If only … if only it were possible to have the best of both worlds. On the one hand, not have to give up those things we want to hang onto. And on the other, still, to have a …

One of the biggest mistake that we can ever make in following Jesus, is somehow imagining that everything depends on us. That if I don’t get this little bit or that little bit …

The thing that I’ve noticed is that when Jesus calls us out of our comfort zone, out to follow Him, it never seems like it’s a good time. There’s always some excuse not to …

We all travel through difficult times – dark times in life. Hurts and losses and times when we’re afraid. And the most important thing that we need to know in the middle of …

It doesn’t matter who we are – we all travel through dark places in our lives. And in those dark times, it can be so difficult to put our faith into practice – to remember …

I don’t know about you, but the plan that I have for today, for tomorrow, for the rest of my life, is that everything will always go swimmingly well. Deep down, we know it …

One of the biggest challenges we face and indeed the most common excuse people have for not spending time each day with Jesus, is that we don’t have the time, or the energy. On …

Okay, so on a scale of zero to ten, how rich, how vibrant, how real is your relationship with Jesus right now? Come on, be honest with yourself. Where on that scale does your …

Love, love, love. So many people promise so much in the love-stakes and yet, sadly, many of them fail to deliver. They say they love us, but when the going gets tough, so much of …

Whilst love is a word that we all think we understand I wonder sometimes whether we really do. Let’s say I asked you to define love. What would you say? How would you put …

I think that one of the greatest achievements in life, is to love people through to the end. Whether it be husband and wife, whether it be brother and sister, or friend and …

Love is the single, most powerful force in the universe. There’s no doubt about that. That’s why such amazing things happen when God’s love flows through us, out into the …

Sometimes we can find ourselves wandering in a spiritual wilderness. We’ve all been there at some stage in our life. And when we are there – it’s as though the road is a …

As much as you and I like being part of the crowd, like being accepted by the people around us, sometimes as disciples of Jesus, we’re called to stand apart. We’re called to …

Without even knowing anything about you, I am 100% certain that you have at least one person in your life, who drives you completely nutty. They do that same thing that they know …

Right from when we’re little, getting on with others isn’t always that easy. Playing nice with the other kids can be a challenge, no matter how young or old we are. Why is …

Sad to say, there are rather a lot of not very nice people out there. We like being around nice people, not the not so nice people, right? But the question is, which one of those …

Love is such a wonderful thing. We all love the idea of love. We all want to be loved. But doing love, living out love, giving love … well that’s not always all that easy now, …

Over 60% of new songs written in the past year have been about love. That’s great. So why is it then, pray tell, that there seems to be so much lovelessness in this world today? …

To a greater or lesser extent we each have a plan for how things should go. What’s good, what makes sense, what’s perfect. But some of us … well, some of us can take that a …

The more pressure we’re under, the more prone we are to outbursts of anger. Don’t know if you’ve noticed but the pressure all around us is rising and with it, so too, are …

Come what may, every now and then, people do things that hurt us. We have different reactions, but inevitably, we want justice, But that doesn’t always happen. So we have to …

We live in a world that values success and, up to a point, there’s nothing wrong with that … until we cross over that line where self-promotion and over-confidence become our …

We tend not to think too much about the expressions that we allow to appear on our faces. If something pleases us, we smile. If something annoys us, we scowl. Instinctively … …

I can’t tell you, over the years, how many times, in business meetings for instance, I’ve seen poor communication become the undoing of what could have been some sensational …

Whether we realise it or not, deception is a tool of trade that we often use, without even thinking about it, indeed sometimes, without even uttering a word. When was the last …

We’ve all been at the wrong end of some unreasonable expectations. People expecting us to be someone that we clearly aren’t, expecting us to do things that we can’t. …

Relationships can be fickle things, particularly when people start behaving badly. That’s why it’s so incredibly important for us to develop the wisdom and the maturity to …

People talk about “Jesus” – but what was He about. Why did He come to planet Earth? Bottom line – Why did He come for You and Me? I mean He’s got to be relevant. He’s …

Honestly, I think that rejection is one of the worst things that we ever have to deal with in life. Sometimes it’s a big rejection, like a divorce. Other times, it’s just the …

You know, there are some awful people in this world. We wish there weren’t, but we know there are. And learning to deal effectively with those awful people is one of the most …

Okay, so life isn’t always all that it’s cracked up to be, and honestly, there are people out there who are going to rob you of your joy and peace, pretty much every time you …

There are many things we know that are incredibly wrong. Murder for instance. Rape. Adultery even. We know they’re wrong. And then there are the things that we like to sweep …

One of the most difficult things for any of us to come to grips with, to reconcile in this world in which we live, is the extreme wealth and comfort of some, and, in stark …

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 …