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A New Year, A Fresh Start
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 ...
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Taking God At His Word
Sometimes, it can seem that God’s promises are just too good to be true. An abundant life – full of blessing. Yeah – right! But it also seems that some people meet Jesus and ...
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A New Year, Fresh Start
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 ...
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Overboard with Jesus
Too many Christians try to live out a safe, convenient and comfortable Christianity … and then they wonder, why isn’t it working? Others, they can hear Jesus calling them, but ...
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My Redeemer Lives
Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...
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Unlocking the Power of Prayer
So often, we see things happening in people’s lives and we feel so helpless. ‘The problem’s so big, so daunting….I can’t possibly make a difference. I guess if ...
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The Art of Living
We pay a lot of attention to a lot of things – but how we live our lives, isn’t generally one of them. Many people know that perhaps something isn’t quite right, ...
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Don’t Waste Your Life
For so many people who believe in Jesus, there is a yawning gap between the life that Jesus promises, and the life that they’re actually leading. The compelling urgency of just ...
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The Top 10 Lies the Devil Wants You to Believe
Jesus said that You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. Problem is, most of us don’t know a lot of the truth and the devil has an absolute field day in our ...
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Learning to Set Boundaries
Setting boundaries in our lives is incredibly important. Most arguments, most wars begin because someone’s stepped over someone else’s boundary. But not all boundaries are ...
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Becoming an Overnight Success
Wouldn’t it be nice to become an overnight success. I think that’s pretty much everyone’s secret dream. Success without the hard work, by next Thursday. Just perfect! ...
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My Redeemer Lives
Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...
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Old Story, New Twist
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 ...
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Oh God I Need a Rest
Tiredness. We all feel tired sometimes. And actually, it’s something that creeps up on us – so subtly, so unexpectedly that we don’t even realise it. In fact – ...
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When the Lion Roars
We live in a world where so many terrible things are taking place. Wars, atrocities, exploitation, starvation not to mention the political and ideological difference tearing ...
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The Road to Contentment
Contentment is something of a “Holy Grail” for many a person. Why can’t I be at peace? Why don’t I have that quiet, warm sense of contentment? Those are questions that ...
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One Year Ends, Another Begins
The years roll by so quickly. And then, as we head into December and look at Christmas, then New Year, it’s a bit like, well, what’s it all about? Why am I doing this? What ...
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Following Jesus with Confidence
The Bible tells us to put our trust, our faith, our confidence in God. That’s a great bit of advice. But when we’re in the middle of adversity in our life, it’s just not ...
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Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age
We live in a world where people are getting fatter by the minute. The so–called ‘Western diet’ is cutting the average life short by 12 years – through heart ...
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From Vanity to Victory
Most of us get to the point at some time in our lives where we start asking, what’s this life all about? I work hard, I do my best – the days, weeks, months, years are ...
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A Peace Beyond All Understanding
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 ...
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Are You a Blessing or a Burden?
There seem to be basically two types of people in this world – those who are a blessing and those who are a burden; those who are an asset and those who are a liability; those ...
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Rekindling the Flame
Each one of us has a special gift from God. An innate ability to do something – one particular thing – better than just about anyone else that we know. The problem is that the ...
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Reaping the Harvest of Righteousness
It’s easy to imagine that following Jesus is all about keeping a bunch of rules. Some days it does feel like that. That word they bandy about “righteousness” gives you that ...
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Do Not Be Afraid
Fear is a natural, human emotion. In fact, fear can be a healthy thing. It stops us from doing things that could harm us. But sometimes, circumstances overwhelm us – a bit like ...
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Eliminating Stubborn Sin
Just about each one of us has one particular sin – well, a stubborn sin, one that keeps coming back again and again, no matter how much we try to get rid of it in our lives. And ...
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On Solid Ground
So many people spend so much time in their lives travelling through stormy waters – they yearn to have their feet on solid ground. And yet, it’s hard to figure out exactly how ...
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Defining Moments
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 ...
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Old Story, New Twist
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 ...
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The Holy Spirit and Me
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. ...
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Building a Godly Family
Most people who believe in Jesus would love to have a godly family. I mean, who wouldn’t. Intuitively, we know that there must be such a rich source of blessing in a godly ...
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Having the Sort of Faith that Conquers the World
Christians talk a lot about faith. Their faith walk; faith this; faith that. But what is faith? Well, faith is what you need to get through the things you can’t get through ...
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The Price He Paid for You
Easter’s a bit of a funny time of the year. I mean, in a sense, we probably understand what God was up to at Easter. But you know, there’s a real danger that we say “Well ...
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Meet the New Me
We live in a world that on the one hand promotes a “me, me, me” philosophy, and yet on the other cruelly sells people short. Little wonder that so many people have lost their ...
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Extravagant Grace
Grace is a short word – but a tricky idea for us to get our minds around. Maybe that’s because these days – grace is not such a common thing anymore.And then we try to come ...
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All You Need is Love
Love they say makes the world go round. More songs and poems have been written about love than just about any other subject. And yes – love is absolutely essential in our lives. ...
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How Long O Lord, How Long?
Sometimes when we look around – in our own lives and indeed, across the globe – there are so many things going on that are unfair. Injustices. Violence. The rich and the ...
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God’s Mightiest Works in Your Wilderness
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, ...
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The Top 10 Lies the Devil Wants You to Believe
Jesus said, “You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free”. Problem is, most of us don’t know a lot of the truth and the devil has an absolute field day ...
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Wisdom that Works
Wisdom is something that, on balance, we’d all like to have. Really. Problem is, it involves sacrifice. Sure it’s a great investment in our futures, even in the present – ...
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How to Live an Extraordinary Life
Christians talk a lot about faith. Their faith walk. Faith this. Faith that. But what is faith? Well, faith is what you need to get through the things you can’t get through ...
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Wisdom to Transform Your Life
There’s probably not a single person on this planet who doesn’t want to be wise. But there are a couple of problems with this whole wisdom thing. Firstly, it’s not always ...
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The Art of Living
We pay a lot of attention to a lot of things – but how we live our lives, isn’t generally one of them. Many people know that perhaps something isn’t quite right, ...
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A Confident Life in Uncertain Times
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 ...
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Overboard with Jesus
Too many Christians try to live out a safe, convenient and comfortable Christianity … and then they wonder, why isn’t it working? Others, they can hear Jesus calling them, but ...
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Unlocking the Power of Prayer
So often, we see things happening in people’s lives and we feel so helpless. ‘The problem’s so big, so daunting….I can’t possibly make a difference. I guess if all else ...
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Don’t Waste Your Life
For so many people who believe in Jesus, there is a yawning gap between the life that Jesus promises, and the life that they’re actually leading. The compelling urgency of just ...
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Learning to Set Boundaries
Setting boundaries in our lives is incredibly important. Most arguments, most wars begin because someone’s stepped over someone else’s boundary. But not all boundaries are ...
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Becoming an Overnight Success
Wouldn’t it be nice to become an overnight success? I think that’s pretty much everyone’s secret dream. Success without the hard work, by next Thursday. Just perfect! The ...
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Oh God I Need a Rest!!
Tiredness. We all feel tired sometimes. And actually, it’s something that creeps up on us – so subtly, so unexpectedly that we don’t even realise it. In fact – many, many ...
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My Redeemer Lives
Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...
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When the Lion Roars
We live in a world where so many terrible things are taking place. Wars, atrocities, exploitation, starvation. So many terrible things, that we come to the conclusion that God may ...
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Why Not Jump Off the Merry-Go-Round?
Sometimes our life seems to be stuck in the same place. It’s a bit like a merry–go–round. You go up and down and round and round, but you always end up stuck back in the ...
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The Road to Contentment
Contentment is something of a “Holy Grail” for many a person. “Why can’t I be at peace? Why don’t I have that quiet, warm sense of contentment?” Those are ...
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Following Jesus with Confidence
The Bible tells us to put our trust, our faith, our confidence in God. That’s a great bit of advice. But when we’re in the middle of adversity in our life, it’s just not ...
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One Year Ends – Another Begins
The years roll by so quickly. And then, as we head into December and look at Christmas, then New Year, it’s a bit like, well, what’s it all about? Why am I doing this? What ...
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Signs, Wonders and Miracles
Do you believe in signs, wonders and miracles for today? The supernatural power of God disrupting the natural order of things by breaking into your, natural, mundane little old ...
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Living Life to the Full By Knowing Who I Am
So many people are like refugees in search of an identity. What’s life all about? Who am I? Where am I headed? What’s my destiny? In part that’s because we don’t really ...
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Receiving the Best of the Best
Christmas is about so many different things for so many different people. And then there’s the whole New Year thing. For many it’s a time to rest. But in all the other things ...
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Why Christmas?
A strange time of year is Christmas. Bells and baubles. Tinsel, trees, turkeys, tarts, treats. Somewhere in there there’s a reason for all that. There must be. But who’s got ...
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Breaking Free from the Power of Sin
Just about each one of us has one particular sin – well, a stubborn sin, one that keeps coming back again and again, no matter how much we try to get rid of it in our lives. And ...
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A New Life in Jesus
For most of us, Easter just comes and goes. We’ve done it before … lots of times. We know the story. We know how it ends. Of course, we know it’s important – the Easter ...
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The Incredible Father Heart of God
In the busy, judgmental, performance oriented world in which we live – it is just so easy to completely lose sight of how much God loves us. And it’s a love that works very ...
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It’s Time to Get Over Yourself and Live a Life that Counts
In our natural human state of existence we presume that we are the centre of the universe. Our needs, our comfort, our wants and desires and opinions and . . . We have a name for ...
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Personality GPS
So many people are like refugees in search of an identity. What’s life all about? Who am I? Where am I headed? What’s my destiny?In part that’s because we don’t really ...
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The Passover Blessing
The whole Easter thing, well, it can become a bit of a ritual. Year after year. But hidden away – behind the rituals and beyond the chocolate Easter eggs – is a ...
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Running the Race – Winning the Prize
What a tragedy it is seeing so many people pouring their lives into so many things, that at the end of the day, aren’t worth having. The father who sacrifices his life to his ...
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Full to Overflowing
Sometimes, it can be easier to believe that Jesus died and rose again than to believe that He did it, to give us a new life. A life where we’re full to overflowing.Maybe ...
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Standing Out from the Crowd
We live in a world that’s increasingly focussed on “celebrity status”. People can’t get enough of the sordid details of the lives of these so-called celebrities.And ...
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The Power of Prayer
Communication – I mean real, meaningful communication is becoming harder to come by. Technology lets us be more connected – but somehow we communicate less. With people, and ...
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Being the Me I Was Meant to Be
So many people are like refugees in search of an identity. What’s life all about? Who am I? Where am I headed? What’s my destiny?In part that’s because we don’t really ...
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You Are “To Die For”
Easter’s a bit of a funny time of the year. I mean, in a sense, we probably understand what God was up to at Easter. But you know, there’s a real danger that we say “Well ...
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God is a God of New Beginnings
Sometimes we can feel so trapped in life – by hurts from the past. By our circumstances. In relationships. And life just drones on. It seems so empty. So futile.God? God? Who ...
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Living the Life God Always Intended
It’s easy to believe in God – it’s another thing to live for God. So many people have some faith in Jesus, but it’s accompanied by a sneaking suspicion that they’re not ...
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The Power of God’s Word in My Life
Words, words, words. People are sick of words. Talk is, after all, cheap. I want to see some action. But God’s words, God’s words are different. I heard someone say once that ...
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In All That They Do – They Prosper
Should Christians be poor, or rich? What is poor? What is rich? Where’s the balance? What’s the answer? Join Berni Dymet in this balanced and powerful exploration of God’s ...
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I AM Going to Enjoy My Life
You get just one shot at this life we have here and now. And as well as achieving things in life – well, maybe we should enjoy it. A lot of people don’t. More and more these ...
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New Heart – New Life
We tend to look at outward appearances – yet God looks on our hearts. We focus on improving this, improving that….but all the time, God wants to change our hearts.In this ...
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Coming to Grips with Grace
Grace is one of those funny words that doesn’t seem to fit into our world much anymore. It’s a rough and tumble, do eat dog, kind of world – and there’s plenty of dog to ...