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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

Who, me? Proud?

The 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians is justly famous. It is a brilliant and poetic exposition of the meaning of true love, biblical love,…

Bible 101

Thankful for heaven

Call it the “light at the end of the tunnel” effect. Isn’t it amazing how much adversity we can stand if we can see…

Who is God?

Thankful for the Lord’s Supper

It’s pretty hard to be mad at people you’re eating with. There’s something about breaking bread with people that promotes intimacy, understanding, bonding, and…

Bible 101

Thankful for my Bible

You and I have access to God’s wonderful Word pretty much whenever we want it, in inexpensive printed editions as well as online on…

Bible 101

Thankful for my baptism

Some of you can remember your baptism as though it were yesterday because perhaps it was yesterday. For others it’s a faint memory of…

Living My Faith

Overlooked blessings

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much” (Luke 16:10). Thanksgiving Day is dedicated to honoring God for the…

Life’s Challenges

Refinement by fire

I find the concept of trial-by-comfort pretty appealing. It sounds so much better than the whole trial-by-fire thing, which is a concept I’m not…

Living My Faith

Your alive and well and for-sure future

There is, perhaps, no more misunderstood word in the Bible than hope. In English, the word hope is used for any random wish, no…

Prayer

P.R.A.Y.

Most of my prayers sounds like this: “Dear God, AAAAAAAAAAAAAA! In Jesus’ name. Amen.” I should explain. I think of prayer as having four…

Living My Faith

Everybody knows your name

Remember the theme song from the TV sitcom Cheers? Everybody feels a need to belong somewhere. That’s what made the Cheers tavern so much…

Friends & Family

The glory of grandparenting

Grandparenting is great. (Full disclosure: I do not know that from personal experience. I base that assertion on the empirical evidence of the many…

Friends & Family

What every dude desires

Every wife’s plan should be to satisfy her man. No, the male supporters of Time of Grace did not pay me to say that….