ³⁴ For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit…

¹ God, the nations have come into your inheritance.
    They have defiled your holy temple.
    They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
² They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky,
    the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
³ They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem.
    There…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be channels of your grace today particularly to those who have lost their way

¹⁰ As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 
¹¹ When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
¹² When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to distance ourselves from all that is unclean today. (loving the sinner while hating the sin)

¹¹ Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing!
    Go out from among her!
    Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.
¹² For you shall not go out in haste,
    neither shall you go by flight:
for Yahweh will go before…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be in Christ today, serving you and others. 

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 holy priesthood,
to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Because it is contained in Scripture,

“Behold, I lay in Zion a…

Heavenly father
give us grace to hear your voice today, particularly when we are going about our normal business

⁹ As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office.
He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him. 

¹⁶ But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. ¹⁷ When they saw him, they bowed down to him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ^20…