Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace to love, both family, friends and strangers, particularly those imprisoned in any way

¹ Let brotherly love continue. 
² Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers,
for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it. 
³ Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them,
and those who are ill-treated, since…

⁵ For you, God, have heard my vows.
    You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
⁶ You will prolong the king’s life.  [I think it is ok to see Jesus as our king in this psalm]
    His years will be for generations.
⁷ He shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever.
    Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that…

Heavenly father
give us grace to drink in all that you give us today, so that our lives may be a celebration of you. 

¹⁹ I will even make a way in the wilderness,
    and rivers in the desert.
²⁰ The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honour me,
    because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,
    to give…

Heavenly father
give us grace to accomplish the work which you give us to do today, staying true to what you have revealed to us in the person of Jesus 

⁴ I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. 
⁵ Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed. 
⁶ I revealed your name to…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to avoid hurting others when we are motivated by love (like Jacob)
give us grace to avoid being negative to others whatever the cause (unlike Joseph’s brothers) 

¹ Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. 
² This is the history of the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers.
He was a boy with the sons…

⁹ Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, ‘This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.’ For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

¹⁰ Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy…

Heavenly father
give us grace to serve you today with reverence and awe

²⁵ See that you don’t refuse him who speaks.
For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth,
how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, 
²⁶ whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying,
“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”…

¹ Hear my cry, God.
    Listen to my prayer.
² From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed.
    Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
³ For you have been a refuge for me,
    a strong tower from the enemy.
⁴ I will dwell in your tent forever.
    …

Heavenly father
give us grace to be open to what you are doing in our lives and the lives of others TODAY.

¹⁶ Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea,
    and a path in the mighty waters,   
[Yahweh is powerful in nature]
¹⁷ who brings out the chariot and horse,
    the army and the mighty man
    (they lie down together, they shall not rise;
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to lift up our eyes to you today and know you

¹ Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, 
“Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; 
² even as you gave him authority over all flesh,
so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 
³ This is eternal life, that they…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be at peace with those who are outside our family, race and nation.

¹ Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 
² Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan:
⁶ Esau took all the members of his household, his livestock, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. ^7…

¹ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
    he heard my cry for mercy.
² Because he turned his ear to me,
    I will call on him as long as I live.

³ The cords of death entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord…

Heavenly father
give us grace to today inhabit the city where you dwell

¹⁸ For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm, 
¹⁹ the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words;
which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them, 
²⁰ for they could not stand that which was commanded,
“If even an animal…

⁶ God has spoken from his sanctuary:
    ⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine.  Judah is my scepter.  
[If God is our God, then God says “You are mine, and a Jewel” - All of these are tribes of Israel or places they live]

⁸ Moab is my wash basin.  I will throw my sandal on Edom.
    I…

10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion;
for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh. 
11 Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day,
and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you,
and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you. 
12 Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land,
and will again choose Jerusalem. 
13 Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh;
for he has…

Heavenly father
give us grace to always look to you for our deliverance and away from any person or thing which we would put in your place. 

¹¹ I myself am Yahweh.
    Besides me, there is no saviour.
¹² I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown,
    and there was no strange god among you.
Therefore you are my witnesses”,
   …

Heavenly father
give us grace in times of trouble to know the joy and peace from knowing that you are with us. 

²⁹ His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech. 
³⁰ Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you.
By this we believe that you came from God.”
³¹ Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 
^32…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to do what is right (unlike Reuben in this story and Simeon and Levi in the the previous chapter), and thank you for the peace and harmony which results from our desire to be at peace with our brother (like Esau and Jacob)

²¹ Israel [other name of Jacob] travelled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 
²² While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his…

Do Not Worry

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life)  28…

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek after peace, and turn from bitterness and being ruled by physical appetites.

¹⁴ Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, 
¹⁵ looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God,
lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it, 
¹⁶ …

¹ God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down.
   You have been angry.  Restore us, again.
² You have made the land tremble.  You have torn it.
   Mend its fractures,  for it quakes.
³ You have shown your people hard things.
    You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
⁴ You…

Heavenly father
give us grace to witness to those who have eyes but don’t see you, to those who have ears, but don’t hear you.
so that they and we may know, believe and understand you 

⁸ Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
    and the deaf who have ears.
⁹ Let all the nations be gathered together,
    and let the peoples be assembled.…

Heavenly father
give us grace so to understand the forgiving love of Jesus that we may know what to ask in this name so that our joy may be full

²³ “In that day you will ask me no questions.
Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. 
²⁴ Until now, you have asked nothing in my name.
Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full. …

Heavenly Father
give us grace when faced with sorrow to be nourished by thankfulness

¹⁶ They travelled from Bethel. [House of God]
There was still some distance to come to Ephrath [Fruitful],
and Rachel travailed. She had hard labour. 
¹⁷ When she was in hard labour, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

¹⁸ As her soul was departing…

³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Look! God’s dwelling-place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴ “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death” or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’

⁵ He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’…

Heavenly father
give us grace to learn from our mistakes, and accept correction so that our lives may blossom with the peaceful fruit of righteousness

⁵ You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,
“My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
   ⁶for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
^7…

As Baptised Christian Disciples we resolve, by God’s grace this year:
* to die to the sins that separate us from the love of God our Father 
* to live as those who are forgiven & as those who forgive, because Jesus is our Saviour
* to be immersed in the Holy Spirit so that we live generously, because Jesus is our Lord
* to live prayerfully, bearing witness to others, frequently reading the bible

^{Joshua 24:15} Choose for…

Heavenly father
give us grace to know that we are created in your image and precious to you, even when we put ourselves far away from you.

⁴ Since you have been precious and honoured in my sight,
    and I have loved you,
    therefore I will give people in your place,
    and nations instead of your life.
⁵ Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
 …

Heavenly father
give us grace in times of weeping and lamenting to experience the everlasting joy of the resurrection

¹⁷ Some of his disciples therefore said to one another,
“What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ 
and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?” 
¹⁸ They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to dwell with you today, particularly in our struggles, so that we may be blessed

⁹ God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him. 
¹⁰ God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel (Wrestles-with-God). 
He named him Israel. 
^11…

⁹ The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him. 
¹¹ He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him. 
¹² But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: 
¹³ who were born not of blood…

Heavenly father
give us grace to lay aside our sins and look to Jesus today

¹ Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us,
and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 
² looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,
who for the joy that was set before him endured the…

Happy Christmas

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 
² The same was in the beginning with God. 
³ All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made. 
⁴ In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 
⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it. 

…

Heavenly father
give us grace in times of trouble to know that we are yours and that we are not alone

But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob,
    and he who formed you, Israel, says:
“Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
    I have called you by your name.
    You are mine.
² When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live in the truth today

¹² “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
¹³ However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth,
for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak.
He will declare to you things that are coming. 
¹⁴ He will glorify me, for he will take from…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be obedient to what you call us to do, and put nothing in your way 

35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there.
Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

² Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him,
“Put away the foreign gods that are among you,
purify yourselves, …

5 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; ² through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ³ Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴ and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: ⁵ and hope doesn’t…

Heavenly father
give us grace to find strength in our weakness today, to work out righteousness and obtain resurrection into your kingdom. 

³⁰ By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.
³¹ By faith, Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

³² What more shall I say?
For the time would fail me if I told of…

¹⁰ God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
¹¹ Don’t kill them, or my people may forget.
    Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
¹² For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
    let them be caught in their pride,
    for the curses and lies which they utter.
¹³ Consume them in wrath.
 …

Heavenly father give us grace  to see and hear uncomfortable truths

18 “Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? Who is as blind as he who is at peace,
20 You see many things, but don’t observe.     His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
21 It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honourable.
22 But this is a…

Heavenly father
give us all grace to be open to the Holy Spirit, our Counsellor, so that we may have conviction about sin, righteous and judgement arising from our saviour Jesus. 

⁵ But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 
⁶ But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart. 
⁷ Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It
is to your advantage…

Heavenly Father
give us grace not to repay evil for evil (like Simeon and Levi), but to be peacemakers (like Jesus)

²⁴ All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son;
and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 
²⁵ On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers,
each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and…

Made Alive in Christ

2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be unafraid of people, to avoid the pleasures of sin and to seek first the kingdom of heaven today

²³ By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents,
because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

²⁴ By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 
^…

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.”
A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

¹ Deliver me from my enemies, my God.
    ² Deliver me from the workers of iniquity.
 ³ For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul.
   ⁴ I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.
Rise up,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to open our eyes and see your ways

¹³ Yahweh will go out like a mighty man.
    He will raise a war cry.
    He will triumph over his enemies.
¹⁴ “I have been silent a long time.
    Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. 
¹⁵ I will destroy mountains and hills,
    and will dry up the pools.
¹⁶ I will…

Heavenly father
give us grace to receive your Spirit of truth today
give us discernment to know what truth needs speaking, whatever the consequences

^15:26 “When the Counsellor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. 
²⁷ You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

^16…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to speak peace to others today without deceit
give us wisdom to discern the difference between truth and deceit in others. 

¹¹ Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favour in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give. 
¹² Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”

¹³ The…

¹³ Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good? 
¹⁴ But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed.
“Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
¹⁵ But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.
Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you,
with humility and fear, ¹⁶ having a good conscience.…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live as those who believe in the resurrection of the dead

¹⁷ By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac.
Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son, 
¹⁸ to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,” 
¹⁹ concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead.
Figuratively speaking, he…