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FRESH is a Daily Devotional taking you deeper into God"s Word + closer to Jesus. Each devotion will have a powerful Scripture verse, together with some words of inspiration, hope and encouragement. It"s all about helping you hear from God so that you can live in a rich, dynamic, powerful relationship with Jesus. God"s Word. Fresh, for you, each day.

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Parental Responsibility

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2025/09/11

For many parents these days, raising children is becoming harder and harder. Much harder, so far as I can see, than it was for those who, like me, are part of the grandparent generation these days. More and more, both mum and dad are in the workforce trying to make ends meet. For many, the support of extended family just isn’t there anymore. You know the old saying, it takes a village to raise a child. Well, in many places and cultures, that village – even extended family support – has all but

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Honour Your Parents

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2025/09/10

The idea of raising obedient children is much maligned these days. We need to allow them to express themselves, to be who they naturally are, to live life to the full. But the question you have to ask yourself, is … what sort of adults does that produce? Look, I have no argument with the fact that the strict, Dickensian approach to child rearing, where they should be seen but not heard, was way over the top. Kids are kids, after all. Teenagers are teenagers. When I was growing up in the 1960’s

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The Blessing of Children

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2025/09/09

Anyone who’s ever brought children into this world and raised them to become good people knows what a tough gig that is. Rewarding, yes, but one of the toughest marathons anyone can ever run. Sadly though, children often get a bad deal. Over a quarter of a billion – that’s one sixth of school aged kids globally – are out of education. Around 168 million are involved in child labour, with over half engaged in hazardous work like mining. At least 15 million girls are married each year before turning

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A Perfect Design

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2025/09/08

Divorce rates these days, depending on where you live, are up around the 40% mark. The more affluent a society becomes, the higher that rate climbs. It’s tragic, really. The idea of marriage as a life-long, “until death do us part” thing was always part of God’s plan. Genesis 2:24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. In this way two people become one. Whether you’re married, you’ve never been married or you’ve either been through divorce or the loss of a

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Becoming Radically Unselfish

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2025/09/07

I think you’d agree with me that selfishness is downright ugly. And yet, social inequality has never been greater in this world. The rich have become incredibly rich. The poor have become incredibly poor. “So,” you may be thinking, “what are you saying Berni? Are you suggesting I should feel guilty over what I have? Are you saying that I should give more to the poor?” Charles Dickens, in his Novel “The Tale of Two Cities” wrote that “it is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor

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Faith Demands Change

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2025/09/06

Isn’t it ironic that on the one hand, we all want a better life, but on the other, we don’t like to change. All change, even change for the better, tends to be somewhere between uncomfortable and downright confronting. So … how do you cope with change? Saul was the very first King of Israel. He began his reign with God's blessing. He was anointed as king and initially, he seemed humble and obedient. But as time passed, he began to stray. That was the beginning of a slippery slope. Soon, he was

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You Will Never Walk Alone

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2025/09/05

Loneliness is one of the worst afflictions that can ever befall us. We all end up there at some point. Sometimes it’s a short-term condition. Other times, it seems to go on forever. To make matters worse, loneliness is often exacerbated by ill health, poverty, the loss of a loved one, betrayal … it’s like rubbing salt into the wound. And the longer it goes on, fear, despondency and hopelessness set in. At a very difficult time in their history, amidst affliction that had been brought upon

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The Furnace of Affliction

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2025/09/04

Look, I don’t know what sort of a life you’ve led up to this point … but I’m assuming you’re no Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot. That said, we all have our flaws; bits of our makeup that need to be dealt with, refined. After all, none of us are perfect. Having those rough edges knocked off us though, having our character refined, can hurt a lot. Even admitting to ourselves that we’re not perfect can be tough, yeah? Be honest, given who you are today, the mistakes you keep making over and over again to

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A Lesson That Needs to be Learned

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2025/09/03

No matter how much we already have, there’s something inside each of us wanting just that bit more. And that desire for more, as things turn out, is the arch-enemy of contentment. The lie we tell ourselves is this: that if I have just that little bit more (whatever it may happen to be) then I’ll be content for evermore. Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, was infamous for her shoe collection. In 1986, after her husband’s ousting from power, over 3,000 pairs were discovered

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Discerning Wants From Needs

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2025/09/02

The more affluent we become, the harder it is to distinguish between our wants and our needs. And sadly, at some point, those wants can drive us to ruin. Early in the 19th Century, Napoleon was obsessed with expanding the French empire, so despite the warnings of insurmountable logistical challenges, he invaded Russia. That desire for dominance led to a disastrous retreat, with the harsh winter and lack of supplies decimating his army. Napoleon’s personal ambition for power blinded him to the

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The Place Without Peace

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2025/09/01

We all want peace, don’t we? A peaceful life free of conflict. A peaceful home. That deep, inner peace. And yet, for many, there’s this one thing that keeps coming back again and again to rob them of the peace they so much desire. Ivan the Terrible was the Tsar of Russia in the mid 16th century. He tried to bring peace using his secret police force, instilling terror in his people by eliminating all perceived threats. He even ended up killing his own son. Yet the more he did those things, the

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Being Like Jesus

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2025/08/31

Jesus was, and remains, quite an enigmatic figure. He seemed to be a walking contradiction – rejecting the long-held traditions of Judaism in favour of standing up for the downtrodden, the rejects, the grubby social underbelly which respectable people would have nothing to do with. And on top of all that, He claimed to be … God, which is what, in the end, got Him crucified. These days, we can look back at all that He said and did through remarkably accurate, well attested to, and well-preserved

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A Long Time to be Wrong

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2025/08/30

Can I ask you something? Are you a betting man or woman? Do you enjoy gambling? And if so, what would you be prepared to gamble away to win a prize? The last time I gambled was in 1982. I put some money into a poker machine, or, as some call it, a slot machine … and I won $4. And you know, I’m still ahead. And yet, so many people in this world are gambling with their lives. Smokers, for instance, are taking the punt that their addiction won’t cut their lives short when, in all probability,

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Empires Will Fall, But ...

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2025/08/29

At some point in our lives, I guess we all dream of doing something great. It happens mostly when we’re young and idealistic, but later in life too. Some people will indeed go on to do great things. Others, not so much. But whatever we can achieve in this life, by and large, will be temporary. The ancient Romans engineered one of the most remarkable infrastructures of the ancient world: aqueducts. These massive stone structures, some spanning hundreds of kilometres, were built to channel fresh

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Completely Surrendered

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2025/08/28

“Surrender” is a word that carries with it a whole load of negative connotations. And yet, surrender can bring a host of benefits and blessings that we never could have anticipated. The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan to end their involvement in World War II … well, the consequences were horrific. But Japan's surrender, though difficult, ushered in a period of intense rebuilding under U.S. guidance. The occupation brought democratic reforms, economic aid and access to new technologies,

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Watered Down Faith

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2025/08/27

As we become more and more self-centred – and look around, that’s exactly what’s going on in society today – the concept of right versus wrong is being watered down gradually, being replaced by the idea that if it feels good, do it. We live increasingly in a world of “anything goes”. Look at what’s being dished up to us on television and in movies these days in the name of entertainment – the images, the normalisation of explicit lyrics in music, the singers who prance around the stage

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He Is Who He Is

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2025/08/26

When you’re faced with what seems to be an insurmountable problem, what you really need is help from someone you can trust. But in this world where fewer and fewer people even give a toss about what you’re going through, where do you find one of those? Moses had such a problem back in the day; a completely insurmountable problem. Israel was captive in slavery in Egypt under the brutal rule of Pharaoh. God appears to him in a burning bush, out in the wilderness where he’s serving his penance for

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Be Careful Who You Trust

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2025/08/25

One of the most important needs that we each have is to be loved. And a huge part of that is trusting people. When you think about it, you can’t have love without trust. But I don’t think there’s a one of us who’ve lived life thus far without having been betrayed by someone who we thought was worthy of our trust. Brutus was one of Julius Caesar’s most trusted friends and allies. Yet still, he joined a group of senators who feared Caesar’s growing power and ambition. In 44 BC they assassinated

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Don't Tear Others Down

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2025/08/24

Do you mind if I ask you today … how do you feel when you see others getting ahead, succeeding, basking in the limelight while you’re slogging away, unnoticed, doing your best, but never seeming to get anywhere? Come on, how does that make you feel? Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. Abel was a good kid, so when he offered his sacrifices to God, God accepted them willingly. Cain, not so much. He was turning out to be a bad dude so, despite his hard work, God rejected his sacrifices

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Spend It Wisely

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2025/08/23

I don’t know about you, but every now and then I stop to think about how long I have left on this earth. Perhaps it’s just my grey hair but, young or old, we have no idea when our time will be up. So, how are you going to spend yours? When you think about it, time is the only currency that you spend without knowing your balance. Yet so many fritter it away on useless things. Some spend countless hours each week doom-scrolling through social media. I met one couple recently who’d booked a 169

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