Daily Bible Verses

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God”.  (1 John 4:7)

If our only goal is to love, there is no such thing as failure. 

We are invited to encounter a love that just keeps opening to us, and then pass on the same by “opening and opening” to the increasingly larger world around us, willingly falling into the “bright abyss,” where all weighing and counting are unnecessary and even burdensome.  

We are invited…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live through Jesus

9 By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live as those who are loved and forgiven

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love others as we have been loved by you. 

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love others

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be open to your Spirit

13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to pray for peace in our world

14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Saviour of the world. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to let our thoughts, actions and words be a celebration of all that Jesus is.

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to remain in your love today

16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. 
God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 
 

¹⁶ We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. ¹⁷ In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. ¹⁹ We love him, because he first loved us. ²⁰ If a man says, “I love God,”…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to keep our eyes on the Jesus today, being changed into his likeness - the one who is perfect in love  

17 In this, love has been made perfect among us, 
that we may have boldness in the day of judgement, 
because as he is, even so we are in this world. 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to not be afraid

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to know that we are loved

19 We love him, because he first loved us. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love those we work and live alongside

20 If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; 
for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love you and trust Jesus to be our saviour (Christ) 

1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. 
Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love you and obey your command to love others

2 By this we know that we love the children of God, 
when we love God and keep his commandments. 
3 For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous. 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to believe in (the ways of) Jesus, particularly when faced with worldly difficulties 

4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. 
This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. 
5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be immersed in Christ, remembering both the water of baptism and the blood of the cross

6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; 
not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. 
It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 
…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to find life in Christ today 

10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. 
He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
11 The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to life in all its eternal fulness 

13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God,
that you may know that you have eternal life, 
and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to seek your will with all our hearts and minds, and in all our prayers

14 This is the boldness which we have toward him, 
that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. 
15 And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, 
we know that we have…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to avoid turning away from you (to any idol) as our life is only found in you. 

16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, 
he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. 
There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this. 
…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today always to keep ourselves in you, and away from the evil one.  

18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, 
but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him. 
19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to seek after truth, to know you and understand you

20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, 
that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. 
This is the true God and eternal life…

“And the Lord said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.” 

What I want to say about the wisdom that matters now is that this wisdom often comes from discernment of Divine Spirit in our midst. Hearing and heeding the voice of the Divine is critical during difficult times. But sometimes, with all of our media distractions and our…

 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. (Luke 18:1)

https://www.thefuelcast.com/library/2025-01-3-elijah-part-1-keep-on-r3.2

Heavenly father give us grace to drink deeply of your pleasures. 

The Lord said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be obedient to Jesus Christ today so that we may live in grace and peace

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion
in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 
² according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
in sanctification of the Spirit,
that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood:
Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Heavenly father
give us grace to live in hope today, as those who have been born again in the Lord Jesus Christ

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again
to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 
⁴ to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, 
⁵ who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation…

Heavenly father
give us grace to rejoice in our salvation today, particularly when facing trials

⁵ [you] are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 
⁶ Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be,
you have been grieved in various trials, 
⁷ that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes
even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honour at the…

Heavenly father
give us grace to love, trust and give thanks today

⁷ [your faith] may be found to result in praise, glory, and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ— 
⁸ whom, not having known, you love.
In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing,
you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, 
⁹ receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to live as those who are set free from the fear that we are alone when we suffer
and those who live in the glorious freedom of the risen Christ

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently.
They prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 
¹¹ searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ,
which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them. 
^…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be pure in our thoughts and then in our actions today.

¹³ Therefore prepare your minds for action. 
Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ— 
¹⁴ as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, 
¹⁵ but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behaviour; …

Heavenly father
give us grace to walk humbly before you today, rejecting all other useless ways of life

¹⁷ If you call on him as Father,
who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work,
pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear, 
¹⁸ knowing that you were redeemed,
not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace to live today as those whose faith and hope are in you, particularly when faced with anything that is at all deadly

¹⁸ [live] knowing that you were redeemed,
not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, 
¹⁹ but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, 
²⁰ who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake, 
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be obedient to your truth in love today.

²² Seeing you have purified your souls
in your obedience to the truth
through the Spirit
in sincere brotherly affection,
love one another from the heart fervently, 
²³ having been born again,
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
through the word of God,
which lives and remains forever. 
²⁴ For, “All flesh is like grass,
    and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass…

¹ Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, ² as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious: ⁴ coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. ⁵ You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ^…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to put away all wickedness, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and evil speaking

¹ Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, 
² as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, 
³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious: 

2 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be in Christ today, serving you and others. 

⁴ coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. 
⁵ You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood,
to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Because it is contained in Scripture,

“Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious:
    He who believes in him will not…