I appeal to you to show kindness to my child, Onesimus. I became his father in the faith while here in prison. Onesimus hasn't been of much use to you in the past, but now he is very useful to both of us. --- Philemon 1:10-11 (New Living Translation) Dearest Abba Father, I worship You because You are Yahweh who causes the existence of everything You have created. You delight in restoring wasteful lives. You are a master craftsman who gives beauty for ashes. You cause the one who was labeled as "Bringer of Sorrows' to be a blessing to many. I come before You to offer hurts, pains, and broken pieces of my life. At Your Name, the dead rise and praise, the mute sing with joy, the deaf hear the sound of Your life-giving voice, and the lame and weak skip like a deer and stand sure footed on mountain heights. O my Righteous Father, answer me in Your ever immutable faithfulness. Make a highway in the wilderness of my life and an overflowing river of bliss in the desert. Spread out a sumptuous banquet in front of my foes and lift up the Wholeness of Your majestic Being and look on me with favor and compassion. Blot out my transgressions and make me white as wool. In Jesus's name, I pray. Amen. BVD is a daily prayer devotional with a bible verse and a prayer for each day. It also includes a 365-day Bible reading plan, that is made up of few versus from each of the sections of the Bible (Law, History, Poems, Prophets, Gospels, Epistles) for each day, that provides a panoramic view of God's story.

At God's appointed time Binoy Thomas started his ministry (Bible Verse for the Day -BVD) by sending prayers through emails. For over ten years it grew and has blessed, touched, helped, and encouraged lives of many around the world. This is the author's first book and aspires to write many more in the coming years. As with any Christian life, he has experienced many phases of pain, failures, disappointments, loss, rejection, and financial hardship which reflects in each of his prayers and has enabled many to relate to his prayers in a very personal way. Binoy Thomas is an IT consultant by profession. He lives in Houston, Texas with his family.