Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be open to receive from others, particularly those who do not have much to give

⁵ Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me, 
⁶ but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble,
it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

¹¹ Yahweh knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are futile.
¹² Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah,
    and teach out of your law,
¹³ that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,
    until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to repent of our pride and become as little children
 

¹ In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
² Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them 
³ and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to work for economic and social justice

⁸ Yahweh has sworn by his right hand,
    and by the arm of his strength,
“Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies,
    and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have laboured,
⁹ but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise Yahweh.
  …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live holy and godly lives

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise,
and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat,
and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 
¹¹ Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this,
what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and…

Heavenly father
give us grace today celebrate the gift of grace. 

²⁴ When they had come to Capernaum,
those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter,  [Temple Tax of 2 drachma]]
and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”   
²⁵ He said, “Yes.”
When he came into the house,
Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon?
From whom do the kings of the earth receive…

[Heavenly Father, give us grace today to hear, to see and to be wise.]

⁸ Consider, you senseless among the people;
    you fools, when will you be wise?
⁹ He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear?
    He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
¹⁰ He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish?
    He who teaches…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to find hope, particularly in the face of suffering and evil

²² While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, 
“The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, 
²³ and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.”
They were exceedingly sorry.

Heavenly Father
give us grace today tp call out to you in good times and in bad times

⁶ I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem.
    They will never be silent day nor night.
You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
⁷     and give him no rest, until he establishes,
    and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be patient and forgiving, just as you are. 

⁹ The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness;
but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to rebuke evil 

¹⁸ Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
²⁰ He said to them, “Because of your unbelief.
For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain,
‘…

[Thanking God that we are not responsible for vengeance, so that we can be spared from being eaten up with anger towards others]

¹ Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs,
    you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
² Rise up, you judge of the earth.
    Pay back the proud what they deserve.
³ Yahweh, how long will the wicked,
    …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to come to you with our problems, particularly when we have failed at them in the past. 

¹⁴ When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying, 
¹⁵ “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. 
¹⁶ So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to seek first your kingdom and your righteousness

¹  For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace,
    and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
until her righteousness shines out like the dawn,
    and her salvation like a burning lamp.
² The nations will see your righteousness,
   …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to have an eternal perspective

⁸ But don’t forget this one thing, beloved,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be afraid of suffering (either our own or other people’s)

¹⁰ His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
¹¹ Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things; 
¹² but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognise him, but did to him whatever they wanted to.
Even so the…

⁶ Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

¹ Yahweh reigns!
    He is clothed with majesty!
    Yahweh is armed with strength.
The world also is established.
    It can’t be moved.
² Your throne is established from long ago.
    You are from everlasting.
³ The floods have lifted up, Yahweh,
    the floods have lifted up their voice.
…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to fear nothing, including death

⁶ When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. 
⁷ Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.” 
⁸ Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
⁹ As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,
saying, “Don’t…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be righteous in all that we do and say, so that our lives may praise you

¹⁰ I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh!
    My soul will be joyful in my God,
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation.
    He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
    as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland
    and as a bride…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to live today as those who remember that all ungodliness will perish, when Jesus returns. 

¹ This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you;
and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you 
² that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets
and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 
^3 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see you, hear you and follow you. 

¹ After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 
² He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. 
³ Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
^4…

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

4 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 
² that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 
³ For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles,…

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…

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

²³ For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread. ²⁴ When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.” ²⁵ In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “…