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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

What to do when someone sins against you Part 2

When someone’s sin hits you like a stone, hurting you deeply, there are four things you can do. Here’s the second—You can get them…

Life’s Challenges

What to do when someone sins against you Part 1

When someone’s sin hits you like a stone, hurting you deeply, there are four things you can do. Here’s the first—You can try to…

Life’s Challenges

Bounce cuz you’re blessed

What did I bring to church this week? My kids. My purse. Pens for sermon notes. A mop for the rain that had dripped…

Life’s Challenges

Delayed wrath

Why doesn’t God stop bad people from doing bad things? There you are, trying to do the godly thing, towing the biblical line, and…

Life’s Challenges

Good or bad advice?

Life can be complicated, and some decisions put a lot at stake. It’s during those times that you often turn to the advice of…

Life’s Challenges

Peace in persecution

Hours before Jesus’ death, facing down the cross, he used some of his final breaths to give Christians a warning and a blessing: “In…

Life’s Challenges

Better is good

Forget about perfect. It’s not going to happen. Only God is perfect. I suggest we focus on something more attainable like being better. We…

Life’s Challenges

Number one

A certain fifth-grade class has had a dodgy reputation since kindergarten. They tattle and talk back and can’t form a line without arguing about…

Life’s Challenges

God answers

“How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? . . . How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have…

Life’s Challenges

Thankful for the thorn

“I begged the Lord three times to take it away from me. But he told me: ‘My kindness is all you need. My power…

Life’s Challenges

Forget about it!

Looking back can be dangerous. Once unthinkable, Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile on May 6, 1954. Forty-six days later, John Landy broke Bannister’s…

Life’s Challenges

Jesus isn’t afraid of your fears

Researchers say that at least 645 known fears exist. Like the fear of heights, fear of spiders, fear of change, fear of failure, fear…