Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be thankful

7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh.
    My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be obedient when we heard your call 

1 Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying, 
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to say difficult truths as required.

4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see clearly what is harming ourselves and others, to cry to you and to turn from what is evil. 

5 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least. 
6 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. …

Heavenly Father
give us grace today to turn away from what we know to be evil 

10 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.

But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. He prayed to the Lord, ‘Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to rejoice in grace, mercy and loving kindness particularly when shown to those who don’t deserve it. 

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 
2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? 
…

He prayed to the Lord, ‘Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. (Jonah 4:2)

There are many things which are true: I could have been more patient, spent more time with my family, spent less time at work, asked for help when I needed it, been a better friend, done a better job…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to protect us from our own anger

3 Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to rejoice in your provision for us.

5 Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city. 6 Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of…