316 - Helping People Change

The PowerBreak Podcast

Program 316 – SHOW NOTES (2024 – 36)

Show date – September 10, 2024

THE Q&A FORMAT

  1. OPEN with Tease

(Bob) “This is the PowerBreak Podcast, number 316 titled:

“Helping People Change”

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– I’m Bob Brubaker along with JT, as we hope you will stay tuned as we seek to give you a little power in this break to help you succeed in the race of life.”

  1. (JT) This is the – PowerBreak Podcast – with a focus on the spiritual, the mental, and the physical aspects – all to help you succeed in the race of life. For show notes from today’s podcast go to bobbrubaker.com and follow the link for the PowerBreak podcast.

 

  1. Welcome – Bob and JT – talk about PROGRAM 316 – “HPC?”

 

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  1. TRANSITION

BB –  We are talking today about  “Helping People Change”

 

So JT What does that title bring up to your mind? ((JT ANSWERS))

 

  1. Bob – POINT:  As much as we’d like to change people, we can’t in ourselves… but God can through us… it’s just important to follow the guidelines….

 

2 Timothy 2:24–26 (ESV) — 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

TODAY --- “Helping People Change”

  1. JT ------ OK THEN LET’S TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THAT as we bring up… WHAT’S NEW –  as we open Bob’s recent blog from bobbrubaker.com …

“Helping People Change”

 

  1. Presentation and discussion of Bob’s published article,
  • Bob and JT discuss highlights of the PowerBreak blog

“Helping People Change”

 

Bob concludes with “The PowerBreak blog is found at bobbrubaker.com”             ((((:03 PAUSE))))

 

  1. JT – What’s happening Bob? What would you like our listeners to know about this week?

 

  1. Bob – Relief In Suffering –… & Sermon link on the website.

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  1. JT – This is the PowerBreak Podcast, I’m JT along with Bob Brubaker and this is the –– time for some questions and answers. Feel free to submit your questions by EMAIL TO JT@bobbrubaker.com and we’ll get to the answer on an upcoming PowerBreak. Podcast…

 

JT – Question ONE - FROM THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF LIFE….

It sounds like anyone who would desire to help another person change, has a lot of work to do before they even begin the hard process. Is it worth it?

  1. Bob

Although some people would say no… because they are accustomed to quick fixes, which means they either are not as dedicated to seeing the person change as they thought or expressed OR… they are just looking for window dressing change which is really no. change at all.

BUT CONSIDER frin what a person is changed and to what a person is changed…

2 Timothy 2:24–26 (ESV) — 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

To be a part of that… takes time, effort, lots of prayer, and loads of patience as well as preparation… but to help one person escape the snare of the devil after being captured by him to do his will.     WORTHWHILE

DISCUSSION

 

  1. JT – Question Two… “FROM THE MENTAL ASPECT”

What is an appropriate mental strategy to be “the Lord’s servant” and help people change.

  1. Bob

1 Corinthians 4:1–2 (ESV) — 1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Luke 16:10 (ESV) — 10 “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Luke 15:4–7 (ESV) — 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

 

Discussion

  1. Third question … Turning to the Physical

 

I know you are given to getting up early, therefore you and Jan go to bed pretty early in the evening, so what do you say to those people who are given to be “night owls?” Can they change their circadian rhythm?

 

  1. Bob ---

Everyone has a chronotype that dictates when they are naturally predisposed to sleep and wake. For people with evening chronotypes, otherwise known as night owls, research suggests your mental health could be influenced by the associated staying up late and sleeping in.

That should be a motivation….

Realigning your circadian rhythm to the natural rhythm of daylight and nightfall. Without this synchronization, aspects of your waking/sleeping system will be working at a less-than-ideal time. The following three factors will help "anchor" your biological rhythm, which will make falling asleep easier while promoting body clock synchronization and optimal health.

  • Get bright daylight exposure, ideally around solar noon, for at least half an hour or more each day. This will "anchor" your circadian rhythm and make it less prone to drifting if you're exposed to light later in the evening.
  • Then, in the evening, put on blue-blocking glasses and/or dim environmental lights and avoid source of blue light wavelength (this includes LED light bulbs, TVs and most electronic gadgets).
  • When it's time to go to sleep, make sure your bedroom is pitch black. installing blackout shades for this purpose or using a sleep mask. Also, keep in mind that digital alarm clocks with blue light displays could have a detrimental effect, so if you have to use an LED clock, opt for one with a red display, and set it on its dimmest setting.

What say you JT?

JT comments

Bob’s final comment – It takes discipline to…

 

 

Point: DISCIPLINE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE --- in all aspects of life

Closing statement Bob…. “check out today’s show notes at bobbrubaker.com and click on the PowerBreak podcast – today’s show is 316.

 

  1. JT – Submit your questions by EMAIL to JT@bobbrubaker.com and listen for OUR answer on an upcoming PowerBreak Podcast (((:03 pause)))

 

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