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A Different Perspective Official Podcast

A Different Perspective Official Podcast

De: Berni Dymet
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God has a habit of wanting to speak right into the circumstances that we're travelling through here and now; the very issues that we each face in our everyday lives. Everything from dealing with difficult people … to discovering how God speaks to us; from overcoming stress … to discovering your God-given gifts and walking in the calling that God has placed on your life And that's what these daily 10 minute A Different Perspective messages are all about.Christianityworks Cristianismo Espiritualidad Ministerio y Evangelismo
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  • Joy in His Presence // A Time of Refreshing in My Life, Part 5

    Joy in His Presence // A Time of Refreshing in My Life, Part 5
    Nov 21 2025
    You know how there are some people, when you hang around with them; they're just such a joy to be with. Hmmm. Wonder if God's like that? There are some people in life who can really get you down. And yet there are others you just love to get together with them. There is something about them. They get it. They understand us. They encourage us, they engage with us, you know the sort. You look forward to having a cup of coffee or catching up with them for lunch. There is a real joy to the encounter. Being in their presence fills us with something that well, there is probably just one word for it – JOY. If that is true with people, imagine what it must be like with God. Let me tell you about a friend of mine, his name is Tony. Tony is a tall, gangly sort of guy, with curly red hair. He is someone who is so full of the joy that comes through having a relationship with Jesus. And Tony and I somehow just click. He understands me. He understands the call that God has put on my life, the gifts that I have and my limitations as well. And he spends time with God. He spends time praying. He understands who God is and Tony lets that change him inside. Tony and I get together, probably, once every two or three weeks for a cup of coffee or a sandwich. And we might sit for an hour, an hour and a half and just talk together. Just share what's going on in our lives and our work. And I come home and my wife, Jacqui will often ask, "So what did you two talk about?" And I always say, "I don't know, stuff … nothing, everything." You know women seem to be able to get together pretty well for cups of coffee from time to time. And we men seem not to do that so much. It is just wonderful to have a friend like Tony, who I can spend some time with and it's so encouraging. It's so much fun. And we may not talk about anything substantial at all. It's a joy! Somehow he ministers something into me, and I know he feels the same about our relationship. The relationship brings real joy to my life. Okay, none of us is perfect. But this guy does something for who I am. It's kind of the same idea with God's presence. I often ponder about God being God – Spirit and creating the universe and the stars and the world and putting you and me here in the middle of this world full of joy and pain and laughter and tears. And (I don't know), it's His way, His space He has chosen for us, to put us on this world. And He brings Jesus onto this world, God's Son. And His twelve disciples followed him around for three and a half years. And you can see that it was a real joy in their lives to have a relationship with Jesus. But Jesus said to them, "I am going to die." And He did, He died on the cross. He was crucified to pay for my sins, my weaknesses and yours. And then He rose again. He met with them again and He ascended into heaven. And He said, "I won't leave you as orphans. I will send someone else just like me." And His promise was and still is for anyone who places their trust in this Jesus that He would send His Holy Spirit. And that Father, Son and Holy Spirit would dwell inside each one of us. It is an exciting thing. Now, just after this happened for the first time (just after Jesus ascended and a little while later), for the very first time God poured his Spirit out on Jesus' followers. They were touched in an amazing way (for the first time the Holy Spirit), when they experienced the presence of God in a real tangible way. The way I experience Tony's presence when we sit down and have a sandwich or a cup of coffee. And other people who are watching, they look at this and, "Wow, I wonder they have been smoking, maybe they are drunk. What is going on here? What's the matter with these people." And Peter the apostle got up and he said: Listen they are not drunk, it's only 9am in the morning. (Acts 2:15) Then he quoted a Psalm that was written about 1,000 years before and in part he said: God, your presence fills me with joy! (Psalm 16:11) He said to the people, "That's what's going on." God's presence, His reality, His very being has fallen on these people and has come to dwell in them, for the very first time. And now (as I said before), everyone who says, "Jesus is mine. I believe Jesus died for me to pay the price of all my failures and to give me eternal life." Everyone who places their faith in Jesus receives that same presence – the very presence of God. And yet, you know, a lot of people kind of deny that in their lives. A lot of people don't connect with God dwelling in them. Maybe it never sinks in. Maybe … I don't know what it is but this is such an opportunity. God reached into the world, into history, in the person of Jesus. And He is still doing that today, in His Presence, inside of everybody that believes Jesus – the spiritual presence of the Holy Spirit. This week on A Different Perspective, we have been talking about the fact that we all need times of refreshing. Here we are in life – with all its ups and downs, ...
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  • Soar Like An Eagle // A Time of Refreshing in My Life, Part 4

    Soar Like An Eagle // A Time of Refreshing in My Life, Part 4
    Nov 20 2025
    Some days, it feels as though everybody around you is cruising, but somehow we're down in the trenches. Wouldn't it be great to soar like an eagle? Have you ever been through a time in your life where, I don't know, it seems like everyone around you is doing it easy and somehow you're down in the trenches doing it tough? I remember when I was training to be an officer in the Australian Army. We'd be on exercise digging trenches, fighting pretend wars, in the rain, and the snow, sometimes in the heat in the drought. And often, in an area quite close to an airport. I used to see these planes flying over. I was thirsty and hot, or cold and wet. And I'd think, what I wouldn't give to be sitting up in one of those planes, instead of digging a trench down here? Almost thirty years on, I fly in and out of that airport several times a year now. And every time I look down at where I used to dig the trenches it's such a good feeling. Life's not always like that. But some days, it does feel like trench warfare, doesn't it? I remember when we were out there on military exercises; often we had very little food and very little water. Hunger wasn't so bad for me; I mean ultimately hunger just becomes a dull pain. But thirst, thirst is always acute and I remember so often in the heat of the summer being so thirsty and not having enough water. And most of the time, we never had enough sleep. It was often broken. And when we were out on an exercise, we were fighting pretend wars. Every night you had to do gun duty for an hour or you'd be out on patrol fighting battles all day. And the moment you were able to settle down, the first thing you had to do was dig a trench just in case there was a mortar or artillery attack. And so we were sleeping on cold, hard ground. And amidst all these discomforts and the tiredness, when you're worn down and your emotions are down and you're under stress, it can be tough. Of course, the training was deliberately aimed at taking us to those places. And seeing how far we could go, and teaching us how to act under stress. But sometimes, we look around at other people and we feel like we're the ones doing the trench warfare and they're doing it easy. But actually, they're going through stuff as well, we just can't see it often. This week on A Different Perspective, we're looking at our need for times of refreshing. I don't know if you've been able to join us this week, but on Monday we talked about the fact that times of refreshing – I mean real refreshing – like when you've got a deep thirst and you drink that clean water. Those times of refreshing come from the presence of God. And then on Tuesday, we looked at the fact that God says, "Look even when everything seems to be falling down around you, be still, be still in the middle of all of that, and know that I'm your God." And yesterday we looked at what Jesus said, He said, "Look if you're carrying heavy burdens come to me and you'll find rest for you soul. Let me help you push, let me help you with your burden." Today, I'd like to share something else that God says about meeting us right where we're at, right in that place in life were the rubber hits the road. It was written a few thousand years ago by a man, a prophet called, Isaiah. He wrote this, he said: Even though youths will grow weary and faint, and the young will fall exhausted, those who wait on God will renew their strength. They will rise up with wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary, they'll walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40: 30-31) Man, I remember when were out on exercise with a pack, a rifle, a machine, gun tired and hungry and thirsty … having to run and falling over and grazing your elbow, it's such a real (I don't know), parallel metaphor for life. It's how we feel sometimes when we're carrying around things like packs on our back. And how is it how can you rise up in the middle of that like wings of an eagle, how can you soar? I remember once in the town where I grew up which is a place called Wollongong. There's a boat harbour. It's beautiful little harbour where the fishing fleet comes in and out and on the headland and there's a white lighthouse. And standing there on the headland is one my favourite places on planet earth. You look north up the coast and you see the beaches and it just goes on and mountains. And you look south and you see this big steel works belching out pollution. It's lovely to be there in the summer when the sun's shining. You see the little boats chugging in and out of this beautiful little blue harbour. But I actually like it in winter. I like going there when there's a storm blowing when the southerly winds are whipping up the ocean and there's the foam. There's something scary about an angry ocean. I was there once and I saw some pelicans flying, and a gale was blowing from the south. And it was really interesting to watch what they were doing. Now pelicans have these, I don't know big beaks, and they're ungainly birds ...
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  • Come to Me // A Time of Refreshing in My Life, Part 3

    Come to Me // A Time of Refreshing in My Life, Part 3
    Nov 19 2025
    Have you ever noticed that people are busy racing around looking after Number One? Very few of them ever stop to give us a hand. In fact, when someone does, it can be so refreshing. In this clamorous, competitive world that we live in (you know what I'm talking about), this world where everybody seems to be looking after number one as their priority one, two and three in life. In that kind of world, it seems so rare that we meet someone who, I don't know, who just comes out of the wood work out of nowhere to help us, to lighten our load, to open doors. Not because of what they can get out of it, but just because they see our need. In fact on the rare occasion that somebody just blesses us like that, out of the blue, it's almost startling. I don't know about you, but with me when someone these days just gives me a leg up – for no other reason than the fact that I need a leg up, well, that speaks so deeply to my heart. It motivates me, it encourages me. It's just so refreshing. I was in the UK recently at a conference, and I don't know how much time you've spent at conferences. This happened to be a radio conference, a Christian Radio conference. And conferences are not only about going and listening to the speakers and learning (I did that and it was great). But they're also about building relationships, networking, talking to people during the breaks, finding out about what other people are doing, making connections, meeting people and getting to know them. And actually three days at a conference is really hard work. It's great opportunity, but it's hard work. I met so many people at this conference, probably seventy or eighty different people (at some stage). But there were two that really stood out for me. One of them was called, Andrew; he is a New Zealander, a 'Kiwi' as we call them. The other one, Joseph, a young African man. Andrew was interesting. He works in the UK. He's a really senior guy with a radio network. And in the world's eye, in my eyes (well you know), he's an important person. He's an executive in a large radio network and yet somehow this Andrew made a point of connecting with me, of just encouraging me. We spent an hour and a half together. And he shared what was on his heart, what was his vision for his radio network, and he listened to me and after the meeting when we went our different ways. Andrew acted and because of him and because of what he did, one of our radio programs is now heard right across Europe just because Andrew was there and we connected. The other one was this young man, Joseph. Joseph heads up a radio school and a media organisation in South Africa. I was really keen to meet his boss while I was at the conference. I wanted to connect with her and discuss some things, but she was really busy. She was talking for most of the conference, she was leading the television sessions and so we just couldn't connect. One morning (the last morning of the conference), Joseph and I ended up sitting next to one another at the breakfast table. I shared with him what I wanted to share with his boss, and he was so encouraging, so enthusiastic. He went back home to Africa (in Cape Town where he lives) and he sent me an email saying, "I really loved what we where talking about, I'm here for you, I'm here to make connections in Africa for you." The guy follows me up; we talk regularly over the internet. I mean what wonderful people – Andrew and Joseph are. In contrast, so many of the other people that I met at the conference – everybody that I met, I got their business card and sent them an email and said, "It was great to catch up with you, nice to meet you." You know some of the people didn't even respond to that email! It's a dog-eat-dog world, and yet Andrew and Joseph were the sort of people that said, "Look, come to me. Let me listen to you, let me help you. I'll be there for you, I'll push with you." Wow! Those guys really stood out head and shoulders above the other people. That doesn't mean there weren't other people that where were just as clever or more talented than Andrew and Joseph. The point was that these two young men decided to connect with me and to help me, to serve me. Jesus, 2000 years ago said: If you're carrying a heavy load come to me and I'll give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, learn from me and you'll see I'm genuine. I'm humble of heart and with me you'll find rest for your souls, because my yoke's easy, my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30) This week on A Different Perspective we're looking at our need to have times of refreshing. It's fantastic to get away from the grind and go on holiday. As I said the other day, my wife, Jacqui and I are just about to go and do that. To have some time on a place called, Lord Howe Island, which is the most beautiful and idyllic setting. We need that. But we can't spend our lives trying to escape from reality, always wishing that we could run away. I believe we need times of refreshing right in the ...
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