EP 378: The Light Has Come — Don't Let the Darkness Win

Equip & Empower Podcast with Christine Caine

Equip and Empower

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The start of a new year can stir up a lot of emotions. Maybe you’re entering this season feeling tired, discouraged, or tempted to pull the covers over your head as the world feels darker and more uncertain. If that’s you—this message is for you. In this powerful episode, Christine Caine unpacks Isaiah 60 and delivers a timely reminder: even when darkness covers the earth, God’s light has already come. Now is not the time to shrink back—it’s time to rise up, shine boldly, and live out your God-given purpose with courage and hope. You’ll be encouraged, challenged, and reminded that God’s light is always greater than the darkness we face. ✨ In this episode, you’ll discover: • What it truly means to “arise and shine” in hard and uncertain seasons • Why darkness never has the final word when God’s light is present • How believers are called to reflect Christ’s hope to a hurting world This message will help you step into the new year with renewed faith, clarity, and confidence—no matter what you’re facing. 💛 Get your FREE Episode Reflection Guide: 👉 http://bit.ly/4gx1ZYk 📌 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share this message with someone who needs encouragement today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It truly is time for us to arise and shine.
0:04.0	It's time for us to wake up from the disappointment or the disillusionment or the fear or the discouragement or the insecurity.
0:12.0	Your greatest days are ahead. So it's time to get up, understand the light of Christ is in you and go into a dark and a lost world,
0:20.0	carry the love and the grace and the mercy and the goodness and the kindness and the peace and the joy of God and deposit those rays of light wherever you go.
0:31.0	And you will see despair turned into hope.
0:34.5	You will see hopelessness turned into hope.
0:37.2	You will see people come to the light of Christ
0:40.8	and find salvation and healing and deliverance. So be who God has called you to be to your world in this generation.
1:03.0	We've all faced moments where faith feels tired or peace feels so far away and we seem to have lost our joy. But flourishing is not found in the absence of storms or challenges.
1:08.0	It's actually found in digging deeper roots. So if you've been longing for
1:13.2	renewal, this book is going to help you to recover your peace, to rebuild your strength, to rediscover
1:20.4	your purpose in God and find your joy again. So take a deep breath. Pause and remember God's design for you.
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1:52.0	Your life has not changed. It's time to dig deep, to stand firm and discover the faith to flourish.
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2:04.9	Hey everyone, I'm christine cane and I am so grateful that you've joined us today. I know that God has a fresh word for you. You know, I've just returned from a six nation, 20 city missions trip.
2:12.0	And I've got to tell you that God is truly moving all over the world. I know that we're facing challenging and difficult
2:19.5	times, but in the midst of the darkness and the despair and the chaos all around us, I want
2:25.8	to remind you that God is still saving, he is still healing, and he is still delivering people all
2:31.9	over the globe. Today, we're going to look at a passage of
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