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.
Make a difference
On September 25, 2000, Kevin Hines paced the Golden Gate Bridge, ready to kill himself but hoping for something else. “I said to myself,…
Light a candle for love
Candles are not essential to our lives anymore, but they have some profoundly important symbolic uses. One is to provide an aura of romance….
Show and tell
Did you ever show up at kindergarten without an object for show-and-tell and decide to just do the “tell” part? Your classmates got fidgety…
Get plugged in
The deadline for my devotions came up right in the middle of a busy time. Between school things and kid activities and work responsibilities,…
Where else would we go?
It was a roller coaster week for Jesus. “A large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs.” These were hungry people who…
Pass the salt
Salt has a humble spot on our grocery lists. It’s not fancy or expensive. But imagine life without it! Salt preserves crunchy pickles, melts…
Becoming intimate
If you read on hoping for some sex talk, you’re in for a letdown. Sex and intimacy were decoupled a long time ago. Intimacy…
Great things
“What have you done for me lately?” Maybe that question has crossed your mind (or lips) recently. It’s in our DNA to object when…
Light a candle for hope
Back in the day, candles or oil lamps were the only way you could illuminate the inside of your house after dark. Candles were…
Saving money God’s way
As recently as the mid-1980s, Americans were saving money at a 10 percent rate. That is, for every $100 they grossed, they would save…
THINK
As we were leaving a picnic, my daughter spoke up, “I want to go with Grandma.” I piped up, “Ah, but does Grandma want…
Peace is a gift of God
It is a pleasant fantasy of well-meaning people to want to believe that human nature deep down inside is good and kind, that conflict…