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Brilliant Perspectives

Graham Cooke, international speaker and author of 20+ books, has been a much needed guide beyond religious norms into a personal and dynamic relationship with God. His life and ministry are marked by a delightful, intimate, and unreserved two-way friendship with the Lord. This podcast is an invitation to explore some of the more radiant and lesser-known perspectives of the Kingdom of God and the Christian faith.

Episodes

Getting Unstuck Pt. 1

It’s incredibly easy to become distracted when we think we’re stuck. It’s even easier to look for alternative solutions and to forget that God has already seen the outcome. We can easily assume it is our job to get unstuck before anything changes. But that’s not how the Father works. So, what if you only thought you were stuck? What if you were actually experiencing an invitation from the Father to upgrade your perspective? He doesn’t see us as stuck. He only sees opportunity for growth and rela...

Jul 09, 201912 min

God Isn't Working on Your Flaws

Do you ever feel like something in your life is holding you back? Are you aware of a certain problem that might be blocking God from being more active in your life? The idea that you are unable to grow in a certain area until something is fixed is actually a common mindset. But that mindset isn’t one that God has. When Jesus died on the cross, so did your flaws and shortcomings...and your excuses.

Jun 11, 201915 min

Everyone is Advertising Something

We are all advertising something everyday. Our words and actions tell others about us and what we believe about ourselves. So what are you advertising? Are you advertising stress and frustration? Or are you advertising what it means to have the Holy Spirit in your life, who is your helper, trainer and comforter? When you understand that we are all advertising something, you can intentionally advertise something different than the world.

May 28, 201914 min

Find a Truth and be True to it.

When God says something about Himself, you can pick up on that promise and take it to heart. Since He is always constant, it is a key that opens the door each day to the presence of God; your own North Star that never changes.

May 14, 201911 min

The Secret to an Upgraded Life

As we pursue God our vision begins to unfold. We get a picture of who God wants to be for us. Inevitably, obstacles will appear on our journey. Obstacles can point to many different areas of growth or overcoming. Some obstacles are meant to elevate us. Some are meant to slow us down so we don’t miss a crucial part of learning. And some obstacles help us raise our sight and develop larger vision for who we are and what God wants to do in our lives.

Apr 16, 201916 min

Keys to a Brilliant Focus

As we pursue God our vision begins to unfold. We get a picture of who God wants to be for us. Inevitably, obstacles will appear on our journey. Some obstacles are meant to elevate us. Some are meant to slow us down so we don’t miss a crucial part of learning. And some obstacles help us raise our sight and develop larger vision for who we are and what God wants to do in our lives.

Apr 02, 201915 min

Always Start With The Future

Life in the Spirit is about who we are becoming in Jesus. It’s easy for us to become discouraged about who we are in the moment, but God always speaks from our future into our present.

Mar 19, 201916 min

Thriving in Toxic Environments

What do you do when you’re being judged? It’s a good time to remember that it’s never about other people, it’s about the Lord and what He’s saying to you. What’s His perspective?

Mar 05, 201917 min

Pressing the Pause Button

What is possible in a life of constant peace? If you had peace right now, what would you be seeing? What would you be saying? How would you be feeling? The truth is, Jesus is never negative; He is always positive and He is always in us. Knowing this truth means we never have to react negatively to a situation because peace is so compelling.

Feb 19, 201916 min

So You Have a Problem? No Problem.

If we are in Christ, then so are all of our circumstances. He is in us, we are a habitation in Him and we can’t be separated. So if we can’t be separated from the love of God, then neither can our circumstances be separated from the presence and power of God.

Feb 05, 201915 min

God is Not Reluctant to Bless.

Heaven has a right of possession over us in Christ, giving it the right to acquire our problems and provoke God’s favor to overcome them. We have favor with God through our placement in Christ, granting us an intentional bias in His heart and empowering us to ask Him for the things that are in line with His loving-kindness towards us.

Jan 14, 201910 min

Living a Lifestyle of Rejoicing.

Rejoicing is where we match God’s purpose and intention with our own and say “‘yes and amen” to who He wants to be for us. It’s agreement and engagement with who He really is. Through rejoicing, we can see how God wants to turn everything around and make it work for our good because it empowers us to receive when we are under pressure. It keeps us away from giving into fear, doubt, and unbelief by causing us to remain fresh in faith and the Lord’s presence.

Dec 14, 20188 min

Entering a Majesty Mindset

The key to all spirituality is majesty because it gives us a sense of who God is in everything that we do and experience. Majesty governs how we think about the Lord, our expectations of Him, and our experience of His favor in our life. By entering into majesty, we have the opportunity to become the happiest individual on the face of the earth. Anything less than majesty in our relationship with God is an inferior way to live.

Dec 03, 20187 min

Discovering a New Man Perspective

The key to effective learning is your ability to unlearn something you thought you knew. When we come into the Kingdom from the world, God divests us from everything the world taught us. He is now only dealing with the new, true us in Jesus, and we don’t need anything from the old to teach us about who we are in Christ.

Nov 12, 201813 min

Encountering the Brilliance of God's Goodness & Favor

It’s not difficult to discover the depths of God’s feelings for us. We have a home in His deepest affections and favor to remain close to Him. When the enemy digs a pit to ensnare us, God promises to fill it with blessings, favor and promises so that we can become the exact opposite of what he intended.

Oct 24, 201814 min

A Prayer of Thankfulness

We can live a life of celebration, knowing that God is powerful, faithful and wonderful on our behalf by giving thanks for who He is and who we are becoming in Him. I continually give thanks to God for being the kindest person I have ever met in my entire life.

Oct 17, 201811 min

Entering a New Place of Peace

When we walk with God, peace is one of the most tangible signs of His presence. He promises that we will always have a deposit of peace in our life because He is the God of peace, the very Prince of Peace.

Oct 03, 201815 min

Developing a Divine Advantage

God doesn’t want us to know truth in our head; He wants us to know the truth in our heart and have it revealed in the way we see, think, speak and act.

Sep 23, 201811 min

Nothing Works Against the Fruit of the Spirit

The Fruit of the Spirit is an encounter with God that leads us into an ongoing experience of who He is, creating a place for us to learn how we can abide in His nature. They give us the power of God and enable us to become Christ-like, which is always His primary intention.

Sep 10, 201814 min

God Has No Bad Thoughts Towards Us

God is remodeling our lives by renewing us into our new man in Christ. In this process, He is deeply passionate about walking with us to restore our thinking and develop new mindsets rooted in our identity in Him.

Aug 29, 201814 min

Living As a New Creation

The old you is irrelevant, useless and out-of-date, and has no power to make itself new. However, our old mindsets, practices, language and lifestyle can contain the Holy Spirit and prevent us from discovering who we really are in Jesus.

Jul 30, 201814 min

Upgrades are Always Available In the Mind of Christ

The mind of Christ allows us to turn a weakness into a joyful vulnerability to His goodness. In Him, we get to take all negative thoughts captive and turn them into brilliant ones. Our mindset is either working for us or against us, and through our new mind in Jesus, we always have upgrades in thinking available to us.

Jul 18, 201812 min

You Are Dead To Sin

Transformation comes by the renewing of our mind. As we upgrade the way we see, think, and speak about what God is doing and who we are becoming, we have the opportunity to renew our spiritual lenses.

Jul 07, 201814 min

Walking With God Humbly

Spiritual warriors walk humbly with God because they know humility is not timidity. They live from the reality of having confidence access to God through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

Jun 27, 201812 min

The Hallmark of a Spiritual Warrior

We have the opportunity to become a spiritual warrior that fights from the total majesty and the absolute certainty of God’s unchanging nature. When we feel intimidated by life’s situations, we have an opportunity to upgrade our intimacy with His nature and come into an experience of what He is really like.

Jun 18, 201817 min

Abiding In First Love

Abiding is about dwelling, living and remaining in the space God has created between Jesus and Himself. This gives us a place to have an intimate connection with both the Father and the Son, and the privilege of remaining there as the beloved.

May 30, 20187 min

The Starting Place for Breakthrough

Every circumstance gives us the opportunity to think brilliantly about God, ourselves, and the situation we are in. The key is learning to think with Jesus and live from His mind in order to receive the upgrades available to us in these situations.

May 21, 201815 min

Connecting to God's Passion

Our role in the earth is to be loved by God and then respond to that love. God gives us His love so we can be restored to His passion for us, which is defined by the way He loves and speaks about Jesus.

May 02, 201813 min

The Key to Experiencing God's Presence

Rest is the tangible expression of God’s presence. When we practice it, we’ll feel His touch, hear His voice, and experience His presence in a renewed way. Rest allows us to guard our inner territory and displace any negatives trying to infiltrate our lives because it’s a brilliant weapon against the enemy.

Apr 23, 201811 min

If We are In Jesus, Then So is Our Situation

Victory is our starting place in the Kingdom. We don’t need to get anywhere in our situations because we are already there in Jesus, giving us a breakthrough and victory that has already been assigned to us. We can’t live in Jesus and not be highly favored.

Apr 16, 201815 min
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