Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace to be attentive to your promptings, particularly when we are afraid; and give us grace to then be obedient 

¹⁹ But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 
²⁰ “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”
²¹ He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 
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Heavenly father
give us grace to see that the Kingdom of Heaven is among us, and to turn away from anything which is not of your Kingdom. 

¹ In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 
² “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” 
³ For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
    make the way of the Lord ready!
    Make his paths…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be immersed in you today and the strength to face up to the ways in which we turn from you

⁴ Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 
⁵ Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. 
⁶ They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Heavenly father
give us grace to live today as those who turn to you, so that we bear the fruit of love, joy and peace 

⁷ But when John the Baptiser saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them,
“You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 
⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! 
⁹ Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be immersed in your Holy Spirit today

¹¹ John the Baptiser said “I indeed baptise you in water for repentance,
but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.
He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. 
¹² His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor.
He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”

Heavenly father
give us grace to walk the way of righteousness and humility as Jesus and John did.  

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 
¹⁴ But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
¹⁵ But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
¹⁶ Jesus, when he was…

Heavenly father
give us grace to listen to your voice today and feed on your word.

¹ Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 
² When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. 
³ The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
⁴ But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth…

Heavenly father
give us grace to keep our eyes fixed on you, particularly when we are dazzled by success and wealth. 

⁵ Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, 
⁶ and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and,
‘On their hands they will bear you up,
    so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”
⁷ Jesus said to him, “…

Heavenly father
give us grace to treasure you and your kingdom above all else giving you worship  today, particularly when we are in positions of power over others. 

⁸ Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 
⁹ He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”
¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan!
For it is written, ‘You shall worship…

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Heavenly father
give us grace to be those who look for your light in the dark places of our lives, and in the lives of others; and are transformed by it. 

¹² Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee. 
¹³ Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 
¹⁴ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

¹⁵ “The land of…