Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek after truth today

³⁷ Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?”
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king.
For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth.
Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
³⁸ Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him. …

Heavenly father
give us grace to use power to do good (as Pilate wanted to do) rather than to do evil (as the chief priests and officers did)

⁴ Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
⁵ Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”
⁶ When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate said…

Heavenly father
give us grace to give our allegiance to you rather than to any earthly power, whatever the consequences

¹² At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying,
“If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”
¹³ When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out
and sat down on the judgement seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.” 
^14…

Heavenly father
give us grace to care for those closest too us, whether or not they are our biological family 

²³ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat.
Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 
²⁴ Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says,
“They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast…

Heavenly father
give us grace to admit to our frailty and to our needs, to consistently do your will, and to place ourselves in your hands

²⁸ After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” 
²⁹ Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth. 
³⁰ When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.”…

Heavenly father
give us grace to do whatever acts of kindness are within our power to do. 

³⁸ After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,
but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body.
Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body. 
³⁹ Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
⁴⁰ So…

Heavenly father
give us grace to confront our worse fears and go without delay to confront them. 

¹ Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark,
to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. 
² Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved,
and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb,
and we don’t know where they have laid him!”

^3 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to see evidence of the kingdom and believe it.

The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first. 
⁵ Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn’t enter in. 
⁶ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb.
He saw the linen cloths lying, ⁷ and the cloth that had been on his head,
not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. 
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to express our deep longing to be with you, even when we don’t know what that would look like

¹¹ But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping.
So as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb, 
¹² and she saw two angels in white sitting,
one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 
¹³ They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “Because they have…

Heavenly father
give us grace to hear your voice today and obey it

¹⁵ Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?”
She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him,
“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him,
and I will take him away.”

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me…

Heavenly father give us grace to be at peace, even when circumstances could lead to fear.

¹⁸ Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her. ¹⁹ When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled,…

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’  (John 20:19)

Richard Rohr says: “For the great mystics, God is always experienced as abiding in their own soul and, in seeming contradiction, as totally transcendent and mysterious at the same time! God is both intimate and ultimate, no longer “out there,” though not just “in here,” either. When we know that we are living tabernacles…

Heavenly father
give us the grace of your holy spirit today to face up to what causes pain (in people’s hands and sides) and to be a forgiving presence

²⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. 
²¹ Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” 
²² When he had said this, he breathed on them…

Heavenly father
give us the grace, courage and honesty to face up to what we do and no not believe

²⁴ But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came. 
²⁵ The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails,
put my finger into the print of the nails,
and put my hand into his side,
I will not believe.”

Heavenly father
give us grace to be with fellow believers, to give space for you, to hear your peaceable words, to reach out to you and to see you today.

²⁶ After eight days again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle,
and said, “Peace be to you.” 
²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, 
“Reach here your finger, and see my hands.
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to listen to what is written in the bible, and grace to allow ourselves to believe in Jesus and to have life in his name

²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed.
Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”
³⁰ Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; 
³¹ but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son…

Heavenly father
give us grace to have hope when we fail 

¹ After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias
He revealed himself this way. 
² Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 
³ Simon Peter said to them, “I’m going fishing.”
They told him, “We are also coming with you.”
They immediately went out, and entered into the boat.
That night, they…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to listen to and act upon your guidance, particularly when have previously failed. 

5 Jesus therefore said to them, “Children, have you anything to eat?”
They answered him, “No.”
6 He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.”
They cast it therefore, and now they weren’t able to draw it in for the multitude of fish. 
7 That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”

Heavenly father
give us grace to respond to you today

⁷So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he wrapped his coat around himself (for he was naked),
and threw himself into the sea. 
⁸ But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to be nourished by you today 

⁹ So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish and bread laid on it. 
¹⁰ Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”
¹¹ Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of one hundred fifty-three great fish.
Even though there were so many, the net wasn’t torn.
¹² Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast!”
None of the disciples dared…

Heavenly father
give us grace to receive and give love today.

¹³ Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise. 
¹⁴ This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples after he had risen from the dead. 

¹⁵ So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 
“Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?”
He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He said to him, “Feed my lambs…

Heavenly father
give us grace to allow Jesus to live in us today, so that his story may continue

²³ This saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this disciple wouldn’t die.
Yet Jesus didn’t say to him that he wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?” 
²⁴ This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true. 
²⁵ There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be obedient to your call

1 Now Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

3 But Jonah rose up to flee to…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to call on you when we are in trouble

 4 But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see the world from an eternal perspective

7 They all said to each other, “Come! Let’s cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. 8 Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”

…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to remain in your presence

10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What have you done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them. 
11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy. 
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be compassionate towards those who reap the negative consequences of their own actions

13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them. 14 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh,…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today trust you in dark places

17 Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to call on you when we are overwhelmed

1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly. 
2 He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh.
    He answered me.
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to turn to you in times of trouble

4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight;
    yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
 

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see how you have blessed us, particularly when things have gone wrong in life. 

5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul.
The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains.
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be thankful

7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh.
    My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be obedient when we heard your call 

1 Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying, 
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to say difficult truths as required.

4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see clearly what is harming ourselves and others, to cry to you and to turn from what is evil. 

5 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least. 
6 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to turn away from what we know to be evil 

10 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to rejoice in grace, mercy and loving kindness particularly when shown to those who don’t deserve it. 

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 
2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? 
…

He prayed to the Lord, ‘Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. (Jonah 4:2)

There are many things which are true: I could have been more patient, spent more time with my family, spent less time at work, asked for help when I needed it, been a better friend, done a better job…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to protect us from our own anger

3 Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to rejoice in your provision for us.

5 Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city. 6 Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of…