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Lord, Make Me More Bold

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on February 26, 2017
  • Devotions

Do you want to live and speak more boldly for Jesus Christ? I do. How badly do we want it? Do we want it enough to ask, seek, and knock until God answers us and to take […]

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What God Allows

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on February 2, 2017February 2, 2017
  • Christians

So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming […]

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Humble Yourself

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 28, 2017
  • Christians

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved […]

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The Narrow Way and the Broad Way

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 26, 2017
  • Christians

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way […]

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Going Out in Christ’s Authority

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 22, 2017
  • Christianity

“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name […]

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How to Live with the End in Mind

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 20, 2017
  • Christians

Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a […]

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Family Pain

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 17, 2017January 17, 2017
  • Christians

​ Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain (Psalm 127:1a, ESV). There’s no pain like family pain. “Unless the LORD builds the house,” the house will be built in vain and filled with pain. Family […]

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The Place for Pursuing Wisdom

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 15, 2017
  • Christians

The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple (Psalm 19:7b, ESV). God speaks to us through all He has created and all He has written. Psalm 19:7 is a prompt to consider the faithfulness of […]

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Sufficient for You

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 11, 2017March 6, 2019
  • Christians

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of […]

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Worshiping with a Broken Heart

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 8, 2017
  • Christians

I looked across the table at my boyfriend and replayed his words in my mind. “I just don’t enjoy spending time with you.” I never knew a heart could break so suddenly, so rudely — […]

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Trauma Is Not a Life Sentence

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on January 5, 2017
  • Christians

Trauma is a certain kind of suffering — the kind that overwhelms one’s ability to cope. A whole class of wounds that cripple. A wound that buries itself deep in our consciousness. A tragedy too heavy for […]

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Don’t Trade Away God’s Help Today

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 31, 2016
  • Christians

In the new year, you will make and keep lots of different appointments. We all have appointments in our lives that we would never miss. It could be the doctor. It could be for our […]

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My Prayer for Next Year

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 28, 2016
  • Christians

What dreams do you have for the new year? What do you wish would be different about you, your marriage, your family, your job, or your ministry? Some of us may have been thinking about […]

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God Came Down

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 25, 2016
  • Christians

The allure of Christmas has a strange power over us, even the unbelieving and seemingly secularized. The season has a kind a draw, a type of “spirit” or “magic,” that makes the winter solstice festival […]

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Identity Lies

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 23, 2016
  • Christians

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23, ESV). Who are you? The world would like to answer that […]

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Big Prayers—Big Peace

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 18, 2016
  • Christians

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your […]

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GOD’S WILL IN ONE WORD

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 14, 2016
  • Christians

This is the will of God, your sanctification (1 Thessalonians 4:3a, ESV). Often discussions about God’s will seem to revolve around answering life’s big questions like where we go to college, who we choose to marry, which […]

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Sledgehammer Blows to Fear

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 13, 2016
  • Christians

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will […]

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The Wisdom in What God Doesn’t Say

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 11, 2016
  • Christians

We know that God is very wise in the things he says, even if they can be very difficult to understand (2 Peter 3:16). But I think it’s the things God doesn’t say that cause […]

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Lord, Deliver Me from Distraction

  • by Daniel Crane
  • Posted on December 7, 2016
  • Christians

Since the fall of man, people have had trouble staying focused, but we live today in an age of unprecedented distraction. Since you’re already reading this on some electronic device, I don’t need to elaborate. […]

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