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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.

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Living My Faith

Of little importance

Here’s a rainy day activity. Go to a resale shop and buy an old globe. Put seven billion dots on it. Distribute them around…

Life’s Challenges

Bounce cuz you’re blessed

What did I bring to church this week? My kids. My purse. Pens for sermon notes. A mop for the rain that had dripped…

Friends & Family

You get the gold

In 2018, for the first time in 20 years, the U.S. women’s hockey team earned a gold medal. Now, I’m a sap for just…

Living My Faith

Loved by our Father

Years ago Ernest Hemingway wrote a story about a Spanish father and his son Paco who had a falling out, causing the boy to…

Living My Faith

Do nothing when you need to

When I couldn’t work because of disabling back pain, I learned a difficult lesson. Sometimes we just need to do nothing. I still feel…

Life’s Challenges

Delayed wrath

Why doesn’t God stop bad people from doing bad things? There you are, trying to do the godly thing, towing the biblical line, and…

Living My Faith

Make us bold to pray

Which of these scenarios best describes your relationship with God? Scenario #1—The scene is a courtroom. God, the judge robed in black, takes his…

Life’s Challenges

Good or bad advice?

Life can be complicated, and some decisions put a lot at stake. It’s during those times that you often turn to the advice of…

Living My Faith

It’s about Jesus

Amy Carmichael was a Christian missionary who served in India until her death in 1951, bringing the love of Jesus to countless women who…

Who is God?

Our Savior saved us

My firstborn daughter was just a little peanut on the day she almost drowned. Everything was sun and smiles at our friends’ backyard pool…

Who is God?

Our reality

The Lord looked down from heaven and saw that his creatures, the ones he had crafted by hand out of the dust of the…

Living My Faith

Amazing!

My pastor husband once had this conversation with a Grade 3 student: “How was your day, Taeja?” “Amazing!” “Really? What made it amazing?” “Oh,…