Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to seek for what is finest and best today and deal with everything else appropriately.

⁴⁵ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, 
⁴⁶ who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Heavenly Father, pour out your grace and loving kindness on us today.

²⁵ I will set his hand also on the sea,
    and his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,
    my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ I will keep…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to seek first the Kingdom of Heaven today

⁴⁴ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid.
In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Heavenly Father
give us grace this weekend to delight in you as we take our rest

¹³ “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
    from doing your pleasure on my holy day;
and call the Sabbath a delight,
    and the holy of Yahweh honourable;
    and honour it,
    not doing your own ways,
    nor finding your own pleasure,
 …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be perfected, established, strengthened and settled in you. 

¹⁰ But may the God of all grace,
who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a little while,
perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 

¹¹ To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to do what is right

³⁶ Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying,
“Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

³⁷ He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, ³⁸ the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one…

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the…

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…

Heavenly father give us grace today to entrust our souls to you, particularly when we find ourselves in trouble. 

¹⁶ But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter. 
¹⁷ For the time has come for judgement to begin with the household of God.
If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God? 
¹⁸ “If it is…

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Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to understand what you say to us in our hearts

¹⁸ “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. ¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. 

¹ Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, ² as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious: ⁴ coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. ⁵ You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a…

³ “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David, my servant,
⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever,   
    and build up your throne to all generations.’” 
[and Jesus is David’s descendant]

Give us grace today to live in Jesus’ kingdom 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be thankful for everything we have have been given.

¹⁶ “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. 
¹⁷ For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men
desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them;
and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to know when to let go of our anger, as you let go of yours. 

¹⁶ For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry;
    for the spirit would faint before me,
    and the souls whom I have made.
¹⁷ I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him.
    I hid myself and was…

Heavenly father give us grace to do good today, particularly in our interaction with other people 

¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other people’s matters. 

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Heavenly father
give us grace to live today with our eyes open and ears attentive, so that we may understand and find healing for when our hearts are callous, our ears dull of hearing and our eyes wide shut. 

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see,
and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. 
^14…

²⁶ So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, ²⁷ for all of you who were baptised into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 

¹ I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever.
    With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
² I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever.
    You established the heavens.
    Your faithfulness is in them.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to look for the deeper mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven

¹⁰ The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
¹¹ He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. 
¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance;
but whoever doesn…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be contrite and humble 

¹⁴ He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way!
    Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
¹⁵ For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
    whose name is Holy, says:
“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
    to…

Heavenly father give us grace today to rejoice in all circumstances

¹² Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. 
¹³ But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. 
¹⁴ If you are insulted for the name of…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to root out all those things which get in the way of eternally important things. 

⁷ Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. 
⁸ Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹³ But to you, Yahweh, I have cried.
    In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ Yahweh, why do you reject my soul?
    Why do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.
    While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
¹⁶ Your fierce wrath has gone over me.
   …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to allow your words to affect our lives at a deep level

⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 
⁶ When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. 

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see the futility of everything which is outside the kingdom of God.

¹ The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart.
⁴ Aren’t you children of disobedience
    and offspring of falsehood,
⁵ you who inflame yourselves among the oaks;   [giving worship to someone/thing that isn’t God]
who kill the children in the valleys   …

Heavenly father give us grace today to serve others in all that we do or say today.

¹⁰ As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. 
¹¹ If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God.
If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies,
that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom belong the glory and…