What if your prayers could push away negativity and bring peace into every situation? In this episode, we’ll explore how praying from our new identity in Christ shifts our focus away from our circumstances and onto God’s promises. Key Scriptures: + 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. + Galatians 5:6. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working th...
Oct 11, 2024•7 min
What if your prayers could align with God's heart and unlock the fullness of your inheritance in Jesus? In today’s episode, we’ll explore the concept of Crafted Prayer —intentional prayers rooted in the promises we receive as joint heirs with Christ. Join us as we unpack the divine advantage of praying WITH God, and how it empowers us to live with confidence, joy and peace in every situation. Key Scriptures: + Romans 8:17. Because we are His offspring, we qualify to be heirs; God Himself is our ...
Oct 04, 2024•10 min
What if God is always making the first move, and our only job is to respond? In today’s episode, we explore the freeing truth that opens the door to peace and freedom as we follow His lead. Join us as we learn to live in the rhythms of His grace, receiving every good gift He offers with joy and trust. Key Scriptures: + 1 John 4:19. We love, because He first loved us. + James 1:17. Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there ...
Sep 26, 2024•11 min
God is always making the first move, and our only job is to embrace the delight of a responsive life. His love invites us into a life of newness and freedom, giving us permission to receive without striving. Key Scriptures: Hebrews 8:6. But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises 2 Corinthians 5:17. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away; behold, all thi...
Sep 12, 2024•12 min
As we are being made into the image of God, He works all things together for good. This means that our difficult circumstances are never the real issue at hand. At the heart of every matter is an invitation into a deeper understanding of our identity in Christ. + 1 Corinthians 2:12-16. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in ...
Aug 22, 2024•14 min
In our relational learning with the Lord, the Holy Spirit is going to be our greatest Helper, Comforter, and our source of wisdom and revelation. He is our new wine, and He will teach you how to activate a positive expectation of the Lord in every situation of life. To stay connected with Graham Cooke and Team Brilliant, CLICK HERE .
Aug 01, 2024•15 min
We have been released from the letter of the law. Now, we are simply learning the language of the Kingdom and aligning our hearts with the truth of our new identity in Christ. Key Scriptures: + Romans 7:6. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. To stay connected with Graham Cooke and Team Brilliant, CLICK HERE ....
Jul 26, 2024•10 min
Join Graham Cooke, Dionne van Zyl & Jalyn Bowdan for a 3-day virtual event to discover how to build a devotional lifestyle that's more joyful than you could ever imagine. Reserve your seat HERE . __ Grace empowers us to receive and enjoy God in the fullness of who He really is. Today, we’ll unlock the delight of living in the fullness of grace as we focus on the key of God’s kind intentions. Key Scriptures: + Jeremiah 29:11 — "I know the plans I have for you” says the Lord. “Plans f...
Jul 19, 2024•9 min
Grace isn’t just a comforting thought; it’s an empowering Presence that fills our hearts and fuels our lives. In this episode, we explore how Jesus, our High Priest, invites us to draw near with confidence, receive under pressure, and live boldly in our true identity. Key Scriptures: + Hebrews 4:14. Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our...
Jul 11, 2024•11 min
The grace of God empowers us to draw near with confidence, to receive from Him while under pressure, and to trust in the fullness of His heart towards us in every situation of life. Key Scriptures: + 2 Corinthians 8:9. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. + Hebrews 4:14-16. Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, ...
Jun 21, 2024•12 min
Do you have a constant sense of well-being about who you are in Jesus, or do you judge yourself based on your performance as a believer? Grace gives us access to a greater awareness of God's presence that empowers us through every situation of life. Key Scripture: + Romans 5:17. For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one Jesus Christ. To stay conn...
Jun 14, 2024•11 min
When God speaks about our destiny, a pathway begins to open up for us to follow. His voice is an invitation that takes us from the present to the future, and back again. To stay connected with Graham Cooke and Team Brilliant, CLICK HERE . How have these Brilliant Perspectives impacted YOUR life? Let us know by clicking HERE . As always, thanks for listening!...
May 30, 2024•10 min
Tests accompany our learning to make sure we receive the fullness of favor and increase attached to it. Every circumstance has an upgrade for us to experience, but the truth is that we’re not tested by events. Tests are meant to reveal what we believe about God, and what we believe about who we are becoming in Him. To stay connected with Graham Cooke and Team Brilliant, CLICK HERE . As always, thanks for listening!...
May 16, 2024•12 min
True transformation in the Kingdom occurs when we allow our mindsets to come into alignment with the thoughts of God. As we begin to see life from His higher perspective, our circumstances become our training grounds and we learn to walk with God at higher heights and farther distances. Key Scriptures: + Amos 3:3. Can two walk together unless they are agreed? + Isaiah 55:8-9. My thoughts are not your thoughts nor my ways your way. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my thoughts ...
May 02, 2024•15 min
In today’s session, Graham Cooke explores how to recognize and experience God’s favor tailored to the specific circumstances we encounter. This type of favor shines brightest not when things are going smoothly, but particularly, when they aren’t. Sign up HERE for the Constant, Continuous Favor 10-Day Challenge! Key Scriptures + Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. + Deuteronomy 31:6-8. ...
Apr 25, 2024•12 min
Favor is released because God has a passion for us that is designed to provoke astonishment. It’s a new creation reality that upgrades our expectation to the same level that Jesus enjoyed. Regardless of life events or any form of hardship, favor can elevate us to a place and position that empowers us to receive under pressure. Key Scriptures: + John 17:23. I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me....
Apr 11, 2024•14 min
We are just ONE day away from Brilliance24, our online annual conference with Graham Cooke and Team Brilliant. Join us this weekend for three days of transformational teaching, global community, and life-changing permission in the Kingdom. To save your seat at Brilliance24, CLICK HERE . To stay connected with Graham Cooke and Team Brilliant, CLICK HERE . As always, thanks for listening!...
Mar 21, 2024•30 min
The process we engage in with God is what makes us truly rich … not just the outcome at the end of the journey. We feel safe and free when we know how He wants to walk with us, and we are continually becoming more like Him as we learn to love the process. Joy, peace, and delight are not postponed until the outcome is seen. They can be discovered at every turn, throughout the entirety of our growth and development. Key Scripture: + Jeremiah 17:7-8. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and wh...
Mar 14, 2024•21 min
God is passionate about every aspect of your life. He created you for good works, and He invites you into the easy yoke and light burden of walking with Him. When the pressures of the world fight for our attention, how do we uncover our Kingdom assignment and partner with God’s passion for our world? Looking for more brilliant content on Fighting Your Fight of Faith? Join Graham Cooke and Dionne van Zyl for a FREE 1-hour live training on Tuesday, March 5th at 1 PM (Pacific Time). CLICK HERE to...
Mar 01, 2024•26 min
Most Christians have resigned to living two separate lives. We find ourselves setting boundaries between our spiritual lives in the Kingdom and the “real world” where our workplaces and families seem to reside. God’s intention has always been for us to live fully integrated lives. So how do we make God’s reality our reality? We’re getting ready for our annual virtual conference by sharing the highlights you loved most from Brilliance23. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for extended content, bonus ...
Feb 22, 2024•20 min
There’s something better than discipline that’s always on offer with God. For every upgrade He has for us in our identity and calling, there is a relational invitation into joy and delight which prepares us to thrive at a new level. This devotional comes from pages 66 and 67 of letter #7 in The Nature of Freedom (2017 edition). Key Scriptures: + 2 Corinthians 3:18. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory...
Feb 15, 2024•11 min
We can get stuck for all kinds of reasons, but rarely is there a way out when we put logic and reason above God’s wisdom. When we understand that His nature is constant and unchanging, His ways of thinking are designed to produce faith and trust within us. This devotional comes from the first paragraph on page 66 of letter #7 in The Nature of Freedom . Key Scriptures: + Isaiah 55:9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. +...
Feb 08, 2024•15 min
Most of us have places where we feel stuck, but we’ve mistakenly thought that all the weight is on us to become unstuck. In the Kingdom, however, the responsibility for experiences with the Truth is never with us. It’s always with God. This devotional comes from the first part of letter #7 (”An Invitation to Come Unstuck”) on page 65 in The Nature of Freedom . Key Scriptures: + Ephesians 2:10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that...
Feb 01, 2024•15 min
"If all your thinking has brought you to a place you don’t like, have another thought.” Remember, we don’t become a new creation by changing our behavior. We put off the old things completely. Then we discover who we already are in Jesus and step into that identity, guided by the Holy Spirit. Key Scriptures: + 1 Corinthians 6:17. But the one who is united and joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. + Galatians 5:1. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do n...
Jan 25, 2024•15 min
We aren’t taking anything from our old nature into our new covenant relationship with Christ. God’s goodness and mercy completely redeems our past. Now we can be “present-future” focused in all our dealings, living fully in the present moment while eagerly anticipating what God has in store for the future. In every difficult situation we face, He simply compels us to see, think, and speak differently as we learn to walk with Him in newness of life. Key Scriptures: + 2 Corinthians 5:14-21. […] na...
Jan 23, 2024•17 min
Every situation is primarily about one thing: being made into the image of God and receiving an identity upgrade. Instead of making panicked decisions based on where we’ve come from, Christ living within us is the empowering presence that allows us to see who we are becoming and where we are headed with Him. Key Scriptures: + Romans 7:19. For [when I live under the old covenant law] I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. + Ephesians 4:20-24. But you did ...
Jan 11, 2024•16 min
God gives us full permission to step into His perception and mindset about our old nature. He desires to cultivate a lifestyle focused on who we are in Jesus because all the old has passed away. Everything has become new. We get to consider ourselves dead to sin and fully alive in Christ. Key Scriptures: + Romans 6:10. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. + Colossians 3:1-3. Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on thing...
Jan 04, 2024•15 min
In the perception of God, your old nature is dead. We’re learning that death to self is not an action on our part because Jesus has already accomplished this on the cross. As we are alive to Christ, we are automatically dead to sin. Key Scriptures: + Galatians 2:20. I have been crucified to Christ, it is now Christ who lives in me, and the life I live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me + Romans 6:6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified wit...
Dec 29, 2023•15 min
God is committed to transforming the way we see things. He helps us understand that unlike the visitational culture of the old testament, we are now living in a habitational new covenant. His Spirit is here to stay and that changes everything … from the way we perceive day-to-day life, to the way we engage with prayer. Key Scriptures: + 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. + John 16:15. All ...
Dec 22, 2023•13 min
As we grow up into God, a continual upgrade of our lenses is required. The good news of the gospel is that our new-creation status not only changes the way we walk, it also changes the way we see. When we allow our perspective to align with that of heaven, we begin to see a lens full of peace, hope, and endless possibilities in the Kingdom. Key Scriptures: + Acts 2:12,37. And they were beside themselves with amazement and were greatly perplexed, saying one to another, “What could this mean?” […]...
Dec 14, 2023•13 min
