Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace to be compassionate today to those who are not well. 

¹ When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. 
² Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discern what tears apart that which is joined together by God, and not do it. 

³ Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
⁴ He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
⁵ and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
⁶ So that they are no more two…

Heavenly father
give us grace today not to have a hard heart.

⁷ They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
⁸ He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. 
⁹ I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery;
and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first the Kingdom of Heaven, and trust you for what that looks like in practice. 

¹⁰ His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
¹¹ But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. 
¹² For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb,  [those unable to have children for whatever reason]
and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by…

Heavenly father
give us grace today learn from and care for children today

¹³ Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. 
¹⁴ But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me;
for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.” 
¹⁵ He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to focus on goodness, and so to focus on you

¹⁶ Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
¹⁷ He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to love others in our thinking, in our words and in our actions.  

¹⁷ Jesus said to him, “If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
¹⁸ He said to him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’ ¹⁹ ‘Honour your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’”
²⁰ The young man said to…

Heavenly father
give us grace today bring to you any situation in which is seems impossible to live as a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven. 

²³ Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. 
²⁴ Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
²⁵ When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
^26 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see the life of kingdom of heaven for what it is and leave everything else. 

²⁷ Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”
²⁸ Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me,
in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory,
you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 
²⁹ Everyone who has left houses, or…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to work in your vineyard, trusting you to give us what we need. 

¹ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household,
who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. 
² When he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 
³ He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 
⁴ He said to them, ‘You also go into the…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to avoid envy and embrace generosity 

⁸ “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’ 
⁹ “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. 
¹⁰ When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. 
¹¹ When they received it, they murmured…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to face up to difficulties in life, in the same way that Jesus did. 

¹⁷ As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 
¹⁸ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, 
¹⁹ and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first the kingdom of God (rather than power and status) 

²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. 
²¹ He said to her, “What do you want?”
She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to cope with the difficulties that we encounter as a result of seeing first your Kingdom

(the mother of the sons of Zebedee asked Jesus for her sons to be his right/left hand men in his Kingdom) 
²² But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
They said to him, “We are able.”
²³ He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to make sure that we use power to serve rather than lord is over others. 

²⁴ When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
²⁵ But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ²⁶ It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. ²⁷ Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your…

The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” Matthew 20:28

I’m not called to die on a cross. But I am called to do last night’s washing up without expecting a medal.
Simon Martin from London Institute for Contemporary Christianity writes:  

The latest season of one of my favourite shows, Couples Therapy,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be honest before you about our needs

²⁹ As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 
³⁰ Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out,
“Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!” 
³¹ The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be moved with compassion to others

³² Jesus stood still and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
³³ They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
³⁴ Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to bring to you the resources we have for your use. 

¹ As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, 
‘Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her.
Untie them and bring them to me. 
³ If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.’

Heavenly father
give us grace today to use any power that we have with gentleness

⁴ This took place to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet:
⁵ ‘Say to Daughter Zion, “See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”’