331 - The Rare Quality Of Faithfulness

The PowerBreak Podcast

Program 331 – SHOW NOTES (2024 – 51)

Show date – December 24, 2024

THE Q&A FORMAT

  1. OPEN with Tease

(Bob) “This is the PowerBreak Podcast, number 331 titled:

“The Rare Quality Of Faithfulness”

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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.

 

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  1. TRANSITION

BB –  We are talking today about “The Rare Quality Of Faithfulness”

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

 

  1. Bob – POINT: God is faithful and He calls us to be faithful and there are great blessings found in striving to be faithful.

 

Psalm 31:23 (ESV) — 23 Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

 

  1. TODAY --- “Blessi The Rare Quality Of Faithfulness” (pause

 

  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 …

“The Rare Quality Of Faithfulness”

 

 

 

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

“The Rare Quality Of Faithfulness”

 

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 – The Power Of Gratitude –… & 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….

 

How is God’s faithfulness a driving force in motivating us in being faithful?

 

  1. Bob

Bottom line is we enjoy great benefits in God’s faithfulness.

If He was not faithful – He would not be God and we would be doomed.

Malachi 3:6 (ESV) — 6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

Lamentations 3:19–23 (ESV) — 19 Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! 20 My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. 21 But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

1 Thessalonians 5:24 (ESV) — 24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

1 Corinthians 1:9 (ESV) — 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 Timothy 2:11–13 (ESV) — 11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

 

DISCUSSION

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

How can we mentally bring ourselves to the discipline needed to be faithful in all aspects of life.

  1. Bob

Rely upon God’s faithfulness – FOCUS on that, then as a depended servant, who is happy just to be a servant of God, we seek Him for help in everything, therefore instead of relying upon our own strength which is pride, we seek His help and the power of the Holy Spirit to live a faithful life. Then it’s not us but Christ in me…. And you know He is faithful so shall we be in relying upon Him.

Discussion

 

  1. Third question … Turning to the Physical

Let’s talk about taking an assessment of our physical activity in preparation for goal setting for the coming year. How, why, and what are we assessing?

 

  1. Bob ---

We don’t have to get real technical or make it into something hard – it’s simply looking at the activity you have done over this past year and assess whether you have improved  but you can’t really make that call unless you take the time to see what you are doing and whether you have improved in strength, endurance, speed, etc. Which will help you set goals for the coming year which will give you opportunity to mark your improvement, which will encourage and motivate you to continue to do what you are doing … in the gym, on the road, treadmill, etc.

 

Before we do – JT – you lost how much weight this past year?

 

OK – let’s pick up what you are doing. Say you are walking and lifting weights.

How often do you walk? Was that your goal to walk say 3 to 5 days per week? How long does it normally take you? If you lift weights what are the key exercises you do and note how much weight you use. Mark these things down. Now you have an assessment for where you are and now you are ready to talk about goals.

Which we’ll. Talk about goal setting on the next program, which after the first of the year, we’ll be back talking about that on the podcast.

JT’s Comments

 

Bob’s final comment – It takes discipline to … assess your physical activity in preparation for making goals… BUT it will pay off in encouraging you in the coming year.

 

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 331.

 

  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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