Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace to live today as those who belong to the household of faith, lest we fall into faith-less habits and find ourselves in a dark place

¹⁰ When Jesus heard it, he marvelled and said to those who followed, 
“Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel. 
¹¹ I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven, 
¹² but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown…

Heavenly father
give us grace to allow ourselves to be touched by you, and then to touch others with the same grace as we serve them

¹⁴ When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. 
¹⁵ He touched her hand, and the fever left her. So she got up and served him. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to be unafraid when confronted with all forms of mental illness, and respond to the person graciously. 

¹⁶ When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons.
He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 
¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
“He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”

Heavenly father
give us grace to live today as those whose who live in the kingdom of heaven 

¹⁸ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
¹⁹ A scribe came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
²⁰ Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Heavenly father
give us grace to follow your Son, Jesus today, particularly in the face of tragedy.  

²¹ Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
²² But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Heavenly father
give us grace to be full of faith (rather than full of fear) in whatever storms we face today. 

²³ When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him. 
²⁴ Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves;
but he was asleep. 
²⁵ The disciples came to him and woke him up,
saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”
²⁶ He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” …

Heavenly father give us grace to repent of our “pig-farmer” self interest and open our lives to you so that we may be blessing to others, particularly those who are damaged.  

²⁸ When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, 
two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way. 
²⁹ Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God?
Have you come here to torment us before…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be a blessing to others today, particularly those who need our help.  

¹ He entered into a boat and crossed over, and came into his own city. 
² Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralysed, lying on a bed.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
 

Heavenly father
give us grace to be forgiving today

² Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralysed, lying on a bed.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
³ Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
⁴ Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? 
⁵ For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk?’ 
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to hear your voice today, particularly when we are going about our normal business

⁹ As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office.
He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.