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Dwell DifferentlyTRUTH When You Need Rest // A Summer Bonus Episode"God is the one who refreshes us. He is the one who fills us up." — Natalie AbbottToday's episode: We all need to be filled up by Jesus before we can pour out anything. In today's episode, we're going to discover what true soul rest looks like. Vera and Natalie are discussing the difference between superficial rest and the soul rest of Christ, how we receive rest, and how we can experience rest even in the busiest of seasons. Today's episode is a crossover episode from Overcome: The Dwell Differently Book Podcast. In it...2025-07-3016 min
Dwell DifferentlyWhat Kind of Refreshment Are You? // Natalie & Vera"Never undervalue what you bring. Take time to think about all the ways you can be generous—your time, your possessions, how you use your home—there are just so many ways to give."— Vera SchmitzToday's Episode: Vera and Natalie are talking about refreshing others and being refreshed in ways only two sisters could. Laugh along as they discuss what kind of "refreshment" they each would be (Vera's an espresso and Natalie is an Ensure). Be encouraged by stories of how they have been refreshed in unlikely ways and be challenged as they t...2025-07-1625 min
Dwell DifferentlyProverbs 11:25 Deep Dive // You Are Free to Give"Jesus, in his generosity, has set us free from stinginess, from calculating returns, from worrying whether there'll be enough. We are free to be generous on every occasion with what he has given us freely, knowing that our generosity results in thanksgiving and praise to God."— Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Join Dwell Differently co-founder, Natalie Abbott, as she helps us understand biblical generosity and refreshment. She unpacks the strange math of generosity—where giving our stuff away results in more blessing. She also explains the counter-intuitive math of greed, where more is never enou...2025-07-0118 min
Dwell DifferentlySet Your Kingdom Aside // Natalie & Vera"When I think about praying 'your kingdom come,' for me, it's an entire perspective shift. It's like setting yourself up on an entirely different path, because everything (as a human) is about our desires, our prerogative, our checklist, our plans, our strategies—our little kingdom. But when I pray 'your kingdom come,' I'm setting aside those things, I'm submitting it all to God's kingdom. I'm saying, 'No, your kingdom come, today.'"— Vera SchmitzToday's Episode: What does it look like to really live for God's kingdom and in step with his...2025-06-1825 min
Dwell DifferentlyFollow God's Will // Jason Abbott"We need to be very careful that we're thinking about the will of God biblically...If you think God's will never includes sacrifice or difficult things or hardships, you should really wonder whether or not maybe it's your will that's winning out each time and not God's will for you."— Jason AbbottToday's Episode: Listen, learn, and laugh along with Natalie and her husband, Jason Abbott. They're talking frankly, deeply, and lightheartedly about the beauty and the glory and the blessings of God's kingdom and his will. Jason makes these deep theological truths acc...2025-06-1136 min
Dwell DifferentlyMatthew 6:10 Deep Dive // God's Kingdom...Then, Now, & Always"We're going to zoom out and get this big-picture view of this massive, God-sized prayer. And I hope that it would ignite a passion in you—that your vision would be wider, that you desires would be deeper, that your commitment would be more firm, and that you would pray with a renewed passion God's big kingdom prayers."— Natalie AbbottToday's episode: What is God's kingdom like? Listen in today as Dwell co-founder Natalie Abbott walks us through the story of God's kingdom as it's laid out in his book—from creation, to the fal...2025-06-0220 min
Dwell DifferentlyRejoice In God's Plan for You // Kelly Needham"This is the God who gave his life for me. This is the God who has bigger dreams for me and better things for me than I would plan for myself. Will I willingly rejoice in his hand over the comings and goings of my life and be at peace with that?"— Kelly NeedhamToday's Episode: We're all tempted to be the boss of our own lives, to be the one watching over ourselves and everybody else. On today's episode, Natalie chats with Bible teacher Kelly Needham about the fear, exhaustion, and folly of...2025-05-2843 min
Dwell DifferentlyAre You Really Living Like God Is In Control? // Natalie & Vera"It's the coming and the going, it's the right now and the forever, it's this all-encompassing idea of God's watchful, beautiful care of the entirety of our lives...And what if I really, really did believe that instead of hiding from those things or maybe relying on my own control over those things?"— Natalie AbbottToday's Episode: Today Natalie and Vera are tackling two simple questions that are really hard to live out: "Do you really live like God is watching over you?" and "Do you really live like God is watching over yo...2025-05-2122 min
Dwell DifferentlyPsalm 121:8 Deep Dive // Living Like You're Safe"Our God is never caught off guard. He's never surprised. He's always watching over you."— Natalie AbbottToday's episode: How might your life look different if you really believed that God himself watches over you? Today Natalie Abbott encourages us that he does, showing us in Psalm 121 how he helps us, protects us and keeps us close forever. This month's memory verse: "The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore." — Psalm 121:8 Memorize with us: The Dwell Differently monthly membership is the eas...2025-05-0522 min
Dwell DifferentlyLay It All Down for Love // Jon Nelson"Something that I think a lot of us miss is this: In our lives, our love has become transactional. Our love has become very much 'if you do for me, then I'll do for you.' But that's not sacrificial love. That's not the love of Christ."— Jon NelsonToday's Episode: Natalie is talking with Pastor Jon Nelson about loving people outright—not because they've done something to earn it, or because they're easy to love, but because we have been undeservedly loved by Jesus. They discuss the challenges of laying down our prer...2025-04-2331 min
Dwell DifferentlyBe There for People // Natalie & Vera"Sometimes it just comes down to 'being inconvenienced' and just being there for people."— Vera SchmitzToday's Episode: Natalie and Vera are talking about the barriers that keep us from loving people well. Maybe it's time or money or busyness or distance... Whatever it is for you right now, this episode will challenge you to take the next small step to remove the barrier the keeps you from being there for someone. Maybe it's a simple as buying stamps so you you can send them a note. This month's memory ve...2025-04-1623 min
Dwell Differently1 John 3:16 Deep Dive // If You Feel Unloved"You don’t have to wait anymore. Your home is here, and he’s welcoming you in. Always. If you’ve never been, or if you've been wandering a while, the door is open. The door is always open. His arms are always open. Always." — Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Are you walking in the love of Jesus? Like really, really? Are you grounded in the full and beautiful, biblical definition of that love? And are you loving others in the same way? These are the questions Natalie Abbott is discussing on today's episode about the love of G...2025-04-0117 min
Dwell DifferentlyI Want a Fruitful Life! // Natalie & Vera"Yet there is someone, Jesus, who is offering abundant life and everything you could ever need. Come and drink and be satisfied. He is offering himself as life and power and peace. All you need to do is rest and abide in him."— Vera SchmitzToday's Episode: What does it look like to live a fruitful life? How do we go from feeling all used up and empty to finding joy and peace and energy? That's what sisters, Vera and Natalie are talking about on today's episode. They talk about the pitfalls of trying to...2025-03-1923 min
Dwell DifferentlyJohn 15:5 Deep Dive // What Does it Mean to Be IN Jesus?"Even though the Holy Spirit is in us...we can grieve him. We can ignore him. We can go our own way. We can be in sin. We can not listen to the one who is guiding us. We can not choose to follow him." — Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Today Natalie Abbott is talking very practically about what it means to remain in Jesus and for him to remain in us. She answers how it is that Jesus is in us—whether his presence in us is experiential, emotional, symbolic or something more. She also unpac...2025-03-0516 min
Dwell DifferentlyGospel Grounded Compassion // Daniel Wendt"Shame is an identity statement. It's saying not that I did something bad, but I am bad...And for the believer, that identity claim of shame does not stick. It's not true. By believing Jesus was who he said he was and did what he said he did, that means your identity is a child of God. Full stop." — Daniel WendtToday's Episode: Natalie is chatting about compassion with her good friend and christian counselor Daniel Wendt. Daniel shares his own story of grappling with God's goodness and compassion through a life-altering season in...2025-02-2635 min
Dwell DifferentlyLiving in and Living out Compassion // Natalie & Vera"When we think, 'But I'm too far away from God' or 'You don't understand what I've done or the shame that I carry around with me' or whatever it is... There is nothing so great that it can keep us from the compassion God has for us."— Natalie AbbottToday's Episode: How do we experience God's daily compassion for us? And how do we live it out? Thats what Dwell Differently co-founders and sisters, Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz, are talking about today. You'll hear about God's loyal and limitless compassion and love towards hi...2025-02-1924 min
Dwell DifferentlyIn Her Grief, God Was There // Phylicia Masonheimer"God is just so kind. He's so patient. His heart is for his people. So in the midst of loss and grief—which he himself has experienced—he wants to be near us, even if that means we're beating our fists on his chest."— Phylicia MasonheimerToday's Episode: How do we navigate grief and loss? How do we find comfort and experience peace in difficult seasons? That's what Natalie is discussing with today's guest, Phylicia Masonheimer. Phylicia tells the story of 2024—one of the hardest years of her life. She walks us through...2025-02-1238 min
Dwell DifferentlyLamentations 3:22-23 Deep Dive // God's Compassion When We Mess Up"Somehow, God is still compassionate, God is still in love with his people, and he's still the rescuer, even when they are the ones who have turned away and have run after other things, and they have not listened and repented. So from that deep place of sadness and of judgement...to have a verse like this sprout out of it, is just absolutely beautiful."— Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Natalie gives new insight on an often familiar verse about seeking the Lord when we're going through hard times. We know that God helps us thr...2025-02-0322 min
Dwell DifferentlyBONUS Q & A // Are Tattoos Sinful? and Other Questions"Are tattoos wrong? Or rather, aren't tattoos wrong? We're going to look at the Bible and what it says about tattoos."— Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Listen in as Natalie answers our three most asked questions. Find out the value and purpose of memorizing just one Bible verse each month. Learn about the different Bible translations and why Dwell Differently uses the version they do. And finally, find out what the Bible says about tattoos. This month's memory verse: “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for whi...2025-01-2920 min
Dwell DifferentlySpeaking of Heaven // Jennifer Rothschild"Sometimes we think, 'when I get to heaven someday, then I'll get to meet Jesus, and it's going go be this glorious introduction.' No the reality is that it should be a glorious reunion because we walk with him so much now...that when we get to heaven someday, it'll be like we're embraced by the one we've known our whole life."— Jennifer Rothschild Today's Episode: Want to know more about heaven? Listen in on one of Natalie's favorite conversations. She's talking about heaven with Jennifer Rothschild, who just released HEAVEN: When Fa...2025-01-2338 min
Dwell DifferentlyJesus Is the Goal, Jesus Is the Prize // Natalie & Vera"What if Jesus doesn’t want anything from you? What if instead, he just wants to be closer to you?"— Natalie AbbottToday's Episode: What does it look like when Jesus is your life goal? How do we live that out? That's what sisters and Dwell Differently Co-founders Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz are talking about on today's episode. Listen in as they share how they've worked to set small goals and create habits to make Jesus the ultimate goal in their lives. This month's memory verse: “I press on toward...2025-01-1527 min
Dwell DifferentlyCreate Counter-Habits // Justin Whitmel Earley"So these became for me my rule of life: I'm going to do Scripture before phone. I'm going to do at least one communal meal a day. I'm going to turn my phone off for at least one hour each evening. And these were counter-liturgies to the habits I already had." Today's Episode: Listen in as Natalie talks all things "habits" with author and expert, Justin Whitlmel Earley. He tells us that we don't stop bad habits, but replace them with better habits. He calls our attention to all of the bells and dings we...2025-01-0844 min
Dwell DifferentlyPhilippians 3:14 Deep Dive // What Do You Stand to Gain?"All the gains—gaining Christ, being found in him, eternity with him—all of that, even suffering is on one side of the balance and all of our earthly, temporal gains are on the other side of the balance. Which one is the better deal? Would you make that trade?"— Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Have you ever made a trade where you were the big winner? In today's teaching episode, Natalie Abbott helps us see how in Christ we gain everything. The questions she asks again and again is whether we're rightly seeing our earthl...2025-01-0125 min
Dwell DifferentlyLord, Wake Me Up!"I wrote in [my journal] to the Lord, 'Would you wake me up?' I wanna be awake. I want this verse to be real—that I would live a life of light, and that I would believe that Jesus is my life, and that I would be compelled to share it with others...I want to go out there and tell people about Jesus, but I was walking around like a dead person, weak and afraid of what it might mean if I wrote in [my journal], 'Wake me up.'"— Vera Schmitz Today's Episo...2024-12-1824 min
Dwell DifferentlyLight Always Wins // Tara-Leigh Cobble"You can't gather up a bunch of darkness and put out a candle. But you bring in one candle, and it always beats the dark. Light is always stronger. Light always wins."— Tara-Leigh Cobble Today's Episode: Do you need to be reminded that the light of Jesus always wins over every dark thing? Then this is the episode for you! Listen in as Tara-Leigh Cobble and Natalie bring encouragement, biblical teaching, and hones, practical dialogue about the abundant life we can experience when we walk in the light of Jesus. They talk about the fea...2024-12-1131 min
Dwell DifferentlyJohn 1:4 Deep Dive // The Light of All Mankind"When the light of Jesus comes on in our dark hearts, the darkness must flee!"— Natalie AbbottToday's episode: We want life—real life, lasting life, full life—and this is precisely what what Jesus offers us! Listen in as Natalie Abbott unpacks the metaphors Jesus uses to explain the life he wants to give us. She narrows in on the metaphor of light, helping us see what it communicates about eternal life, victory over sin and death, and the beauty of the Christian life. This is the message of Jesus: the message...2024-12-0223 min
Dwell DifferentlyThe Solid Rock of God's Love and Faithfulness // Carlos Smith"Our feelings are important. But at the same time, we can't hang all of the weight of our being and our confidence on that, because they're going to vacillate, man. We've got to have something that's rock solid. And that's the Word of God. That's the presence of God." —Carlos SmithToday's Episode: Natalie is chatting with Vera's pastor, Dr. Carlos Smith. It's such a great episode about the love and faithfulness of God. Listen in as they discuss being disappointed by our broken human relationships and our need to experience the love and faithfulness of...2024-11-2743 min
Dwell DifferentlyYou Can't Earn OR Lose God's LoveThe everlasting love of God frees us from the fear of messing up and from hiding away from him when we do mess up (which is constantly). He's always that warm and loving Father who...even though your "wrecked the car"...says, "I am going to pay for that. My arms are open wide and I will love you regardless."— Natalie AbbottToday's Episode: Do you ever try to earn God's love for you? Or do you doubt his love when you mess up? Well, here's the best news, God's love isn't dependent on yo...2024-11-2026 min
Dwell DifferentlyAll the Time, God is Good // Tina Boesch"The reality is, we see God's goodness all the time—when we wake up in the morning and there's light streaming in through the window and the rains fall and water the earth—there are these things that are happening all the time that we can miss that are displays of God's goodness and his sustaining grace."— Tina Boesch Today's Episode: You won't want to miss today's episode about the amazing goodness of our God! Listen in as Tina Boesch and Natalie share personal stories of God's goodness. They encourage us to find and recount...2024-11-1349 min
Dwell DifferentlyPsalm 100:5 Deep Dive // God, Help Me Praise You!"All of this praise is built on the foundational bedrock of who God is."— Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Has your praise ever felt hollow or empty? On today's episode, Dwell Differently cofounder Natalie Abbott shares about how she initially felt "meh" reading Psalm 100 and our memory verse. She shares how God met her in confessional prayer and used his Word to transform her heart and help her honestly say those words of praise. She also helps us see how God himself and his character must fuel our worship. Finally, she leaves us with practical ti...2024-11-0425 min
Dwell DifferentlyTransformed by Scripture Memory // Elizabeth Hyndman"When I start to feel anxious about something, I have trained myself to be like, 'What is true? Is this true? Is this thing that you're worrying about...is it true?' And then going to the other passages of Scripture that I have memorized or that I'm familiar with and thinking, 'Okay, what is true? What is true is that God is good. What is true is that God fulfills all of his promises.'" — Elizabeth HyndmanToday's Episode: We are co-releasing today's episode with Lifeway Women's Marked podcast. Hear about the transformational po...2024-10-0739 min
Dwell DifferentlyRevelation 4:8b Deep Dive // A Peek into Heaven"Right now we can join in that worship and sing out with those angels, 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.'" — Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Natalie is talking about Revelation 4:8b, which tells us, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who is, and was and is to come." It's a peek into the throne room of God and the perpetual worship of his heavenly creatures. Natalie walks us through what this verse tells us about the character of our God, why these sp...2024-10-0222 min
Dwell DifferentlyWhy Am I Suffering? // Vaneetha Risner"When you realize God meets us in the pit, that's a way that we can really glorify God, not for what he does, but for who he is." — Vaneetha RisnerToday's Episode: So often in our suffering we ask this question, "If God loves me, why did this happen?" On today's episode, Vaneetha Risner (who is no stranger to suffering), encourages us to ask a different question. She reminds us that we are loved by God and therefore should ask, "Because God loves me, why did this happen?" Vaneetha helps us see how God meets us...2024-09-2541 min
Dwell DifferentlyFaithful Because..."I just want to be faithful because he is so faithful." — Vera SchmitzToday's Episode: How do you hold on to hope? That's what Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz are talking about on today's episode. They discuss how easy it can be to lose hope when our hope is placed in our circumstances, our tendency to slowly drift away from God, and his faithfulness to forgive us and restore us when we return to him. They also give us two practical tips for how we can remain faithful over time. It's a great conversation—one you...2024-09-1823 min
Dwell DifferentlyHebrews 10:23 Deep Dive // Jesus, Our Best Hope"This is the hope that we long for: the throne room of God himself. It is a better country, a heavenly one. It is the place we belong. And you have been invited in." — Natalie AbbottToday's Episode: Jesus is our best hope. In him, we've been given access to God the Father. And because this is true, it should profoundly affect our lives. Listen today as Natalie Abbott teaches us how our theology (or what we believe about Jesus) has practical implications for how we live. Hear about how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament pr...2024-09-0221 min
Dwell DifferentlyTruth When You're Anxious"Whatever you're anxious about, it's real. Don't feel dumb or ashamed because other people don't deal with the thing you're dealing with in the same way that you're dealing with it." — Vera SchmitzOn today's episode: All month long we've been considering the perfect peace of God. And today, we're going to get practical and look at how we can fight for peace when we're anxious by using God's Word. Anxiety is something Vera has struggled with over the years in big and small ways. You won't want to miss her honest conversation and practical adv...2024-08-2815 min
Dwell DifferentlyCreating Habits of Peace"The promise of the peace of God is so much greater than we can even comprehend. And the beauty of that promise and the culmination of that promise is the very thing our hearts long for." — Natalie AbbottOn Today's Episode: How do we find the peace of God in all circumstances, in our difficult things and in our mundane everyday lives? That's what Dwell Co-founders and sisters Vera Schmitz and Natalie Abbott are discussing today. They talk about their own experiences of God's peace, the full promise of God's peace in our verse, and...2024-08-2123 min
Dwell DifferentlyIsaiah 26:3 Deep Dive // Peace Then, Now, and Forever“God is the worker of salvation. God is the one who has done everything for us. And his salvation is good, and it is on offer for all of us.” — Natalie AbbottWe all want peace. We need peace! And our verse this month promises just that! It's the very thing God wants to give us and all people for all time. In today's teaching episode, Natalie Abbott shows us how this big promise of peace in our verse is even bigger than it seems at first glance. She helps us understand how God's promised peace (and judgem...2024-08-0525 min
Dwell DifferentlyGod, If You're There... Natalie's Story“I went on this quest where I was like, if there is a God, I guess I should give him a fair shake (or her or them). So I started praying every night...'God if you're there, show me who you are.'" — Natalie AbbottIf you've been praying for someone who is far off from God, let this episode be an encouragement to you. Natalie Abbott (Dwell Differently Co-founder) shares her own story of how God transformed her life—bringing light into darkness and life where there was death. She helps us see how beautiful the lov...2024-07-3120 min
Dwell DifferentlyCondemnation or Conviction? And How to Tell the Difference"The narrative that Satan tells us is that we're unforgiven, we're unforgivable, we're steeped in this, there's no way out. And when you feel that way, that's condemnation. And my encouragement is when you hear those voices that you would respond with what is true—you would respond with some of the verses that we've memorized like...'As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.'" —Natalie AbbottToday's episode: Are you making too much of your sin or too little? Or to put it anot...2024-07-1726 min
Dwell DifferentlyPsalm 103:12 Deep Dive // You Don’t Have to Carry That Around Anymore“If you are walking around right now carrying a heavy burden of shame and guilt, and you feel like there is no way God could forgive you, you are wrong…that sin has already been paid for by the blood of Christ.” — Natalie AbbottOur verse this month is a message we all need to hear again and again. Join Natalie Abbott, co-founder of Dwell Differently, as she unpacks the truth of what God has done for his people and the total forgiveness available because of Christ. As Natalie walks through the broader context of Psalm 103, she helps us...2024-07-0318 min
Dwell DifferentlyDo You Practice True Religion?“Are the actions plugged into faith, or are they unplugged? What are we operating out of? Are we operating out of a duty to do these things because that's the right thing to do? Or are we plugged into faith and motivated by the love God has for us to do the things we're called to do?" — Vera SchmitzWhat's the difference between false religiosity and true religion? That's the question that Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz, sisters and co-founders of Dwell Differently, are answering on today's episode. Find out how religion can be something that pleases God hims...2024-06-1925 min
Overcome: The Dwell Differently Book PodcastChapter 4 // TRUTH When You Feel INSECURE"If [my confidence] is based on Jesus and who he is and his acceptance of me and his love for me...then all of a sudden, I am secure." — Natalie AbbottOn today's episode: What are your shaky foundations? Where are you out in the wasteland trying to pull life-giving water out of dry sand? What are the things you're putting your trust in instead of Jesus? These are the questions Natalie and Vera are answering today from Chapter 4 of Dwell Differently. They talk candidly about their own tendencies not to trust in Je...2024-05-2311 min
Dwell DifferentlyLet God’s Word Be the Thing That Remains // Courtney Doctor“The words that we speak simply are revealing what’s already there—they’re not making it, they’re not creating it, they’re just the thing that spills over.” — Courtney DoctorJoin Natalie Abbott and Courtney Doctor as they discuss how what we say reveals what’s going on inside us, how seeing the ugliness within us come out can sometimes be a gift, and how Jesus enables us to be people with transformed hearts and good that spills out. God himself is our ultimate good and the one who bears good fruit in us, and we know him throug...2024-05-2235 minOvercome: The Dwell Differently Book PodcastChapter 5 // TRUTH When You Feel UNACCEPTED"That is actually the biggest nightmare that anyone could ever have: You have done a bad thing, and there is no forgiveness for you. But the best news is...you have done a bad thing (you've maybe done a lot of bad things) and there is forgiveness for you. This is the message of this verse. This is the message of Scripture for us: that Christ has made us acceptable." — Natalie AbbottOn today's episode: We can all struggle at times with feeling unaccepted. Natalie and Vera talk about the specific ways they struggle with feel...2024-05-2212 minOvercome: The Dwell Differently Book PodcastChapter 7 // TRUTH When You're DEPRESSED"So here's the thing that I think is so helpful: there's not resolution in this Psalm. And I know that's gonna sound really dark, but sometimes I think we need to feel like we're not alone in there not being a solution." —Natalie AbbottOn today's episode: What do you do when you feel depressed? Today, Natalie and Vera talk about the dark seasons of life. Natalie shares her personal struggle with not always knowing why she's feeling down, the importance of not struggling alone, and how to hold on to hope by holding onto God...2024-05-2012 minOvercome: The Dwell Differently Book PodcastChapter 9 // TRUTH When You Need DIRECTION"Every day I wake up and it's a battle and a challenge and a choice to pause in the morning and ask the Lord, "What would you have me do with this day?" OR hit the ground and immediately start thinking about my schedule and all the things I need to do and all the boxes I need to check...this verse is a true daily surrendering...it is the perfect prayer to start your day." — Vera SchmitzOn today's episode: Does making big (and small) decisions stress you out? Today, Natalie and Vera talk abo...2024-05-1812 minOvercome: The Dwell Differently Book PodcastChapter 11 // TRUTH When You Need REST"O my weary and burdened friend, this rest is for you! Do you know you need it? That's all you need to know." — Natalie Abbott, Dwell DifferentlyOn today's episode: What are some of the ways you seek superficial rest when you really need the soul rest of Christ? How can you seek him first for the deep rest you need the next time you find yourself seeking shallow rest somewhere else? Yikes! These are the questions that Natalie and Vera are tackling on today's episode. Their confessions and suggestions are super helpful. You can re...2024-05-1611 min
Dwell DifferentlyWhat Are You Consuming?“Memorizing Scripture…actually stores up the good thing in my heart. The only good things I have are from the Lord. The only good in me is from the Lord….Any goodness that I perform or any kindness that I have first comes from a truth that I’m believing about God or about myself.” — Vera SchmitzWhat are you filling your mind and heart with these days? Join Vera Schmitz and Natalie Abbott, sisters and co-founders of Dwell Differently, as they talk honestly about their own struggles, encouraging us to be intentional with what we’re storing up in...2024-05-1523 min
Dwell DifferentlyGod's Word Pulled Me Through // Jennifer Dukes Lee“We have that ability—we can take God’s Word and when it’s ingrained in us we can just take it and pick it up and pray it over ourselves and pray it over our loved ones.” — Jennifer Dukes LeeToday, Jennifer Dukes Lee joins Natalie Abbott to talk about Luke 6:45a, and you won't want to miss it. Jennifer talks vulnerably about how God has met and sustained her and her family in hard seasons through his Word. She encourages us to love our future selves by investing right now in knowing and loving God—banking up depo...2024-05-0838 min
Dwell DifferentlyLuke 6:45a Deep Dive // It's Time to Take Inventory“What you store up in your heart—either good or bad—has a real effect in your life. And the good things that come out of your heart, or the bad things, are the result of what you’re putting inside of you. So here’s the thing: we can know what’s going on inside of us by evaluating what’s coming out of us.” — Natalie AbbottHave you ever said something and been shocked by what came out of your mouth, or maybe even how you said it? Join Natalie Abbott, co-founder of Dwell Differently, as she unpacks Jes...2024-05-0120 min
Dwell DifferentlyVera's Salvation Story“When you get to the end of yourself and you’re truly honest with yourself, and then you hear this, and you hear that God comes right then with the promises, ‘I’ll give you a new heart and put my spirit in you,’ that is so good.” — Vera SchmitzWe can be tempted to think we just need to be “cleaned up” before coming to Jesus, but our verse this month helps us see the amazing truth about a God who does far more than just clean things up—he brings dead things to life. Join Vera Schmitz and Nat...2024-04-1721 min
Dwell DifferentlyLove Like JesusVera is BACK and she has an exciting update to share! Today Natalie and Vera are talking all about our verse this month and how this hard call to love our enemies is really just loving the way Jesus loves. They talk about what to do if you can’t easily think of an “enemy,” how Jesus has been turning enemies into friends since he called his first disciples, and how when we remember that we were once God’s enemies who are now his friends we can extend his otherworldly love to others.This month’s memory v...2023-09-2020 min
Dwell DifferentlyA Prayer for When I Feel AfraidSurprise! This month’s wrap up comes from Natalie Abbott (Vera will be back soon)! We know you’ll be encouraged as Natalie prays the truth of Scripture over us today. May God's peace be present as you remember who he is and how he has been at work in your life. Because our God is our light, our salvation, and our stronghold, we can face whatever circumstances come our way with courage, knowing that we are not alone, but are held and protected by the God of the universe.This month’s memory verse: “The Lord...2023-06-2806 min
Dwell Differently3 Barriers to Receiving the Everlasting Love of God // Vera Schmitz“It’s not about me, it’s not about what I say. It’s about what God says about you and about himself. He loves you with an everlasting love.” — Vera SchmitzThis month’s memory verse: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” — Jeremiah 31:3bToday’s podcast: If you’re a human being listening today, you’re going to resonate with the 3 things Vera shares that can be roadblocks to feeling like we can receive God’s everlasting love for us. Listen in as she not only he...2023-02-2208 min
Dwell DifferentlyDo You Believe You Have To Earn God's Love? // Vera & Natalie“Sometimes I think we think this promise is something that we earn, or that we get when we're good enough, or when we’re doing all the right things. But the beauty of this promise is the context of the promise: when we fail, when we are faithless, God is still faithful. God still loves us. He draws us with unfailing kindness—the kind of kindness that doesn’t fail. That’s who our God is.” — Natalie AbbottThis month’s memory verse: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kin...2023-02-1522 min
Dwell DifferentlyWords That Bring Light // Vera Schmitz“For each of us—no matter who you are, no matter how mentally tough you are—there are things in our lives we are believing that are not true. Or maybe we need guidance in our life. And God’s Word is saying here in this verse, in Psalm 119:105, that his Word is the light and the lamp for our path.” — Vera SchmitzThis month’s memory verse: “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” — Psalm 119:105 Today’s podcast: We all know what darkness is—we know what it feels li...2023-01-2607 min
Dwell DifferentlyBehind the Scenes with Dwell in 2022 // Vera & Natalie“We’re not just putting verses on stuff to put verses on stuff. If it’s not going to bring life and push forward the Word for the good of God’s people, then we’re not going to do it.” — Vera SchmitzThis month’s memory verse: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.” — Isaiah 60:1Today’s podcast: Here’s your chance to hear a behind-the-scenes conversation with Vera Schmitz and Natalie Abbott, co-founders of Dwell Differently! Hear about their favorite designs and verses from th...2022-12-2928 min
Dwell DifferentlyAnticipation and Awe // Vera Schmitz“So often we get so caught up in our own individual lives that our heads are down and we’re doing all the things and we forget that we have God’s light in us and that we can shine—that we are called to be a city on a hill that cannot be hidden, and we are to point other people to Jesus.” — Vera SchmitzThis month’s memory verse: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.” — Isaiah 60:1 Today’s podcast: What if Jesus came bac...2022-12-2207 min
Dwell DifferentlyArise and Shine // Vera & Natalie“This should be our heartbeat…when we feel the pain and the darkness in our lives, that we would look at that eternal restoration of all things and long for it—we would long for this light, the glory of the Lord, to shine on us.” — Natalie AbbottThis month’s memory verse: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.” — Isaiah 60:1Today’s podcast: Curious why we picked Isaiah 60:1 for December? Listen in as Natalie and Vera talk about the layers to this verse, our long...2022-12-1520 min
Dwell DifferentlyWhat's the Most Wonderful Thing God Has Done in Your Life? // Vera Schmitz“My challenge to you is to find somebody…who is further along in the faith than you and I want you to ask them this question: 'What is the most wonderful thing God has done in your life?’ and just treasure their answer.” — Vera SchmitzThis month’s memory verse: “Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.” — Psalm 107:8 Today’s podcast: In our final episode for Psalm 107:8, Vera Schmitz, co-founder of Dwell Differently, brings us a super practical way to live out our verse: remem...2022-11-2406 min
Dwell DifferentlyLet the Redeemed of the Lord Tell Their Story // Vera & Natalie“This is why this verse says let them give thanks—because when we share in the triumphs of God with others, our faith grows.” — Vera SchmitzThis month’s memory verse: “Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.” — Psalm 107:8Today’s podcast: How have you experienced the goodness of God? Psalm 107:2, just a few verses before our memory verse this month, says, “Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story,” and that is exactly what we are doing here today! Join Natalie and Vera...2022-11-1726 min
Dwell DifferentlyHis Word Does Not Return Void // Vera Schmitz“Don’t be afraid to share your heart, to share God’s truth, and to share his promise, because it’s true that we can live full lives following Jesus—it is the only way to be full in a real and lasting way.” — Vera SchmitzThis month’s memory verse: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” — John 10:10Today’s podcast: You won’t want to miss today’s episode where Dwell Differently co-founder Vera Schmitz shar...2022-10-2708 min
Dwell DifferentlyA Warning and an Offer // Vera & Natalie“This is the promise that we have in Jesus: not to be taken from but to be given. Even when we don’t deserve the kinds of gifts, the fullness that he gives us, he does it—willingly, fully, beautifully for us.” — Natalie AbbottThis month’s memory verse: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” — John 10:10Today’s podcast: If somebody were going to look in on your life today and make a list of how you spen...2022-10-2022 min
Dwell DifferentlyWho Is the Thief? // Natalie Abbott“Are we going to entrust ourselves and believe in those things that are taking from us, or are we going to entrust ourselves and believe in Jesus, the Good Shepherd, who has laid down his life for us, and promises us abundant life?” —Natalie AbbottThis month’s memory verse: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” — John 10:10Today’s podcast: Spoiler alert: in today’s episode, Natalie Abbott shares how she misunderstood this verse for a long t...2022-10-0616 min
Dwell DifferentlyWhere Do You Find Hope? // Vera Schmitz“The reality is, we’re all empty vessels that are needing to be filled. So practically speaking, how then do we fill our buckets?” — Vera Schmitz This month’s memory verse: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” — Romans 15:13Today’s podcast: Welcome to our monthly wrap-up episode with Dwell Differently co-founder Vera Schmitz! Where do you find yourself going most often to fill up your “soul bucket”? And what happ...2022-09-2207 min