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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

Pain is temporary

According to Jesus, I’m afraid of the wrong things. Like my back. A few years ago, I was a solid 6’ and 2.5” tall….

Life’s Challenges

You can’t, but God can

Have you ever had one of those days when you say to yourself, “I just can’t”? Maybe you’ve been trying to trust God as…

Life’s Challenges

What life should God give you?

If you were God, what kind of life would you give you? You could give yourself a really good life—stable finances, healthy body, faithful…

Life’s Challenges

Your giants will fall

Maybe your giant is stress. A bad habit. A broken heart. A tendency to lose control when life doesn’t go the way you want. …

Friends & Family

Cabin fever

Winter in the north is hard on machinery and people. Winter stops being crisp really fast. Ice-cold things grind slowly if they grind at…

Life’s Challenges

What makes hell like hell

I’ve been to hell. No joke. I ran into the very pit of hell and escaped to tell you the story. I should explain….

Life’s Challenges

The only word I need on my tombstone

Sin is like walking down a hill. Every step we take makes it more difficult to return. How far down the hill are you…

Life’s Challenges

Culture of comparisons

We live in a culture of comparisons. That thought hit me while watching Thanksgiving football last year. I noticed that when the TV flashed…

Life’s Challenges

His eye is on the sparrow

Back in the spring of 1905, a songwriter named Civilla Martin and her husband became friends with Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle, two devout Christians…

Life’s Challenges

God’s path

It’s possible to believe that Jesus is my Savior from sin and that he has given me eternal life and yet spend my days…

Life’s Challenges

Things will be better

“The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid. . . . He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of…

Life’s Challenges

It’s right in front of you

In our home the following can be heard, “Honey, where’s the ketchup?” Or one of our boys will shout, “Mom, I can’t find my…