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Brilliant Perspectives

Brilliant Perspectives

By Graham Cooke

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.
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Brilliant PerspectivesJun 24, 2022

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The Process Makes Us Rich
Mar 14, 202420:51
Finding Your Fight of Faith

Finding Your Fight of Faith

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?


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Key Scriptures:


+ 1 Timothy 6:12. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.


+ Ephesians 2:10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.


+ Matthew 11:28-30. Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly of heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.


+ John 5:19-20. So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.

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Mar 01, 202425:32
Upstairs / Downstairs
Feb 22, 202420:29
Unstuck from Spiritual Discipline
Feb 15, 202411:24
Unstuck from Limitations of Logic

Unstuck from Limitations of Logic

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.


+ Philippians 4:7. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


+ Genesis 18:14: Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.


+ Numbers 14:24 But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.


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Feb 08, 202414:42
Unstuck from Trying Harder

Unstuck from Trying Harder

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 we should walk in them.


+ Jeremiah 31:33-34. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people…


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Feb 01, 202414:37
Have Another Thought
Jan 25, 202414:33
From Past to Present-Future
Jan 23, 202416:31
We Only Deal With the New

We Only Deal With the New

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 not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.


+ Colossians 3:1-3. Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.


+ Romans 6:6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.


+ Philippians 2:13. For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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Jan 11, 202415:41
Fully Alive to Christ
Jan 04, 202415:13
The Accomplishment of the Cross
Dec 29, 202314:50
Expectation of Habitation
Dec 22, 202313:04
The Lens of the Kingdom
Dec 14, 202313:13
A Journey into God's Perspective
Dec 07, 202315:59
Every Negative Has a Job to Do
Nov 30, 202312:28
Partakers of the Divine Nature

Partakers of the Divine Nature

Radical Permission #3: We are created to live in the undivided affection of God. In that place, our grace and peace multiplies. Every circumstance is designed to confirm who Jesus is for you and who you are becoming in Him.


Key Scriptures:

+ 2 Peter 1:2-4. May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. Through these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust.


+ Genesis 1:26. Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness…”

Nov 23, 202312:54
The Father's Love Never Ends

The Father's Love Never Ends

Radical Permission #2: You are one with Christ, which means that the Father loves you in exactly the same way He loves Jesus. Everyday, in every situation, we are celebrating that truth.


Key Scriptures:

+ John 15:9. As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.

+ John 17:20. I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

Nov 16, 202312:28
God's Constancy is Your Confidence

God's Constancy is Your Confidence

Radical Permission #1: God’s unchanging heart can always be depended upon. His consistent goodness allows us to stand in absolute confidence of who He will be for us no matter what is occurring.


Nov 09, 202311:53
The Relational Heart of God
Oct 26, 202311:56
The Language of the Kingdom
Oct 19, 202311:57
Prophecy Creates Momentum
Oct 12, 202313:22
The Prophecy of Scripture
Oct 05, 202315:22
The Power of the New Covenant

The Power of the New Covenant

Jesus didn't come to simply patch up the old covenant. He came to replace it entirely. While the old covenant relied on sacrifices, rules, and striving for righteousness, the new covenant is all about Jesus — who perfectly fulfilled the law on our behalf. Now, our salvation is a gift, and sanctification isn't about earning it through our performance. It's about embracing our identity in Christ and growing in His likeness.


Key Scriptures:

+ Hebrews 8:6. But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.


+ Hebrew 8:13. When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is about to disappear.


+ Romans 6:10. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.


+ Ephesians 4:20-24. But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.


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Sep 28, 202319:29
Fireside Chat with Graham Cooke
Sep 21, 202332:58
The End of Powerless Christianity
Sep 14, 202319:31
Freedom From Performance

Freedom From Performance

God is determined to free us from legalism and to empower us to understand the fullness of freedom that belongs to us in Christ. The heart of God is to see us unbound, completely free, and able to walk with Him without being subject to any rules and regulations created by man.


Key Scriptures:

+ Romans 13:8-10. Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.


+ Hebrews 6:13. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.


+ 1 Peter 2:9. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light


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Sep 07, 202323:60
The Joy of Simplicity
Aug 31, 202316:22
Breaking the Cycle of Negativity

Breaking the Cycle of Negativity

Negativity can quickly become an obstacle that prevents us from seeing the goodness of God that’s always present. If negativity has taken space in your life, today is the day to break the cycle and step into a FRESH encounter with the heart of God toward you.


Key Scriptures:


+ Romans 8:5-7. For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so...


+ Ephesians 4:29. Let no corrupt talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear...


+ Lamentations 3:21-24. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”


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Aug 24, 202319:59
Dealing with Difficult People
Aug 17, 202316:45
Dealing With Overwhelming Emotions
Aug 10, 202318:00
Fresh Every Day

Fresh Every Day

Sometimes, the world can be a tiring place. From carrying the weight of our own negativity to dealing with difficult people and toxic workplaces, everything in our external environment is constantly changing. But instead of carrying stress during times of difficulty, what if your inner life with God could produce a peace that overwhelms all external pressures?


Key Scriptures:

+ Psalm 73:28. But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge and placed my trust in Him, That I may tell of all Your works

+ Malachi 3:6. For I am the Lord, I do not change [but remain faithful to My covenant with you]; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.

Aug 02, 202317:04
Keys to a Lifestyle of Overcoming
Jul 27, 202326:36
The Makings of a Good Fight
Jul 20, 202318:17
Making War on Negativity
Jul 13, 202319:55
Overcoming the Enemy with Majesty
Jul 06, 202317:34
Prayers of Expectation (Prophetic Word)
Jun 29, 202313:51
The Building Blocks of Prayer
Jun 22, 202321:06
Crafting Prayers as a New Creation
Jun 15, 202314:56
Meet Your Prayer Team
Jun 08, 202313:45
Our Starting Place for Prayer
Jun 01, 202308:48
In Hope Against Hope
May 25, 202316:10
Every Problem Comes With a Promise
May 18, 202317:12
Provision & Inheritance
May 11, 202314:10
The God of Hope
May 04, 202318:50
Parenting with the Holy Spirit
Apr 27, 202325:39
What Does God's Voice Sound Like?

What Does God's Voice Sound Like?

The very character of God is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit, and each of the Fruit has a specific voice that reveals His heart toward us. Today, we are cultivating an expectation of His gentle voice which restores us and washes us in truth.


Key Scriptures:

+ Galatians 5:22-23. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.”

+ Psalm 18:35. “Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness has made me great.”

Apr 20, 202312:18
How Can I Be Sensitive to the Holy Spirit?
Apr 13, 202311:45
Ebbs & Flows of Life in the Spirit
Apr 06, 202312:44
What is Grace?
Mar 30, 202314:37
God Is Not Double-Minded About Salvation
Mar 23, 202308:50