Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace today to release others, in the name of Jesus, from all that we hold against them. 

¹⁸ Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven,
and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven. 
¹⁹ Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask,
it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. 
²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be forgiving, particularly to those who show no sign of real repentance. 

²¹ Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
²² Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to joyfully receive your mercy 

²³ Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 
²⁴ When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 
²⁵ But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to forgive others from our hearts

²⁸ “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, 
and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
²⁹ “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’ 
³⁰ He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due. 
³¹ So when his fellow…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be compassionate today to those who are not well. 

¹ When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. 
² Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern what tears apart that which is joined together by God, and not do it. 

³ Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
⁴ He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
⁵ and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
⁶ So that they are no more two…

Heavenly father
give us grace today not to have a hard heart.

⁷ They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
⁸ He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. 
⁹ I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery;
and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first the Kingdom of Heaven, and trust you for what that looks like in practice. 

¹⁰ His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
¹¹ But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. 
¹² For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb,  [those unable to have children for whatever reason]
and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by…

Heavenly father
give us grace today learn from and care for children today

¹³ Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. 
¹⁴ But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me;
for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.” 
¹⁵ He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to focus on goodness, and so to focus on you

¹⁶ Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
¹⁷ He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God.