A Different Perspective with Berni Dymet

Our families ? imperfect as they are ? are a huge blessing from God. But the cornerstone of any family, is the marriage. The cornerstone of your family ? if you’re a parent ? is ? YOUR marriage. To put it bluntly, your family, desperately needs your marriage... Join Berni, as he takes another look at your family ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Families across the globe are being torn apart. It’s not just a social phenomenon. It’s a deeply personal, deeply painful experience. And one of the reasons it’s happening is that we’re not giving our families the time that they need and the time that they deserve. Time to do something about that! ... Join Berni, as he takes another look at your family ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a caterpillar spins itself a cocoon, it does so for a few reasons. The cocoon provides it with protection. The cocoon provides it with a safe place to grow and transform ? and eventually, a beautiful butterfly emerges. That’s exactly what a family’s supposed to be like. A cocoon... Join Berni, as he takes another look at your family ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most of us imagine that out there, somewhere, is a perfect family. In fact, probably, our family is the worst one on the street. But the reality is that all families have struggles. 100% of them. There’s no such thing as the perfect family, and the sooner we come to grips with that, the better off our family will be... Join Berni, as he takes another look at your family ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The sad reality is that across the globe, families are being torn apart. Our enemy the devil delights in that, because family, all along, was God’s plan. But we’re not going to take this lying down, because God wants to bless your family. In His book, family matters. A lot. .. Join Berni, as he takes another look at your family ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our 'do-it-if-it-feels-good' kind of world, self-control isn’t something that we like to talk much about. But the reality is ? self-control is really important if we’re going to have a great life. Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s an elderly lady ? Ethel ? whom I’ve known for many years. She bakes the most amazing sponge cakes. She’s also a really gentle person. In fact, give me her gentleness over the sponge cakes any day. ..Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Faithfulness. You know, pretty much, faithfulness only really matters when the chips are down. And when they are ? a faithful friend is ? well words can’t describe. So ? how can we be faithful friends? ... Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we were growing up ? we all knew the 'goody two shoes' type of person. Yuck! But the older and wiser we get, the more we realise ? that goodness in people is a wonderful quality... Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever compared someone in your life that’s kind and someone that’s not. Pretty obvious who we’d rather be around. So ? how can we develop kindness in our lives ... Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Lord ? give me patience ? I want it now! Says it all doesn’t it. But patience it turns out is one of the greatest blessings that we can ever have in our lives ? question is, where do you get it? ... Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peace. Now there’s a word that means different things to different people. But show me a person who doesn’t want peace in their lives. How do you get that peace? ...Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all have good days and bad days. But some people ? well they seem to have a special something ? a deep joy ? come what may? How do you get that sort of joy in your life?... Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They say that love makes the world go round. Perhaps it does. But what is love? And what about when the going gets tough ? what does love look like then? ... Join Berni Dymet ? as he explores the fruit of the Spirit ? from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every life, yours, mine, everybody else’s bears some kind of fruit. Sometimes it’s good fruit. Other times its bad fruit. And bad fruit is ? well ? bad isn’t it...Join Berni Dymet ? as he takes a look at some of the bad fruit in our lives, from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

These days, many people have an investment portfolio ? you put the money away today, in order to achieve returns in the future. Relationships are a bit like that ? you invest today, to get returns tomorrow. So ? what does your relationship investment portfolio look like? Hmm? Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes we treat our relationships a bit like the farmer who was so disappointed at harvest time, when nothing had come up out of the ground, even though, months earlier, he hadn’t got around to planting the seeds. That’s no way to run a farm, and it’s no way ? to run a life. Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you had to, would you give up your life to save someone you love? Tough question ? we’d like to think so, but ? Anyhow it turns out that we have the opportunity to lay down our lives for others every day. But do we grab those opportunities, or do we let them pass us by? Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are basically two types of love ? conditional and unconditional. But the reality is that whilst we ourselves truly want to be loved unconditionally, all too often the love that we dish out, is ? conditional and that ? that’s just not a good look. Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One day each of us will breathe our last breath and ? that will be it, for this life on this earth. Sadly, some people will look back on a wasted life. Because, in our heart of hearts, what we really want to do is to leave behind a legacy. Something that lives on beyond us ? and a good one at that. What we really want to do is to leave behind a lasting legacy of love. Question is ? what sort of life are we living now? And is it the sort that will achieve that goal? Join Berni Dymet .Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Love always involves risk. Radical love, involves radical risk. We’re chatting on the program this week about leaving behind a legacy of love when we’re gone. The question is, are we prepared to take the risks that love involves ? or not? Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many of us hope that our lives will leave a lasting legacy of love behind when we’re gone. But what does that actually look like? What do we want people to say about us at our funeral? And will they be able to say those things, given the way we’re living our lives today? Hmm?? Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When you’re immersed ? as we all are ? in the hurly burly of life, just getting through the day to day pressures and things we all have to do, it’s easy to lose sight of the vision we have for our lives. Where we want to head. What we want to achieve. So ? how clear is your vision? Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most of us hope that when our life here on this earth draws to a close, that we’ll have touched other people’s lives in the sort of way that leaves behind a real legacy of love. And yet ? so many of us are drowning in a sea of negative emotions ? the sort of emotions that could rob us of that objective. Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we get to the end of our lives, we’d like to believe that we will have made a positive difference in this world. That we’ll be leaving behind a legacy of love, in the lives of those who matter most to us. Question is, are we living the sort of life today, that’s going to achieve that goal then? Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The term 'low self-esteem' wasn’t known at the beginning of the 20th century. In fact, in many so called developing countries it remains an unknown. And yet, it’s ruining millions of lives around the globe. What is it? How can you overcome it? Join Berni, as he takes a look at overcoming low self-esteem ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Envy is a dark and destructive emotion. So dark in fact, that all too often, we don’t even dare to admit it to ourselves. It ruins lives and relationships. How do you know if envy is gripped your heart? How can you overcome the destructive power of envy? Join Berni, as he takes a look at overcoming envy ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dealing with StressSupport the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dealing with DisappointmentSupport the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dealing with RegretSupport the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Obesity was the scourge of my life, for most of my life. But now, having lost 25 kgs and kept it off for 3 years, I’ve realised that the changes I made, needed to be permanent ones. In other words, when you’re on a good thing, stick to it. Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Through some hard, bitter experience over the last half century ? I’ve discovered something important. Good health is a choice. Once we know the facts ? each one of us can choose to eat and live healthy or not. What choice will you make? Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For most of my life, I was obese. Not anymore. Having lost 25 kgs I’ve now kept it off for three years ? and it’s effortless. Now that’s something that a few people I know are going to want to wrap their minds around and as things turn out, when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off, your mind matters. Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A century ago, obesity, heart diseases and Type II diabetes were as rare as hens teeth. Today, they’re an epidemic. There’s a reason for that ? and part of that reason is that way, way too many people are on a media junk food diet. Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So many people have been yoyo dieting for so long, they’ve given up. They’ve tried everything to lose the weight, but they just can’t keep it off. Well, I’m here to tell you that it IS possible. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here’s a simple proposition: you can’t live the abundant life that Jesus came to give you, if you’re tired all the time. Way too many people are getting way too little sleep. If that’s you, there’s something that can change all that. Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cigarette smoking kills one person every 8 seconds around the world. Perhaps you’re a smoker or perhaps you know a smoker. Either way, there’s something that you can do, to save a life. Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I know, I know ? exercise is a four letter word, right? Exercise? Yuck! That’s what I used to think. But did you know that just moderate levels of exercise ? not marathon running ? moderate levels 3 to 5 times a week will significantly reduce your risk of heart attack, diabetes and stroke. If you want to know more, then ..Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s been a lot of research done lately on how to slow down the process of ageing ? and in fact, it turns out that there are some very simple things that each one of us can do, to age more slowly. Would you like to know that they are? Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know what they say ? you are what you eat. When I wound the clock back about 150 years on my diet, what happened was that I lost 25 kgs without really trying all too hard. When people hear what I eat, they’re shocked. But actually, all I’m eating is what people ate back when heart disease was a rarity. Join Berni, as he takes another look at living a healthy life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Berni has struggled with his weight almost all his life but having lost 25 kgs and kept it off, he is now living a healthy lifestyle. In this series 'Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age (Pt 1) ? he shares what he’s learned.Today Berni’s going to share his third secret for losing 25 kgs and keeping it off ? which is what he’s done. It’s all about exercise ? but it’s not what you think.Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Berni has struggled with his weight almost all his life but having lost 25 kgs and kept it off, he is now living a healthy lifestyle. In this series 'Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age (Pt 1) ? he shares what he’s learned.Today Berni Dymet is going to share his second secret for losing 25 kgs and keeping it off ? which is what he’s done. And it’s all about what we eat ? replacing bad with good. Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Berni has struggled with his weight almost all his life but having lost 25 kgs and kept it off, he is now living a healthy lifestyle. In this series 'Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age (Pt 1) ? he shares what he’s learned.Today Berni is going to share his top secret for losing 25 kgs and keeping it off ? which is what he’s done. And that secret, as you’ll discover, is ? well, bitter sweet. Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Berni has struggled with his weight almost all his life but having lost 25 kgs and kept it off, he is now living a healthy lifestyle. In this series 'Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age (Pt 1) ? he shares what he’s learned. Heart disease, diabetes and stroke are increasing at an alarming rate. Yet at the beginning of the 20th century ? they were almost unknown. So what’s happened these last hundred years to cause the radical change? Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world’s people are getting fatter by the minute. The so-called Western diet is cutting the average life short by 12 years ? through heart disease, diabetes and stroke. It’s called metabolic syndrome. Berni has struggled with his weight almost all his life but having lost 25 kgs and kept it off, he is now living a healthy lifestyle. In this series 'Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age (Pt 1) ? he shares what he’s learned. Whether we realise it or not ? God has given us a truly amazing body ? a body that many of us are abusing through our diet and lack of exercise. And as things turn out, it’s the only body we have, so what we do with it, matters. Join Berni, as he takes another look at your life ? from a different perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We recently received a prayer request from Julia ? a young woman who’s trying to live out her faith ? except that her family’s giving her a hard time. Does Jesus have anything to say to help her live out her faith from a position of strength? Join Berni as he looks at persecution from A Different Perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all like to be liked. None of us wants to be rejected by other people. But Jesus came along and said blessed are you if they reject you because of me. What sort of blessing is that? What did He mean? Join Berni as he looks at rejection from A Different Perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesus once said blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God. What is a peacemaker? What does he or she look like? And is it worth the trouble just to be called a child of God? Join Berni as he looks at peace from A Different Perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesus once said blessed are the pure in heart. We all know that pure water is one of the essential ingredients to healthy life. But what about a pure heart? What exactly did Jesus mean? Join Berni as he looks at purity from A Different Perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every now and then, each of us has a bad hair day ? we get out of the wrong side of the bed ? one of those days when we’re just not at our best. Wouldn’t it be great if on those days the people around us just cut us some slack. Join Berni as he looks at mercy from A Different Perspective.Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.