Welcome back to the Brilliant Perspectives podcast.

I'm your host, Jalen Bowden, and if you're joining us for the first time, welcome to the family.

This podcast is just a tiny part of a much larger community where Kingdom-minded people

just like you are taking hold of new keys that lead to lasting transformation.

And here at Brilliant, we believe the learning process with God doesn't have to feel heavy.

In fact, we have a lot of fun in this family.

We're dedicated to seeing everyday people truly understand what God is like,

and who they get to be because of it.

Today's episode is all about disempowering old covenant thinking

that depicts God as distant, harsh, and uninvolved in our lives.

We know the way that God walks with us.

So let's dive in with Graham Cook as he explores the beauty of a better covenant.

Matthew 5 says that Jesus has fulfilled the law so that we have no requirement on us

except to learn the law of love.

And the law of love just says nobody on earth is safe from a blessing.

Everybody out there is fair game to practice love on.

So we're practicing love on everybody, on our family, on our friends, on our enemies,

on difficult people, no one's safe from being loved.

And sometimes the more difficult the relationship, the more love you get to give.

And the more love God gives you.

And so in a weird way, difficult people help you to grow in love way more quickly than your friends.

Because we love our friends, we love hanging out and everything else.

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