Written Devotions
Daily devotions written by Pastor Mike and many other Time of Grace writers. These Bible-based messages cover a wide variety of topics and help you seek what matters most in life: Jesus. Join the thousands of people who receive these devotions for encouragement by subscribing to have them delivered to your inbox each morning.
Pain is temporary
According to Jesus, I’m afraid of the wrong things. Like my back. A few years ago, I was a solid 6’ and 2.5” tall….
Inner strength starts outside
My trainer explains that physical strength improves only with active exertion past a stress point. You have to reach a place of exhaustion and…
You can’t, but God can
Have you ever had one of those days when you say to yourself, “I just can’t”? Maybe you’ve been trying to trust God as…
The Holy Spirit has your back
Zach was about to graduate from high school. It was hard because his mom had died two years previously. And then just a couple…
Christmas is for shepherds
Have you considered the high profile of the shepherds in the Christmas story? They were some of the first people God told about the…
Blessings, not burdens
I was at the grocery store with my three kiddos when the cashier scanned the three bottles of wine I was buying for a…
What life should God give you?
If you were God, what kind of life would you give you? You could give yourself a really good life—stable finances, healthy body, faithful…
The weakest link
“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link” is a proverb inspired from an 18th-century book by Thomas Reid. Ideally, God’s visible…
How do you stack up?
“Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. Prove me, O Lord,…
God is like my wife
God is like my wife. (Honey, if you’re reading this, there has to be a billion brownie points for that line, right?) My wife,…
Ready for Christmas?
Are you ready for Christmas? I’m not thinking of the last-minute shopping or the taco dip you have to make before the office party….
Your giants will fall
Maybe your giant is stress. A bad habit. A broken heart. A tendency to lose control when life doesn’t go the way you want. …