Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace to see our own imperfections today and deal with them

³ Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye,
but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? 
⁴ Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’
and behold, the beam is in your own eye? 
⁵ You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye,
and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Heavenly father
give us grace to be careful today and to be able to discern when to hold back in relationships

⁶ “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs,
neither throw your pearls before the pigs,
lest perhaps they trample them under their feet,
and turn and tear you to pieces.

Heavenly father
give us grace to ask, seek and knock today. 

⁷ “Ask, and it will be given you.
Seek, and you will find.
Knock, and it will be opened for you. 
⁸ For everyone who asks receives.
He who seeks finds.
To him who knocks it will be opened. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to desire good today, for ourselves and for others

⁹ Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 
¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? 
¹¹ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! 
¹² Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek today the way that leads to life, particularly when others do not.

¹³ “Enter in by the narrow gate;
for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction,
and there are many who enter in by it. 
¹⁴ How the gate is narrow and the way is restricted that leads to life!
There are few who find it.

Heavenly father
give us grace to be attentive to the actions of others, particularly when it is at odds with their words. 

¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 
¹⁶ By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? 
¹⁷ Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 
¹⁸ A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a…

Heavenly father
give us grace to do your will today 

²¹ “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven,
but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 
²² Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name,
in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’ 
²³ Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

Heavenly father
give us grace to be obedient to what we know you are calling us to do today 

²⁴ “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them,
I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. 
²⁵ The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house;
and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock. 
²⁶ Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them
will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 
^27…

Heavenly father
give us grace to dare to put our hopes into words and listen to your response

¹ When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 
² Behold, a leper came to him and worshipped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

³ Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” 
Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 
⁴ Jesus said to him, “See that…

Heavenly father
give us grace to voice our deepest needs and our highest hopes. 

⁵ When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him for help, 
⁶ saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”
⁷ Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
⁸ The centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof.
Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 
⁹ For I am…