Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly Father
give us grace to lift up our eyes today and perceive you present among us, so that our hearts may thrill and be enlarged with your grace, and proclaim your praises. 

⁴ “Lift up your eyes all around, and see:
    they all gather themselves together.
    They come to you.
Your sons will come from far away,
    and your daughters will be carried in arms.
⁵ Then you shall see and be radiant,
    and…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to have hope for the future

[Isaiah had a vision of things being put right in the future]

[There will be ample supply of animals required for temple sacrifice]

⁷ All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you.
    The rams of Nebaioth will serve you.
They will be accepted as offerings on my altar;
    and I will beautify my glorious house.

[The number of ships bringing the exiled sons home to Jerusalem will be so great that their sails…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to live in an open handed and open hearted way

[Isaiah, still in Exile, has hope for the future]

¹⁰ “Foreigners will build up your walls,       [which the Babylonians tore down]
    and their kings will serve you:
for in my wrath I struck you,       [and allowed the Babylonians to take the Jews into exile]
    but in my favour I have had mercy on you.    [Allowing the Jews to return]

[Isaiah, has a vision of…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to walk with you today and find joy in you

¹³ “The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet [i.e. the temple] glorious.
¹⁴ The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; [those who took the Jews into exile]
    and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet.
They will call you Yahweh’s City,
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to allow you to be our light, so that we are governed by peace and righteousness

¹⁷ For bronze I will bring gold;
    for iron I will bring silver;
    for wood, bronze,
    and for stones, iron.
I will also make peace your governor,
    and righteousness your ruler.
¹⁸ Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    nor desolation or destruction within your borders…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be patient as we wait for your kingdom to come and your will to be done

²⁰ Your sun will not go down any more,
    nor will your moon withdraw itself;
for Yahweh will be your everlasting light,
    and the days of your mourning will end.
²¹ Then your people will all be righteous.
    They will inherit the land forever,
    the branch of my planting,
   …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to do this: 

¹ The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me,
    because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble.
He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted,
    to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and release to those who are bound,
 

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be a blessing to those who mourn and those who have a spirit of heaviness

^[The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me,
    because Yahweh has anointed me…]   
² to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favour
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
    to comfort all who mourn,
³ to provide for those who mourn in Zion,
    to give to them a garland for ashes,
  …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to fulfil our calling to be your servants. 

⁴ They will rebuild the old ruins.
    They will raise up the former devastated places.
They will repair the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for many generations.
⁵ Strangers will stand and feed your flocks.
    Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.
⁶ But you will be called Yahweh’s priests.
    Men will…

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to find joy in living faithfully in covenant relationship with you, doing what is Just. 

⁷ Instead of your shame you will have double.
    Instead of dishonour, they will rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they will possess double.
    Everlasting joy will be to them.
⁸ “For I, Yahweh, love justice.
    I hate robbery and iniquity.
I will give them their reward in truth
…