How to make a glow gradient in illustrator?

I made a shape and added a gradient to it, then I added a glow effect around the edges, how do I make the gradient inside of the shape match with the glow color? The glow effect is only 1 color, I want it to be a gradient like the gradient I made inside of the shape. How do I do this?

What is the color of each stop in the gradient you are using on the inside? Please provide a screenshot if that will help us understand what exactly you are trying to accomplish.
Outer glow is like a gradient, except you only define 1 color stop, and it ends at 0% opacity.

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