Daily Bible Verses

¹⁹ Then you spoke in vision to your saints,
    and said, “I have given strength to the warrior.
    I have exalted a young man from the people.
²⁰ I have found David, my servant.
    I have anointed him with my holy oil,
²¹ with whom my hand shall be established.
    My arm will also strengthen him.
²² No enemy will tax...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be attentive to the hidden things of the Kingdom of Heaven

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them, 
³⁵ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

“I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to pour out our souls to those in need

¹⁰ if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
    and satisfy the afflicted soul,
¹¹ Yahweh will guide you continually,
    satisfy your soul in dry places,
    and make your bones strong.
You will be like a watered garden,
    and like a spring of water
  ...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be self controlled

⁸ Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. ⁹ Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to allow the leaven of the Kingdom of Heaven to do your work in us

³³ He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:

Greetings.

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a]  whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance...

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
    Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you.
    They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day.
    In your righteousness, they are...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to allow the seed of the Kingdom grow in us

³¹ He set another parable before them, saying, 
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field, 
³² which indeed is smaller than all seeds.
But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree,
so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to turn away from looking down on others, and put our hearts into caring for others

⁹ “If you take away from among you the yoke,
    finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
¹⁰ and if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
    and satisfy the afflicted soul,
then your light will rise in darkness,
    and your obscurity will be as...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to ……

cast all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

¹⁵ Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. ¹⁶ And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

¹⁷ Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that...

¹¹ The heavens are yours.
    The earth also is yours,
    the world and its fullness.
    You have founded them.
¹² You have created the north and the south.
    Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm.
    Your hand is strong...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today tol live at peace alongside all that is good and all that is not good in the world. 

²⁸ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

²⁹ “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them. 
³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers,...

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to give to those in need and to work towards freeing the oppressed

⁶ “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen:
    to release the bonds of wickedness,
    to undo the straps of the yoke,
    to let the oppressed go free,
    and that you break every yoke?
⁷ Isn’t it to distribute your bread...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to subject ourselves to others, walking humbly under your mighty hand

⁵ Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder.
Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another;
for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to trust you when bad things happen

²⁴ He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, ²⁵ but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and produced grain, then the darnel weeds appeared also. ²⁷ The...

1 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. 2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3 I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4 My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore judge...

⁸ Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you?
    Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
⁹ You rule the pride of the sea.
    When its waves rise up, you calm them.
¹⁰ You have broken Rahab [Egypt, probably] in pieces, like one of the slain. 
    You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to hear and understand the word of the Kingdom of God, so that we may bear fruit abundantly

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be humble and become aware of any disobedience in ourselves so that our sin may be burnt away and become like ash.  

¹ “Cry aloud! Don’t spare!
    Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Declare to my people their disobedience,
    and to the house of Jacob their sins.
² Yet they seek me daily,
  ...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to fulfil our own calling today willingly, humbly and faithfully

¹ Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed: 
² Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; 
^3 ...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to avoid the deceitfulness of riches

²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 

⁵ The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh,
    your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?
    Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
⁷ a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones,
    to be feared above all those who are...

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to allow your words to us take root in the way in which we live today.

²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it; ²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to have a contrite and humble spirit so that we may have peace in our hearts, and may be a channel of peace to those who are far off, and to those who are near. 

¹⁸ I have seen his ways, and will heal him.   [who is of a contrite and humble spirit, from verse 15]
    I will lead him also,
    and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
¹⁹ I...