Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace today to do these 4 things: 

¹⁷ Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood.
Fear God.
Honour the king.

Heavenly father
give us grace to challenge evil in all its forms today and be channels of healing.  

1 He called to himself his twelve disciples,
and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out,
and to heal every disease and every sickness. 

“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”

⁴ Yahweh God of Armies,
    how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears,
    and given them tears to drink in large measure.
⁶ You make us a source of contention to our neighbours.
    Our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷ Turn us again, God of Armies.
    Cause…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be moved with compassion for those we meet today so that we may communicate in word and deed the good news of the Kingdom.

³⁵ Jesus went about all the cities and the villages,
teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,
and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 
³⁶ But when he saw the multitudes, he…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to remain silent when appropriate today

⁷ He was oppressed,
    yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth.
As a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he didn’t open his mouth.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to serve you today, doing all things well.

¹³ Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake:
whether to the king, as supreme; 
¹⁴ or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well. 
¹⁵ For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men…

Heavenly father
deliver us today from evil in how we think and what we say.

³² As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him. 
³³ When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.
The multitudes marvelled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
³⁴ But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”

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¹ “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. ² Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ³ You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

¹ Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead Joseph like a flock,
    you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
² Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might!
    Come to save us!
³ Turn us again, God.
    Cause your face to shine,
    and we will be saved.

Heavenly father
give us grace to believe and trust in you today.  

²⁷ As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!” 
²⁸ When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
²⁹ Then he…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to live in peace and wholeness today.

⁴ Surely he has borne our sickness
    and carried our suffering;
yet we considered him plagued,
    struck by God, and afflicted.
⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions.
    He was crushed for our iniquities.
The punishment that brought our peace was on him;
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to abstain from all those things which war against our souls.. 

¹¹ Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims,
to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 
¹² having good behaviour among the nations,
so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, 
they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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Heavenly father
give us grace to receive and give your life giving touch  today. 

²³ When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder, 
²⁴ he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
They were ridiculing him. 
²⁵ But when the crowd was sent out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.…

¹ I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – ² for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ³ This is good, and pleases God our Saviour, ⁴ who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between…

¹¹ Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.
    According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
¹² Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom
    their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
¹³ So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,
    will give you thanks forever.
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Heavenly father
give us grace to trust in the wholeness flows from you

²⁰ Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; 
²¹ for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
²² But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” 
And…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be open to and respect our real source of power 

¹ Who has believed our message?
    To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed? 

[Note: arm denotes God’s power to deliver, support, conquer. e.g. His “outstretched arm” delivered Israel from Egypt ]
² For he grew up before him as a tender plant,
    and as a…

Heavenly father
give us grace for us to live in you, and for you to live in us, so that we communicate your goodness in what we do and say today 

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people for God’s own possession,
that you may proclaim the excellence of him
who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 
¹⁰ In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to face up to both our deepest needs and also your love and power

¹⁸ While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshipped him, saying,
“My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
¹⁹ Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. 

¹ The heavens declare the glory of God.
    The expanse shows his handiwork.
² Day after day they pour out speech,
    and night after night they display knowledge.
³ There is no speech nor language,
    where their voice is not heard.
⁴ Their voice has gone out through all the earth,
    their words to the end of the…

⁸ Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
    Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.
⁹ Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.
    Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
¹⁰ Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
    Let it be known among the…

Heavenly father
give us grace to make sure that our lives always have room for you. 

¹⁶ No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment;
for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 
¹⁷ Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins,
or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined.
No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace to have time today to open our eyes to see your glory in unexpected places.

¹³ Behold, my servant will deal wisely.
    He will be exalted and lifted up,
    and will be very high.
¹⁴ Just as many were astonished at you—
    his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—
¹⁵ so he will…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to obedient to your commands and promptings today

⁷ For you who believe therefore is the honour, but for those who are disobedient,

“The stone which the builders rejected
    has become the chief cornerstone,”

⁸ and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offence.”

For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. 

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