Welcome to the Brilliant Perspectives podcast with Graham Cook. I'm your host, Michael Beckio.

Today's message originates from letter seven of Graham's or noun book, The Nature of Freedom.

If you haven't read it yet, I encourage you to get a copy or download the audiobook.

It's written from the perspective of the Lord talking directly to you about all that

you've been given in Christ and how he sees your life and interacts with you from that place.

Graham created a video series on BTV based on the letters in this book.

This one is entitled Freedom from Difficult Expectations and is found under the series,

get unstuck and live a lifestyle of encounter on BTV.

When this message were engaged to reflect and change our lens, instead of having expectations

of difficulty and stress in areas that we need to grow, Graham reveals how our expectation

can shift as we behold the truth of the new man in Jesus correctly.

It's always critical that we see things as God does and we view our position and placement

in Christ correctly.

It makes all the difference.

What before seemed like inevitable hardships and difficulty can instead be traded for

Jesus's invitation to find rest for our souls because his yoke is easy and his burden is light.

There's some great thoughts here, like, what if God put you into Christ so that your

first encounter is always with the one who has overcome the world?

And what if that was your primary expectation?

What if mindsets of expecting hardship and difficulty are actually from the old man?

And the Holy Spirit has encounters for you that will reframe such thinking.

Beloved the implications of receiving and living in this invitation from Jesus are quite

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