You walk past people on the street – blank, emotionless faces and you think – I wonder what’s going on in their hearts today. Those faces hide so many hurts and pains and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

You know what I’ve noticed? Whenever God calls me to do something, the timing always seems bad. It never seems convenient – in fact, quite the opposite. And under those …

We know that pretty much – what we get out of life depends on what we put into it. Problem is – sometimes we don’t feel like putting in. In some situations we just want to …

We all want a harvest in our life. Who doesn’t? God promises an abundance. Yet in order to reap His Harvest, we have to plant His seeds. Discover God’s simple and powerful …

If we’re honest with ourselves, the plan that you and I have for our lives is plain sailing on a calm ocean all the way. The problem is, as much as it wasn’t part of our plan, …

When things in your life have been at their worst, when you’ve been completely rock bottom, let me ask you, on a scale of zero to ten, how inclined were you at that point, to …

You’ve no doubt often heard it said that God is the God of the impossible. Well that’s easy to say, but when you run into the impossible, believing it is a whole other thing, …

No one likes to suffer, but in a spiritual sense, suffering can cause us to take our eye off the ball as we wonder, what the blazes God is up to and why He’s letting this happen …

Most of us don’t handle rejection all that well. Whether it’s being left of the invite list to a social function or having your soulmate trade you in for a newer model, …

Suffering, on its own, is bad enough. But when the suffering comes at the hands of injustice, it can be almost unbearable. How do you respond when you’re on the wrong end of an …

Whenever someone comes to me with a problem that’s eating away at them, my first question, always, is how often do you open your Bible? The most common response? An awkward …

Let me ask you something: where do you run for protection? You know, on those days when the whole world seems to be against you, when your circumstances take a sudden turn for the …

Have you ever felt as though it’s all over? There’s no future? It’s as though God is finished with us and He’s put us on the shelf. We’re past our “use by” date. …

We pretty much all want to live a good life – the life God always intended. But sometimes life can be tough – I mean, really tough. So then – how do you live that good life? …

Life sometimes takes a terrible turn. Other people plot and plan bad things in our lives. It’s sad but true. So when that happens, what exactly is God up to? Life can be so …

Here we are heading into this Christmas thing again – and for most of us, it’s a bit of a challenge just even to pay any attention to what it’s all about.Every year – …

I know, it’s a few weeks out from Christmas. But the stores are all decorated. And anyhow, this whole Christmas idea, began a long time – a very long time – before that …

Sometimes tragic things happen in life, things that are completely irreversible, that seem to rob us of the good future that we had planned for ourselves. You’ve probably …

In these days of greater financial uncertainty, many people are finding that their finances are getting them down. People are drowning in debt. They have all the financial …

In these days of greater financial uncertainty, many people are finding that their finances are getting them down. People are drowning in debt. They have all the financial …

Many of us become very touchy the moment someone mentions our faith and our finances in the one sentence. Very touchy indeed. But Jesus talked about this very thing a lot. Quite a …

Money as it turns out is a great servant, but a brutal master. So many people are struggling with money matters – debt, greed, all sorts of things and there doesn’t seem to be …

Many of us become very touchy the moment someone mentions our faith and our finances in the one sentence. Very touchy indeed. But Jesus talked about this very thing a lot. Quite a …

Honestly, most people, when they find out that I believe in the existence of demons, very quickly come to the conclusion that I must be a religious nutter. Really. Okay, let me …

When adversity strikes, as it does from time to time in everybody’s life, our immediate response is to pull back, to withdraw, and at that point many a person will simply … …

When things aren’t turning out in your life the way you’d planned, the way you’d hoped, how do you react? How do you respond to God? What does it do, to your faith in Him, …

Life can be cruel sometimes. Other times, mundane. We travel along our journey wondering “What’s it all about? Is there really any point?” Perhaps there are a few highlights …

Pride alienates us from people and from God. But we can’t live this life on our own. That’s why pride is such a destructive force. Let’s face it … pride is such an ugly …

Over the last couple of weeks on the program, we’ve been spending a day each day at the office with Jesus – simply following Him around through the stories in a couple of the …

Jesus lived on this earth over 2000 years ago. That’s a long time – and for many people, they want to believe in Him, they want Him to be real – but those old, old stories …

Question: do you believe in the existence of the devil or not? Do you believe in the existence of a personal, spiritual force of evil, or not? Anyone who’s spent any time in …

If I were to ask you, are you winning at life, do you feel on top of things, how would you answer? Yes, no, maybe? So, when you look in the mirror each morning, what do you …

Jesus lived on this earth over 2000 years ago. That’s a long time – and for many people, they want to believe in Him, they want Him to be real – but those old, old stories …

It’s easy to imagine that if you honour God, if you set out with all your heart to follow Jesus, that somehow the going’s going to be easy. I was with a group of Christian …

In a world that values success and recognition – it’s funny how many people are chasing after those things in way or another – and how few people ever experience fulfilment …

All too often, when faced with uncertainty, we allow our imagination to race of into the negativity of all the things that could possibly go wrong. And there’s not a single time …

We live in a world interested in “surface things”. Wealth. Success. Recognition … that’s what people value. So when we end up in a bit of a wilderness – it’s …

We live in a world interested in “surface things”. Wealth. Success Recognition…..that’s what people value. So when we end up in a bit of a wilderness – it’s confusing, …

It’s so easy to find excuses for rejecting God, for not believing that He exists. Sure it is. But then, for anyone who’ll take the time to look, the evidence is …

Anger, resentment, the desire for revenge – they’re all pretty natural reactions to being treated badly. Problem is, they’re just not all that helpful. Can I ask you …

I was chatting with a friend, Tony, recently. We were talking about our natural tendency to ask God to fix our problems. This is what Tony said: I’m going through a really …

This world can be a pretty cold and brutal place sometimes. It’s great if you are surrounded by people who care for you, but sometimes circumstances turn against you. Sometimes …

When you’re stressed out or angry or irritable or in pain, here’s what happens: you end up making bad choices. You end up, in the heat of the moment, making bad decisions. …

Sometimes, we get to imagining that evil is inevitable. That when temptation comes knocking at your door, well, it’s so tempting, you just have to let it in. How many times has …

One of my absolute favourite sayings used to be: It’s so hard to soar like an eagle when you’re surrounded by turkeys. Not bad is it? Although, given what I do, these days, I …

We all would like to lay a hold of God’s promises in our lives – peace, joy, prosperity. He promises all of those things. But sometimes, we see them through our own eyes. And …

Have you ever been in a place where you have this sense that God wants you to go in this direction and you try and do that, you try to follow Him in the direction you believe …

So many things make so many promises – “buy me and you’ll be happy”. You know the sort of thing! And they never deliver – it seems sometimes we’re on a treadmill of …

So many Christians believe in the promises of God – they just struggle to live in those promises. That’s because sometimes we expect the promises to be delivered to our front …

Fear and worry are things that we all go through. For some, they are constant bedfellows. Well this week on the program – Berni is doing some real “rubber hits the road” …

Fear is a subject that we don’t much like to talk about and yet, it’s important because fear is something that we all travel through. And it turns out that the way we handle …

We all feel some stress sometimes. That’s normal. But way too many of us are living our lives constantly under way too much stress. And that’s not good. It impacts us …

We all feel some stress sometimes. That’s normal. But way too many of us are living our lives constantly under way too much stress. And that’s not good. It impacts us …

We all feel some stress, sometimes. That’s normal. But way too many of us are living our lives in a constant state of stress and that’s not good. It impacts us emotionally, …

You and I – we’re wired to hate injustice, especially, when we’re on the receiving end of it. When we’re misunderstood. When people think the wrongly thing of us and we …

I think there’s only one thing worse than an uncomfortable journey – and that’s an uncomfortable journey with an uncertain destination and an unknown time of arrival. I …

Have you ever been at the point of hitting an obstacle and wondered – How am I ever going to get through this? We all end up there eventually, with some humongous, totally …

In this digital age, identity theft is the big new crime. But what if you aren’t really sure of your identity in the first place? What if you woke up one day and simply didn’t …

Every now and then, you run into such fierce opposition, such an onslaught, that it leaves you reeling. Where did that come from? How did that happen? It just knocks the stuffing …

Sometimes it feels that we’re not really winning at life. For many of us – at some point or another – actually, it feels like we’re losing. The Apostle Paul – from right …

All too often, it feels as though life is out of control. It’s something we all go through from time to time. This crazy, mixed up world seems to be hurtling through space …

Have you ever found yourself in a situation of uncertainty, of turmoil or conflict or fear … and no matter how much you pray, God hasn’t stepped in to change your situation? …

Often when we’re going through difficult times, God intervenes in ways that we simply don’t expect. We expect a conventional intervention. He on the other hand, steps in, in …

I don’t know if you’ve noticed this or not – but some days, life just stinks. Some days you wonder, why you even bother? Ever had a day like that? Yeah – me too! Other …

Suffering – well, by definition is never easy. It’s never a place we want to be in. But suffering is a reality of life. It’s a place we simply have to travel through from …

Do you remember that great old Scottish ballad, “Loch Lomond”? …     O ye’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low road and I’ll be in Scotland afore ye …

When the going gets tough – I mean, really tough – have you noticed how self absorbed we can become? As the pain levels go up, more and more, we focus on our pain and our need …

God’s given each one of us a race to run. It’s called life. The life that He has planned for us. But all too often, we want to pull over and give up. When His plan all along …

There are times in our lives, where it just all gets too much. Circumstances, relationships, trials, temptations, they conspire together to overwhelm us. Sometimes, it even …

There are times when everyone around you just seems to desert you. You can be surrounded by lots of people, and yet still be completely alone. You’re carrying heavy burdens, but …

We all start off with dreams and aspirations for our lives in our teenage years. We imagine who we want to be, what we want to achieve. The dreaming days are pretty easy. They …

I don’t know if you’ve picked it, but life ain’t always that easy. Have you … noticed that? We kind of figure to ourselves that it should be. At least … it should be …

Adversity is something that none of us really likes. We just don’t. Look, in theory at least, we get it that it’s part and parcel of life. We get that. But in practice, when …

Darkness is a fact of life. Every night the sun goes up, every morning it comes up again. Light, darkness, light, darkness. It’s an inexorable cycle. And the whole point about …

Let me be perfectly honest with you. I hate pain. Physical pain or emotional pain, I just hate it. I’m sure you do too. It’s simply our natural response to pain. Because …

So, life is going along, okay, I guess … with its ups and downs. But something doesn’t feel quite right. You’re not completely happy with the way things are going, and that …

If the truth be known, our past is completely out of our control. Of all the things in our lives that are out of our control, the past is the biggest one. Because no matter what …

How much of each day do you spend, investing in tomorrow? Just as with money, there are two things that we can do with our time. We can spend it or we can invest it. There’s …

If I were to ask you, “Are you living under a curse?” what would your answer be? I guess perhaps if you’re going through some tough times you might be tempted to say, …

Sometimes it feels as though nothing’s happening. Nothing. So, what? Has God forgotten me? Has He left me on the shelf? We all want to feel as though God has some great plan …

There are so many things that shake our confidence in this life. Things from the past that haunt us. When we compare ourselves with other people. When things come at us from out …

We live in a world that’s changing so quickly. There are so many choices and challenges in life. And so many people find that all of the change and the uncertainty eat away at …

We live in a world that’s changing so quickly. There are so many choices and challenges in life. And so many people find that all of the change and the uncertainty eat away at …

There’s one thing about other people. They’re everywhere and we just can’t get away from them. At home. At work. At church. They’re there. And sometimes, they’re …

If you haven’t noticed there are people everywhere. It’s hard to get away from them sometimes. And some of those people are difficult to deal with. Turns out that they can …

Pain is a fact of life. We don’t want to think about it. We all hope to avoid it. But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, emotional and …

Pain is a fact of life. We don’t want to think about it. We all hope to avoid it. But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, emotional and …

Pain is a fact of life. We don’t want to think about it. We all hope to avoid it. But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, emotional and …

Pain is a fact of life. We don’t want to think about it. We all hope to avoid it. But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, emotional and …

Pain is a fact of life. We don’t want to think about it. We all hope to avoid it. But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, emotional and …

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 week – as he looks at …

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