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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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Bible 101

Little tin cup

One item in my yard holds great value. I bought it for $1. It’s a little tin cup that I hang on a hook…

Life’s Challenges

The deceitfulness of wealth

Jesus chose an interesting word to describe wealth: deceitful. (See Matthew 13:22.) If something is deceitful, it promises one thing while delivering something else….

Bible 101

Never alone

Feeling alone is scary. When the Old Testament prophet Elisha and his servant were surrounded by an enemy army, the servant cried out, “Oh…

Life’s Challenges

Your worth is found in Jesus

In 2023 the cost for a 30-second Super Bowl commercial was between 6 and 7 million dollars. Yikes! That’s a lot of Cool Ranch…

Life’s Challenges

Filled with peace and joy

What’s crushing down on you?  Years ago, a nuclear-powered submarine, USS Thresher, disappeared in the ocean depths. A small valve had frozen up from…

Living My Faith

Delighting in God’s goodness

Imagine today is your day to praise the Lord in front of the family of believers. Someone hands you a microphone, and as the…

Who is God?

God’s arms are open wide

He made the long journey home, the apology repeating in his head: “Dad, I’m sorry. Dad, forgive me.” In his youthful arrogance, he thought…

Bible 101

Jesus deleted your sins

Food and phones have something in common. Most of us feel bad about our relationship with both of them. We struggle to enjoy them…

Life’s Challenges

The allure of screens

The book of Proverbs, written around three thousand years ago, doesn’t say much about tablets and TikTok, but it can teach us wisdom with…

Life’s Challenges

Lose the messiah complex

You will never be able to set wise boundaries with technology until you reject your messiah complex. Ever heard that term? A messiah complex…

Living My Faith

Setting boundaries

My greatest fear for Christians in our digital age is not online bullying or mature websites. It’s the impact that all this scrolling has…

Friends & Family

Face-to-face with friends

Imagine trying to have a conversation with a friend while surrounded by a crowd of people who are tapping you on the shoulder and…