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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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Learn to R-E-A-D your Bible

Can I share a spiritual habit that has helped enrich my Bible reading?  R-E-A-D your Bible. This acronym helps me daily to meditate more…

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Focusing on Jesus, not self

“I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord;…

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Resolve

The ticktock countdown finally reached the midnight hour. While the echo of “Auld Lang Syne” burned off in the rising sun of the dawn,…

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Transplant recipients

Macey Wright was born with a congenital heart defect. She was 14 when she learned she’d be getting a new heart. Her mom filmed…

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The dress code

Have you ever been to a restaurant that requires men to wear sport coats? I’ve never been to one, but I’ve heard that if…

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Christmas is about Christ

My family of four has the tradition of eating lunch every Sunday with my parents and my mother-in-law, a meal that we call FamFest….

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It’s personal this time

“You are to give him the name Jesus” (Matthew 1:21). It took a while for me to be comfortable calling him by his first…

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What’s under the wrapping?

“I’m telling you, she’s the total package. She’s funny and beautiful AND smart.” It’s a rare guy who wouldn’t want a girl like that….

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Inner strength starts outside

My trainer explains that physical strength improves only with active exertion past a stress point. You have to reach a place of exhaustion and…

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The Holy Spirit has your back

Zach was about to graduate from high school. It was hard because his mom had died two years previously. And then just a couple…

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Christmas is for shepherds

Have you considered the high profile of the shepherds in the Christmas story? They were some of the first people God told about the…

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The weakest link

“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link” is a proverb inspired from an 18th-century book by Thomas Reid.  Ideally, God’s visible…