Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace today to respond to the needs of others in faith

¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? 
¹⁵ And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 
¹⁶ and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;”
yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it? 
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Heavenly father
give us grace to see the bigger picture today
give us grace to see the importance of those who are marginalised by society (just as women in general and Mary in particular were).

¹² After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
¹³ Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,
Abihud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
¹⁴ Azor the…

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

Heavenly father
give us grace to continue to hope when everything is falling apart 

⁶ David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
⁷ Solomon the father of Rehoboam, [who like those in bold afterwards did evil in the sight of the Lord]
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
⁸ Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to consider what is taking place today and reflect on what might happen tomorrow.

¹ ‘Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon;
     ³ Your nakedness will be exposed - I will take vengeance;
⁴ Our Redeemer – the Lord Almighty is his name –
    is the Holy One of Israel.

⁶ I was angry…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to live under the law of freedom, showing mercy to all.

¹² So speak and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. 
¹³ For judgement is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement.

Heavenly father
give us grace not to be defined by our failures in the past (both our own and our families) 
 

1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
² Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob, [who had a feud with Esau]
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers [who all hated Joseph]
³ Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was…

1 Save me, God,
    for the waters have come up to my neck!
² I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold.
    I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
³ I am weary with my crying.
    My throat is dry.
    My eyes fail looking for my God.
⁴ Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.
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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. 
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Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust you for today and tomorrow.

⁹ Remember the former things of old:
    for I am God, and there is no other.
    I am God, and there is none like me.
¹⁰ I declare the end from the beginning,
    and from ancient times things that are not yet done.
I say: My counsel will stand,
    and I will do…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to love others as we love ourselves today.

⁸ However, if you fulfil the royal law according to the Scripture,
“You shall love your neighbour as yourself, you do well. 
⁹ But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 
¹⁰ For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.…

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…

²² The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

²³ The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,
but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.

²⁴ Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labour.

²⁵ Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.

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²⁰ God is to us a God of deliverance.
    To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
²⁸ Your God has commanded your strength.
    Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.
³⁵ You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries.
    The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people.
    Praise be to God!

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…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to see those things/people who we put in place of you.

⁵ “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal,
    and compare me, as if we were the same?
⁶ Some pour out gold from the bag,
    and hire a goldsmith,
    and he makes it a god.
They fall down—
    yes, they worship.
⁸ “Remember…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to honour all people 

1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. 
² For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, 
and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in, 
³ and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;”
and you tell…

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. 

¹⁵ The way of fools seems right to them,
but the wise listen to advice.

¹⁶ Fools show their annoyance at once,
but the prudent overlook an insult.

¹⁷ An honest witness tells the truth,
but a false witness tells lies.

¹⁸ The words of the reckless pierce like swords,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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⁷ God, when you went out before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness… Selah.

⁸ The earth trembled.
    The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai—
    at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹ You, God, sent a plentiful rain.
   ¹⁰ You, God, prepared your…

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…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to allow you to carry us when we are weary, rather than look to those things which bring us aditional burdens. 

1 [The Babylonian] idols are a burden for the weary.
² They could not deliver the burden,
    but they have gone into captivity.

³ “Listen to me, all the remnant of the house of Israel,
    that have been carried from their birth,
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to be careful with what we say, and to seek out those who need help

²⁶ If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious
while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart,
this man’s religion is worthless. 
²⁷ Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this:
to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep oneself…

Heavenly father
give us grace to have hope when we fail 

¹ After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias
He revealed himself this way. 
² Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 
³ Simon Peter said to them, “I’m going fishing.”
They told him, “We are also coming…

⁸ A person is praised according to their prudence,
and one with a warped mind is despised.

⁹ Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

¹⁰ The righteous care for the needs of their animals,
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹ Those who work their land will have…