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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

No ifs, ands, or buts

Do you suffer from Big But Syndrome? No, this isn’t a devotion on weight loss or exercise plans—check the spelling.   The problem I’m speaking…

Prayer

A unique perspective

Psalm 102 is entitled: “A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.” With this…

Living My Faith

The calendar helps us remember

The average citizen of Israel, even if they are not at all religious, knows more about the Old Testament book of Esther than most…

Life’s Challenges

You don’t want to read this

Several times a year I sit down with different groups of people to talk about faith. We spend an entire meeting talking about how…

Life’s Challenges

Put in place for a purpose

Have you ever felt like your life lacks purpose? You’re at a job you don’t love, grinding out another shift and hoping for something…

Bible 101

Repent!

God sent someone with the specific job to prepare people’s hearts for Jesus. That sounds pretty important, doesn’t it? God wanted people to be…

Life’s Challenges

Biblical self-care (Part 4)

So much of our work is about getting people to like us, isn’t it? We work so hard on school projects because we want…

Friends & Family

Biblical self-care (Part 3)

While God wants us to sweat, he also wants us to rest. Jesus did. “Then, because so many people were coming and going that…

Life’s Challenges

Biblical self-care (Part 2)

“If you find a job that doesn’t feel like work, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Do you believe that? Jesus had…

Life’s Challenges

Biblical self-care (Part 1)

Four out of the five pastors at my church recently admitted (and gave me permission to tell you) that they almost didn’t make it….

Who is God?

God’s attributes

“Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his…

Friends & Family

Three goals for good friends

Despite their soon-to-be-seen flaws, I love what Job’s friends did for their buddy who had hit bottom. “When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,…