Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace today to hear your voice, particularly when we are convinced that we are doing right, and we may be doing the opposite

¹ Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 
² They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to hear your voice, particularly when we have done wrong, so that we know that we are forgiven.

³ Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, 
and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 
⁴ saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.”
…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to avoid personal involvement in buying items which would mean that we have blood on our hands 

⁶ The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, 
“It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 
⁷ They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in. …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to know what to say and what not to say. 

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
¹² When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. ¹³ …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to choose the ways of Christ rather than that of a zealot

¹⁵ Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired. 
¹⁶ They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas. 
¹⁷ When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, 
…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to pay attention to dreams, both our own and other people’s 

¹⁹ While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, 
“Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today not go along with the crowd.

²⁰ Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 
²¹ But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
They said, “Barabbas!”
²² Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to take responsibility, both for what we do and what we don’t do. 

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, 
he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, 
saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
…

Heavenly father
lead us not today into the temptation of mocking other people. 

²⁷ Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. 
²⁸ They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. 
²⁹ They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; 
…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to carry the burdens of others

³² As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to be alert for the important things that take place today

³³ When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,” ³⁴ they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall.
 When he had tasted it, he would not drink. 

Heavenly father
lead us not into the temptation today of standing by while bad things happen

³⁵ When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots
 ³⁶ and they sat and watched him there. 
³⁷ They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE…

Heavenly father
lead us not into the temptation of taking it out on other people when we are suffering ourselves. 

³⁸ Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
³⁹ Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads 
⁴⁰ and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are…

Heavenly father
give us grace to direct our difficult questions to you today in a way that it honest and real

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
⁴⁶ About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, …

Heavenly father
give us grace today

⁵⁰ Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

⁵¹ Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. ⁵² The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; …

¹⁶ But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. ¹⁷ When they saw him, they bowed down to him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always,…

16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. 17 When they saw him, they bowed down to him; but some doubted. 18 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.…

Jesus said: ¹⁹ Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

‘… and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’ MATTHEW 28:20
 

Lord Jesus, thank you that you are with me always. May I become more conscious of your presence.

Think how different our lives would be if we were constantly aware of God’s presence with us – his loving, welcoming presence. If we allowed his life to flow into and through us with each breath, we would become a channel of blessing into our workplaces,…

20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’

THE QUESTION is not whether the things that happen to you are chance things or God’s things because, of course, they are both at once. There is no chance thing through which God cannot speak—even the walk from the house to the garage that you have walked ten thousand times before, even the moments when you cannot believe there is a God who speaks at all anywhere. He speaks, I…