Hey there, I'm Christine, and I'm so excited to welcome you to the Equipment in Power

podcast.

Now my prayer is that our time together each week encourages you, awakens you to the

purposes of God in your life, and activates you to follow Jesus wholeheartedly as you

live on mission for him.

Hey podcast listeners, if you have ever found yourself wanting to give up,

you're going to want to hear what we're about to share with you.

Christine has put together a list of 10 of her favorite scriptures to encourage

you to keep going when you just want to quit.

Go to Christinecane.com forward slash don't quit to get your copy so that you'll

have encouragement ready for the next time you're finding it hard to keep

believing that the best is yet to come.

Now let's dive in to today's message.

Hey everyone, I am so grateful that you have joined me today.

I know that God has a word for you.

And in my preparation, I read a lot about marathon runners.

I probably know more than I ever wanted to know about marathon runners.

I have friends that run marathons, but I like to read about marathons instead of

running them.

But what I did learn was that although there are some variations,

there seem to be basically seven major discipline practices in the life of

modern day marathoners out of first Corinthians chapter nine,

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