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.
Who, me? Grudges?
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12). How I love the…
Evidence of the Spirit: Love
Sometimes God is really, really obvious in his work. He once demonstrated his terrible wrath over human sin by sending massive amounts of water…
Thanks anyway
It seems like Paul is expecting too much from us in his letter to the Philippians. In chapter 4 he presses a talking point…
Give a eulogy today!
Do you know what a eulogy is? In Greek, it simply means, “a good word.” We often equate eulogies to funeral speeches, but such…
I feel goaded by guilt
Do you know what it’s like never to feel that what you do for somebody else is enough? Or good enough? Are you insecure…
Don’t harass the sheep
Sometimes I think Christians are so busy pointing out everything that’s wrong with the world that we become jerks for Jesus. The words we…
Heroes of Christmas: Mary
Zechariah and Thomas were doubters in the gospel stories. Mary was not. She is a hero not so much because of what she achieved,…
The confessions of a man
I have a confession. It’s hard to be a man. I’m sure it’s hard to be a woman too, but I can’t speak to…
Unity in the community
We live in an age of bitter disunity. Our national politics are shrill and rough. Political parties gerrymander districts to make them permanently safe…
God’s secret agents are everywhere
God has an army of human servants who do his will and do their part to carry out his agenda. We usually assume that…
Lay down love
These days, marriage is about as popular as powdered wigs. Divorce abounds; cohabiting is the norm. Part of the problem is that godly love…
Two wrong notes
At my daughter’s Christmas concert, she was playing a hymn for everyone to sing along. The program said there were two stanzas to sing….