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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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Life’s Challenges

Hope after an affair

I sat down with a woman a few years after her husband’s affair. After recounting the pain and struggle, she told me about the…

Life’s Challenges

How to heal from infidelity

I interviewed a number of couples from my church that had been through and healed from an affair. I then developed an equation to…

Life’s Challenges

How adultery happens

Few Christians see themselves as the kind of people who would commit adultery. Yet it happens. Here’s a common pattern: First, deprivation. A spouse…

Life’s Challenges

Adultery? Don’t!

Of the 55 uses of the word adultery in the Bible, the very first one that shows up is this: “You shall not commit…

Life’s Challenges

Competition or cooperation

The following two statements are true: Possessions are a blessing from God. Possessions are a burden to manage. Abraham and his nephew Lot had…

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Confused by your suffering?

If you’ve ever questioned God because of your pain, listen to what Jesus said in John 15: “I am the true vine, and my…

Life’s Challenges

God is punctual

Just 30 seconds. That’s how much later I checked in for the flight online than all the other passengers reserving their boarding positions on…

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Jesus is willing

A man with leprosy approached Jesus with a beautiful prayer: “If you are willing, you can make me clean” (Mark 1:40). Jesus was filled…

Life’s Challenges

God works for good

“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose”…

Life’s Challenges

Don’t make a mountain out of a snowball

One winter I called my son to complain about our 12 inches of snow. We’d had so much of it that winter, and I…

Life’s Challenges

Remember and fight

When you’re under spiritual attack and can’t get out from under the weight of discouragement, read Nehemiah 4-6. It’s a slow burn of good…

Life’s Challenges

Miserable wrestling match

I was on the wrestling team in high school. I had great coaches who cared for me and amazing teammates who felt like family….