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Proverbs Daily

Proverbs Daily

Fred Lynch 225 Episodes Sep 22, 2026

A daily podcast offering short, under-five-minute reflections from the Book of Proverbs. Each episode provides bite-sized wisdom and timeless biblical insights to help listeners start their day with purpose. The show encourages a community of listeners to absorb and share these teachings for a richer life.

Episodes

Read The Season
Read The Season Sep 22, 2026 236 Proverbs 22:3 says:“A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”Today's Episode: Read The Season.So it’s September in Texas, and Texas hot does not play with nobody—not even in September.You can walk outside at seven in the morning, and the air already got an attitude.But just when you settle into believing it will stay hot fo
I Want You To Want Peace Too
I Want You To Want Peace Too Sep 21, 2026 180 Proverbs 21:3“The LORD is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.”Today's Episode: I Want You To Want Peace TooMarvin Gaye’s “I Want You” makes your shoulders and hips move before your heart realizes it’s listening to grief.But listen closely to what’s underneath that groove.He doesn’t just want somebody. He wants to be wanted back.And that’s the deepest b
Walking Without The Whole Map
Walking Without The Whole Map Sep 20, 2026 234 Proverbs 20:24“A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?”Today's Episode: WALKING WITHOUT THE WHOLE MAPIt was close to midnight, and I was driving by myself down one of those scary pine-tree-dark Mississippi roads.It was raining. I was exhausted.I volunteered at a small Baptist church to bring our youth ministry event to kids who couldn’t afford the big ‘ticketed’ one a
Correct Your Trajectory
Correct Your Trajectory Sep 19, 2026 197 Proverbs 19:20:“Listen well to wise counsel and be willing to learn from correction so that by the end of your life you’ll be known for your wisdom.”Today's Episode: Correct Your TrajectoryHave you ever watched somebody miss a turn, ignore the GPS, then get mad when it says, “Recalculating”?Baby, the GPS did not betray you. You refused correction.That’s how trajectory works. You don’t usually wake
SAY IT WHILE HE CAN HEAR IT
SAY IT WHILE HE CAN HEAR IT Sep 18, 2026 237 Proverbs 18:20 in the NLT says:“Wise words satisfy like a good meal; the right words bring satisfaction.”Today’s Episode: Say It While He Can Hear ItFathers are funny.We’ll give a complete stranger a whole scouting report on our son—his work ethic, his character, everything he has overcome. Then our son walks into the room and all we say is, “You good?” And son says, “Yep.” And we be like, “Aight.
Evil Knows Your Address
Evil Knows Your Address Sep 17, 2026 231 Proverbs 29:14“If you repay good with evil, evil will never leave your house.”Today is Constitution Day, commemorating the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787.Now, those delegates didn't gather because human beings always do the right thing. The whole system of divided powers and checks and balances rests on an honest confession: given enough time and unchecked power, anybody can dri
Plans In Pencil
Plans In Pencil Sep 16, 2026 240 Proverbs Daily is a reader-supported publication. All posts are free, but all donations help spread the message. When you see the word “upgrade,” you’re simply invited to help me make the sacred positively contagious…thank you in advance for becoming a free or paid subscriber.They had a plan. But what happens when history changes the calendar?The leaders of Mexico's independence movement were prep
IN A HOUSE OF MIRRORS
IN A HOUSE OF MIRRORS Sep 15, 2026 275 Proverbs 15:32“If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.”Everybody looks dangerous in a house of mirrors.In Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee enters a room where his enemy seems to be everywhere. He turns one way—enemy. Turns another—enemy. But most of what he sees isn’t his opponent. It’s a reflection.Correction feels like that. Somebo
DON’T THROW YOUR HELMET
DON’T THROW YOUR HELMET Sep 14, 2026 249 Proverbs 14:29"People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness." Are you watching the game tonight?That question has been opening conversations between men for generations. Monday Night Football used to feel stitched into the American male identity. For young me, knowing the teams, players and what happened Sunday could tell folks whether you were really inside
Grandma and Them Be Knowing
Grandma and Them Be Knowing Sep 13, 2026 225 Proverbs 13:14Grandma and them be knowing.I just got back from Wild Goose in North Carolina—shout-out to my Wild Goose family! A highlight was Jaki Shelton Green’s workshop. She’s been North Carolina’s poet laureate since 2018.She invited us to close our eyes, feel our cells and imagine the lineage they carry—the lives of our ancestors.Now, I’m the average American male. My emotional acuity hasn’t
Check the Replay
Check the Replay Sep 12, 2026 229 Proverbs 12:15 says:“The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.”Today's Episode: Check The ReplayAt the U.S. Open, one ball can land so close to the line that half the stadium sees it in and the other half sees it out.The player is certain.The opponent is certain.The crowd is certain.And somehow everybody saw a different ball!That’s why you check the replay.Not because yo
A City Still Standing
A City Still Standing Sep 11, 2026 249 Proverbs 11:11“Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.”Today's Episode: A City Still StandingTwenty-five years ago today, New York City took a wound the whole world could see.The towers fell, lives were stolen, families were changed forever and a nation stood tunned.Today, we remember the victims, the families carrying names and empty

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