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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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Living My Faith

One thing to do before you die

Nothing evokes panic in me more than books like 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. The authors of books like this must not…

Life’s Challenges

Jesus lights the dark corners

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5). We could return to these 13 words every day…

Life’s Challenges

God gets your abuse

Have you ever been going through something in life and had a conversation with someone who truly understood what you were going through? Maybe…

Life’s Challenges

God loves the abused

A few years back, a pastor told me about the funny way our minds do math. He had just read a study that said…

Life’s Challenges

Abuse is not your fault

As I prepared a series of messages on the topic of abuse, I sent my first drafts to a woman I knew who specialized…

Life’s Challenges

God hates abuse

A man came to my office and confessed to me that he had been abusive with his girlfriend. After expressing my grave concern for…

Life’s Challenges

God is close to the abused

While abuse is not a comfortable topic to talk about, we need to. If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s statistics are correct,…

Bible 101

Strong tree

Ancient shipbuilders would prepare the masts for their ships long before installing them. They would go to the forest and find an appropriate tree….

Living My Faith

Today is the day

Usually joy comes pretty easily to me. My go-to passage in the Bible mentions it twice. But then 2020 came along, and I had…

Friends & Family

Convicted yet forgiven

When my boys were younger, I took them to swimming lessons. One day I talked about my church to another mom. She responded, “I…

Living My Faith

Filled with thanks

According to a lot of scientific research, thankfulness is a powerful thing. It has been shown to improve everything from physical health to personal…

Life’s Challenges

Heating and pounding

Have you ever watched a silversmith work? It’s mesmerizing. As a child, I attended a renaissance festival and was captivated by the craftsmanship. The…