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.
I learned this lesson from a garage sale
It was the end of my second garage sale, and I still possessed a bunch of junk. Just like my first garage sale. What…
Follow God’s example
“Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children . . . just as Christ loved us” (Ephesians 5:1,2). Did you see that? You can…
A nation of laws
God decreed that good governments should be built upon the right kinds of laws. Not just any old laws, but the right kinds of…
Let’s talk eagles
The inspiring symbol of so many things was on the verge of extinction. In 1963 there were just four hundred nesting pairs of bald…
You are loved forever
When Martin Pistorius was 12 years old, he became sick with cryptococcal meningitis and fell into a coma. He couldn’t move, speak, or do…
What does this mean?
I grew up constantly answering the question—What does this mean? My pastor forced me to think through that question whenever I memorized something from…
Not my God
When President Obama was elected, a number of people said, “Not my president!” Then, when President Trump was elected, people from the other end…
A godly choice
One of the fathers in the Bible whom I admire the most is Joseph. He was engaged to Mary, and he was in the…
Summer storm
Have you been on a big lake when a storm rolls in? Dark clouds gather in the distance, and the distance creeps closer and…
But God said
I once made the mistake of promising my kids more than I could deliver. At the start of a lazy Saturday, I said, “Girls,…
Wouldn’t you rather be serving God?
When people repent of their sins and come to faith in God, their capacity for spiritual judgment and action changes. Scripture tells us that…
Light becomes hope
When darkness was so thick you could wear it, God had an idea. “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3). In a flash, he knew…