Presence Over Pressure
Brilliant Perspectives
Graham Cooke
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
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...
As always, thanks for listening!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Brilliant Perspectives podcast. I'm your host, Jalen Bowden, |
| 0:06.8 | here with you for another episode of Learning, powered by the heart. Today, we're exploring what it |
| 0:12.7 | means to be deeply present with God, not through striving or pressure, but through a lifestyle |
| 0:19.1 | of worship, adoration, and trust. You'll hear how presence |
| 0:24.0 | displaces any pressure and how the Lord delights to walk with us in peace. There's also a powerful |
| 0:30.6 | prophetic word in this episode, inviting us to cross over into a lifestyle of worship. So, |
| 0:37.3 | whether you're dancing through the day or just showing up, |
| 0:41.3 | today's teaching is a fresh invitation to rest in the intimacy that is always on offer with God. |
| 0:49.1 | Let's take a moment to slow down together and receive the joy of simply being with him. Now, let's hand it over to |
| 0:57.2 | Graham Cook. So many Christians are anxious, dressed out, and striving to get through their days. |
| 1:08.6 | Care and worry eclipse your awareness of the Prince of Peace who lives in you and is walking beside you. |
| 1:17.9 | Like Martha, we focus on all there is to do when the truth that will set you free is already present within you. |
| 1:31.3 | Acts of service are a good thing. They just can never be the first thing. God values being in us and with us above all else, and our response is to share that |
| 1:42.1 | value and that joy. |
| 1:49.9 | Psalm 27.4, one thing I've desired of the Lord, that will I seek, |
| 1:54.1 | that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, |
| 1:59.3 | to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. |
| 2:05.2 | And according to 1 Corinthians 316, you are the temple of God and his spirit dwells in you. Sometimes it's just a moment of yielding our hearts towards him |
| 2:12.6 | during the day of using time wisely to allow Thanksgiving to rise up in our hearts. |
| 2:21.1 | Sometimes it's turning aside to soak in the beauty of his creation and be renewed by it, |
| 2:27.6 | or remembering a promise of his and saying it aloud with gratitude and quiet confidence. It's also being empowered in the |
| 2:38.7 | critical moments of service when we need wisdom and power to bring a breakthrough. |
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