Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be careful not to waste the precious resources you have given us.  

³⁷ They all ate and were satisfied. Afterwards the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 
³⁸ The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. 
³⁹ After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern signs of the kingdom of heaven on earth

¹ The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 
² But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 
³ In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’
Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times! …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be led into temptation - anything which pulls us away from what is the bread of life

⁵ The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread. 
⁶ Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
⁷ They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
⁸ Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to know Jesus as your Son 

¹³ Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, 
“Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
¹⁴ They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
¹⁵ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be open to you revealing truths  to us. 

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
¹⁷ Jesus answered him, 
“Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
but my Father who is in heaven. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be forgiven and forgiving

¹⁸ I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly,
and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 
¹⁹ I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven;
and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” 
²⁰ Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first the kingdom of God, whatever the consequences.

²¹ From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem
and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed,
and the third day be raised up.
²² Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying,
“Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
²³ But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!
You are a stumbling…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to deny ourselves, take up our crosses and follow you. 

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, 
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 
²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. 
²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to live in the kingdom and not taste those things that not of the kingdom. 

²⁷ For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels,
and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds. 
²⁸ Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death
until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

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 Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make…