Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace to be compassionate today to those who are not well. 

¹ When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. 
² Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern what tears apart that which is joined together by God, and not do it. 

³ Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
⁴ He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
⁵ and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
⁶ So that they are no more two…

Heavenly father
give us grace today not to have a hard heart.

⁷ They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
⁸ He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. 
⁹ I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery;
and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first the Kingdom of Heaven, and trust you for what that looks like in practice. 

¹⁰ His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
¹¹ But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. 
¹² For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb,  [those unable to have children for whatever reason]
and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by…

Heavenly father
give us grace today learn from and care for children today

¹³ Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. 
¹⁴ But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me;
for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.” 
¹⁵ He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to focus on goodness, and so to focus on you

¹⁶ Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
¹⁷ He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to love others in our thinking, in our words and in our actions.  

¹⁷ Jesus said to him, “If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
¹⁸ He said to him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’ ¹⁹ ‘Honour your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’”
²⁰ The young man said to…

Heavenly father
give us grace today bring to you any situation in which is seems impossible to live as a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven. 

²³ Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. 
²⁴ Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
²⁵ When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
^26 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see the life of kingdom of heaven for what it is and leave everything else. 

²⁷ Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”
²⁸ Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me,
in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory,
you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 
²⁹ Everyone who has left houses, or…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to work in your vineyard, trusting you to give us what we need. 

¹ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household,
who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. 
² When he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 
³ He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 
⁴ He said to them, ‘You also go into the…