Freedom to Follow

Brilliant Perspectives

Graham Cooke

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

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 is no variation or shifting shadow.

+ Romans 11:35-36. Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome back to the Brilliant Perspective's podcast, where learning is powered by the heart.
0:07.0	I'm your host, J. Lynn Bowden, and I am so glad you're here today, because we've got a beautiful teaching ahead, all about one of my favorite keys.
0:17.6	And it's this.
0:19.2	God always makes the first move.
0:22.2	And we are simply learning how to respond.
0:26.0	Today's episode is packed with insight on how we're invited to live in that reality with God.
0:33.7	Whether it's salvation, love, or any other good and perfect gift.
0:38.8	God initiates, and he gives us exactly what we need so that we can learn to live in fullness.
0:46.0	We are not striving to reach God through our own efforts.
0:51.0	Instead, we're receiving what he's already freely given. As you
0:56.7	listen, be encouraged to lean into this truth today that God has written himself into your story and now he's teaching you how to live in
1:07.6	heavenly places even as you walk here on earth. I hope you enjoy. Now let's jump in with Graham Cook.
1:17.3	Roman 6-5 says if and we have become united with God in the likeness of his death, certainly we shall also be in
1:29.4	the likeness of his resurrection.
1:33.0	So God initiates, we respond.
1:38.0	So this is the antidote to that religious virus known as performance Christianity or PC.
1:48.0	Yeah. So we are learning not to be PC.
1:55.0	In performance Christianity, we are always trying to touch God
2:02.0	and connect with him by our own efforts so we are taking the initiative.
2:09.7	And we get worn out by that, we get torn down by it. It seems to work initially, but you can't sustain anything.
2:20.0	And because you can't do anything in God by your own efforts.
2:25.0	He simply won't allow it because he is the author and the finisher of our faith.
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