Grace Moments
Grace Moments are 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 experience a satisfied life as you see God all around you. Join the thousands of people who receive these devotions for encouragement by subscribing to have them delivered to your inbox each morning.
Breaking branches
There’s a scene in the movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation where Aunt Bethany’s cat is gnawing on a string of lights. The cat ends…
Christmas is a time for war
How would you finish this sentence? Christmas is a time for ________. I bet I could predict the top answers—Peace. Hope. Joy. Love. Family….
I think I can. . . . I know God can
“I think I can. . . . I think I can. . . . I think I can,” said the little engine that could….
The Lord hears
Joseph Scriven was born in Ireland in 1819. He grew up, earned a degree, and fell in love. The night before his wedding, his…
Sleepless nights
You would think that David, the king of Israel, would have had it easy because he had servants and officials. (I’m pretty sure a…
The #1 reason people reject Jesus
When you were a teenager, did your mom ever rudely open the blinds in your room while you were still sleeping? Do you know…
A long obedience
“Fat” is a label that many of us put on ourselves without having any help from the peanut gallery of body-shamers. We can’t hide…
Idolatry seems to work
It’s not too hard to mock the Israelites for their seemingly endless fascination with worshiping Baal, the storm god of the Canaanites, and his…
What would you do?
Hypothetical questions can be dangerous, but I’ll ask this one anyway. What would you be willing to do for 10 million dollars? In a…
Someone hold my hand
This may not seem very manly, but sometimes I just need someone to hold my hand. I need affection. That’s what I love about…
You’ve got a different view (Part 2)
(A four-hour flight means I’ve had plenty of time to mull over just how different the view is from my window seat as opposed…
You’ve got a different view (Part 1)
As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in the window seat of an airplane. The woman in the middle seat has been looking out the…