346 - Go And Make Disciples

The PowerBreak Podcast

Program 346– SHOW NOTES (2025 – 15)

Show date – April 15, 2025

THE Q&A FORMAT

  1. OPEN with Tease

(Bob) “This is the PowerBreak Podcast, number 346 titled:

Go And Make Disciples

 

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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 “Go And Make Disciples”

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

 

  1. Bob – POINT: People know the great commission but how many people live it… as in making disciples.

 

2 Timothy 2:1–2 (ESV) — 1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

 

TODAY ---  “Go And Make Disciples”  (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 …

“Go And Make Disciples ”

 

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

“Go and Make Disciples”

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 – Manly Man Bible Study Series For Discipleship Volume One –… & 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 jtrebino@mac.com and we’ll get to the answer on an upcoming PowerBreak. Podcast…

 

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

 

Why are most Christians involved in discipling and what can be done about it?

 

  1. Bob

Most Christians that I have asked about discipling are not involved because they were never discipled so it’s foreign and something they think they can never do because as they say they are not qualified.

 

2 Timothy 2:1–2 (ESV) — 1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

 

Discipling is not based upon ability, rather avail – ability. Are you willing to learn…. So you can pass along to another what you have gained.

 

It’s not a knowledge as in facts and answers to hard questions. It’s building life on life into another person but the fact is it’s iron sharpening iron.

 

The benefit of meeting goes both ways.

 

I like to use some scriptural based study as a guideline for discussion but it’s discussion time, including small talk and having the opportunity to share life with each other, find solutions in the Bible, and pray.

 

DISCUSSION

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

How can we mentally bring ourselves to stepping up to disciple another person?

  1. Bob

Matthew 28:18–20 (ESV) — 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

 

  1. Discussion
  2. Third question … Turning to the Physical

We’ve all heard about the benefits of magnesium in helping us relax and sleep better, but what is up with the study that showed magnesium’s major role in mental health?

 

  1. Bob --- Thanks to Steve Born from Hammer Nutrition

126 participants - 48 men and 78 women; average age 52 - diagnosed with mild-to-moderate depression were involved in a trial conducted earlier this year at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine. Half of the participants received magnesium supplements supplying 248 mg of elemental magnesium (from magnesium chloride) daily for six weeks, followed by a six-week period with no magnesium supplementation. The other half of the participants followed a protocol where they received no magnesium supplements for the first six weeks, followed by the same 248 mg dose of elemental magnesium for the remaining six weeks. Study participants' anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed at the beginning of the study, and via questionnaires and phone interviews every two weeks during the 12-week period.

The results for both groups showed that magnesium supplementation significantly reduced anxiety and depression scores, with beneficial effects occurring within the first two weeks. Scores for both anxiety and depression did not improve for either group during the six-week period of no supplementation. Researchers also noted that magnesium supplements alleviated headaches as compared to no supplementation.

The results for both groups showed that magnesium supplementation significantly reduced anxiety and depression scores, with beneficial effects occurring within the first two weeks. Scores for both anxiety and depression did not improve for either group during the six-week period of no supplementation. Researchers also noted that magnesium supplements alleviated headaches as compared to no supplementation.

The study's conclusion: Magnesium is effective for mild-to-moderate depression in adults. It works quickly and is well tolerated without the need for close monitoring for toxicity.

 

JT’s Comments

 

Take Aways – JT …. And Bob

 

 

Bob’s final comment – It takes discipline to look into the benefits of magnesium to see if is right for you… but there are many benefits from the right supplement.

 

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 346.

 

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

 

  1. (((commercial by Bob))) –Manly Man Bible Study Series For Discipleship Volume One

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