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This week, Paul wants to encourage you to approach your daily Bible reading

like an archaeologist, digging deep, asking questions,

and uncovering the hidden treasures of God's Word.

Here's this week's Wednesday's Word.

How is your daily Bible reading going so far in 2025?

Now that January and February are over,

I'm guessing that the new year motivation to do something new has probably worn off.

So, I want to encourage you, if you're struggling to dig into God's Word every day,

it's never too late to start or restart.

I would also encourage you to truly dig into the Bible.

Read scripture like an archaeologist.

I'm not talking about piecing together genealogies or looking at historical dates and maps, or making sense of units of measurement like a cubit, efa, or shekel.

Dig for hidden treasures on every page.

Think about how an archaeologist operates.

When they hit something new or confusing on a dig, like a random shard of pottery or broken

piece of arrowhead, what do they do?

They immediately stop and think,

something bigger has to be close by. But what happens when we come across something seemingly

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