EP 395: Get Up and Walk: How to Move from Brokenness to Wholeness in Christ

Equip & Empower Podcast with Christine Caine

Equip and Empower

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What if the thing you’ve been praying for requires the response you’ve been avoiding? In this powerful message, we dive into John 5 and the story of the man at the Pool of Bethesda—a man who had been stuck for 38 years, waiting for change but bound by excuses, disappointment, and patterns. When Jesus asks him a seemingly simple question—“Do you want to get well?”—everything shifts. In this episode, Christine Caine unpacks the deeper meaning behind Jesus’ question and challenges us to confront the areas where we may be choosing comfort over transformation. With biblical truth and personal insight, she reveals how healing often requires participation, obedience, and the courage to let go of the past. If you’re tired of feeling stuck, defined by your past, or limited by your circumstances—this message will stir your faith and call you forward. ✨ If you’ve ever asked questions like: ● Why do I feel stuck even though I want change? ● What’s actually holding me back from healing? ● How do I move past my past? ● Why does God ask me to do things that feel impossible? ● Am I unknowingly choosing comfort over breakthrough? 💡 What you’ll learn: → How to identify and overcome the excuses keeping you stuck → Why willingness is key to experiencing true healing → What it practically looks like to “get up and walk” in faith 📘 Want to grow deeper in a flourishing life with God? Christine explores this more in The Faith to Flourish: 👉 ChristineCaine.com/Flourish 💛 Download your FREE Episode Reflection Guide: 👉 http://bit.ly/4gx1ZYk 🔔 Subscribe for weekly biblical teaching that will help you grow in faith, lead with courage, and live on mission for Jesus. + + + + 🖥️ SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/ChristineCaineSubscribe ORDER Christine’s NEW book, The Faith to Flourish → https://linktr.ee/christinecaine ORDER Christine's newest Bible Study → https://linktr.ee/christinecaine 💛 For more great stuff, check out: LISTEN to Christine Caine’s Life and Leadership Podcast→ https://linktr.ee/christinecaine DONATE to Equip & Empower Ministries: https://linktr.ee/christinecaine 📲 Follow Christine on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChristineCaine/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theChristineCaine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristineCaine Christine Caine is a speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and activist who has been serving the local church globally for over 30 years. She and her husband, Nick, founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign, which works at the local, domestic, and international level to end modern-day slavery. They also founded Equip & Empower, a ministry that is mobilizing people everywhere to live on mission for Jesus. Propel Women is an initiative of the ministry dedicated to coming alongside women around the globe to activate their God-given purpose. You can tune in to her weekly Equip and Empower Podcast to be encouraged by the hope of Jesus wherever you are. Christine holds a Master’s Degree in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	We miss what is available to us now today because we keep rehearsing what happened to us back
0:35.9	then. I wonder whether there is any area of your life
0:39.3	where Jesus is inviting you to be made well,
0:42.3	but you're no longer even hearing that invitation
0:44.3	because of past pain or past offense or past trauma
0:48.3	or past hurt or past disappointment or past failure.
0:51.3	You see, the fact is we often abandon our desire to be made well or to be
0:56.2	made whole when the reality of our life is less than we expected.
1:08.8	I am so grateful that you've joined us today. I know that God has a word for you.
1:13.6	Now, we're going to dive into a passage of scripture today that has literally changed my life.
1:19.6	And I believe that if you open your heart to receive this word, then it's got the potential to do the same for you.
1:25.8	So would you turn with me today to the Gospel of John, chapter 5, verses 1 to 16?
1:30.2	Now this is the word of the Lord.
1:32.1	After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
1:37.5	By the sheep gate in Jerusalem, there is a pool called Bethesda, which has five colonnades.
1:42.5	Within these lay a large number of the disabled,
1:46.1	blind, lame, and a paralyzed man was there who had been disabled for 38 years.
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