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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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Depression & Anxiety

God is faithful

Ed’s wife struggled with anxiety. Often her fear of what might happen the next day would keep her up at night. Sometimes the anxiety…

Life’s Challenges

The cure for conflict

Have you ever seen a Newton’s Cradle? A Newton’s Cradle is the famous office accessory with the five metal spheres that hang in a…

Living My Faith

Guilt by association

Have you ever felt like you should distance yourself from certain people to make it clear that you do not associate yourself with their…

Living My Faith

Worship with heart and mind

If you travel across our land and visit churches at worship from various denominations and religious tribes, you will encounter vast differences in worship…

Living My Faith

Then they came for me

Martin Niemöller was a Lutheran pastor in Nazi Germany. He eventually found the courage to publicly oppose Adolph Hitler. As a result, he spent…

Friends & Family

When your body hurts

My back had been mildly hurting for a few days, but by the fourth day, it was killing me! (I’m not exaggerating.) I couldn’t…

Living My Faith

Forgiveness sagas

The story of civilization is a forgiveness saga. Unfold a big world map on a table and drop a dime on any modern population…

Friends & Family

Dealing with sin

Why would any Christian in his or her right mind listen to Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 18:15-17? Why would any of us even dare…

Friends & Family

Reaching out in love

Not long ago, a church in Texas followed the four agonizing but necessary stages of Jesus’ teaching on dealing with sin (Matthew 18:15-17). Sadly,…

Friends & Family

A beautiful woman. A beautiful friend.

There’s a woman in Scripture named Tabitha. Her funeral gives us one of the most touching scenes in the entire Bible. Tabitha made clothes…

Life’s Challenges

A little respect, please

Baseball fans sitting in the stands, even way up in the nosebleed sections, are not shy about pointing out what they believe to be…

Living My Faith

Givers get!

Every farmer agrees with Paul’s famous words: “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously”…