Daily Bible Verses

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?”

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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. 
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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,…