Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace to live fully today with as many or as few abilities as you have given us, so that we may not be weeping at the end of the day

²⁶ “But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter. 
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Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see clearly what is harming ourselves and others, to cry to you and to turn from what is evil. 

5 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least. 
6 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to let our thoughts, actions and words be a celebration of all that Jesus is.

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be afraid

¹⁸ But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
¹⁹ “Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and settled accounts with them.…

1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.  He said

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and…

19 He appointed the moon for seasons.
    The sun knows when to set.
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
    in which all the…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to use the abilities that you have given us diligently and generously

¹⁶ Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 
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Heavenly Father
give us grace today to say difficult truths as required.

4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to pray for peace in our world

14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Saviour of the world. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be thankful for all the abilities you have given us

¹⁴ “For it is like a man going into another country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them. 
¹⁵ …

But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he…

16 Yahweh’s trees are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
17 where the birds make their nests.
    …

Heavenly father
give us grace to be ready for today 

⁶ But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’ 
⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be obedient when we heard your call 

1 Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying, 
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
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Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be open to your Spirit

13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace to sleep well tonight 

⁵ Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 
 

Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust,
    and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done,
    …

10 He sends springs into the valleys.
    They run among the mountains.
11 They give drink to every animal of the field.
    The wild donkeys…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be intentional in seeking you today

¹ “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 
² Five of them were foolish,…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be thankful

7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh.
    My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love others

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to look to the needs of others

45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? 
46…

17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold,  all things have become new.

3 Yahweh lays the beams of his rooms in the waters.
    He makes the clouds his chariot.
    He walks on the wings of the wind.
4 He…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live today as though it were our last

36 “But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see how you have blessed us, particularly when things have gone wrong in life. 

5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul.
The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love others as we have been loved by you. 

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to let your words accomplish your will in us

34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.…

1 Bless Yahweh, my soul.
    Yahweh, my God, you are very great.
    You are clothed with honour and majesty.…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be wise and perceptive

32 “Now from the fig tree learn this parable: When its branch has now become tender and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near. 33 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to turn to you in times of trouble

4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight;
    yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live as those who are loved and forgiven

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to find our treasure in things that are eternal

29 “But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky…

21 Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his,
    you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22 Praise Yahweh, all you works of his,
    …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be wise and not be led astray

23 “Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ don’t believe it. 24 For…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to call on you when we are overwhelmed

1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly. 
2 He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh.
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Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live through Jesus

9 By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to proclaim the good news of the kingdom in word and deed, and protect us from evil.

14 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

15 …

1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”

3 The voice of one who calls out,
  …

19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens.
    His kingdom rules over all.
20 Praise Yahweh, you angels of his,
    …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to keep our love for others warm.  

9 “Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. 10 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today trust you in dark places

17 Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to know you and to love as you love.

7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. 
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to  be truly faithful to the person (and name) of Jesus  

3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”.  4 Jesus answered them, …

21 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. 2 I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. …

13 Like a father has compassion on his children,
    so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
14 For he knows how we are made.
    …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to trust in things which are eternal rather than things which may pass away

1 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 
2 But he answered them, …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be compassionate towards those who reap the negative consequences of their own actions

13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them. 14 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to listen to truth

5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. 
6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. 
By this we know the spirit of truth,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be compassionate, particularly to those who have lost their way

37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!…