Daily Bible Verses

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 also did receive him back from the dead.

²⁰ By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob…

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, 
²⁵ choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the…

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 Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, 
³³ who…

“Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:1–2)

Have you ever wondered why Jesus sent out his disciples two by two? No phones, no maps, and no bags – just each other and their annoying habits.

Watching the fifth series of Race Across the World has caused me to rethink Jesus’ strategy of sending them this way. Pairs of disparate disciples are about to discover what it’s like to get up close and personal. They will share the joy of unexpected hospitality. They will learn to bear with…

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 cross, despising its shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

…

Heavenly father, give us grace today to walk with Jesus the way of the cross. 

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 cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ For consider him who has endured such…

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 It is for discipline that you endure.
God deals with you as with children, for what son is…

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 lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his…

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 touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.^[
21 So fearful was the…

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.”
²⁷ This phrase, “Yet once more” signifies the removing of those things that are…

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 you are also in the body. 
⁴ Let marriage be held in honour among all…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be free from the love of money and to be content with what we have

⁵ Be free from the love of money,
content with such things as you have, for he has said,
“I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
⁶ So that with good courage we say,
“The Lord is my helper. I will not fear.  What can man do to me?”

Heavenly father
give us grace to look to Jesus who is the same yesterday, today and forever  and to consider the faith of those who have told us about him in their words and their deeds

⁷ Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God,
and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith. 
⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 
⁹ Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings,
for it is good that…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live with our eyes fixed on heaven, giving allegiance to you through being generous.

¹⁰ We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat. 
¹¹ For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin,
are burned outside of the camp.
¹² Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate. 
¹³ Let’s therefore…

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 would be of no benefit to you.

¹⁶ But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

¹⁸ Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honourably in all things. ¹⁹ I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.…

Heavenly father
give us grace to desire to live honourably in all things, to care for those entrusted to us with joy, and to submit to those in authority over us.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account,
that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

¹⁸ Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honourably in all things. …

Heavenly father
give us grace to do your will and be well pleasing in your sight.

²⁰ Now may the God of peace,
who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep
with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, 
²¹ make you complete in every good work to do his will,
working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

²² But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation; for I have written to you in…

Sometimes (Isaiah 1:15) this is what God has to say to people:

            ¹⁵When you stretch our your hands
            I will hide my eyes from you;
            Even through you make many prayers, I will not listen;

Wow!  Why is this?: It is because
            Your hands are full of blood

Removing…

Heavenly Father, Give me grace to turn away from indifference, and allow you spirit of generosity and kindness to flow.
Open my eyes, too, to see those who have no-one to stand up for them, and give me grace to champion their justice.

21: How the faithful city has become a whore!
She that was full of justice (standing up against all forms of abuse and harm),
the place where righteousness was at home, is now home to people who take from each other and even take life.
22 What was beautiful and godly - like silver - has become tarnished
…