Daily Challenges Archive

I do not like seeing anyone suffer. I’m sure you don’t either. But, as much as i hate to see it happen even when it is a person who brings it on themselves, I really hate to see those in their family pay a price for their greed and crooked actions...

I find it a bit entertaining that in St Augustine Florida the “Fountain of Youth” is located on Hospital Creek. If a dip in the fountain restores your vigor and youth who needs a hospital. Obviously we are all aware there is no real Fountain of Yo...

Almost every day it seems I hear about a friend or acquaintance who is facing an unforeseen battle. It can be a health crisis or a social or even a financial crisis that came out of nowhere. A wife walks in and, with no prior indication, tells a h...

This proverb is about not getting to enjoy the fruit of one’s own labor. It is about the slothful, one who depends on others diligence to provide things that he wants and likes. It is also the reason why they often do without. In my life I have do...

This verse is about looking for good in others lives. What a great way to live. I know I certainly love being around those kind of people. In this verse Solomon lets us know that we benefit by being that kind of person. It is returned to us as oth...

I saw this in an article the other day, “An international team of public health specialists, addiction researchers, cardiovascular and metabolic health professionals and nutritionists has found that switching from a typical Western diet to a healt...

Solomon’s letting us know the obvious, a slothful or lazy person will experience destruction and collapse in their life and it will happen swiftly. Like the thief who does not advertise their approach but suddenly appears and wreaks havoc. Like th...

Wisdom, Jesus, didn’t just watch His Father create the world, He participated. We are told else where in scripture that everything that was created was created by Jesus. I love pondering not only the power but also the creativity of the act of cre...

In yesterday’s verse we learned that there is no escaping being burned by sexual sin. Today he goes even farther by telling us it will kill you. Maybe physically but definitely it kills healthy relationships and spiritual growth, at least until it...

Only a magician can do this and then it’s only a trick. Solomon is making the point that adultery comes with the same guarantee of being severely hurt as having an open flame in your lap and next to your chest. Like a magician if it seems to not a...

Kind of appropriate that this verse fell on today’s schedule as we go verse by verse through Proverbs. It’s primary elections day in Alabama. I am not foolish enough to suggest who anyone should vote for. However, as you try to decide, this passag...

Who would argue with this? Actually we all tend to. Sometimes we can blatantly ignore what we know is true. Even those without the Holy Spirit have the truth built deep inside. Those of us who claim the name of Jesus have the presence of God’s voi...