Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace to live as forgiven people, not wavering in this hope

¹² Jesus, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God, 
¹³ from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet. 
¹⁴ For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 
¹⁵ The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, saying, ^…

Heavenly father, give us grace today to walk with Jesus the way of the cross. 

“This is the covenant that I will make with them:
    ‘After those days,’ says the Lord,
‘I will put my laws on their heart,
    I will also write them on their mind;’”

then he says,
¹⁷ “I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”
¹⁸ Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
¹⁹ Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place…

19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, 21 and having a great priest over God’s house, 22 let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of…

¹⁹ Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, ²¹ and having a great priest over God’s house, ²² let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water, ²³ let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is…

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another
and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Heavenly father
give us grace to be an encouragement to those around us today

²⁴ Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, 
²⁵ not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is,
but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Heavenly father
give us grace to flee from sin today, and live in the covenant of grace and forgiveness 

²⁶ For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, 
²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgement, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries. 
²⁸ A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three…

Heavenly father
give us grace to continue to live by faith today, paying attention to the things of the soul and the things of eternity 

³² But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings; 
³³ partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions;
and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so. 
³⁴ For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the…

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.  (Heb 1:1)

https://www.thefuelcast.com/library/2024-12-23-the-power-of-hope-r3.3

Heavenly father
give us grace to give attention today to what we hope for and to what is unseen
 

¹ Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, that which is persuasive of things not seen. 
² For in this, the elders obtained testimony. 
³ By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God,
so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see

Frederick Buechner says: 

A CRAZY, HOLY GRACE I have called it. Crazy because whoever could have predicted it? Who can ever foresee the crazy how and when and where of a grace that wells up out of the lostness and pain of the world and of our own inner worlds? And holy because these moments of grace come ultimately from farther away than Oz and deeper down than doom, holy because they heal and hallow. “For all thy blessings, known and unknown,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be so assured within ourselves about what we hope for and what is unseen that we live in a way that is pleasing to you 

⁴ By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous,
God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

⁵ By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death,
and he was not found, because God translated him.
For he has…

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Heavenly father
give us grace to live on godly fear and obedience

⁷ By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, 
prepared a ship for the saving of his house,
through which he condemned the world, (his saving of his household showed the stupidity of those who did not follow his example) 
and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek heavenly goals today 

⁸ By faith, Abraham, when he was called,
obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance.
He went out, not knowing where he went. 
⁹ By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own,
dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. 
¹⁰ For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live as strangers and pilgrims on earth, desiring a better country

¹¹ By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive,
and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised. 
¹² Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore,
were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

¹³ These all died in faith, not having received the promises,
but having seen…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live as those who believe in the resurrection of the dead

¹⁷ By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac.
Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son, 
¹⁸ to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,” 
¹⁹ concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead.
Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

²⁰ By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be unafraid of people, to avoid the pleasures of sin and to seek first the kingdom of heaven today

²³ By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents,
because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

²⁴ By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 
²⁵ choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the…

Heavenly father
give us grace to find strength in our weakness today, to work out righteousness and obtain resurrection into your kingdom. 

³⁰ By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.
³¹ By faith, Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

³² What more shall I say?
For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, 
³³ who…

Heavenly father
give us grace to lay aside our sins and look to Jesus today

¹ Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us,
and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 
² looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

…

Heavenly father, give us grace today to walk with Jesus the way of the cross. 

¹ Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us, ² looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ For consider him who has endured such…

Heavenly father
give us grace to learn from our mistakes, and accept correction so that our lives may blossom with the peaceful fruit of righteousness

⁵ You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,
“My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
   ⁶for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
⁷ It is for discipline that you endure.
God deals with you as with children, for what son is…

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek after peace, and turn from bitterness and being ruled by physical appetites.

¹⁴ Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, 
¹⁵ looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God,
lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it, 
¹⁶ lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his…

Heavenly father
give us grace to today inhabit the city where you dwell

¹⁸ For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm, 
¹⁹ the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words;
which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them, 
²⁰ for they could not stand that which was commanded,
“If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.^[
21 So fearful was the…

Heavenly father
give us grace to serve you today with reverence and awe

²⁵ See that you don’t refuse him who speaks.
For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth,
how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, 
²⁶ whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying,
“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
²⁷ This phrase, “Yet once more” signifies the removing of those things that are…

Heavenly father
give us grace to love, both family, friends and strangers, particularly those imprisoned in any way

¹ Let brotherly love continue. 
² Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers,
for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it. 
³ Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them,
and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body. 
⁴ Let marriage be held in honour among all…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be free from the love of money and to be content with what we have

⁵ Be free from the love of money,
content with such things as you have, for he has said,
“I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
⁶ So that with good courage we say,
“The Lord is my helper. I will not fear.  What can man do to me?”

Heavenly father
give us grace to look to Jesus who is the same yesterday, today and forever  and to consider the faith of those who have told us about him in their words and their deeds

⁷ Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God,
and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith. 
⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 
⁹ Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings,
for it is good that…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live with our eyes fixed on heaven, giving allegiance to you through being generous.

¹⁰ We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat. 
¹¹ For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin,
are burned outside of the camp.
¹² Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate. 
¹³ Let’s therefore…

¹⁵ Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. ¹⁶ And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

¹⁷ Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

¹⁶ But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

¹⁸ Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honourably in all things. ¹⁹ I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.…

Heavenly father
give us grace to desire to live honourably in all things, to care for those entrusted to us with joy, and to submit to those in authority over us.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account,
that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

¹⁸ Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honourably in all things. …

Heavenly father
give us grace to do your will and be well pleasing in your sight.

²⁰ Now may the God of peace,
who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep
with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, 
²¹ make you complete in every good work to do his will,
working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

²² But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation; for I have written to you in…

Sometimes (Isaiah 1:15) this is what God has to say to people:

            ¹⁵When you stretch our your hands
            I will hide my eyes from you;
            Even through you make many prayers, I will not listen;

Wow!  Why is this?: It is because
            Your hands are full of blood

Removing…

Heavenly Father, Give me grace to turn away from indifference, and allow you spirit of generosity and kindness to flow.
Open my eyes, too, to see those who have no-one to stand up for them, and give me grace to champion their justice.

21: How the faithful city has become a whore!
She that was full of justice (standing up against all forms of abuse and harm),
the place where righteousness was at home, is now home to people who take from each other and even take life.
22 What was beautiful and godly - like silver - has become tarnished
…

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for the promise that one day all people will be drawn to you.
Teach me your ways so that I can walk with you today, particularly where there is conflict.
What I ask for myself I ask for those in war zones, that they may look to you to settle disputes
so that justice and peace may abound.

² In the last days the place where the LORD is will be THE place
³ and ALL nations will stream to it saying
the LORD will…

Yaweh, may your will become  the will of the world’s leaders so that peace may break out for all peoples.

3. Many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.”

The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

4. He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks…

Heavenly father, Stop me giving undue importance to any thing, whether superstitions, customs, money, power or work
Forgive my arrogance, and give me grace to value what I find in you and worship you alone.

⁶ You, Lord, have abandoned your people,
        We are full of superstitions and embrace pagan customs.
⁷ Our land is full of …

Heavenly father, give me grace to do what is right, even when others don’t, and when I am faced with corrupt practices.

¹ A warning from the Lord Almighty, about the disintegration of society that comes about when we turn away from Justice, Righteousness and Mercy
All material and human resources will gradually run dry ⁵ and be replaced with oppression and civil unrest.
People will be so desperate for leaders that they will choose leaders with little or no…