Daily Bible Verses by Book

¹⁹ Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, ²¹ and having a great priest over God’s house, ²² let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water, ²³ let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is…

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.

Heavenly father
give us grace to be an encouragement to those around us today

²⁴ Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, 
²⁵ not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is,
but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Heavenly father
give us grace to flee from sin today, and live in the covenant of grace and forgiveness 

²⁶ For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, 
²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgement, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries. 
²⁸ A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three…

Heavenly father
give us grace to continue to live by faith today, paying attention to the things of the soul and the things of eternity 

³² But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings; 
³³ partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions;
and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so. 
³⁴ For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the…

Heavenly father
give us grace to give attention today to what we hope for and to what is unseen
 

¹ Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, that which is persuasive of things not seen. 
² For in this, the elders obtained testimony. 
³ By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God,
so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.  (Heb 1:1)

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Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see

Frederick Buechner says: 

A CRAZY, HOLY GRACE I have called it. Crazy because whoever could have predicted it? Who can ever foresee the crazy how and when and where of a grace that wells up out of the lostness and pain of the world and of our own inner worlds? And holy because these moments of grace come ultimately from farther away than Oz and deeper down than doom, holy because they heal and hallow. “For all thy blessings, known and unknown,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be so assured within ourselves about what we hope for and what is unseen that we live in a way that is pleasing to you 

⁴ By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous,
God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

⁵ By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death,
and he was not found, because God translated him.
For he has…

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.