Daily Bible Verses

When Genesis says that God created the heavens (what is unseen) and the earth (what is seen) it means that God created absolutely everything
When Genesis says that there was a tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it is talking about the knowledge of absolutely everything.

Why is it that the knowledge of absolutely everything leads to death?

• is it that knowledge is power, and that “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”?
• is it…

Genesis 1: Creation summary:
* God speaks words of permission: “Let there be ….”
* What God permits then occurs “And there was …”  “And it was so”
* God separates - and makes things different and distinct
* God gives names to what is created so that they can be part of our lives
* God sees that…

Heavenly Father, give me grace to finish the work that I have been doing and rest for one day.

¹ Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
² By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 
³ Then God blessed the seventh day…

Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of life-giving water in all its forms: mist, rain and rivers. 
* Thank you too that “back in the day” you gave us the breath of life - that which makes us humans conscious living beings.

⁴ This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

…

Prayer: Heavenly Father,
* give grace to those we know who are married to be at one with each other.
* give grace to those we know who seek to be married to discern who it is right for them to marry
* give grace and comfort to those we know whose marriages ended in separation, divorce or death
* today and everyday

¹⁸ The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to receive your love in our hearts
and give us grace to seek the glory that only comes from you.

³⁹ “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. 
⁴⁰ Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life. 
⁴¹ I…

Heavenly Father
give us grace, to put to good use the resources at our disposal, however inadequate they seem.

¹ After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. ² A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick. ^3 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be both generous to others and careful in our use of resources

¹⁰ Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹ Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the…

Sometimes (Isaiah 1:15) this is what God has to say to people:

            ¹⁵When you stretch our your hands
            I will hide my eyes from you;
            Even through you make many prayers, I will not listen;

Wow!  Why is this?: It is because
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace in the storms of life to hear the voice of our Lord, to address our fears and to let our Lord into the boat of our lives

¹⁶ When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. ^18…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be faithful to your Son Jesus work which will bring us the daily bread of eternal life

²² On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. ^23 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to come to Jesus, the bread of life today

²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
³⁰ They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do? ³¹ Our fathers ate the…

Heavenly father
give us grace to “see” Jesus and believe in Him, and so to have eternal life and be raised up on the last day.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 
³⁶ But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe. 
³⁷ All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to…

Heavenly father
give us grace to see spiritual things clearly, which may be hidden by our own preconceptions.
and give us grace to believe in and feed on Your crucified and risen son today

⁴¹ The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.” ⁴² They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose…

Heavenly father
give us grace to live today in the death and resurrection of the Son of Man

⁵² The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
⁵³ Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves. …

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to trust in your son, so that his word would live in us, so that we would be saved from all that pulls us away from life in all its fullness.

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. ³² It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. ^33 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace not only to hear the life giving words of Jesus , but also to put our trust in you, so that the way we live shows how much we value your grace and mercy.

²⁴ “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life,
and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 
^…

Heavenly Father give me the humility to admit that I don’t understand things, particularly if I ought to know them by now.

Jesus said  ^7 “”You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You^[c]must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its…

Heavenly Father, whenever I see the effects of humanity’s inhumanity and I seek to condemn, turn my eyes to your one and only Son, so that I believe that you are present in the very worst situations seeking to save people from destruction.

¹⁴ Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,^[…

Heavenly Father,
give me grace to see the truth about my dark deeds
give me grace to come to the light, rejoicing that dark deeds are exposed for what they are
deliver me from the love of darkness and the fear of exposure.

¹⁹ This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ …

Heavenly Father, give me grace so that I may be generous in my affirmation of the gifts of others, and know when others must become greater, and I must become less.

²² After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. ²³ Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. ^24…

Heavenly father
Give me grace to be open to the truths about what is not seen
Give me grace to be open to the Spirit who you give without limit
Give me grace to walk the way of the cross, as Jesus did, trusting that this is the path of eternal life.

³¹ The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. ^32…

Heavenly father,
give me the humility to receive from those who have very little, (just as Christ asked the woman for a drink)
and give me an understanding of, and a thirst for, the living water which wells up to eternal life

¹ Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— ² although in fact it was not…

Heavenly Father, give me grace to be able to face up to what my real needs are, and to find the deep peace that comes from you.

(Note: only men could divorce women, and a prime reason was for not being able to bear children. 
To have been cast aside five times means that the woman was thirsting for: having children, having a husband, having economic stability and not being treated as a failure and outcast in society)

^15 …

Heavenly Father
give me grace to respond to you primarily in ways that are of the spirit and invisible
and may the physical and visible actions to be true to what is in my spirit.

¹⁹ “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. ²⁰ Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but…

Heavenly Father
Give me grace to tell those around me about what you mean to us
and give them grace to hear you speaking to them

²⁷ Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman.
But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
²⁸ Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town…

Heavenly father,
give me grace to walk with you;
give me grace not to turn away from walking with you and thus miss the mark (which is sin)

⁹ Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked.
Now it was the Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to be affectionate, as you are affectionate
Give us grace to be fully alive and not dead
Give us grace to honour the name of Jesus

¹⁹ Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you,
the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing.
For whatever things the Father does, these the Son also does likewise.
^20 …

Heavenly father, please give me grace today to pay attention to the things of the spirit, as well as paying attention to the things of the flesh.  May the wind of the spirit blow in my life.

³ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, if anyone is not born from above they are not able to see the kingdom of God”
⁴ “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot…

Heavenly Father, Give me grace to turn away from indifference, and allow you spirit of generosity and kindness to flow.
Open my eyes, too, to see those who have no-one to stand up for them, and give me grace to champion their justice.

21: How the faithful city has become a whore!
She that was full of justice (standing up against all forms of abuse and harm),
the place where righteousness was at home, is now home to people who take from each other and even take…

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for the promise that one day all people will be drawn to you.
Teach me your ways so that I can walk with you today, particularly where there is conflict.
What I ask for myself I ask for those in war zones, that they may look to you to settle disputes
so that justice and peace may abound.

² In the last days the place where the LORD is will be THE place
^3…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to not give in to the temptation of wanting to destroy and
Give us grace to look beyond our own strength and our own wisdom, so that we Hallow your name, not ours; and seek your Kingdom and Your will, not ours.  

⁵ Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger and indignation!  ⁶ I will send him to plunder a profane nation who anger me…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to truly lean on you

²⁰ It will come to pass that the remnant of Israel
will no more again lean on the King of Assyria who struck them,
but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 

Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust you when the destructive consequences of sin occur
give us grace to see this as an overflowing of righteousness.

(Note: Judah will be destroyed due to its turning away from Yahweh to other Gods.  The destruction will come from Assyria, who will then be destroyed, for the same reason)

²²A destruction is determined, …

Heavenly father
pour out your holy spirit on us, so that we may be wise and understand what it is to fear you.

¹ A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
    from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
² The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom and of…

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek your righteousness and justice, and not be swayed by the sometimes small amount of information that we see and hear.

³ He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;
⁴ but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
    with…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be filled with your knowledge, so that we do no harm today

⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb,
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
    and a little child will lead them.
⁷ The cow will feed with the bear,
  …

Heavenly father
give us grace to come out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Your Son so that people from all nations shall see Your glorious salvation visible like a banner, and come to it.

¹⁰ In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. 
^11 …

Heavenly father
give us grace to draw on your strength in good times as well as bad, so that you may be our song and salvation today and everyday, for ever.

¹ In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me. 
² Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song;…

Heavenly father
give us grace to walk humbly before you so that we will not be destroyed in our pride and arrogance.

⁴ Yahweh of Armies is mustering an army, ⁵  the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.   ⁶ For Yahweh’s day is at hand!  ⁷ Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.  . ⁹ Behold, the day of Yahweh comes,…

Heavenly father
give us grace to seek you and worship you today

18 Yahweh appeared to Abraham (our God, while never fully comprehended, can be “seen” by those who look)
by the oaks of Mamre (this takes place at home - the first place that Abraham lived in the land),
as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. (this takes place in a time of rest during the day- when no outdoor work could be done)
…

¹ Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. ² These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.

³ They…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to hunger and thirst after righteousness and justice

¹ Woe to those who decree unrighteous and oppressive decrees; 
² to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights,
that widows may be their…

Heavenly father
Give use grace to turn away from pride, lies, profanity, folly and all wickedness
Give us grace to seek you with all our heart.

⁸ The Lord sent a word to Israel, and ⁹ All the people will know, who say in pride ¹⁰ “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone…

Heavenly Father
give me grace to have hope when I walk in darkness
give me grace to bring hope to others who walk in darkness

¹ But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali (because they were the first to be invaded by Assyria); but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the…

Heavenly father, Stop me giving undue importance to any thing, whether superstitions, customs, money, power or work
Forgive my arrogance, and give me grace to value what I find in you and worship you alone.

⁶ You, Lord, have abandoned your people,
        We are full of superstitions and embrace pagan customs…

Heavenly father, give me grace to do what is right, even when others don’t, and when I am faced with corrupt practices.

¹ A warning from the Lord Almighty, about the disintegration of society that comes about when we turn away from Justice, Righteousness and Mercy
All material and human resources will gradually run dry ⁵ and be replaced with oppression and civil…

Heavenly father, whenever I enjoy the beautiful things in life which are here today and gone tomorrow, give me grace to enjoy the beautiful qualities of life which are eternal.

¹⁶ The Lord says,
“The women of Zion think highly of themselves,
flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
and every fashion…

Heavenly Father, open my eyes today to see your presence, your glory - let it be to me a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
What I pray for myself I pray for those on my heart today.

² In that day (when the dreadful consequences of sin will occur] the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit …

Thank you heavenly Father, for the love that you have for your Son, Jesus

¹ I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:

Thank you heavenly Father, for the love you have for your people

My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
² He dug it up and cleared it of stones…

Heavenly Father, whenever I am successful in the things of this life, give me grace to have an understanding of eternal things.
Give me a passion for Justice and righteous acts and protect me from deceit,

⁸ Woe to you who acquire property and wealth until you are lonely.
⁹ The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing that:
“Large houses will…

Heavenly father
give me grace to be truthful to myself about what is good and not good
give me grace to understand the limits of my wisdom
give me grace to find fulfilment in doing what is right, rather than what is pleasurable
lead me not into the temptation of using power to do what is wrong

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil,
^21…

Heavenly Father, give me grace to “see” the source of all goodness and prosperity
  give me grace to “see” you
  give me grace to see that the whole earth is full of your glory.

¹ In the year that King Uzziah died  
(and Uzziah was a king who had brought prosperity to Judah, so Isaiah and others were looking for where good times in the future might come from)
(and Uzziah had…

Heavenly father
give me grace to see and admit to what there is within me that is destructive
give me grace to see and admit my part in what is destructive within my family  / community
give me grace to let go of it, just as you let go of it, and do not hold it against me.

⁵ “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and…

Heavenly father
give me grace to trust in you, particularly when I am under threat.

^1-2 Ahaz, king of Judah, was afraid when Syria and Israel attacked Judah

^3-9Yahweh told Isaiah to go and tell Ahaz to not be afraid.

¹⁰ Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ¹¹ …

Heavenly father,
give me grace to look to you and to listen to what you are saying
particularly in times of crisis.

(Note this was written when Israel was facing invasion from Assyria)

¹⁹ When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritualists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to listen to wisdom whoever is speaking. 

⁵³ When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. 
⁵⁴ Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said,
“Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 
⁵⁵ Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James…

Heavenly Father, please make me aware of the signs that point me to you, and then give me grace to be changed from above so that I may see the kingdom of God.

¹ Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. ² He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God.…

Heavenly Father
* When things go well in my life and I have the benefits of food, leisure activities and technology,
* may I call out to you for the grace to see what is not good,
* particularly in any disproportionate, oppressive or ungracious response to those who have hurt me.

¹⁷ Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
Cain was then building a city, and he…

(In the light of Paul’s instruction in chapter 6 for slaves to show full respect for their masters)
Heavenly Father,
* give me grace to discern how you are calling me to behave in a culture that is different to 2000 years ago.
* give me grace to learn
* give me grace to be quiet when I need to be quiet
* give me grace to discern when I am being deceived
* thank you for the childbearing that brought Jesus into the world through whom I am saved…

Heavenly father,
* give me grace to put what I believe about generosity and kindness into practice, so that I will clothed with good deeds.
* give me grace to avoid the pitfalls of giving too much importance to anything which is not of eternal significance
* and help me to discern the ways in which cultural pressures can harm me.

⁹ I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety,…

Heavenly Father, open my eyes to all those around me today, particularly those in authority
* give me grace to have good desires for myself, and to bring these petitions to you
* give me grace to think about others in a prayerful way
* give me grace to have good desires for others, and to bring these intercessions to you
* give me grace to see the good in others and be…

¹⁷ Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Heavenly Father help me to hold on to, and not reject, the faith that you are indeed eternal and the only God, and let it be reflected in the way in which I live today, so that at the end of today day my conscience may be clear (and that I may not have contributed to my life being a shipwreck).
Protect me and…

(My experience of forgiveness is that the bigger the sin, the more difficult it is to forgive.  God’s experience seems to be different)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, give me grace to be patient with others, showing them mercy, so that they may have life in all its fullness.

¹⁵ Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. …

Heavenly Father, when I am messing up my life and the lives of others
help me to learn what I am currently ignorant about, so that I may not act in ignorance
help me to trust what I currently don’t trust, so that I may not act from unbelief.
hen I see others who are messing up their lives and the lives of others
give me grace to see how they are acting from ignorance and unbelief
so that I may be a channel of the grace, faith and love that are in Christ Jesus

Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help us to understand what you are saying in and around what Paul said to Timothy

We know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully
We also know that the law is not laid down for a righteous person
but for those who are lawless and do not submit to rules
those who don’t respect what is holy and who miss the mark
those who don’t have reverence for and trample over what is holy
those who beat their fathers and mothers
…

Prayer:
Heavenly Father, may my goal today and every day be to love.
May my desires be pure,
May my thoughts be for good, particularly for the good of others
May I be faithful in my actions, arising from the faithfulness of Jesus.
What I pray for myself I pray for my brothers and sisters in Christ.

³ As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people…

Heavenly Father, give me grace
* to be faithful in my family relationships, not neglecting what is my responsibility
* to be hospitable and generous in my relationships with those outside my family
* to be trustworthy, avoiding both the love of money and the desire for dishonest gain
* to be self controlled in regard to the pleasures of life
* to be gentle, avoiding all forms of violence
* to have a clear conscience, particularly with regard to what I say
and…

Heavenly Father
Give me grace to conduct myself as a member of your household.
In particular give me grace to live in truth - being true to you, to myself and to others.

¹⁴ Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, ¹⁵ if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household…

¹¹ But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. ¹² Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. ^13 …

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be godly and content.

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. ⁸ But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. ⁹ But…

Heavenly Father
Give us grace to serve others, whatever the circumstance.
Give us grace to be turn from conceit, argumentativeness, envy, strife, rudeness, suspicion, corruption and lies,
Give us grace to avoid seeing godliness as a means of gain.

¹ Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed. …

Heavenly father
Give me grace to refrain from prejudice; and
Give me grace to refrain from participating in the sins of others;

¹⁷ Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and in teaching. 
¹⁸ For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The labourer is…

Heavenly father, give me grace
to be hospitable to strangers, to serve others and to relieve the afflicted;
to refrain from being idle, being a gossip or a busybody; and
to look after the needs of those close to me.

 ⁹ Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man, ¹⁰ being approved by good works, if she has…

Heavenly father, give me grace to exercise myself towards godliness.
Just as I need to learn how to include bodily exercise into my life, show me how to include godly exercise into my life.

⁶ If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed. ⁷ …