Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be a blessing to those who mourn and those who have a spirit of heaviness

^[The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me,
    because Yahweh has anointed me…]   
² to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favour
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
    to comfort all who mourn,
³ to provide for those who...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to avoid both empty words and also words that cause others to be burdened

¹⁷ These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm;
for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever. 
¹⁸ For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness,
they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness,
those who are indeed escaping from those who live in...

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...

¹ It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh,
    to sing praises to your name, Most High,
² to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning,
    and your faithfulness every night,
³ with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp,
    and with the melody of the lyre.
 

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...

Heavenly father
give us grace to be forgiving, truthful, self controlled, gentle, loving what is good, faithful and humble, loving you as our God, allowing your power to work in us.

² Men will be .unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good, 
⁴ traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 
⁵ holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power....

Heavenly father
give us grace to teach your covenant to the next generations
give us grace to sacrifice the needs of the flesh so that our spirits may become strong.
give us grace to allow ourselves to carry the painful marks of being in covenant relationship with you, at a very personal level.

⁹ God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. 
...

Heavenly father
give us grace, like Jesus, to speak what is true openly, because of the truth we find in you
give us grace, like many in the crowd, to believe in your Son, Jesus.

²⁵ Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill? ²⁶ Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?...

Heavenly father
give us grace to wait for your kingdom to come, for your will be done. 

¹ A message for the land of Ethiopia; ² that sends ambassadors Egypt (to join forces against Assyria)” :
³ All you inhabitants of the world, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is blown, listen!
^4...

Heavenly father
give us grace to not take advantage of the vulnerabilities of others
give us grace to always search after the truth in our learning
protect us from our minds becoming corrupted.

⁶ For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, ⁷ always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth....

Heavenly father
give us grace to be honest about the hopes and dreams we believe you have given us.
give us grace to hold on to the hopes and dreams you have given us even when it seems laughable to do so.

¹⁵ God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, her name shall be Princess (Sarah). 
¹⁶ I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her.
She will be a mother of...

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Heavenly father
give us grace to get rid of unrealistic expectations of Jesus
give us grace instead to believe in Jesus, so that rivers of living water flow from within us.

³³ Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me. 
³⁴ You will seek me, and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”

³⁵ The...

Heavenly father
give us grace in the face of civil unrest, international catastrophe and natural disaster, to have hope for a day of blessing, when all people (Egypt, Assyria and Israel) will be blessed

¹  “Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt within it. 
² I will stir up the Egyptians against the...

¹ Fight, Yahweh,  against those who fight against me.
³  Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
⁴ Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed
⁷ For without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

⁹ My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh.
    It shall rejoice in his salvation.
...

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up who ¹²  reward me evil for good,
¹³     for when they were sick,
¹⁴     I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵ But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together.
  ...

Heavenly father
* give us grace to hear your words and not be afraid
* give us grace to have hope and to believe in you

¹  Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield,  I am your exceedingly great reward.”
² ...

¹¹ Come, you children, listen to me.
    I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good.
    seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁸ Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart,
    and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
^19 ...

¹ Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous!
    ² Give thanks to Yahweh  and sing praises to him.
⁴ For Yahweh’s word is right.
    All his work is done in faithfulness.
⁵ He...

¹ Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
    whose sin is covered ²  and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
³ When I kept silence before you
    ⁴  your hand was heavy on me and my strength was sapped. (Pause)....

Heavenly father
give us grace when we are tempted to give up hope, to trust in you.

⁶⁰ Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this (that those who eat Jesus’ flesh and drinks his blood live in him, and he in them.), said,
“This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
⁶¹ But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples...

Heavenly father
give us grace to depart from all unrighteousness (including empty chatter) so that we may be prepared for every good work today.

¹⁵ Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. ¹⁶ But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in...

Heavenly father
give us grace to cling on to hope in the face of sorrow, trouble and oppression.
give us grace to turn away from arrogance and from anything which puts down others.

¹ Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob. ...

Heavenly father

• give us grace to trust in you in times when you seem absent (unlike Abram and Sarai in their barren-ness)
• give us grace to take responsibility for our own actions (unlike Sarai)
• give us grace to hear you speaking to us in difficult circumstances (like Hagar)

¹ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. ² ...

Heavenly father

give us grace to desire to do your will and to seek your glory
and thank you for the understanding and truth that will flow as a result.

¹⁴ But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 
¹⁵ The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

¹⁶ Jesus...