Time of Grace With Pastor Mike Novotny

It's the beginning of a new year! But we still need to deal with certain things no matter what year and no matter what time of year.Pastor Mike and Dr. Bruce Becker take a sneak peek at the first series of 2022, "How to Deal." The series gives a fresh look at how to deal with ourselves, other people, anxiety, and shame. Pastor Mike also shares an amazing story of God at work and how he connected more people to Jesus—through a text sent to the wrong person! Also learn what Pastor Mike prays for more than anything else as we step into 2022.Get January's book, "How to Deal," and discover what God says about how to deal with difficult people, anxious feelings, apathetic seasons, and much more. It's written by Pastor Mike and other pastors who minister alongside him. Get "How to Deal" starting this Sunday, January 2 at timeofgrace.org.

How do you define the word love? We all agree that love is what our world needs more of, but what exactly is it? Is love tough or tender? strong or sweet? How do we know what true love is and, more important, where to find love that lasts throughout our lives?"He Is the Life," original song written and performed by and courtesy of Jonathan Favorite.Help us meet our $450,000 Challenge Grant! As a thanks for your financial support, Pastor Mike wants to send you our 2022 Spiritual Growth Calendar, along with his book, "Words That Matter." https://bit.ly/3lJ4V9s

Merry Christmas! Did you know that Jesus wasn't born into a quiet, peaceful situation? Nope. It was quite the opposite! Pastor Mike explains in his Christmas message to you.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Listen to the entire devotional series from this week as Pastor Mike shows us the true meaning of Christmas by unpacking the Christmas story.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Jesus is your Savior. And he's also your Lord. But what does that mean?This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

You've been chosen by God. What does that mean?This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Even after the choices you've made and the baggage you bring, is Jesus still for you?This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Because Jesus was born, he gets it. Pastor Mike explains.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

We need to be rescued. But from what?This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

How do you define the word peace? Is it merely the time when nations and people are not at war, when fighting and conflicts cease? The Bible’s answer is . . . kind of. The peace that the angels sang about the night of Jesus’ birth is something much more, something we all deeply long for, something that can only be provided from one source.Help us meet our $450,000 Challenge Grant! As a thanks for your financial support, Pastor Mike wants to send you our 2022 Spiritual Growth Calendar, along with his book, "Words That Matter." https://bit.ly/3lJ4V9s

How do you define the word joy? When that word appears on the latest Christmas card, where does your mind go? Is it just another word for happy, or is it something more? something deeper?Help us meet our $450,000 Challenge Grant! As a thanks for your financial support, Pastor Mike wants to send you our 2022 Spiritual Growth Calendar, along with his book, "Words That Matter." https://bit.ly/3lJ4V9s

Listen to the entire devotional series from this week as Pastor Mike gives us five steps to help us overcome anxiety.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

When we’re stuck in our own heads with anxiety weighing down our hearts, here is one of the most powerful things we can do. This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

In our struggles against anxiety, remember that there is also a spiritual enemy against us. But Pastor Mike encourages us to fight back because we can take the enemy down with one word.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Jesus makes an incredible offering to help us battle anxiety. It starts with seeking these two things.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

When we’re anxious, it’s so easy to think of everything that’s wrong or could go wrong. So then we just flip that thinking. But how? Pastor Mike gives us the second practical step to battling anxiety.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Is anxiety part of your story? Pastor Mike opens up the Bible and helps us deal with anxiety with this simple first step.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

How do you define hope? We all agree that hope is a good thing to hold on to, but what exactly is it? And what happens if you put your hope in the wrong thing? This message will help you define one of Christmas’ important words—hope.Help us meet our $450,000 Challenge Grant! As a thanks for your financial support, Pastor Mike wants to send you our 2022 Spiritual Growth Calendar, along with his book, "Words That Matter." https://bit.ly/3lJ4V9s

You hear these words all Christmas season, but what do they ACTUALLY mean? Pastor Mike and Dr. Bruce Becker dissect these four Christmas buzzwords. And in the process, we learn which classic Christmas movies Pastor Mike has never seen (and probably never will), how the Bible defines love, and what Pastor Mike would say to those going through some emotional and mental health challenges this season. The guys also talk about this month's challenge grant! Some generous friends have offered a $450,000 Challenge Grant to help more people find eternal satisfaction in Jesus! As a thank-you for your donation, you'll get a spiritual growth calendar and Pastor Mike's book, "Words That Matter." Starting Sunday, you can get these resources at timeofgracestore.org with your gift to the ministry.

For people living with constant pain, it's tempting to believe the lie that God is not good. Pastor Mike shares a verse from Jesus' brother James that gives us three things to remember in order to resist believing that deception.Get your 365-day devotional, "Life to the Full: Devotions to Help You Seek God Every Day," at https://bit.ly/3cLoAk4Check out our newest podcast, "The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside." Search for it wherever you get your podcasts!Sign up for our daily email that keeps you rooted in Jesus! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/Follow Pastor Mike on Instagram @pastormikenovotny

When tragedy strikes, like it did at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, many of us are left wondering, “Why?” As Pastor Mike explains, instead of focusing on the “why,” we should focus on the “who.”

To be grateful for the hard times in your life is difficult. Pastor Mike asks: Do you think it’s possible that you could only get to certain places spiritually if you had first passed through the difficulties of pain, suffering, and hardship? The apostle Paul, a guy who was incredibly grateful and went through an incredible amount of suffering, is going to help us thank God even when we hurt.Check out our newest podcast, "The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside." Search for it wherever you get your podcasts!Sign up for our daily email that keeps you rooted in Jesus! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/Follow Pastor Mike on Instagram @pastormikenovotny

Listen to the entire devotional series from this week as Pastor Mike teaches us what true joy and peace looks like.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Peace isn’t a perfect life. What it is might surprise you. And you can have it at all times.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

There will always be something that threatens our peace—a diagnosis, financial stress, or relationship struggles. But peace isn’t just about being trouble-free. Pastor Mike shares a simple technique that will help you remember how to get true peace.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

There’s a special joy that never ends. And the good news, Pastor Mike says, is that you can have that kind of joy right now.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

How do we find the good kind of joy that God gives us? It doesn’t have to be hard if we just do this, Pastor Mike says.This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Why is it that some of the things that are bad for us can make us so happy in the moment? Even the Bible admits there’s a joy that comes from sin, Pastor Mike says. So how do we know if the joy we have is good or bad?This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast!Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app.To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

If you struggle with gratitude, Pastor Mike says to read and chew on this 202-word sentence from the apostle Paul. Because it will remind you that you already have everything.Check out our newest podcast, "The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside." Search for it wherever you get your podcasts!Sign up for our daily email that keeps you rooted in Jesus! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/Follow Pastor Mike on Instagram @pastormikenovotny

When God takes away your health or your security or the life you long for, it feels like you have more reason to grumble than to be thankful. How can you be grateful when so many things go wrong? Today’s message has the apostle Paul’s powerful answer. Check out our newest podcast, "The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside." Search for it wherever you get your podcasts! Sign up for our daily email that keeps you rooted in Jesus! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Follow Pastor Mike on Instagram @pastormikenovotny

How do we avoid the constant temptation to grumble and gripe, especially as we get closer to Thanksgiving? Pastor Mike is joined again by Amber Albee Swenson—Time of Grace blogger, writer, and podcaster—as they give us a preview of November's TV message series, "Choose Gratitude Over Grumbling." Listen and learn how we can keep our perspective of God in the right place, how to prove that we're not just using God, and be reminded that God has marked us as his. Bonus: Learn how Pastor Mike is the mean group leader in his small group, how Amber forgot the most important word that starts with "J", and their go-to to get out of the grumble cycle! Pastor Mike and Amber also talk about this month's resource, our 365-daily devotional, "Life to the Full: Devotions to Help You Seek God Every Day." This devotional gets you into God’s Word daily and helps you apply his truth to your life. Get "Life to the Full" starting this Sunday, Nov. 7!

What do you do, what do you think, and how do you deal with Jesus when you don't agree with him? Pastor Mike gives two reasons why when you disagree with Jesus, you should give up the seat of authority and willingly die to trying to have the last word.

You're not the best, the strongest, the fastest, the most patient, or the most loving. But God isn't waiting for that day or that year when you finally start winning a few victories. It's when you feel stuck and at your weakest when you see God's glory.

Listen to the entire series from this past week as Pastor Mike answers more tough questions from viewers like you. This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

What does generosity look like? Pastor Mike flips this issue on its head and warns us not to give TOO much. This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Are you like Pastor Mike and sometimes get nervous of others' reactions when you tell people you're a Christian? It feels like the world is against Christians. What can you do? This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Was Jesus just a really good teacher? or prophet? Or are there clues in the Bible that show Jesus is God? This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

How do we keep believing in Jesus in the midst of unspeakable horrors being committed against Christians every day? This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Do you have to confess to others in order to be forgiven? Pastor Mike challenges us to think of this question in a different way: SHOULD you confess? This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

"Let my people go," God said 3,500 years ago to the king of Egypt who enslaved God's people. God fought to set his people free. And though he no longer uses frogs or flies like he did back then, God still fights for us today. Pastor Mike shares two of those ways in today's message.

When life gets messy and complicated, we find ourselves wanting to tap out, give up, and object to God. But God doesn't give up on us. Pastor Mike shows us three things God does to overcome our objections and arguments with him while providing for us during our time of need.

God certainly can do miracles. But he normally doesn't. Instead, he works through the most natural people and natural means. Pastor Mike explores the story of Moses to uncover three ways God works through ordinary people like us. Check out our newest podcast, "The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside." Search for it wherever you get your podcasts! Sign up for our daily email that keeps you rooted in Jesus! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Follow Pastor Mike on Instagram @pastormikenovotny

We may not have Moses' staff or the ten plagues to help us, but we are still like Moses in many ways. Like how we oftentimes don't think God can use us. But oh yes, God can and does certainly use us. Pastor Mike is joined by Amber Albee Swenson this month to give us a sneak peek at October's TV message series that takes a look at Moses' life and ours, "Am I Strong Enough?" Pastor Mike and Amber—Time of Grace blogger, writer, and podcaster—touch upon burning bush moments (or lack thereof in our lives), worry, idolatry, how God uses us, and many more topics! They also talk about October's resources. "Gifted for More" is a book by Dr. Bruce Becker. This engaging study shows you how to discover your own giftedness. Also included is Amber's book, "Chosen for More," which encourages you in the special role you have to play in God's story. Starting Sunday, you can get these resources at timeofgracestore.org with your gift to the ministry. Bonus! Pastor Mike and Amber had such a great, in-depth discussion about her book that we broke that off into a bonus episode! Look for it!

God uses ordinary people just like you. Need some evidence? Just open the Bible! Pastor Mike and Amber Albee Swenson talk about her book, "Chosen for More," and how God uses people right where they're at. Amber talks about how her book walks us through people in the Bible who were pretty ordinary but God used them anyway. Get Amber's book as part of our October package! You'll also get "Gifted for More" by Dr. Bruce Becker. This engaging study shows you how to discover your own giftedness. Starting Sunday, you can get these resources at timeofgracestore.org with your gift to the ministry.

How do we pray powerful and effective prayers? Pastor Jeremy shares what we can do to ensure God hears and answers our prayers, while reminding us that prayer is the powerful way God has equipped us to make a difference in our world. Check out our newest podcast, "The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside." Search for it wherever you get your podcasts! Sign up for our daily email that keeps you rooted in Jesus! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Follow Pastor Mike on Instagram @pastormikenovotny

When life seems unfair and we're crying out to God in prayer, why does he take so long to bring about justice? Why do we need to keep knocking and keep praying? Pastor Mike says there is a reason why Jesus makes us wait. Strengthen your prayer life with our devotional prayer journal, "The Power of Devoted Prayer": https://bit.ly/3DBQ9IB Check out our newest podcast, "The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside." Search for it wherever you get your podcasts! Sign up for our daily email that keeps you rooted in Jesus! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Follow Pastor Mike on Instagram @pastormikenovotny

Listen to the entire devotional series from this past week as Pastor Mike walks us through how we can stop making unhealthy comparisons of ourselves against others. This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

It’s not a bad thing to notice the differences in spiritual gifts that you have. What IS bad is when you let the differences do what it did to Pastor Mike—make you cry. Here’s how to avoid that. This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

We all want to be noticed—known and applauded with likes, hearts, and thumbs-up on social media. But these outward appearances aren’t what matter. This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.

Whether God made you above-average smart or your grades weren’t that great or you fall somewhere in between, you have this significant thing in common. This week's devotional series by Pastor Mike is also featured on our Grace Talks Daily Devotional podcast! Check out our newest podcast, The Nonmicrowaved Truth with C.L. Whiteside! Search for it on your favorite podcast app. To stay rooted in Jesus, subscribe to our daily email! https://timeofgrace.org/subscribe/ Time of Grace is a donor-supported effort.