Every negative situation carries an invitation to see things differently. In today’s episode, Graham Cooke reframes difficult circumstances as beautiful opportunities to strengthen our faith and upgrade our perspective. When we learn to distinguish between our temporary feelings and our permanent identity in Christ, we discover that our new nature was designed to rejoice.
Key Scriptures:
+ Galatians 2:20. I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me...
+ Ephesians 4:22-24. That you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth...
+ Colossians 3:9-10. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the one who created him...
+ Philippians 2:13. For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure...
+ Romans 6:11. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus...
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What if stress isn’t caused by what’s happening around you, but by the way you perceive it? In this episode, Graham Cooke explores how the Holy Spirit remodels our minds, replacing speculation and doubt with peace and confidence in Christ. Discover how God always works with “instead” — bringing joy for mourning, beauty for ashes, and freedom for every place of captivity.
Key Scriptures:
+ 2 Corinthians 10:4–5. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses… taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
+ Acts 17:28. In Him we live and move and have our being.
+ Hebrews 4:16. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence…
+ Isaiah 61:1–7. The Spirit of the Lord… to bring good news, bind up the brokenhearted… to grant a garland instead of ashes, oil of gladness instead of mourning…
+ Romans 12:2. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind…
+ 2 Timothy 1:12. I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him.
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What if moments of frustration weren’t roadblocks, but signals of something better? In this episode, Graham Cooke explores how God uses frustration to reposition us for upgrades, new favor, and a deeper awareness of His constant presence. What might shift if your starting point was celebration instead of complaint?
Key Scriptures:
+ Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
+ Matthew 16:19. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
+ Acts 2:12, 37. And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”… “Brethren, what shall we do?”
+ 2 Timothy 1:12. I know whom I have believed and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
+ Galatians 5:6. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
+ 2 Kings 6:15–17. “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”… And Elisha prayed, “O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
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What if every problem you face was already in Christ—and already assigned a victory? In this episode, Graham unpacks the powerful truth that our starting place in Jesus is never one of lack, but of triumph. Packed with humor, Scripture, and practical encouragement, this teaching will help you think brilliantly, live joyfully, and approach every situation with confident expectation.
Key Scriptures:
+ Acts 17:28. In Him we live and move and have our being..
+ 2 Corinthians 5:17. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new...
+ 2 Corinthians 2:14. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ...
+ 1 Corinthians 15:57. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ...
+ Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me...
+ Romans 8:6. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace...
+ John 7:38. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water...
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What if every difficult situation carries a Kingdom possibility—something God wants to give you rather than take from you? Graham explores how learning to think with the mind of Christ transforms our perspective toward challenges, revealing that our starting place with God determines our outcome. Discover why your thoughts either advance you or hold you back, and how finding that Kingdom connection point changes everything.
Key Scriptures:
+ James 1:2-8. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance...
+ 2 Corinthians 10:5. Taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ...
+ 2 Corinthians 5:17. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new...
+ Romans 6:11. Consider yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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What if you could actively allocate love to your most difficult relationships, peace to your stressed coworkers, and joy to grieving strangers? Graham Cooke shares powerful testimonies of "allocating" specific fruits of the spirit to real people in real situations. You'll discover why growing up in God means replacing negativity with the practical, everyday allocation of His character through your life.
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 things there is no law.
+ Matthew 5:44. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
+ Romans 12:20. But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.
+ John 14:27. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
+ Hebrews 10:24. And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds.
+ James 1:2. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials.
+ Galatians 6:7. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
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What if every difficult circumstance in your life is actually God's invitation to discover a specific aspect of His character? On today’s episode, Graham Cooke explores a stunning truth: God has allocated a particular Fruit of the Spirit to all negative experiences — meaning love is present with enemies, joy is constant in trials, and peace is already waiting in challenging situations.
Key Scriptures:
+ Matthew 5:44. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
+ Romans 12:20. But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.
+ James 1:2. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials.
+ John 16:33. These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.
+ John 14:27. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
+ 2 Thessalonians 3:16. Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance.
+ Hebrews 10:24. And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds.
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What if the Fruit of the Spirit reveals the overwhelming majesty of God's Kingdom through your everyday life? In today's episode, Graham Cooke explores how practicing love, joy, peace (and all the rest) makes you an unstoppable force for His goodness in every situation.
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 things there is no law.
+ Galatians 5:5. For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
+ Matthew 11:28-30. Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
+ Romans 8:37. But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
+ 1 John 4:18. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
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What if the Fruit of the Spirit isn't just about becoming more like Jesus, but about discovering how beautifully consistent God's heart has always been toward you? Graham Cooke opens this month's focus with a stunning revelation: when we practice the fruit of the spirit, we're learning to become "consistent in His character"—constant and unchanging like He is.
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 things there is no law.
+ 1 Corinthians 13:1-8. If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing...Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
+ Isaiah 61:2. To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn.
+ James 1:2. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials.
+ Romans 8:38-39. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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After God declares your destiny, the real adventure begins—partnering with Him to become the person who can carry what He’s spoken. Kingdom acceleration means God gives you everything upfront and teaches you to live from fullness rather than working toward it. What would change if you realized your present and your future were already on their way to meet each other...as they both walk hand-in-hand with the Lord?
Key Scriptures:
+ Genesis 18:19. For I have known him and chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.
+ 2 Corinthians 3:18. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
+ Ephesians 2:10. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
+ Isaiah 55:11. So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
+ Colossians 3:2-3. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
+ Isaiah 1:18. Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow…
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God doesn’t speak to you because of what’s happening in your present—He speaks because of the future He already sees. Through Abraham’s story in Genesis 18, we discover that God’s declarations aren’t responses to our current circumstances but invitations into our future reality. What if the most extraordinary words come during the most ordinary moments because God sees something bigger than we can imagine?
Key Scriptures:
+ Genesis 18:16-19. …And the Lord said, ‘Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed…’
+ 1 John 4:19. We love Him because He first loved us.
+ Isaiah 46:10. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come.
+ Jeremiah 1:5. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…
+ Ephesians 1:4. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
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What if the foundation of all theology isn't what we do for God, but what He has already done for us? In today’s episode, Graham Cooke explores how God's nature shapes our understanding of relationship with Him—from Old Testament visitation to New Testament habitation. Join us as we discover how every relationship with God starts with His gift to us, and how that changes everything.
Key Scriptures:
+ John 3:16. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
+ Hebrews 13:5. He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
+ Jeremiah 31:3. The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.”
+ Romans 8:38-39. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life... shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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What if those moments when we feel small are actually invitations to see just how big God's vision for us really is? Today, Graham Cooke reveals a stunning truth from Jeremiah 1 about our existence in God’s heart. Discover how God's delight in your future outweighs any doubt you might carry today.
Key Scriptures:
+ Jeremiah 1:5. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…
+ Psalm 139:16. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.
+ 2 Timothy 1:9. Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
+ 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.
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What if every challenge is an opportunity to discover more of God's character and partnership? In this episode, Graham Cooke shares the profound difference between traveling with "baggage" and packing "luggage" as we walk with God.
Key Scriptures:
+ Genesis 1:26. Then God said, "Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness...”
+ 2 Corinthians 5:17. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
+ Philippians 4:8-9. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
+ Romans 8:28. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
+ Isaiah 61:3. To grant those who mourn in Zion, giving them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
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So many Christians walk through life feeling anxious and burdened — but what if intimacy with God was your starting point, rather that your reward? In this episode, Graham Cooke shares how Presence quiets striving, worship renews our hearts, and joy becomes a daily strength.
Key Scriptures:
+ Psalm 27:4. One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple.
+ 1 Corinthians 3:16. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
+ Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
+ Lamentations 3:22–2. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
+ Hebrews 4:16. Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
+ Romans 12:2. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...
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What if transformation wasn’t about trying harder, but trusting deeper?
Today, we’ll unpack the beautiful rhythm of being and doing with God—where presence comes before performance, and trust fuels every next step. What changes when you realize you’re already in His presence?
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 to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
+ 2 Corinthians 4:16. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.
+ Acts 17:28. For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants.’
+ Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
+ Hebrews 13:5. For He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you."
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This episode explores how God gently replaces our negative thoughts, emotions, and vision with His own. What if transformation isn’t about fixing ourselves—but exchanging what isn’t ours for what is already true in Him?
Key Scriptures:
+ Mark 12:30. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
+ Matthew 14:14. “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.”
+ John 15:11. “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”
+ 1 Peter 5:7. “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
+ 2 Kings 6:16–17. “Do not be afraid... those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
+ Acts 9:1–19. Saul’s conversion and the scales falling from his eyes
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What if transformation isn’t about fixing yourself, but about walking with God as He shares His perspective with you—one radiant truth at a time?
In this episode, we explore what it looks like to be renewed in how we think, feel, and see—at God's pace, with His joy. How might your life shift if you allowed His emotional reality to become your own?
Key Scriptures:
+ Genesis 1:26. Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness…”
+ 1 John 4:17. As He is, so also are we in this world.
+ Isaiah 55:9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
+ John 5:19. Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same way.
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When your mindset is shaped by trust instead of striving, everything changes. In this episode, Pastor Jim Baker of Zion Church joins us for a conversation about healing, provision, and partnering with God from a place of rest. If you’ve been following our series on mindset, this one invites you to take the next step: letting God’s goodness be your starting point.
Key Scriptures:
+ Hebrews 12:2. Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
+ Luke 16:10–11. The one who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and the one who is unrighteous in a very little thing is also unrighteous in much. Therefore, if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
+ Matthew 6:26. Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they?
+ Psalm 139:17–18. How precious also are Your thoughts for me, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.
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Every thought has a source—and the ones we entertain shape how we live, love, and relate to God. In this episode, Graham invites us to examine the origins of our thoughts and teaches us how to respond with peace, joy, and grace instead of reacting from fear or frustration. When we think with God, speculation gives way to clarity, and we begin to experience life through His eyes.
Key Scriptures:
+ 2 Corinthians 10:5. “We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.”
+ Philippians 4:8. “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.”
+ Romans 12:2. “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
+ Galatians 5:22–23. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
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