Dwell Differently

Do you find yourself more afraid of losing earthly treasure than your spiritual health? Ouch. If we’re honest, we all find ourselves there sometimes, and today Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz want to help us reorient our hearts toward our greatest treasure: Jesus Christ. Tune in to hear them talk about the story behind this month’s verse design, an antidote to worry, and an encouragement to ask God to help us all treasure him first.This month’s memory verse: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." — Matthew 6:21Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:Dwell Differently Monthly MembershipFree Devotional ResourcesSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

What comes to mind when you think of “treasure”? More importantly, what does Jesus say about it? Join Jerrad Lopes, founder of Dad Tired, and Natalie Abbott, co-founder of Dwell Differently as they dig into our memory verse for the month: Matthew 6:21. They take a look at the context of our verse, dig into what the Bible has to say about treasure and blessing, and share honestly about ways they are convicted by God’s call to treasure him more than any earthly thing. We hope you’ll be heartened by the beautiful truth that delighting in Jesus will offer far more treasure than all the other things we are chasing after—true and lasting treasure that can never be lost!This month’s memory verse: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." — Matthew 6:21Today's Dwell guest: Jerrad Lopes is a Christian author, speaker, and the founder of Dad Tired. As a father of four, he knows first-hand that living as a leader in your home is a weighty calling. He is passionate about equipping men and fostering community where, together, men can live out the gospel. He and his wife, Leila, live in South Carolina with their four children.Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or vinyl stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:Learn more about Jerrad LopesThe Dad Tired PodcastFree Devotional ResourcesSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

“Is your heart wrapped up in something right now that it cannot lose? Something that's lasting, something that's dependable, something that won't break it. Is your heart confident, rested, and secure? Is your heart set on the incorruptible, unfading, forever treasures of heaven? Or, is your heart filled with something that it dreads losing?” — Natalie AbbottJoin Natalie Abbott, co-founder of Dwell Differently, as she walks us through the context of Matthew 6:21, helping us see the contrast between earthly and heavenly treasures, evaluate what our hearts are really treasuring, and see Christ as the ultimate safe treasure for our hearts.This month’s memory verse: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." — Matthew 6:21Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:Dwell Differently Monthly MembershipFree Devotional ResourcesSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

You won’t want to miss today’s episode with Sadie Robertson Huff and Christian Huff! Together with Natalie Abbott, they talk about why God is worth basing our whole life on, the overarching storyline of the Bible and how we see God’s faithfulness on display in it, how Sadie and Christian have seen God’s faithfulness in their own lives, and a word of hope to anyone listening who is struggling today. As we wrap up this month’s memory verse, may we be people who see the faithfulness of God and declare, “For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end” (Psalm 48:14).This month’s memory verse: “For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.” — Psalm 48:14Today's Dwell guests: Sadie Robertson Huff is a speaker, New York Times bestselling author, influencer, and founder of Live Original. She is married to Christian Huff, host of the 4:8 Men Podcast. Together they are on a mission to see lives changed by the Gospel of Jesus. They reside in Louisiana with their two beautiful daughters. Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or vinyl stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:Become a Dwell Differently Member today!How to Put Love First by Sadie Robertson Huff and Christian HuffWHOA That’s Good PodcastLearn more about Sadie Robertson HuffSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

What motivates our faithfulness? What can we learn about being faithful to God from the lives of other Christians? And what do we do when we realize that we've failed? Join Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz, sister and co-founders of Dwell Differently, as they talk about these questions and more! Want to learn more about the discussion questions they talk through today? Check out the Dwell Differently Membership—all members have access to unique questions every month to help apply the memory verse and have God-centered conversations with family and friends!This month’s memory verse: “For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.” — Psalm 48:14Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or vinyl stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:Become a Dwell Differently Member today!When Your Gift Is Your Weakness by Jason AbbottSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

How do we know who “this God” from Psalm 48:14 really is? And how can we be sure that he will be our God for ever and ever? Join Natalie Abbott and Elizabeth Woodson as they zoom out to help us see the big picture of what Scripture says about the faithfulness of God. They dig into why God's faithfulness is a theme in our verse, why it’s such good news that God is faithful (even when we are faithless), what it means that God is our guide, and how we can pass this declaration along to the next generation. May memorizing and meditating on our memory verse this month help you declare this pledge of faithfulness to our God who is faithful! This month’s memory verse: “For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.” — Psalm 48:14Today's Dwell guest: Elizabeth Woodson is a Bible teacher, theologian, author, and the Founder of The Woodson Institute, an organization that equips believers to understand and grow in their Christian faith. She loves helping people internalize their faith and connect it practically to everyday life. She is the author of the book Embrace Your Life: How To Find Joy When The Life You Have Is Not The Life You Hoped For and From Beginning To Forever: A Study of the Grand Narrative of Scripture.Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or vinyl stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:Psalm 48:14 Teaching EpisodeLearn more about Elizabeth WoodsonStarting Place with Elizabeth Woodson PodcastFrom Beginning to Forever by Elizabeth WoodsonFree Devotional ResourcesSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

Have you ever wondered how modern believers should view the Old Testament and its promises? What can we learn from Israel’s talk about the City of God? Join Natalie Abbott, co-founder of Dwell Differently, as she walks us through the context of Psalm 48, zooms out to look at God’s presence with his people from Genesis through Revelation, and helps reflect on the good news that this God—the God who dwells with his people—is our God for ever and ever.This month’s memory verse: "For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end." — Psalm 48:14Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:Dwell Differently Monthly MembershipFree Devotional ResourcesSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

Join Vera Schmitz, co-founder of Dwell Differently, as she reflects on what she’s been learning this month from Luke 6:27. She shares 3 takeaways from her own life about loving her enemy, and reminds us that because Jesus loved us when we were his enemies, we can also love our enemies. This month’s memory verse: “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” — Luke 6:27Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Link from today's show:Dwell Differently Monthly MembershipSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

Vera 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 verse: “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” — Luke 6:27Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:You've Watered Down the Golden Rule by Natalie AbbottDwell Differently Monthly MembershipDwell Differently Member Only Kit ShopSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.

We are so glad to have Madison Perekotiy on the podcast today to talk about what it means to love our enemies with the love of Christ. Madison and her Ukrainian-born husband Yuriy have been full-time missionaries since 2018, first in Ukraine and now in Romania. In this episode, she and Natalie talk about what it’s like to have enemies in an ongoing war, how the character of God helps us to make sense of difficult circumstances, why the gospel is so important to remember when we are tempted to hate instead of love, and why the future restoration of all things offers great hope in the here and now. This month’s memory verse: “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” — Luke 6:27Today's Dwell guest: Madison Perekotiy is a follower of Jesus, wife to her Ukrainian husband Yuriy, and mom to four Amerikrainian kiddos! They have been full-time missionaries since 2018, first in Ukraine and now in Romania. Madison's heartbeat has always been for the vulnerable, fatherless, and for families. She is currently in grad school studying social work and applying that to what they do with Ukrainian refugees.Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell’s monthly kit with temporary tattoos or stickers, a display card, a key tag, and more to help you know and dwell on God’s Word.Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Did you love today’s episode?: We’d love to hear about it! Would you leave a rating or review in your podcast player to help others find the show?Links from today's show:Learn more about Madison PerekotiyFree Devotional ResourcesSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferently.