Make a Donation
You are here: Home Explore Written Devotions

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.

Filter:
Social Issues

America is an idea

“So the land had peace” (Judges 3:11). America is an idea that can be traced back to England and John Locke’s “Second Treatise on…

Life’s Challenges

A nation of laws

God decreed that good governments should be built upon the right kinds of laws. Not just any old laws, but the right kinds of…

Living My Faith

Commitment to freedom

Today the U.S. celebrates the freedom that our country’s soldiers have won and fought to preserve for over 240 years. Thank you to all…

Living My Faith

Not so simple

My wife and I set a crazy goal this year—not to go out to eat for six straight months. That’s why I bought us…

Living My Faith

Using God’s measurement

Oliver Smoot was a freshman sorority pledge at MIT. He and his friends were tasked with measuring the Harvard Bridge with a new unit…

Living My Faith

God rescues wretches

In the mid 1700s, English writer Samuel Johnson made a resolution to get up in the morning to pray. In 1738 he wrote, “Oh,…

Life’s Challenges

How to tackle temptation

When author Bill Frey was 11 years old, he tried to get a big stump out of his front yard. For hours he dug…

Bible 101

Child champion: Little Samuel

A woman named Hannah, living in the tribal territory of Ephraim in the 11th century b.c., had a tough life. Not only was she…

Who is God?

Let’s talk eagles

The inspiring symbol of so many things was on the verge of extinction. In 1963 there were just four hundred nesting pairs of bald…

Life’s Challenges

I’m afraid I’m too far gone

One of the most powerful features of the Star Wars movies is that they retell the greatest of all human stories, the conflict of…

Who is God?

You are loved forever

When Martin Pistorius was 12 years old, he became sick with cryptococcal meningitis and fell into a coma. He couldn’t move, speak, or do…

Depression & Anxiety

The end of anxiety

I should have been anxious. I was about to speak to the biggest audience of my entire life, a crowd of over one thousand…