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Hey there, I'm Christine, and I'm so excited to welcome you to the Equip and Empower 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've joined us today. I truly believe that God has a word for you.

You know, I wonder, have you ever been in a store and kind of seen something in the window that

you really, really love and you wanted to buy it? But when you went in and asked about the price,

the assistant said, I'm sorry, that's just for display. It's not for sale. Now, that happened to me

recently when I wanted to buy this beautiful pot I'd seen on display

and a shop window. And I went in and I started chatting to the chick and we had a great conversation.

But she said to me, you know, when I said, look, how much is that pot? I love that. That would

just look great. I'm renovating my house at the moment. But she said, no, no, that was something

that she'd brought in from her house

because she wanted to enhance the display right there at the store, but it was not for sale. It wasn't for sale because it meant a lot to their family, and she just wasn't willing to part with it. And I tried, listen, I pulled out all of my Greek charm, I tried everything, I offered her

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