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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

Unzip that baggage

As a child of the 1980s, there were some interesting fashions: parachute pants, shoulder pads in sports coats, and my favorite—KangaRoos shoes, which were…

Life’s Challenges

Spiritual food

What is the most unique thing you have ever eaten? Let me take you to the island of Antigua. I was there on a…

Living My Faith

God is worth it

Every advertisement in the world has the same goal—to convince you that _________ is worthy. The word worthy essentially means “worth it,” which is…

Friends & Family

Keep confessing

There is only one thing more agonizing than confessing your more embarrassing sins to another Christian. That one thing is confessing your embarrassing sins…

Life’s Challenges

Self-control is a “fruit”

I wish self-control was a microwavable meal. Pop in a prayer request, wait a minute or two, and your self-control comes out, steaming and…

Bible 101

It’s just a thing

Do you know what happened to the first light bulb ever invented? After hundreds of hours of working by Thomas Edison, his errand boy…

Living My Faith

Which is better?

Which is better? Coke or Pepsi? LeBron or Jordan? Dairy Queen or Culvers? Okay, that last one is a trick question because all ice…

Living My Faith

The day a tree stops growing

One of the largest and longest-living trees in the United States is the Seven Sisters Live Oak in Mandeville, Louisiana. This massive tree is…

Living My Faith

The most important of all

Name some of the most important people and positions in our world. What did you come up with? Maybe you said, “The president, corporate…

Life’s Challenges

The gift of now

Listening to the news and the watercooler gossip about the news, there’s a pretty good consensus that everyone’s positive everything’s bad in the world….

Bible 101

My truth? Maybe not …

I have a love/hate relationship with my heart. I love it because, by God’s grace, it has a lot of Scripture stored up in…

Bible 101

My truth? Maybe!

Have you heard phrases like “be true to yourself,” “live your truth,” or simply, “my truth”? They seem to be the most popular doctrine…