Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be careful what we say

¹⁰ He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand. 
¹¹ That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern when others are giving a lead which we should not follow

¹² Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
¹³ But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted. 
¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to cleanse our souls from everything which defiles us.  

¹⁵ Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
¹⁶ So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand? 
¹⁷ Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body? 
¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. 
¹⁹ For out of the heart come…

Heavenly father
give us grace to value you and all your goodness so much that it is you and your goodness that we look to for what we need today.  

²¹ Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 
²² Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying,
“Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
²³ But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away;…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to believe in your goodness particularly when we encounter the opposite.

^[A Canaanite woman asked Jesus about her daughter who was severely possessed by a demon!”]

²⁶ But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
²⁷ But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
²⁸ Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see you at work today in those most in need. 

²⁹ Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee;
and he went up into the mountain and sat there. 
³⁰ Great multitudes came to him,
having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others,
and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, 
³¹ so that the multitude wondered
when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to have compassion for those around us.

³² Jesus summoned his disciples and said, 
“I have compassion on the multitude,
because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
³³ The disciples said to him,
“Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
³⁴ Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”
…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to receive what you give us with thanks, and to use it, particularly for the benefit other others. 

³⁵ He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 
³⁶ and he took the seven loaves and the fish.
He gave thanks and broke them,
and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be careful not to waste the precious resources you have given us.  

³⁷ They all ate and were satisfied. Afterwards the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 
³⁸ The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. 
³⁹ After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern signs of the kingdom of heaven on earth

¹ The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 
² But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 
³ In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’
Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times! …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be led into temptation - anything which pulls us away from what is the bread of life

⁵ The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread. 
⁶ Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
⁷ They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
⁸ Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to know Jesus as your Son 

¹³ Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, 
“Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
¹⁴ They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
¹⁵ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be open to you revealing truths  to us. 

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
¹⁷ Jesus answered him, 
“Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
but my Father who is in heaven. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be forgiven and forgiving

¹⁸ I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly,
and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 
¹⁹ I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven;
and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” 
²⁰ Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first the kingdom of God, whatever the consequences.

²¹ From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem
and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed,
and the third day be raised up.
²² Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying,
“Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
²³ But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!
You are a stumbling…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to deny ourselves, take up our crosses and follow you. 

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, 
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 
²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. 
²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to live in the kingdom and not taste those things that not of the kingdom. 

²⁷ For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels,
and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds. 
²⁸ Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death
until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see you, hear you and follow you. 

¹ After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 
² He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. 
³ Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
⁴ Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to fear nothing, including death

⁶ When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. 
⁷ Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.” 
⁸ Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
⁹ As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,
saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

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Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be afraid of suffering (either our own or other people’s)

¹⁰ His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
¹¹ Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things; 
¹² but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognise him, but did to him whatever they wanted to.
Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.” 
¹³ Then the…