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Finding Delight — Week 5
1 Corinthians 15 delighted me this week. It did me good to think deeply about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and my death and resurrection. God’s omnipotence and the reality of resurrection fills me with hope and encourages my faith. What is there for me to fear if I believe Christ was raised and, therefore,…
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Finding Delight — Week 4
This may seem like a small thing to find delight in, but made me happy. Matthew 26:6 says, “Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper…” Leviticus 13 and 14 provide the details regarding lepers and how they were to be treated. Those with skin diseases were pronounced unclean. They…
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Surprised by the Word
I’m using Professor Horner’s Bible reading system this year. I do not know the history behind his method; however, I think it was developed solely for the purpose of reading through the whole Bible faster and more than once in a calendar year. If you aren’t familiar with the plan, the gist of it is…
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Finding Delight — Week 3
This week I took delight in meditating on Psalm 19. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their measuring line goes out through…
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Finding Delight – Week 2
I found the word delight in Proverbs this week. In Proverbs 8 I found the personification of Wisdom. In verse 30, Wisdom says, “and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.” It delighted me to simply meditate on that for a…
Leslie Wiggins 