Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace today to avoid running after status and being thought well of 

⁵ But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be humble 

⁸ But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. 
⁹ Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to care for those who we need to care for in word and deed.  

¹³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretence you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to truly seek first the Kingdom of God.

¹⁴ “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.  ¹⁵ Woe to you…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be truthful in our speaking 

¹⁶ “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’ ¹⁷ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be merciful and faithful and pursue justice. 

²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,^[g]…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to pay attention to our inner thoughts and seek after righteousness in our hearts 

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 
For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. 
…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to listen to what others say with discernment to that we may hear you speaking through those who are wise and those who are prophets. 

29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous, 30 …

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! 38…

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, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I…

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, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.…

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 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and…

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 “When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,…

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 there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so…

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, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; …

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 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that…

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. 35 …

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. 37 …

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 Blessed is that servant…

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, and five were wise. 
…

Heavenly father
give us grace to sleep well tonight 

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

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.
⁸ …

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 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his own ability…

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. 
¹⁷ In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.…

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. 
^…

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. 
²⁷ …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be gracious to those who are hungry, thirsty, naked, sick or in prison

³¹ “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. ³² Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate…

And the king will answer them, “Truly, I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.” —Matthew 25:40

Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis reflects on how we are called to love imperfect people imperfectly:

This is the kind of love Rabbi Jesus was talking about. If they’re in prison, if they’re hungry, if they’re naked, if they’re lonely, if they’re a stranger, a widow, a child, if they’re an outsider, if they’re last, they become first. In our holy imagination, this kind of love is radical: beyond borders, beyond religion,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be gracious to those who are hungry, thirsty, naked, sick or in prison

⁴¹ Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; ⁴² for I was hungry, and you didn’t…

He will answer, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.” —Matthew 25: 45 

To enter the mind of Christ is to realize our oneness with the faces we see on television in the evening news. It is to realize we are one with that homeless person we saw going through the trash receptacle. The woman at the local market, the man who comes to check our gas meter, and all who have hurt us, abandoned us, and have otherwise wronged us, along with all the women and men we have never met—we are to realize that we are equally, fully one…