Daily Bible Verses

Sometimes (Isaiah 1:15) this is what God has to say to people:

            ¹⁵When you stretch our your hands
            I will hide my eyes from you;
            Even through you make many prayers, I will not listen;

Wow!  Why is this?: It is because
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace in the storms of life to hear the voice of our Lord, to address our fears and to let our Lord into the boat of our lives

¹⁶ When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. ^18…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be faithful to your Son Jesus work which will bring us the daily bread of eternal life

²² On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. ^23 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to come to Jesus, the bread of life today

²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
³⁰ They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do? ³¹ Our fathers ate the…

Heavenly father
give us grace to “see” Jesus and believe in Him, and so to have eternal life and be raised up on the last day.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 
³⁶ But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe. 
³⁷ All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to…

Heavenly father
give us grace to see spiritual things clearly, which may be hidden by our own preconceptions.
and give us grace to believe in and feed on Your crucified and risen son today

⁴¹ The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.” ⁴² They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live today in the death and resurrection of the Son of Man

⁵² The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
⁵³ Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves. …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to trust in your son, so that his word would live in us, so that we would be saved from all that pulls us away from life in all its fullness.

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. ³² It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. ^33 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace not only to hear the life giving words of Jesus , but also to put our trust in you, so that the way we live shows how much we value your grace and mercy.

²⁴ “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life,
and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 
^…

Heavenly Father give me the humility to admit that I don’t understand things, particularly if I ought to know them by now.

Jesus said  ^7 “”You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You^[c]must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its…

Heavenly Father, whenever I see the effects of humanity’s inhumanity and I seek to condemn, turn my eyes to your one and only Son, so that I believe that you are present in the very worst situations seeking to save people from destruction.

¹⁴ Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,^[…

Heavenly Father,
give me grace to see the truth about my dark deeds
give me grace to come to the light, rejoicing that dark deeds are exposed for what they are
deliver me from the love of darkness and the fear of exposure.

¹⁹ This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ …

Heavenly Father, give me grace so that I may be generous in my affirmation of the gifts of others, and know when others must become greater, and I must become less.

²² After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. ²³ Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. ^24…

Heavenly father
Give me grace to be open to the truths about what is not seen
Give me grace to be open to the Spirit who you give without limit
Give me grace to walk the way of the cross, as Jesus did, trusting that this is the path of eternal life.

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…

Heavenly father,
give me the humility to receive from those who have very little, (just as Christ asked the woman for a drink)
and give me an understanding of, and a thirst for, the living water which wells up to eternal life

¹ Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— ² although in fact it was not…

Heavenly Father, give me grace to be able to face up to what my real needs are, and to find the deep peace that comes from you.

(Note: only men could divorce women, and a prime reason was for not being able to bear children. 
To have been cast aside five times means that the woman was thirsting for: having children, having a husband, having economic stability and not being treated as a failure and outcast in society)

^15 …

Heavenly Father
give me grace to respond to you primarily in ways that are of the spirit and invisible
and may the physical and visible actions to be true to what is in my spirit.

¹⁹ “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. ²⁰ Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but…

Heavenly Father
Give me grace to tell those around me about what you mean to us
and give them grace to hear you speaking to them

²⁷ Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman.
But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
²⁸ Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town…

Heavenly father,
give me grace to walk with you;
give me grace not to turn away from walking with you and thus miss the mark (which is sin)

⁹ Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked.
Now it was the Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to be affectionate, as you are affectionate
Give us grace to be fully alive and not dead
Give us grace to honour the name of Jesus

¹⁹ Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you,
the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing.
For whatever things the Father does, these the Son also does likewise.
^20 …

Heavenly father, please give me grace today to pay attention to the things of the spirit, as well as paying attention to the things of the flesh.  May the wind of the spirit blow in my life.

³ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, if anyone is not born from above they are not able to see the kingdom of God”
⁴ “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot…

Heavenly Father, Give me grace to turn away from indifference, and allow you spirit of generosity and kindness to flow.
Open my eyes, too, to see those who have no-one to stand up for them, and give me grace to champion their justice.

21: How the faithful city has become a whore!
She that was full of justice (standing up against all forms of abuse and harm),
the place where righteousness was at home, is now home to people who take from each other and even take…

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for the promise that one day all people will be drawn to you.
Teach me your ways so that I can walk with you today, particularly where there is conflict.
What I ask for myself I ask for those in war zones, that they may look to you to settle disputes
so that justice and peace may abound.

² In the last days the place where the LORD is will be THE place
^3…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to not give in to the temptation of wanting to destroy and
Give us grace to look beyond our own strength and our own wisdom, so that we Hallow your name, not ours; and seek your Kingdom and Your will, not ours.  

⁵ Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger and indignation!  ⁶ I will send him to plunder a profane nation who anger me…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to truly lean on you

²⁰ It will come to pass that the remnant of Israel
will no more again lean on the King of Assyria who struck them,
but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 

Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust you when the destructive consequences of sin occur
give us grace to see this as an overflowing of righteousness.

(Note: Judah will be destroyed due to its turning away from Yahweh to other Gods.  The destruction will come from Assyria, who will then be destroyed, for the same reason)

²²A destruction is determined, …

Heavenly father
pour out your holy spirit on us, so that we may be wise and understand what it is to fear you.

¹ A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
    from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
² The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom and of…

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek your righteousness and justice, and not be swayed by the sometimes small amount of information that we see and hear.

³ He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;
⁴ but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
    with…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be filled with your knowledge, so that we do no harm today

⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb,
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
    and a little child will lead them.
⁷ The cow will feed with the bear,
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace to come out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Your Son so that people from all nations shall see Your glorious salvation visible like a banner, and come to it.

¹⁰ In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. 
^11 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to draw on your strength in good times as well as bad, so that you may be our song and salvation today and everyday, for ever.

¹ In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me. 
² Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song;…

Heavenly father
give us grace to walk humbly before you so that we will not be destroyed in our pride and arrogance.

⁴ Yahweh of Armies is mustering an army, ⁵  the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.   ⁶ For Yahweh’s day is at hand!  ⁷ Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.  . ⁹ Behold, the day of Yahweh comes,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek you and worship you today

18 Yahweh appeared to Abraham (our God, while never fully comprehended, can be “seen” by those who look)
by the oaks of Mamre (this takes place at home - the first place that Abraham lived in the land),
as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. (this takes place in a time of rest during the day- when no outdoor work could be done)
…

¹ Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. ² These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.

³ They…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to hunger and thirst after righteousness and justice

¹ Woe to those who decree unrighteous and oppressive decrees; 
² to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights,
that widows may be their…

Heavenly father
Give use grace to turn away from pride, lies, profanity, folly and all wickedness
Give us grace to seek you with all our heart.

⁸ The Lord sent a word to Israel, and ⁹ All the people will know, who say in pride ¹⁰ “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone…

Heavenly Father
give me grace to have hope when I walk in darkness
give me grace to bring hope to others who walk in darkness

¹ But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali (because they were the first to be invaded by Assyria); but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the…

Heavenly father, Stop me giving undue importance to any thing, whether superstitions, customs, money, power or work
Forgive my arrogance, and give me grace to value what I find in you and worship you alone.

⁶ You, Lord, have abandoned your people,
        We are full of superstitions and embrace pagan customs…

Heavenly father, give me grace to do what is right, even when others don’t, and when I am faced with corrupt practices.

¹ A warning from the Lord Almighty, about the disintegration of society that comes about when we turn away from Justice, Righteousness and Mercy
All material and human resources will gradually run dry ⁵ and be replaced with oppression and civil…

Heavenly father, whenever I enjoy the beautiful things in life which are here today and gone tomorrow, give me grace to enjoy the beautiful qualities of life which are eternal.

¹⁶ The Lord says,
“The women of Zion think highly of themselves,
flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
and every fashion…

Heavenly Father, open my eyes today to see your presence, your glory - let it be to me a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
What I pray for myself I pray for those on my heart today.

² In that day (when the dreadful consequences of sin will occur] the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit …

Thank you heavenly Father, for the love that you have for your Son, Jesus

¹ I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:

Thank you heavenly Father, for the love you have for your people

My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
² He dug it up and cleared it of stones…

Heavenly Father, whenever I am successful in the things of this life, give me grace to have an understanding of eternal things.
Give me a passion for Justice and righteous acts and protect me from deceit,

⁸ Woe to you who acquire property and wealth until you are lonely.
⁹ The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing that:
“Large houses will…

Heavenly father
give me grace to be truthful to myself about what is good and not good
give me grace to understand the limits of my wisdom
give me grace to find fulfilment in doing what is right, rather than what is pleasurable
lead me not into the temptation of using power to do what is wrong

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil,
^21…

Heavenly Father, give me grace to “see” the source of all goodness and prosperity
  give me grace to “see” you
  give me grace to see that the whole earth is full of your glory.

¹ In the year that King Uzziah died  
(and Uzziah was a king who had brought prosperity to Judah, so Isaiah and others were looking for where good times in the future might come from)
(and Uzziah had…

Heavenly father
give me grace to see and admit to what there is within me that is destructive
give me grace to see and admit my part in what is destructive within my family  / community
give me grace to let go of it, just as you let go of it, and do not hold it against me.

⁵ “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and…

Heavenly father
give me grace to trust in you, particularly when I am under threat.

^1-2 Ahaz, king of Judah, was afraid when Syria and Israel attacked Judah

^3-9Yahweh told Isaiah to go and tell Ahaz to not be afraid.

¹⁰ Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ¹¹ …

Heavenly father,
give me grace to look to you and to listen to what you are saying
particularly in times of crisis.

(Note this was written when Israel was facing invasion from Assyria)

¹⁹ When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritualists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to listen to wisdom whoever is speaking. 

⁵³ When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. 
⁵⁴ Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said,
“Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 
⁵⁵ Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James…

Heavenly Father, please make me aware of the signs that point me to you, and then give me grace to be changed from above so that I may see the kingdom of God.

¹ Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. ² He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God.…