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.
Two little prayers
“If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us…
Teach your children
Why is it that children learn everything bad all by themselves? Lying, laziness, blaming, evading responsibility, cheating, stealing, and disobedience just sprout like weeds….
Just the crickets
Before summer is over, I hope you can go someplace where all you can hear are the crickets. I’m not talking about crawling around…
Living with loss: A spouse
Do you have the idea that your life as a Christian is just going to get better and better? That one by one your…
The water always wins
I would like to revisit an expression I heard when I was watching coverage of hurricanes Harvey and Irma: “The water always wins.” Meteorologists…
Wiping away our tears
In the movie Inside Out, when Riley’s family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco, Riley is miserable. The whole point of the movie is…
Be still
As Pharaoh’s gleaming chariots approached, fear struck the Israelites. Voices clanged like alarm bells: “Why?” “What have you done?” “Didn’t we say . ….
Capital punishment
The practice of capital punishment has a long and intense debate over it that has lasted for centuries. There are powerful arguments both for…
Wonderfully made
Have you ever heard of the Strengthsfinder personality test? After a brief exam, it reveals your top strengths out of a list of 34…
Who is your real enemy?
In the book Catching Fire, Katniss, a tribute, is about to enter the arena for the second time when her mentor, Haymitch, offers some…
Before all else fails
I don’t know why this is so hard. But we struggle to build sturdy bridges from our lonely little islands to the lonely little…
Church rules
I have counseled many, many troubled people over the years, but never once has anybody ever admitted being a Pharisee. Although the Pharisees as…