Daily Bible Verses

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  • Isaiah 49v14-16

    Heavenly Father
    give us grace to trust your love even when we feel forgotten.

     14 But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me,
        and the Lord has forgotten me.”
    15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
        that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
    Yes, these may forget,
        yet I will not forget you!

    16 Behold, I…

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  • James 4v16-17

    Heavenly Father
    give us grace today to be humble and faithful

    16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
    17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

  • Matthew 5v21-22

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to refrain today from labelling others as fools 

    21 “You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgement.’ 22 But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause  will be in danger of the judgement. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’  will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You…

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  • 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…

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  • Psalm 72v12-15

    12 For he will deliver the needy when he cries;
        the poor, who has no helper.
    13 He will have pity on the poor and needy.
        He will save the souls of the needy.

    14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence.
        Their blood will be precious in his sight.
    15 They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold…

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  • Matthew 5v17-20

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to do what is righteous today and every day. 

    17 “Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfil. 
    18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away,
    not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law,
    until all things are accomplished. 
    19 Therefore,…

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  • Isaiah 49v11-13

    Heavenly Father
    give us grace to be a blessing to ALL those we meet today, particularly bringing comfort where it is needed 

    11 I will make all my mountains a road,
        and my highways shall be exalted.
    12 Behold, these shall come from afar,
        and behold, these from the north and from the west;
        and these from the land of Sinim.” [probably China]
    13…

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  • James4v13-15

    Heavenly Father
    give us grace to accept the gift of today without presuming on tomorrow

    13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city,
    and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
    14 Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow.
    For what is your life? For you are a vapour that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
    15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

  • Matthew 5v14-16

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to do good works today so that people will see something of you

    14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. 
    15 Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. 
    16 Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in…

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  • Psalm 72v6-11

    He will come down like rain on the mown grass,
        as showers that water the earth.
    In his days, the righteous shall flourish,
        and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

    He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
        from the River to the ends of the earth.
    Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before…

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  • Matthew 5v13

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to be the salt of the earth today, and to do nothing that will cause us to loose our saltiness

    (Salt  = knowing the blessing of being poor, in mourning, meek, seekers of righteousness, pure in heart, merciful, peacemakers and persecuted)

    13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted?
    It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men…

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  • Isaiah 49v8-10

    Heavenly Father
    give us grace to trust your guidance today, particularly when we are out of our comfort zone

    Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time.
        I have helped you in a day of salvation.
    I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people,
        to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
    saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out…

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  • James 4v11-12

    Heavenly father
    give us grace today to be kind in our words about others.

    11 Don’t speak against one another, brothers.
    He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother,
    speaks against the law and judges the law.
    But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. 
    12 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

     

  • Matthew 5v9-12

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to be peacemakers today, whatever the cost.

    Blessed are the peacemakers,
        for they shall be called children of God.
    10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
        for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

    11 “Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for…

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  • “Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh,
        and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

    For he will be as a tree planted by the waters,
        who spreads out its roots by the river,
    and will not fear when heat comes,
        but its leaf will be green,
    and will not be concerned in the year of drought.
        It won’t cease from yielding fruit.

  • Psalm 72v1-5

    God, give the king your justice;
        your righteousness to the royal son.
    He will judge your people with righteousness,
        and your poor with justice.
    The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people.
        The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
    He will judge the poor of the people.
        He will save…

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  • Matthew 5v7-8

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to be merciful and pure in heart today.

    Blessed are the merciful,
        for they shall obtain mercy.
    Blessed are the pure in heart,
        for they shall see God.

  • Isaiah 49v5-7

    Heavenly Father
    give us grace to live as Jesus did- finding strength in you and being a blessing to others

    Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
        says to bring Jacob again to him,
        and to gather Israel to him,
        for I am honourable in Yahweh’s eyes,
        and my God has become my strength.
    Indeed, he…

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  • James 4v8-10

    Heavenly father
    give us grace today to draw near to you with a repentant and humble spirit

    Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
    Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded. 
    Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 
    10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.…

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  • Matthew 5v5-6

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to be gentle in our seeking after righteousness today

    Blessed are the gentle,
        for they shall inherit the earth.
    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
        for they shall be filled.

  • Psalm 71v19-24

    19 God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens.
        You have done great things.
        God, who is like you?
    20 You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles,
        you will let me live.
        You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

    21 Increase my honour
        and comfort me again.…

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  • Matthew 5v1-4

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to seek you today in our poverty of spirit and our mourning, and to be a blessing to others in their poverty of spirit and their mourning

    Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain.
    When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. 
    He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
        for theirs is the…

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  • Isaiah 49v1-4

    Heavenly Father
    give us grace to live in the knowledge that our pasts, our presents and our futures are in you.

    Listen, islands, to me.
        Listen, you peoples, from afar:
    Yahweh has called me from the womb;
        from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

    He has made my mouth like a sharp sword.
        He has hidden me in the shadow of his…

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  • James 4v5-7

    Heavenly father
    give us grace today to walk humbly and obediently in relationship with you

    Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”? 
    But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
    Be subject therefore to God.
    Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

  • Matthew 4v23-25

    Heavenly father
    give us grace to seek first your kingdom today and to be channels of healing to others.

    23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
    preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,
    and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 
    24 The report about him went out into all Syria.
    They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments,

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