Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek your righteousness and justice, and not be swayed by the sometimes small amount of information that we see and hear.

³ He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;
⁴ but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
    with…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be filled with your knowledge, so that we do no harm today

⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb,
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
    and a little child will lead them.
⁷ The cow will feed with the bear,
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace to come out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Your Son so that people from all nations shall see Your glorious salvation visible like a banner, and come to it.

¹⁰ In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. 
^11 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to draw on your strength in good times as well as bad, so that you may be our song and salvation today and everyday, for ever.

¹ In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me. 
² Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song;…

Heavenly father
give us grace to walk humbly before you so that we will not be destroyed in our pride and arrogance.

⁴ Yahweh of Armies is mustering an army, ⁵  the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.   ⁶ For Yahweh’s day is at hand!  ⁷ Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.  . ⁹ Behold, the day of Yahweh comes,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek you and worship you today

18 Yahweh appeared to Abraham (our God, while never fully comprehended, can be “seen” by those who look)
by the oaks of Mamre (this takes place at home - the first place that Abraham lived in the land),
as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. (this takes place in a time of rest during the day- when no outdoor work could be done)
…

¹ Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. ² These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.

³ They…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to hunger and thirst after righteousness and justice

¹ Woe to those who decree unrighteous and oppressive decrees; 
² to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights,
that widows may be their…

Heavenly father
Give use grace to turn away from pride, lies, profanity, folly and all wickedness
Give us grace to seek you with all our heart.

⁸ The Lord sent a word to Israel, and ⁹ All the people will know, who say in pride ¹⁰ “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone…

Heavenly Father
give me grace to have hope when I walk in darkness
give me grace to bring hope to others who walk in darkness

¹ But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali (because they were the first to be invaded by Assyria); but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the…

Heavenly father, Stop me giving undue importance to any thing, whether superstitions, customs, money, power or work
Forgive my arrogance, and give me grace to value what I find in you and worship you alone.

⁶ You, Lord, have abandoned your people,
        We are full of superstitions and embrace pagan customs…

Heavenly father, give me grace to do what is right, even when others don’t, and when I am faced with corrupt practices.

¹ A warning from the Lord Almighty, about the disintegration of society that comes about when we turn away from Justice, Righteousness and Mercy
All material and human resources will gradually run dry ⁵ and be replaced with oppression and civil…

Heavenly father, whenever I enjoy the beautiful things in life which are here today and gone tomorrow, give me grace to enjoy the beautiful qualities of life which are eternal.

¹⁶ The Lord says,
“The women of Zion think highly of themselves,
flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
and every fashion…

Heavenly Father, open my eyes today to see your presence, your glory - let it be to me a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
What I pray for myself I pray for those on my heart today.

² In that day (when the dreadful consequences of sin will occur] the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit …

Thank you heavenly Father, for the love that you have for your Son, Jesus

¹ I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:

Thank you heavenly Father, for the love you have for your people

My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
² He dug it up and cleared it of stones…

Heavenly Father, whenever I am successful in the things of this life, give me grace to have an understanding of eternal things.
Give me a passion for Justice and righteous acts and protect me from deceit,

⁸ Woe to you who acquire property and wealth until you are lonely.
⁹ The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing that:
“Large houses will…

Heavenly father
give me grace to be truthful to myself about what is good and not good
give me grace to understand the limits of my wisdom
give me grace to find fulfilment in doing what is right, rather than what is pleasurable
lead me not into the temptation of using power to do what is wrong

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil,
^21…

Heavenly Father, give me grace to “see” the source of all goodness and prosperity
  give me grace to “see” you
  give me grace to see that the whole earth is full of your glory.

¹ In the year that King Uzziah died  
(and Uzziah was a king who had brought prosperity to Judah, so Isaiah and others were looking for where good times in the future might come from)
(and Uzziah had…

Heavenly father
give me grace to see and admit to what there is within me that is destructive
give me grace to see and admit my part in what is destructive within my family  / community
give me grace to let go of it, just as you let go of it, and do not hold it against me.

⁵ “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and…

Heavenly father
give me grace to trust in you, particularly when I am under threat.

^1-2 Ahaz, king of Judah, was afraid when Syria and Israel attacked Judah

^3-9Yahweh told Isaiah to go and tell Ahaz to not be afraid.

¹⁰ Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ¹¹ …

Heavenly father,
give me grace to look to you and to listen to what you are saying
particularly in times of crisis.

(Note this was written when Israel was facing invasion from Assyria)

¹⁹ When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritualists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to listen to wisdom whoever is speaking. 

⁵³ When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. 
⁵⁴ Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said,
“Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 
⁵⁵ Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James…

Heavenly Father, please make me aware of the signs that point me to you, and then give me grace to be changed from above so that I may see the kingdom of God.

¹ Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. ² He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God.…

Heavenly Father
* When things go well in my life and I have the benefits of food, leisure activities and technology,
* may I call out to you for the grace to see what is not good,
* particularly in any disproportionate, oppressive or ungracious response to those who have hurt me.

¹⁷ Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
Cain was then building a city, and he…

(In the light of Paul’s instruction in chapter 6 for slaves to show full respect for their masters)
Heavenly Father,
* give me grace to discern how you are calling me to behave in a culture that is different to 2000 years ago.
* give me grace to learn
* give me grace to be quiet when I need to be quiet
* give me grace to discern when I am being deceived
* thank you for the childbearing that brought Jesus into the world through whom I am saved…