A Different Perspective Official Podcast

When you set out to live the big dream that you have for your life, doubtless there'll be some disappointments along the way.   In today's program I'm joined by a special guest – Peter Irvine the former Managing Director of Gloria Jeans Coffees. It's great to have your company again today. Over the last three weeks, we've been working through this whole issue of living out the dreams we have for o...

It's one thing to have a big dream for our lives.  It's quite another to make it happen.  In today's program I'm joined once more by a special guest – Peter Irvine the former Managing Director of Gloria Jeans Coffees. For the best part of the last three weeks, we've been looking at the subject of living out the dream that God puts on our hearts. It's so important. Life is not a dress rehearsal. I...

Anyone who sets out to follow a dream, soon discovers that they need a miracle or two along the way. In today's program I'm joined once again by a special guest – Peter Irvine the former Managing Director of Gloria Jeans Coffees. I'm joined by Peter Irvine, the Managing Director of Gloria Jeans Coffee. Ten years ago, Peter and his business partner, Nabi, had this crazy dream of opening a chain of...

Each one of us has some dream for our lives.  The trick is making sure that the dream matches our God-given abilities. In today's program I'm joined again by a special guest – Peter Irvine the former Managing Director of Gloria Jeans Coffees.   It's a fantastic thing that God puts dreams into our hearts. Some people live out those dreams in amazing ways; others have dreams but they never take that...

Each of us has some big dream for our lives.  In today's program I'm joined by a special guest – Peter Irvine who is the former Managing Director of Gloria Jeans Coffees. Over the last few weeks, we've been looking at the whole issue of living out the dreams God puts in our hearts. Is it OK to have a dream? What does it feel like to go out of our comfort zones? How do we handle those difficult tim...

Over these last couple of weeks we've been looking at what it means to live out our big dreams in life.  But what about your dream? The one that God's created just for you.  What does that look like? Good to be with you again today on this Friday, end of another week. These last two weeks we've been chatting about living out the big dreams that God lays on our hearts, and I'm always conscious when...

Each one of us has some big dream for our lives – woven into our DNA by God.  But sometimes – we feel so inadequate.  And that dream – well it looks so big! Great to be with you again today. For the last couple of weeks we've been talking about living out the big dreams for our lives. We've been doing that because I believe that God has an amazing plan for each one of us and He has an amazing plan...

Each one of us has some big dream for our lives – woven into our DNA by God.  But how do we know if we're actually living the dream?  I mean, how do we know when we've arrived? How are you doing? Great to be with you again today. This week and last week we're talking about living out the big dream that we have for our lives. I have one and you have one, even if it's hidden down deep inside somewhe...

Each one of us has some dream for our lives.  Maybe you've stepped out to follow that dream – but then all these obstacles come out of nowhere.  C'mon God, what are you up to? Glad to be with you again today. Everyone who's ever lived out a big dream for their lives has met at least one giant. In fact most dreamers meet several along their road. With an elite athlete well it might be an injury tha...

Each of us has some big dream for our lives.  The thing that we really want to do or to be.  Some sense of destiny. But how do we know whether God is in that dream?  Good Question. Just great to be with you again on a Monday. Last week we talked about the dreams that we have for our lives. We all have them. Hopes for the future, something that burns in our hearts, something I want to be or I want...

I was asked recently by a woman – if I have a big dream for my life, how do I know it's from God?  How do I know if it's real?  Isn't this whole living your dream thing just a bit dangerous?  Now – she asks some very, very good questions. It's just great to be with you again on another Friday heading to another weekend. This week we've been looking at the subject of living out the dreams that God...

Each one of us has some big dream for our lives – woven into our DNA by God.  Some of us actually step out of our comfort zones to live the dream.  But inevitably when we do, the hard times come.  We find ourselves in a wasteland. I'm so excited to be with you again today because this week and next week we're talking about the subject of dreaming dreams and living out the big dreams that God has p...

Each one of us has some big dream for our lives – woven into our DNA by God.  But sometimes, when we expect those closest to us to be excited and supportive, they're anything but!  Why is that? It's great to be with you again today. You know, this week and next week we are doing something that's really exciting. I'm excited by the teaching that we are having on the program over these next two week...

Each one of us has some big dream for our lives – woven into our DNA by God.  But most people realise that to live out that dream they're going to have to leave their comfort zone.  And that … that's scary. We all have a dream, something that we really want to do. It's not only something we're good at, it's not only something that really excites us. Sometimes we had the dream a long time ago and t...

Each of us has a big dream for our lives.  Sometimes it's forgotten.  Sometimes we're afraid of it.  And sometimes we're just too busy for it.  But that God-given dream is woven into our DNA. It's great to have your company with us today. I want to begin by asking you three distinct questions. The first question is this: how many people do you know who are living out their dream? When they've disc...

One of the greatest things in life is when you sow a good seed and one day you get to reap a good harvest.  That's probably why so many cultures have harvest festivals.  But – what do we do with that harvest? What we get out of life depends pretty much on what we put into it. It's a self-evident piece of blindingly, glimpsingly obvious wisdom isn't it? That's why this week we've been looking at th...

We pretty much know that to reap a good harvest, we have to sow a good seed – but I'll tell you sometimes it's a long way between sowing and reaping – waiting, waiting, waiting…. I'm not a farmer but I've often imagined what it must be like, you know you spend the money, you buy the seed, you prepare the soil, you plant the seed and then you wait. So many things can go wrong, too much rain, not en...

Have you ever noticed – when you take a good decision to plant some good seed in difficult soil – all of a sudden, a dirty great storm whips up.  Hey, I'm trying to do the right thing – God what's going on? We all like sunshine and warm weather. You know when the weather forecaster comes on and says it's going to be cold and wet tomorrow, we go, "Augh yuck," but of course without the rain we'd all...

Sometimes, when we go through a bit of a rough patch, instead of running away (which is always our first instinct) instead, we make a good choice and decide to plant a good seed in that place. But then for a while, it feels like nothing's happening. Have you ever planted a seed into some dirt? There's something that, well frankly, is unnerving about this simple transaction. You take the seed and i...

Sometimes when you're going through a bad patch – all you want is for it to get better. But actually, sometimes, what we need to do is to plant a good seed while we're waiting. Can I ask you, what do you want to get out of life? I mean when you stand back and survey the landscape called, "your life" , the highs and the lows, what are some of the things that you'd love to see there? Relationships,...

One of the things that nobody ever really tells you when you're a teenager, is that the tough lessons you learn now are going to be so important later on in life. Is that really true? There's a great film that was produced back in 1984 called, "The Karate Kid" . It's about a teenage boy who had just lost his father and who ends up studying karate under an older Japanese man called, Mr Miagi. And f...

One of the things I did when I was a teenager is that I wanted to act like a child and yet, to be treated like an adult. So what are parents looking for in their teenagers as key indicators that they're actually growing up? Can I ask you a question? How would you define maturity? I mean, you look at two people, similar ages, similar backgrounds and you think that one, well she definitely has it bu...

It's an amazing thing – but God places a very high premium on children honouring their parents. And that's not always easy. I mean for starters – what does "honour" actually mean here in the 21 st century, mm? I asked my 16 year old daughter Melissa, the other day what she thought the word "honour" means. She immediately responded, "It means obedience." "Mmm," I said, "That's part of it but not th...

It seems par for the course that at some point, teenagers want to rebel. I know I did. So, why is that? What's going on in their hearts when they get this urge to rebel? Now I remember when I was a teenager it was a time of anger and tension and conflict with my parents. You see, I knew that I knew everything and I knew that they knew nothing; I mean they were so old fashioned. They made me have m...

Growing up isn't easy. That whole journey from being a little baby to a well-adjusted young adult is tough. So – what's growing up all about? What happens along the way? You know, I think that one of the hardest things in life is just growing up. You start of life as this helpless little baby; can't do anything for yourself. And the somehow 20 or 25 years later you're supposed to be this well-bala...