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Smile in the Impossible

August 6, 2026 · 12 min

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What if you're not looking for the Lord because He's lost — you're looking for Him because you are? Graham opens with the close of Joshua's commissioning — "be strong and courageous" — and the Lord's invitation to get a mindset that's based on majesty. Discover why spirituality is never passive, why God is always "right next to the promise that he gave you," and why we cannot allow "a theology that empowers the enemy and disables humanity." Graham lands on our divine advantage: made in God's image and engaged with His presence, we can stand in our impossible situations and smile — because the situation we're practicing on today is preparing us for the territory we're going to take.


Key Scriptures:

- Joshua 1:8. "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success."

- Joshua 1:9. "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

- Hebrews 13:5. "For He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you, nor will I ever forsake you.'"

- Numbers 13:30. "Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, 'We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it.'"

- Romans 8:37. "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."


Want to explore more?

📚 Browse Graham Cooke's books and teachings: https://www.brilliantbookhouse.com/


🌍 Discover the movement experiencing God's love every day: https://brilliantmovement.com/


As always, thanks for listening!

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