Are You an Asset or a Liability?

Posted by Berni Dymet on May 3, 2013 in Blessing, Community, Discipleship, Featured, Growing, Service | 1 comment

There are two types of people walking around on planet earth today. Just two. There are givers and there are takers. You know what I mean. The question is – which one are you?

The 4 Steps to Overcoming Ugly Duckling Syndrome

Posted by Berni Dymet on Apr 22, 2013 in Blessing, Faith, Featured, Grace, Love, Power, Relationships, Theology | 6 comments

We’ve all felt like the Ugly Duckling at some point in our lives. We look around at everyone else, and we conclude that we’re worthless. Absolutely worthless.

But God didn’t create you or me, to feel like that. He didn’t create you and me to be the Ugly Duckling. No. He has a much better plan for our lives than that.

Much better.

How to Discover Your Destiny

Posted by Berni Dymet on Apr 15, 2013 in Berni's Life, Discipleship, Faith, Featured, Growing, Jesus, Power, Victory | 5 comments

We all want to know our destiny don’t we? We all want to know what we were put on this earth for; what God made us to do; what God has in store for us.

We’d love to be living a powerful, exciting  life in His service, but …

Three Powerful Lessons from a Small Giant

Posted by Berni Dymet on Apr 10, 2013 in Berni's Life, Church, Community, Discipleship, Featured, Growing | 8 comments

Every now and then, you meet a giant in your life.  I’m talking a good giant here, not a bad one. The sort that Isaac Newton spoke of when he said:

If at times it appeared that I could see further than others,
it’s because I’ve stood on the shoulders of giants.

Here are 3 powerful lessons that I learned from a “small giant” in my life.

Resurrections Can Be Confusing

Posted by Berni Dymet on Mar 31, 2013 in Discipleship, Easter, Faith, Featured, Grace, Jesus, Love | 0 comments

I want you to imagine that you go to a dear friend’s funeral. He died suddenly, violently a few days ago. You, his other friends and family are sitting in the pews – shell shocked – waiting for the service begin. But before it does, the guy who’s supposed to have died walks in and sits down next to you.

How would you respond?

Good Friday – Easter Art Evokes Anger

Posted by Berni Dymet on Mar 29, 2013 in Berni's Life, Controversies, Easter, Evangelism, Faith, Featured, Forgiveness, Grace, Growing | 19 comments

Art has an amazing ability to evoke all sorts of  emotions – happiness, sadness, awe, anger, excitement, wonder, pain … the full gamut. 

As I was walking down Oxford Street Paddington (Sydney) in the week leading up to Easter 2013, this window display in a gay, fetish erotica store caught my eye.

No – ‘caught my eye’ is too soft!  It confronted me. That’s much better.

When I saw it, my blood boiled, but …

When Finances are Tight, It’s Time for a Budget

Posted by Berni Dymet on Mar 25, 2013 in Family, Featured, Finances | 3 comments

Like it or not, money is a necessity when it comes to living on this earth. And for many people, money is incredibly tight.

So what does God have to say about managing our finances effectively?