Daily Bible Verses by Book

And the king will answer them, “Truly, I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.” —Matthew 25:40

Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis reflects on how we are called to love imperfect people imperfectly:

This is the kind of love Rabbi Jesus was talking about. If they’re in prison, if they’re hungry, if they’re naked, if they’re lonely, if they’re a stranger, a widow, a child, if they’re an outsider, if they’re last, they become first. In our holy imagination, this kind of love is radical: beyond borders, beyond religion,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be gracious to those who are hungry, thirsty, naked, sick or in prison

⁴¹ Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; ⁴² for I was hungry, and you didn’t…

He will answer, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.” —Matthew 25: 45 

To enter the mind of Christ is to realize our oneness with the faces we see on television in the evening news. It is to realize we are one with that homeless person we saw going through the trash receptacle. The woman at the local market, the man who comes to check our gas meter, and all who have hurt us, abandoned us, and have otherwise wronged us, along with all the women and men we have never met—we are to realize that we are equally, fully one…

Heavenly father to give us grace today to face up to our future however difficult it may be  

1 When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, 
2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to avoid  doing anything which we know to be wrong, and to avoid doing anything by deception

3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people 
were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 
4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to spend time with the people that you need us to spend time with. 

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 

Heavenly father
give us grace to see what needs you are calling us to address today 

7 a woman came to Jesus having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 
8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much and…

Heavenly father
give us grace to see the good in what others do

8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”  10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to hear your guiding voice and act upon it

17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, 
“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, 
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to act graciously to those around us irrespective of whether it is reciprocated

20 Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. 
21 As they were eating, he said, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”
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