Challenging Tidbits

**Don’t forget to smile and/or laugh today! Humor does a body good. **Do you wanna be fit for the Master’s use? God wants you to be fit for His use. **Your body needs a constant, daily supply of water. Are you drinking enough of it? If not, take the water challenge.

Tidbit 1   Humor Time   

MARRIAGE AND COFFEE 

Shortly after tying the knot, a young married couple started arguing over who should make the coffee. Being a good Christian woman, the wife went to the scriptures for her answer. She said that the Bible specifically stated that men should be the ones to make the coffee.

Puzzled, the husband asked her where in the Bible it said that. Very confidently, the wife opened up her Bible and said: “It’s right here—HEBREWS.”

ADAM & EVE

After having children, Adam and Eve started getting a lot of questions from their kids about why they no longer lived in Eden.  Adam had a simple answer for this: “Your mother ate us out of house and home.

A boy asks his father, “Dad, are bugs good to eat?” “That’s disgusting.  Don’t talk about things like that over dinner,” the dad replies.”  After dinner the father asks, “Now, son, what did you want to ask me?”  “Oh, nothing,” the boy says. “There was a bug in your soup, but now it’s gone.”     

Tidbit 2   Fit 4 the Master’s Use Health Ministries

I founded Fit for the Master’s Use Health Ministries in 1998 (under the name “Smart Choice“).  I taught healthy living classes at my church.  I began to be invited to speak at other churches. My first social platform was this blog. As I share here, on my radio broadcast and on other social media platforms, I get encouragement from 1 Corinthians 3:6 which reads, I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.  My job is to inform, encourage, motivate, educate, and challenge.  I leave the outcome up to you and God.  I include you because you have to decide if or how you use information that I share.

[Click on the video below to hear the oral presentation of this blog and to hear the theme song that God gave me.]

Tidbit 3   The Water Challenge

Are you drinking enough water? Drinking enough water is one of the most important steps you can take to improve and maintain your health.  You lose water every day through your urine, bowel movements, breath, and perspiration.  Because your body does so much, it needs a constant fresh supply daily.  It needs water to continuously flow in, through and out of the body.

Among other things, water:

  • softens your stool and can help keep you regular.
  • is essential for carrying poisons out of the body.
  • is the best treatment for fluid retention.
  • lubricates your joints and organs.  
  • transports nutrients throughout the body.

Joint pain, arthritis, high blood pressure, digestion problems and asthma may be signs that you need to drink more water. Lack of water can lead to dehydration. Even mild dehydration can drain your energy and make you tired.

Linda was an elderly lady who lived by herself.  A neighbor, who came to check on her every day, noticed that Linda began to forget things.  One day Linda just walked right into the ocean that was near her town.  There were people around who rescued her.  Her son, who lived out of town, put her in a nursing home and Linda was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

Long story short – Somehow they discovered that the only thing wrong with Linda was that she was dehydrated. They began giving her liquids through an IV.  She slowly recovered and returned to her normal self.

If you’re the person who knows that you get a sufficient amount of water throughout the day – I applaud you.  Keep up the good work!  For those of you who know you need to drink more water – I have a challenge for you. 

Most of us need to drink between 8-10 cups (as a general rule of thumb) of water per day.  For some people, fewer than eight glasses a day might be enough.  But other people might need more.

I challenge you to drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water every day for 30 days.  I want you to get an accountability partner or partners. You decide when you will begin.

Here are some ways to get that water in.

  • When you get out of bed in the morning.  Your body has gone all night long without any water.
  • With each meal and between meals drink water.
  • Before, during and after exercise.

You may say, “If I drink all of that water, I’ll have to go to the bathroom too much.”  Well, what comes in has to go out. You’ll just have to get used to it.  Just be happy that you’re doing something to contribute to your health.

Change requires commitment, consistency, and determination.  Make up your mind at the very beginning that you will complete this challenge.  Visualize potential obstacles.  Visualize yourself overcoming those potential obstacles.  Go ahead and get sources that will motivate you to keep going like, Bible verses, CDs, DVDs and books. Remember to check in with your accountability partner.

When circumstances get difficult or it seems useless to continue, remind yourself that you made up your mind at the very beginning.  It’s a done deal!  If you’re a born again believer, you can do all things through Christ!


If you know Jesus Christ as your Savior, now is the time to get to know Him even better.  If you don’t know Him, accepting Him as your Savior will be one of the wisest decisions you will ever make.

Thanks for stopping by.  Feel free to share any tips or positive thoughts. 
Until next time, have a blessed day!

The information that I have shared with you is intended for informational purposes only.  Check with your physician if you have health issues.

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Merry Tidbits

SMILE! It’s hard to smile and be sad at the same time. What do you say about a Christmas gift you don’t like? Have you jumped off the “healthy living” wagon? It’s not too late to jump back on. Make a plan and finish strong in 2020.

Tidbit 1   Christmas Humor

Things To Say About A Christmas Gift You Don’t Like

  • If the dog buries it, I’ll be furious!
  • To think — I got this the year I vowed to give all my gifts to charity.
  • I love it — but I fear the jealousy it will inspire.
  • Sadly, tomorrow I enter the Federal Witness Protection Program.

“Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and receipts for all major purchases.” – Bridger Winegar

“Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.” – Author Unknown

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On the Sunday before Christmas Reverend Billy Graham was walking down Highland Street in Mt Holly, North Carolina on his way to see a parishioner. However, he wanted to post a parcel urgently so he asked a young boy where he could find the post office. When the boy had directed him, Reverend Graham thanked him and said, ‘If you’ll come to the Church this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get to heaven.’

The boy replied, ‘I think I’ll give your sermon a miss. If you don’t even know your way to the post office, how will you lead me to heaven?’

Click below to view a special Christmas PowerPoint presentation.

Tidbit 2   Finish Strong

There’s something in the air from Thanksgiving until New Year’s Day that makes you want to indulge in ALL the holiday treats. Something that makes you say, “I’ll start doing better next year.”  There’s something that makes you want to forget about exercise, forget about calories, etc., etc. There are the treats that you only get during this time of the year like egg nogg, Christmas cookies, fruit cake and pumpkin pie.  Some people simply jumped off the “healthy living” wagon because the temptations were too great.

I don’t know about you, but I can do a lot of damage between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day if I don’t keep myself on track. So I know that I can’t just let myself go crazy and forget about my health goals.  I can’t afford to say, I’ll start all over again in January. If I go two days without doing some form of physical activity, it’s hard for me to get started again. If I go two days without any type of raw vegetable, I just don’t feel right. If I went from Thanksgiving until January without working on my goals, I don’t know if I would ever get started again. It would definitely be much harder for me get started again.

Have you jumped off the “healthy living” wagon?  Well, it’s not too late to get back on.  Start thinking about the things you can do today, then start planning. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.  Keep moving forward and finish 2020 strong!

Tidbit 3   Anniversary Time

This is the 10th year that the Fit 4 the Master’s Use radio broadcast has been on WNCA 1570AM, Siler City, NC. Prior to 2010, I was a guest on my sister, Pastor Charlotte Bryant’s broadcast. I thank Pastor Bryant, Praise Tabernacle and the Lord for that beginning.  Many times, I have wanted to throw up my hands and quit.  Many times, I wondered whether or not I was making a difference. It takes time and research to produce those little 15-minute broadcasts.  Sometimes I wonder what in the world am I going to present next.  What topic is left?  Then God steps in and gives me something.  He has been and continues to be faithful.

Years ago, I began this healthy living quest because I was dealing with a health issue.  I had no idea that I would be inviting others to come along on this quest with me.  I haven’t done and still don’t do everything perfectly.  I eat too much sometimes.  I eat unhealthy foods sometimes.  I am a work in progress.  I’ll continue to be a work in progress until the day I die. 

I’ve shared many times before; my goal is not to live to be 100.  I just want to feel good, with no pain, or as less pain possible, while I live. I want to be able to drive myself around.  I want to be able to care for myself.  I don’t want to be so sick and tired that it negatively affects my ability to do what God has called me to do.  We all have a destiny to fulfill. We all have gifts.  I hope you will continue to join me in 2021 on this healthy living quest.

I hope you enjoyed these merry tidbits.

If you know Jesus Christ as your Savior, now is the time to get to know Him even better.  If you don’t know Him, accepting Him as your Savior will be one of the wisest decisions you will ever make.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a blessed day!


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