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.
Taps
“Taps is a military bugle call played slow and solemn to invoke a feeling of remembrance and respect for the soldiers who have died…
The Word is life
Somewhere in Somalia, Christians risk their lives to read the Bible. After sunset, a brave disciple retrieves a hidden Bible from a cave, sneaks…
The Word is Spirit
Sometimes I like to think about the connection between eternal treasure, the words of the Bible, and the work of the Spirit. In the…
The Word is a sword
My friend Ben realized he had forgotten his Bible when we were a state and a half away from home on the way to…
The Word is a seed
I told Ricardo, one of my soccer teammates, about a Bible app that people at my church loved. A year later he said, “Mike,…
Sitting shotgun with Jesus
Once upon a time, Jesus pulled a 15-passenger van into a man’s driveway. He honked the horn, rolled down the window as the door…
Free stuff
Every August in Madison, Wisconsin, moving days are a bargain shoppers’ dream. As apartment leases end, college students fill the sidewalks and curbs with…
Your audience of one
The audience gathers eagerly. The eighth-grade band students are dressed in their best backstage, nervously waiting for each of their names to be called…
What’s your secret?
Hello. My name is Jon Enter. Husband. Father of four. Pastor. Coach. Sin addict. And so are you. You may not see it. You…
Guardrails
Over a decade ago, I heard a brilliant teaching on the need for adding rules to the Bible. If that sounds bad, it wasn’t….
Moms, you are valuable to Jesus
“Mary … sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations. … ‘Martha, Martha,’ the…
You shine!
In the rural hill country of Texas, miles away from city lights, many more stars appear in the night sky. It puts my constellation…