I wonder … what does “church” mean to you? Is it a building (for many it is)? Is it the traditional service that you attend on a Sunday? Is it an institution, a family, or ...

I wonder … what does “church” mean to you? Is it a building (for many it is)? Is it the traditional service that you attend on a Sunday? Is it an institution, a family, or ...

God has placed a special gift or ability inside each one of us. The sad thing is that it’s so easy for the day to day grind to bury that gift – and the dreams we may have had ...

One day this whole darned shootin’ match is going to come to an end. The heavens and the earth will pass away. Is that something you’re looking forward to … or not? Your ...

So, at what point does God lose patience with you? At what point does He say, “That’s it! Enough! No more! I’m done with you!”?  That’s a scary thought that I’m ...

There is – both out there in the world, and even amongst God’s own people, sadly – a palpable level of ignorance of Jesus … who (according to God’s Word) He is; what He ...

What is it in this world that you yearn for? What pleasures, what possessions, what particular thing do you dream of having in your grasp this side of eternity? And what are you ...

Have you ever been tempted to put God to the test? You know, you’re going through a rough patch so you throw the gauntlet down at His feet. “Well Lord, if you really love me, ...

Your enemy, the devil, has a number of very nasty habits. Up there at the top of his list is his habit of kicking you when you’re down, waiting until you’re at your weakest ...

Temptation has this tendency to sneak up on you without you even being aware that it’s coming. And then, all of a sudden, boom! You fall into sin, all the time wondering, ...

God has placed a special gift or ability inside each one of us. The sad thing is that it’s so easy for the day to day grind to bury that gift – and the dreams we may have had ...

Well, today is your final instalment in the “behind the scenes tour” of this, your daily devotional. And I have something truly special to share with you from God’s Word, ...

It’s an odd feeling, you know, sitting on this side of the Fresh devotional each day; my side – the side of praying, preparing, writing, recording, shooting a short message ...

Yesterday I shared a bit of what’s involved in producing this daily devotional and getting it out to the literally millions of people around the world who watch, listen to, or ...

So here’s a useless piece of information: today, this is the two-thousand-one-hundred-and-forty-sixth Fresh devotional that we here at the ministry of Christianityworks have ...

So, the other night we had a good friend over for dinner. His son and daughter-in-law were expecting a child. But in the middle of the meal, he received a devastating phone call ...

Life has a habit of … I don’t know … chipping away at your faith. Those bumps and bruises, the stresses and strains, the muck that life throws at you have a way of drawing ...

There seems to be three different phases in life. Things can be going brilliantly well, or just – you know – chugging along fine. Or for one reason or another, life can be a ...

As we step into this new year, there are so many people for whom the hurts, the losses, the failures, the regrets of last year are holding them back, robbing them of that sense of ...

Because we’re all human, our hearts are regularly torn between doing what’s right and succumbing to what’s wrong. It’s not just you or me. Everyone who sets their hearts ...

It’s funny how sin – I know, it’s not a popular word these days – has this habit of creeping back into our lives without us even realising it. Today it’s time for a ...

One of the things that we all should be thinking about at this time of year is our household budget, especially as the cost of living goes up putting pressure on our finances. How ...

If you’re anything like me, by now you have a bit of a plan for your year ahead – the things you want to achieve, the holidays you may want to take, the relationships that ...

If you’ve ever read the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ public ministry … man, they’re pretty exciting. Healings, casting out demons, crowds, amazing preaching – great stuff. ...

What sort of a year are you looking forward to? Is it going to be the same old, same old … again? Same day job, same routine. Or are you looking forward to an adventure? What ...

So what is it that you do day after day? Perhaps you have a job so you go to work. Or you’re a homemaker. Or retired. What is it that’s going to take up a good chunk of your ...

As we step into this new year, there are so many people for whom the hurts, the losses, the failures, the regrets of last year are holding them back, robbing them of that sense of ...

As we step into this new year, there are so many people for whom the hurts, the losses, the failures, the regrets of last year are holding them back, robbing them of that sense of ...

If you were able to join me yesterday, you’ll recall that I promised you some good news about your future. And that’s exactly what I mean to deliver to you today … fantastic ...

New Year’s Eve – traditionally a night of great celebration as we leave the past behind and leap into the new year … whoopedy-whoop. But let me ask you, are you in fact able ...

Can I ask you something? On a scale of zero to ten, to what degree has the grace of God toward you in Jesus Christ radically, completely, and utterly transformed your life? ...

The more time you spend looking at and thinking about the grace of God, the more life-changing it becomes. And I strongly suspect that that’s the whole point. God’s grace is ...

Do you believe in Jesus? Do you believe that He died to pay the price of your sins and rose again to give you a new, abundant, eternal life? Then I have some good news for you ...

Inevitably, as we compare this past year that’s just been with the year that we’re hoping lies ahead, there are some things that we’d hope would turn out differently this ...

Well, here we are at the beginning of that funny little week between Christmas and New Year – that place of almost suspended animation, as we think back on the year that’s ...

OK. Another year’s over. Another one is about to begin. So … what about next year? What do you want it to be like? Why don’t you join Berni Dymet in this new series, as ...

Well, a blessed and a merry Christmas to you on this Christmas day, that one day in the year when we stop to remember the entry of God’s grace into this world through that Child ...

Yep, it’s Christmas Eve … time to get serious about wrapping our hearts and our minds around the vast, incomprehensible yet intensely personal truth of God’s grace toward ...

It’s one thing to have a spectacular “come to Jesus” moment. And if that happened to you, as it did to me many years ago … fantastic. But it’s another thing entirely to ...

I don’t know how it is for you, but the grace of God completely blows me away. And the more I wrap my heart around the truth of God’s grace, His mercy, His love for me through ...

Christmas is a special time … a very special time. But it’s also a time when complacency sets in. Let’s face it, we’ve all done Christmas so many times that it’s hard to ...

When someone does something for you that you don’t deserve – I mean really, truly don’t deserve – it’s difficult to comprehend. It takes some coming to terms with, does ...

And here we are yet again. We’ve turned the corner and it’s the week leading up to Christmas – a hectic time for some, and for others, a lonely time. I wonder what’s on ...

Christmas is a funny time.  It’s been a busy year.  Down to the wire.  So many of us approach Christmas with mixed feelings.  Why don’t you join Berni this ...

There’s nothing to take the edge off the Good News of Jesus like the hypocrisy of someone who says they believe in Him. Put another way, a hypocrite hasn’t a hope in hell of ...

Might I ask you … this Christmas, are you going to tell anyone about Jesus? Are you going to share His love – the “reason for the season” – with someone who doesn’t ...

Have you ever felt inadequate to be a follower of Jesus Christ’s? Have you ever felt incapable of sharing your faith with someone who’s hostile to the things of God? Yep, me ...

The Christmas season is a time when, more than ever, we have a license to speak about Jesus – who He is, why He came, the powerful difference He can make to our lives. It’s a ...

Family gatherings like Christmas can be a great blessing. Catching up with loved ones that we perhaps haven’t seen in a while is awesome … until it’s not: Until old tensions ...

Because we’re heading into Christmas next week, we’re chatting this week about getting ready for that celebration. Specifically, about thinking ahead, planning ahead, for ...

With Christmas fast heading our way, many of us will be planning how we’ll be spending that special day. And for most of us, that’ll involve time with our loved ones, the most ...

When we were teenagers, changes are that even the best advice from our parents was like water off a duck’s back.  “What  would they know?”  In hindsight – a ...

Yesterday we chatted about the absence of civility in public discourse and the powerful role that you and I can play in bringing that back through gracious understanding and ...

I was just chatting by video conference the other day with Bob Beasley, a dear friend of mine in Canada. He made the point that civil dialogue amongst people of opposing views is ...

Over the years, I’ve met many people who live in places where they’re not free to say what they think. And as I’ve listened to their stories, it’s their deep sense of ...

Our days on this earth – yours and mine – are numbered. We have a finite time left to have a positive, lasting impact on the lives of those around us, those who matter most. ...

So, perhaps God’s called you to step out into some good on His behalf – maybe through a financial commitment, or investing time and energy into something or someone. Whatever ...

One of the most difficult things for us to do is to step out in faith when we’re surrounded by uncertainty, to invest our time, energies and resources in a good work when the ...

All the things in this world that we take for granted – whilst they’re here today – could very well be gone tomorrow. In fact, one day no matter how permanent the things of ...

As we head into Christmas yet again, we’d all like to think that we have a pretty good life.  That we have peace in our lives. But God knows that we can’t have that peace ...

Do you know the biggest difference between doing bad and doing good? Doing bad is so easy. It just seems to come naturally to us. Doing good on the other hand … well, that can ...

It’s funny how God (if we’ll let Him) can use even the most mundane of situations to teach us a powerful lesson, even when we’re feeling decidedly unspiritual. That’s ...

One day … yep, one day God is going to do a powerful work through me. One day, He’s going to send me here or there to do this or that. Amazing. I can’t wait. One day … ...

Do you know that feeling of wanting people just to think a little bit better of you – that desire to get just a bit more recognition for who you are and all that you’ve done? ...

There was a time in Israel’s history when they’d turned their backs on God yet again. And they were suffering the consequences of their rebellion against Him … yet again. ...

When we’re going through times of trouble, as we all do from time to time, the thought, the question, that plays on our minds is this one: Why is this happening to me? Well, why ...

If there’s one thing in life that’s perhaps more important than any other, it’s the need for us to be honest with ourselves – to take a look and really see ourselves for ...

Each year, here at Christianityworks, we have the privilege of sharing the Word of God with literally millions of people around the globe through these broadcasts. And as you ...

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 ...

If you had a choice between a life of hard work doing what you’re good at doing, or an easy life of wealthy luxury just whiling away the days doing whatever you want, which one ...

One of the things I love about Jewish culture is how richly they use words to paint pictures. So, if you’ve ever wondered why yeast is used as a symbol of sin in Scripture, ...

You and I would like to think that we know ourselves pretty well –  that by this time in our lives we have a pretty good handle on who we are, what we’re good at, and ...

Allow me to ask you plainly today, do you believe in Jesus? If so, then no matter what you’ve done, how badly you’ve behaved, you are one of God’s children. His door remains ...

We all have days when God appears to go missing from our lives. In theory you may well believe that He never leaves you or forsakes you. But in practice … well, where is He? Why ...

We all have a secret thought life. We think things that we don’t share with anyone else, even our closest confidant. And those secret thoughts, in point of fact, hold powerful ...

How often do you hear people speaking well of their enemies? In fact, how often do you speak well of your enemies? My guess? Not all that often. And that’s not because I’m ...

When we were teenagers, changes are that even the best advice from our parents was like water off a duck’s back.  “What  would they know?”  In hindsight – a ...

Have you ever had the sense that God’s calling you to do something for Him? You know … that little voice, that nudge in your spirit. It can be a tad disconcerting because ...

So, perhaps you’re one of these crazy people who’s decided to trust in Jesus – the Son of God who died to pay for your sins and rose again to give you a new life for ...

What is the gift of eternal life worth to you? Think about it. Just take your focus off all the ups and downs at play in your life today and focus on the gift of eternal life. ...

This world is full of aches and pains – in our relationships, in our hearts … and hey, even in the old body as it heads towards its inevitable end. In short, things sometimes ...

I think we’re all agreed that as well as our physical bodies of flesh and blood, deep down inside there’s a spiritual aspect to who we are – an aspect, a dimension, that’s ...

Many people are happy to believe in Jesus’ promise of eternal life, in theory, but in practice we know the stark reality of death – a body in a coffin. Our earthly body ...

There are so many cares and concerns, stresses and strains, that we face in life day-to-day. But as much as they occupy our attention and consume our energies, one day … ...

When we were teenagers, changes are that even the best advice from our parents was like water off a duck’s back.  “What  would they know?”  In hindsight – a ...

I have to tell you that the Apostle Paul is my kind of guy. He’s blunt, he’s direct – he tells it the way it is. If we read what he wrote, we’ll never go to our grave ...

The things going on in your life and mine today, here and now, are extremely powerful. In a very real sense, they define our reality. And in a very real sense, they truncate our ...

We’ve been focussing these last few days on the resurrection of Jesus. Did it really happen? And if so, so what? If it really did happen, what does it mean for you and me now, ...

Over the last two thousand years, billions of people have believed in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Now, death … that’s easy to believe in. But resurrection? ...

Down through the centuries, the resurrection of Jesus – was it real or was it not? – has been fiercely debated. And these days many still write it off as a myth. I mean, ...

I remember when I finally became a Christian at age thirty-six, after leading a very self-centred life, I felt so inferior to all these holier-than-thou Christians around me. I ...

We’ve all been to funerals … the loss of a loved one, a friend, a colleague. And those solemn ceremonies are an important part of grieving; an important part of letting go. ...

One of the easiest things to do in this world, is to idolise God’s blessings. In other words, we elevate the blessings of this world, above God Himself. We’ve all done it and ...

We all love that word “victory”. It’s about winning – success, glory, recognition. Who doesn’t want to live a life of victory over their circumstances, crashing through ...

So much of what Jesus taught was deeply rooted in our ordinary, everyday realities. Yes, He did talk about what we believe, but He talked much more about what we do. That’s an ...

Here’s a question for you today. Do you believe in “hell”? Do you believe that it’s a place of physical separation from God and a place of torment, or not? Because what we ...

During Jesus’ trial, Pontius Pilot asked the question “What is truth?”. It’s a question, these days, that I ask myself again and again. I think we all should, lest we be ...

Loving people who don’t love us in return … well, it’s not easy, is it? In fact, our instinct is to give them as much grief as they give us. And that, right there, is why ...

How much time do you have left to love the people around you? When will your last hug of a loved one be? The answer is, we just don’t know. Which means that love should be our ...

One of the greatest battlegrounds, if I can call it that, between those who are of this world and those who belong to Jesus, is the question of abortion. Why are those Christians ...