Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be honest to ourselves and to others today, with you as our judge. 

¹⁹ And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, 
²⁰ because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 
²¹ Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be faithful

¹ “Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, ² saying, 
“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. 
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1 When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him. 2 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him. 3 Jesus, answering, spoke to…

13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
    for it is time to have pity on her.
    Yes, the set time has come.
14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to live under the Lordship of Christ 

⁴¹ Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 
⁴² saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?”
They said to him, “Of David.”…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to declare your glory today, particularly to those far from the household of faith

19 “I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. 

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Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love in word and deed and truth

¹⁷ But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, 
then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him? 
¹⁸ My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to love you with all our heart, soul and mind

³³ When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
³⁴ But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. 
³⁵ One of them…

8 My enemies reproach me all day.
    Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
    and mixed my drink with tears,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to know the power of the resurrection 

²³ On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, ²⁴ saying, “Teacher, 
Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to live as those who are known by you. 

18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.

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

¹⁶ By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to have are priorities in the right order 

¹⁷ Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?…

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.

1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh!
3 For my days consume away like smoke.
    My bones are burned as a torch.
4 My heart is blighted like grass,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek after truth, rather than scoring points  or making points

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk. 
¹⁶ They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, 
“Teacher, we know…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see the downfall of wickedness and evil

14 You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice,
    and your bones will flourish like the tender grass.
Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants;
…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love others, particularly when others hate us

¹³ Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. 
¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. 
He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death. 
¹⁵ Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to full participate in the kingdom of heaven

¹¹ “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing, 
¹² and he said to…

1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh!
    Let my cry come to you.
2 Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress.
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to look out for those who are socially excluded

⁸ “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy. 
⁹ Go therefore to the…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to live in the peace that flows from you, and to be channels of peace and comfort to others. 

5 Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word:
12 For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
 …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to seek to do what is righteous and loving

⁹ Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, 
and he can’t sin, because he is born of God. 
¹⁰ In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. 
Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother. 
¹¹ For this is…

Heavenly father
give us grace to  accept your invitation to heaven today

⁴ Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. 
My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’…

6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land,
    that they may dwell with me.
He who walks in a perfect way,
    …