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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

Good cuts from an expert

A diamond needs to be cut in order to achieve its greatest beauty. That kind of seems counterintuitive, doesn’t it? How can cutting a…

Life’s Challenges

Pray the psalms

“Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me! Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek…

Living My Faith

A light on a hill

When the snow falls thick and fast on a Michigan winter’s night, my family has been known to troop through the neighborhood to an…

Life’s Challenges

Whom he walked toward

The miracle of Peter walking on water always amazed me. I wondered what it must have been like for him to take that first…

Bible 101

A patient teacher

One of my favorite teachers was my freshmen Algebra teacher. Math and I have a love-hate relationship. You may love it; I do not….

Friends & Family

What a relief!

I remember being lost once when I was young. I was at a department store with my mother. I walked along very contentedly behind…

Living My Faith

That doesn’t seem right!

When Jesus taught the disciples about forgiveness, he said, “Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come…

Life’s Challenges

Pray for God’s justice

One of the beautiful things about biblical writing is that it does not whitewash human thought processes. Even amongst those who wrote under God’s…

Living My Faith

God so healed you

When Mark recorded his account of the life of Jesus, he included a brief mention of a miracle that is easy to let go…

Life’s Challenges

Snow prowl

There’s usually one night (somewhere near the middle of winter) when my family—tired of being stuck inside—decides to go out for a snow prowl….

Depression & Anxiety

How to deal with anxiety (Part 5)

I loved the email I received from a fellow Christian who is doing better than ever in dealing with her anxiety. Her secret? She…

Depression & Anxiety

How to deal with anxiety (Part 4)

Out of the 30 times that words like worry and anxiety show up in the Bible, 8 of them are in Jesus’ classic teaching…