Brilliant Perspectives

This week on the Brilliant Perspectives podcast Graham answers questions from our Brilliant Community! These questions range from how do I connect in a new church, to what does it look like to love your friends or family who are not yet Christians... in a world that is more divisive than ever.

When we make a plan, and it is obstructed by something outside of our control, we usually feel disappointed and downcast.  So what does it look like for you to begin to turn that disappointment around? What does it mean to disempower your disappointment?

Do you believe what God believes about you? Join us for our Challenge Highlights Series as we listen to an excerpt from our most recent Brilliant Challenge. In this episode, Graham and co-host Lindsay van Zyl discuss key truths in learning how to trade our negative perception of ourselves with the beautiful perspective of who God sees us as.

This is Part Two of the Conference Clips series of Expectations!  God has located us in the one place that guarantees confident expectation – He put us into Jesus. This is the foundation of every promise God has made with us. Hope is expectation and expectation leads to a place of joyful anticipation. No matter what you’re facing, you can learn to anticipate the presence of God.  Every time hope i...

This episode is Part 1 from our Conference Clips edition of "Expectations!" God has located us in the one place that guarantees confident expectation – He put us into Jesus. This is the foundation of every promise God has made with us. Hope is expectation and expectation leads to a place of joyful anticipation. No matter what you’re facing, you can learn to anticipate the presence of God. This cli...

Newness of Life means that we are never stuck in our old responses, mindsets or habit patterns.  There is always a gift of the Lord available every day and in every situation. If you want to have a better or different year than the one you’ve just had, then it’s imperative to not travel forward with any mistakes or defeats. However, we can learn from them and embrace the provision of God for a mor...

In the Kingdom, the entrance of Joy increases our spiritual, mental and emotional capacity to receive God’s presence in a way that places us above difficult circumstances. No one can take your joy from you, but you can surrender it by not understanding its power. Joy transforms our own internal atmosphere in times of fear, distress or uncertainty. It connects us to God’s eternal environment of Joy...

It is impossible for the Father to see you disconnected from love.  We have all done silly (or even really stupid) things, but not even those things can separate yourself from the love of God. You will not become brilliant because you get your act together. You will become brilliant when you realize how amazing He is, how He never changes, and how He includes you in Him. It’s time to settle this i...

Life in the Kingdom is vastly different to life in this world. In our day-to-day experiences, we can feel the need to strive to hit targets and keep up our performance.  In the Kingdom, however, everything you need is given to you up front. You don’t have to earn what has already been given to you...that’s not possible.  

What you focus on, you empower. In today’s podcast, we are exploring what it means to take every thought captive and how to disempower any negative that comes our way. This process is a total delight, and it’s the Father’s good pleasure to partner with you to change your thinking and upgrade your life.

In our life empowered by the Spirit, there is a special relationship between favor and promise. Favor closes the gap between promises given and promises fulfilled, and is the catalyst for the promises of tomorrow to impact our relationship with God today.

This is part two of a two-part series where I share about the Prophecy of Scripture, or what I like to call “Inheritance Words.”

Today’s podcast is from a talk called How God Uses Scripture. This is the first of a two-part series where I share about the Prophecy of Scripture, or what I like to call “Inheritance Words.”

Have you ever felt subject to your circumstances? Tossed about by the winds, with little ability to handle all that is going on around you? And have you ever been told that prayer is the answer? Beloved. Prayer is MORE than just a colloquial bandaid. Prayer is the relational place where you partner with God as heir and co-heir in Christ. Nothing surprises God. He is not only with you and in you, b...

As a prophetic people, we are designed to have experiences that reveal who God is for us and experience His affection that enables us to always live in His presence. When we connect and impact others with a word from the Lord, you are communicating more than just words; you are communicating the very NATURE of God. His passion and His heartbeat. Today’s podcast is an excerpt taken from the School...

As we are now a little over halfway through 2019, it’s time to check in and see how you are traveling in this Year of Permission. This message, delivered at the beginning of 2019, is full of God’s promises and purpose. He has gone before you this year as a guarantee of trust, and He is releasing you to know who you are in this time.

Special guest Allison Bown explores some of the keys that have been essential to her growth in the Lord. She’ll explain how building a habit of “Loving the Learning” will allow you to remain encouraged during those times of growth and development when you might feel off track.

In this week’s podcast we are going to dive deeper into the idea that you aren’t stuck, just on pause. As new creations in Christ, the only thing required of us is a level of intentionality with God to ask Him what He is doing and who He wants to be for us. The Father doesn’t put any time limits on our development. He always sees things as on time. He loves our whole life, not just the long game a...

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 t...

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.

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 adver...

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.

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 fo...

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.

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.