Daily Bible Verses

It is precisely the parts of the body that seem to be the weakest which are the indispensable ones.
 —1 Corinthians 12:22 

How ingeniously you get around the commandment of God in order to preserve your own traditions! 
—Mark 7:9 

Father Richard Rohr examines different ways of understanding and using power: 

The epigraphs above are two subtle scriptures that I hope illustrate both good power and bad power. In the first, Paul encourages his community to protect…

For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. (1 Cor 13:12)

https://www.thefuelcast.com/library/2025-01-22-what-we-dont-understand-r25 

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

As we look at the world around us, it is clear that we need large-scale change. But it will not happen without risking something of ourselves, perhaps by seeing ourselves honestly, by stepping up to lead, by speaking out, by feeling discomfort as we move outside our usual patterns. We shape change in such moments and transform ourselves in the process. Courage changes things and courage changes us. It’s how we become. I have found that there is a “right-sized” fear inside any vision…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to open our hearts and minds to life in all its fullness, and communicate this to others. 

1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard,
that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life 
² (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you
the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us); 
³ that which we have…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live today in fellowship with you and our neighbours

Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 
⁴ And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.
⁵ This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 
⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth. 
⁷ …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to discern what sins we should confess and be cleansed from today

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 
⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
¹⁰ If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to seek always what is good and right. 

¹ My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counsellor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. ² And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to live and walk just as Jesus did, following your commandments. 

³ This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. 
⁴ One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him. 
⁵ But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him: 
⁶ he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to be aware within ourselves of hate, and what leads to hate, and to turn away from it. 

⁷ Brothers, I write no new commandment to you,
but an old commandment which you had from the beginning.
The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. 
⁸ Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you;
because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines. 
⁹ He who says he is in the light and hates his…