Welcome back to the Brilliant Perspectives Podcast. I'm your host Jay Lynn Bowden,

here with you for another episode of Learning powered by the heart.

You know, there's something far better than discipline

that's always on offer with God.

For every upgrade he has for us in our identity and calling, there's also a relational invitation into joy and delight.

And those are the missing keys that compel us to thrive at a new level with him. Sometimes we become stuck in the process of

transformation because we interpret our obstacles as opposition from the

enemy. And while this can definitely play a part, most often it's our

mindset about our training that gets us stuck in cycles of striving and

negativity. Think about it. Are there any areas you've tried to grow in or

overcome in through sheer discipline? If so, I'm raising my hand and I'm right there with you.

And today's episode is for us.

Let's hand it over to Graham Cook for another episode of getting unstuck.

Welcome to our next exploration of Letter 7 in the nature of freedom. Well God continues to offer us an invitation to come

on stuck. I'm Graham Cook and it's a delight to be traveling on this journey with you.

For every upgrade God has for us in our identity calling in destiny,

there is a process of relational training that prepares us to thrive at that new level.

But often people become stuck in this process because they interpret their challenges as enemy

opposition. Now obviously that can be a part of it but many times it's our mindset about our training that gets us stuck. I remember asking someone

once how he was doing and his reply was well you know God's really changing me

I looked at him I thought he is not enjoying this process and that's why he's thinking of it as a

chore. Well God's really changing me like change is not you know good or amazing it's difficult

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