It’s always interesting to just call time out every now and then, to ask ourselves what is it that we’re living for? What’s the most important thing in our lives? So, here …

The more economically and financially advanced we become, I strongly suspect, the easier it is for us to turn self-delusion into an artform. We’d like to think that we put God …

One of the things we love to do is have separate compartments in our life. My faith walk, my spiritual journey over in this corner, and real life over in that corner. People go to …

One of the things we love to do is have separate compartments in our life. Our faith walk, our spiritual journey over in this corner, and real life over in that corner. People go …

Have you ever heard other people praying and thought to yourself, “Wow, I can’t pray like that? That prayer was so eloquent. It made so much sense. I wonder if God even wants …

Today I want to share with you one of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made in my life. You see, for many, many years, I thought I had to clean up my act, before I came to Jesus. …

For so many people, prayer has become a burden. We know we should pray more, but you know how it goes. You’re busy and in any case, it doesn’t feel as though anything much is …

As time goes on, more and more people, have less and less peace and joy in their lives. More and more, lives are marked by frenzied activity, less and less, by quiet …

One of the intensely inconvenient things about the way God has set things up is that here you and I are, physically on this earth and there He is … somewhere … out there … …

For all of us, no matter who we are, what we believe, where we live, how rich or poor, black or white, tall or short, whatever, there is a tension in our hearts – between good …

In last week’s series – Having the Marriage You were Meant to have – Berni took a look at the foundation stones of marriage. This week’s series of A Different Perspective …

There are lots of people who believe with all their hearts in Jesus, and yet, who at the very same time, feel uncomfortable with all this “Holy Spirit” business. I wonder, why …

You and I, we like things to be predictable; people to be predictable; God to be predictable. Problem is, God isn’t always all that predictable. And try as we might to shove Him …

No one likes it when it’s wet and windy, when that storm sweeps through. You don’t and I don’t. And yet right in the middle of those storms of life, there’s a place where …

So many of God’s people are tired to the point of exhaustion. Following Jesus is about going against the flow. That’s hard work. We face a lot of resistance. But God, well, He …

On the one hand, Jesus said that following Him, being one of His disciples, was never going to be easy. Absolutely. But on the other, time and time again, we end up working …

We know that the bad stuff that we have going on inside us from time to time, tends to ruin our lives. We know that. But letting go of that stuff, well, that’s not always that …

The Holy Grail for many a person is on the one hand, to have the fantastic life they’re hoping for, but on the other, not to have to do the things, to make the sacrifices …

So often we’re looking for a miracle. And God chooses to work through the mundane. Maybe it’s time for a bit of spring cleaning. Join Berni Dymet in this new series as he …

Living life is great, it’s awesome, it’s exciting, but sometimes, just living life can get you down. It causes us to drop our gaze. It causes us to forget what it is that …

There are two directions for God’s blessings to flow through your life. Inwards, and outwards. To tell you the truth, we need both. But for many, life gets skewed, because they …

The more comfortable our lives become – and that after all is what economic progress is all about – the easier it is, to ignore the plight of those countless millions “out …

As sure as God made little green apples, as certainly as night follows day, if you start dabbling in evil, stress will start to fill your life. The problem is, that none of us …

I think sometimes that we get pressure and stress all mixed up. My dictionary tells me that stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or …

One of the consequences of this high-tech, high-connectivity world in which we live, is that we can work harder and longer than ever before. And under those circumstances, it’s …

One of the symptoms of this crazy, chaotic, connected world in which we live, is stress. In fact, stress is on the rise, to the point where over half of all visits to a local …

Well – here we are again. The beginning of a New Year – emphasis on the “New”. Funny how quickly they roll around. Why don’t you Join Berni Dymet this week in the series …

When things aren’t going right in life, when we’ve tried to fix them, but we just can’t, something has to change. And the best way to make that change happen, is to ask God …

You know when you know that there’s something not quite right, but you just don’t know what it is? You just can’t put your finger on it? It’s that “something’s not …

If you knew that one day this year, would be your last day on this earth, if you knew that with absolute certainty, how would it change the way you live between now and that …

If you could change just one thing in your life right now, what would that be? I’m not talking about other people, or your circumstances out there. I’m talking about you. If …

Wow, can you believe it. It’s New Year’s Eve … again. Those years, man, they are slipping by so incredibly quickly. And tomorrow, it’ll be a whole new year. The problem …

Stress. It’s such a short word, but the moment you hear it, you know exactly what it means. Stress. It’s a global pandemic, and what’s more, some of it, not all of it but …

It’s a funny time this time just after Christmas and just before the whole new work year begins. It’s a time when we look back at the year that’s just been and the one …

God is a surprising God. In the middle of the ordinary, the mundane, the unfair – right in the middle of life, so often His defining moments appear. Seemingly small and …

As you and I cast our gaze forward to the year we’re about to step into, I think the biggest mistake we can make is to hope for all the wrong things out of life. Hope for the …

Okay, so what are you looking forward to next year? Anything? Or in your heart, in your mind, is it a case of there’s nothing good to look forward to? Whichever it is for you, I …

This week between Christmas and Easter is always a funny sort of week, don’t you think? The whole Christmas thing is done, the new year is almost upon us but not quite. It’s …

There are two parts – two dimensions – to the Christmas story. The natural, ordinary, everyday dimension. And the supernatural dimension. We need to wrap our hearts around …

Now in the whole Christmas story, the real misfits, the odd-men-out if I can call them that were the wise men from the East. They weren’t Jews, they weren’t among God’s …

Can I ask you something? What exactly does a Christmas tree with decorations and presents have to do with Christmas? It’s so incongruous when you think about it. When all along, …

The great risk of just doing yet another Christmas, of skating over the surface of it all because, hey, I know the story anyway, is missing out on the richness and the depth of …

Christmas is a time of celebration, right? And yet how many times have you been through Christmas and it just wasn’t all that it should have been? Well, there’s a reason …

When all is said and done, Christmas is all about Jesus. That may not fit some people’s view, but He is what it’s all about. And at the end of the day, you and I have a choice …

When we think about Christmas, probably the last thing we associate with that whole thing is the idea of scandal. And yet, the birth of Jesus was very much surrounded by …

As we hurtle towards yet another Christmas in our lives, I wonder, how much thought have you given to the sort of Christmas that you want to celebrate? How much thought have you …

Do you know what scares me about Christmas? It’s the fact that we so take for granted the way we celebrate it. It’s become such an entrenched ritual in our lives. And …

I am the bread that gives life. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who believes in me will ever be thirsty. “O Come All Ye Faithful” is one of those great, …

Christmas inevitably comes with a lot of trappings these days. Tinsel, trees, baubles, lights … in fact, when you think about it, the way we celebrate Christmas couldn’t be …

Christmas is a time of celebration, right? And yet how many times have you been through Christmas and it just wasn’t all that it should have been? Well, there’s a reason …

Whilst we would like for things in life to be clear, the fact is, they often aren’t. Should I choose this option or that option? Should I take this path or that path? Making …

Relationships often go through cycles of closeness and then drifting apart. It’s true of our human relationships and it’s also true of our relationship with God. So … what …

One of the ways in which many people find themselves torn, pulled this way and that way, is this: how much should I do, and how much of it should I leave to God. When you’re in …

Just in my lifetime, the options we have available to us of good things to spend our hard-earned cash on, seem to have increased a hundredfold. Travel, entertainment, technology …

In this crazy world in which we live, peace, gentle, lasting peace in our hearts, can be something of an elusive commodity. And yet God wants to pour His peace into our lives. So, …

When something bad happens to us, the first question we want an answer to, is “Why?” … am I right? If God loves me, if He truly is in control, why did this happen to me? …

I have a confession to make. Sometimes I can be a bit spiritually thick, a bit of a slow learner if you will. Sometimes what I really want to do is to race out and do stuff, …

Throughout this year, literally millions of people have tuned in to A Different Perspective by radio and indeed online, right around the world. We’ve had a huge amount of …

Why is it that the moment we decide to step out in faith, to follow the call, the dream that God has placed on our hearts, that we run into some insurmountable obstacle to put us …

So, right in this moment, can I ask you, what’s your sense of the calling on your life, your destiny, the thing that you were put on this earth to do? Is it clear to you, or has …

Here’s a truth that I hope will shake you up a little bit: the more you have your face buried in your smartphone screen, the less time you’ll spend dreaming about the future. …

You know, I think that one of the most destructive things that we can ever do, is to compare ourselves to other people. I mean, it’s a natural thing to do … but when you think …

If I were to ask you, “Do you think that you’re anything special?” probably, you’d feel a bit embarrassed and deflect the question. But let me tell you, the rest of us, we …

When we’re suffering, when it just seems to go on and on and on and on, our resolve to stay strong weakens. And after a while, the temptation is, to give up. To throw in the …

When you’re facing some sort of adversity in your life, the idea that you can have victory over it, the idea that you can overcome it, not some time in the future, but right …

Throughout this year, literally millions of people have tuned in to A Different Perspective by radio and indeed online, right around the world. We’ve had a huge amount of …

Christmas is a time of celebration, right? And yet how many times have you been through Christmas and it just wasn’t all that it should have been? Well, there’s a reason for …

Have you ever been in that situation, where you feel victimised by someone? It’s not a nice feeling is it? And for some people, it can be overwhelming. What if I told you that …

Okay, so when was the last time someone criticised you. It hurts, doesn’t it? Even when they have the best of intentions. And yet criticism, if we channel it in the right …

Looking after ourselves, taking care of our own needs, would have to be one of the most common of human traits. And yet at some point, we all end up stepping over the line, into …

Now, I’m not a betting man, but if I were, I would bet that there is some habit of yours that you’d like to change, if you could. But when it comes to those bad habits, those …

We like to think of ourselves, don’t we, as being mature. Physically, emotionally, and indeed, spiritually. And yet invariably we each still have some growing up left to do. And …

What would be really neat, is if we could go through life without suffering. Now, we know that that’s completely unrealistic, but that’s still what we hope for. And we can …

When something in our lives is hurting, our very human instinct is to do whatever it takes to stop the pain. But our “whatever it takes” and God’s “whatever it takes” …

They say – God is good. Is He? Can you tell from a distance? If you want to buy a car, first you take it for a drive. If you want to buy a house, you go and check it out. Well, …

Self-inflicted injuries, self-harm as it’s called these days, have never made sense to me. And yet, so often we bring pain into our lives, because we’re too stubborn to accept …

Preachers, in today’s contemporary culture, get a bit of a bad rap. And to be sure, there are some out there who should be locked up, seriously! But down through the ages, time …

When I first became a Christian, honestly, I found the Bible difficult to read. A lot of it didn’t make sense to me. And the easiest thing in the world to do, is to give up. So …

Sometimes it’s time to call a spade a spade. To look at things the way they really are. Today is such a day. So, if perhaps, you don’t want to be offended, if you don’t want …

I’ve heard people say that they love God. Great. But how do you love Him? Come on, how do you love someone you can’t see? Because if you don’t know the answer to that …

Have you ever found yourself with this terrible dilemma that on the one hand, you love God and you really want to follow after Jesus, to pour His love out in this lost and hurting …

Okay, so right in the middle of whatever’s going on in your life at the moment, let me ask you – what’s the point of your life? Is there some great purpose, some meaning, …

Life can be a grind sometimes. What we really want is some time of refreshing. Like jumping into a cool swimming pool on a hot day. Join Berni Dymet as he looks at refreshment – …

I’m not sure whether this is a thought that’s ever entered your mind or not, but God has a yearning deep in His mighty heart. A yearning for you that is beyond words or …

Well, today, I’d like to start off with a warning. If you’ve made for yourself a nice, safe, soft, cuddly version of who you’d like God to be, and you don’t want me to …

If I were to ask you, what’s the one thing that you can do, that will, more than any other, help you grow in spiritual maturity, what would your answer be? Well, there’s a …

Many’s the time that I’ve felt powerless … powerless to do all that God’s called me to do. Powerless to overcome the sin in my life. And I used to go to God and ask Him …

It is a staggering and frightening statistic that in just about every society around the globe, suicide is on the increase. What a tragic paradox: the more affluent we become, the …

The word “crushed” is an evocative word. We’ve all seen things that have been crushed. A car after a bad accident. Gravel crushed out of larger stones. It takes a powerful …

Success is one of those things that many in this day and age aspire to. And yet success is not one of the things that God holds up there as something that we should aspire to. In …

It’s amazing but when you think about it God left two things of Himself behind for us on this Earth. Of course He owns all creation – but the two things of Himself that He …

Don’t you hate it when the bad guys prosper? I mean you’re doing everything right yet struggling. They’re behaving badly yet succeeding. Don’t you hate that? How do you …

I don’t know precisely what it is but there seems to be more and more conflict in the world ideological conflict, political conflict, and conflict too at a personal and …

Worry, worry, worry. We all do it, don’t we? We don’t think about it all that much. When something’s out of our control, something that could go the wrong way, we tend to …

I remember, probably during the worst time of my life, feeling incredibly alone. There were some well-meaning people around me, but it seemed that nothing that they were able to …

When we’re under pressure, we don’t think too much about who or what we’re putting our trust in, to get us through. We just turn to whoever or whatever it is that we …

We don’t like to talk about the times in life when things aren’t going all that well. After all, we want people to think well of us. We want them to think that we’re happy …

It’s bad enough when we have to travel through the storms of life. But navigating those storms on our own, being alone, which is often how we feel in the middle of a storm … …

It’s one thing to know God, it’s another thing entirely to know God. Experiencing the reality of Him in our lives – in a real relationship – is the most wonderful thing. …

So many people live out a spiritually parched existence when all along God has a plan – a plan of power, a plan of peace, a plan of intimacy, a plan……of abundant life. His …