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Do you ever feel like your prayer life should be better than it is? 📖 “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” — Colossians 4:2 Today’s Episode: This short prayer episode gives us space to pray through Colossians 4:2 and ask God to help us grow in three areas: being devoted, watchful, and thankful in prayer This Month’s Memory Verse: “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful...

What does your prayer life say about what you really believe about God? 📖 “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” — Colossians 4:2 Today’s Episode: Natalie Abbott takes a deep dive into Colossians 4:2 and three simple words that can completely reshape the way we pray: devoted, watchful, and thankful. This Month’s Memory Verse: “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and t...

How do you know God’s will—and what do you do when his will is different from yours? Today’s Episode: In this replay episode, Natalie Abbott sits down with her husband, pastor Jason Abbott, to talk about one of the biggest questions Christians ask: How do I know God’s will for my life? This Month’s Memory Verse: “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells w...

What do you do when you genuinely don’t know what to do? 📖 “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.” — Daniel 2:22 Today’s Episode: Natalie and Vera talk about asking God for wisdom, recognizing his answers, and trusting him with the things we cannot see. This Month’s Memory Verse: “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in dark...

What do you pray when you need wisdom, direction, or help understanding what God is doing? 📖 “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.” — Daniel 2:22 Today’s Episode: This short prayer episode gives us space to meditate on Daniel 2:22 and pray through Daniel’s prayer of praise, confession, asking, and thanksgiving. Daniel and his friends faced...

How do you know what God wants you to do? 📖 “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.” — Daniel 2:22 Today’s Episode: Natalie Abbott takes a deep dive into Daniel 2 and asks a question most of us have wrestled with: How do we know God’s will for our lives? This Month’s Memory Verse: “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in dark...

Why memorize Scripture when you can just look it up on your phone? 📖 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” — John 6:68b Today’s Episode: Natalie and Vera share their top three reasons for memorizing God’s Word—and why they believe Scripture memory is one of the most life-giving habits you can build. This Month’s Memory Verse: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the wor...

What do you do when you believe in Jesus but have no idea what he is doing? 📖 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” — John 6:68b Today’s Episode: Natalie Abbott sits down with counselor and author Nicole Zasowski to talk about doubt, uncertainty, and trusting God when we don’t have the answers. This Month’s Memory Verse: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of...

What do you do when following Jesus feels hard? 📖 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” — John 6:68b Today’s Episode: Natalie and Vera talk honestly about the seasons when following Jesus feels difficult. Sometimes life does not turn out the way we hoped. Sometimes the world feels completely upside down. Sometimes believing what Christians believe makes us feel like the...

"Lord Jesus, I don’t always get to know what you’re doing, in fact I maybe mostly don’t know what you’re doing." Today's Episode: Do you ever feel confused or lost or frustrated or even angry with God? In today's prayer episode, we are confessing those feelings to God, asking him to help us trust him, and thanking him for how he loves us and works all things for good...even the...

What do you do when Jesus says something hard? 📖 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” — John 6:68b Today’s Episode: Natalie helps us see three ways we respond when the real Jesus makes us uncomfortable: we can reject him, try to change him, or believe him. This episode is a call to faithful honesty. We may not understand everything Jesus says or does. We may feel confu...

What do you do when you know Jesus is with you, but you don’t feel it? 📖 “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” — Matthew 28:20b Today’s Episode: Natalie talks with counselor and author Nicole Zasowski about the safety of Jesus’s presence. Nicole explains that emotional pain often touches either our identity or our sense of safety. And while Scripture speaks directly to bo...

What if the thing we need most is not advice, information, or even the perfect words—but the presence of Jesus? 📖 “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” — Matthew 28:20b Today’s Episode: Natalie and Vera talk about the nearness of Jesus and why his promise to be with us always matters so deeply. This Month’s Memory Verse: “And surely I am with you always, to the very end o...

Take a few quiet minutes to pray through Matthew 28:20b. In the final words of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus gives his followers this promise: “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” This promise is not only for the first disciples. It is for every follower of Jesus. It is for the whole church. It is for you. In this prayer episode, we confess the ways we forget Jesus is near, the...

What does it mean that Jesus is with us always? 📖 “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” — Matthew 28:20b Today’s Episode: Natalie Abbott takes a deep dive into Matthew 28:20b and helps us understand why Matthew ends his gospel with this beautiful promise from Jesus. Before we memorize this verse and hold onto it as our own, Natalie walks us through the endings of all four...

Natalie and Vera are celebrating a big milestone: The Dwell Differently community has memorized over 100 Bible verses together! 🎉 We look back at some of the verses that have meant the most to us over the years and share the passages we return to at night, the verses we pray over friends, the words we speak over our children, and the truths that have carried us through anxious, weary, or overwhel...

Take a few quiet minutes to pray through Luke 18:27. This month’s verse reminds us that what is impossible with man is possible with God. And in context, Jesus is speaking about the most impossible thing of all: salvation. We cannot save ourselves. We cannot earn God’s favor. We cannot justify ourselves before him. But Jesus has done what we never could. In this prayer episode, we confess our sin...

Do you believe God can do impossible things? In this episode of the Dwell Differently podcast, Natalie Abbott and Vera talk about Luke 18:27 and the God who can do what we cannot. This Month's Memory Verse: "Jesus replied, 'What is impossible with man is possible with God.'' 📖 Luke 18:27 Memorize Scripture with Us: Discover the easy button for Scripture memory through Dwe...

Why can hope feel so scary? "Jesus Replied, 'What is impossible with man is possible with God.'” — Luke 18:27 Today's Episode: Natalie Abbott talks with counselor and author Nicole Zasowski about Luke 18:27 and the vulnerability of believing God for impossible things. Nicole shares why many of us keep our expectations low, how gratitude helps us remember God’s faithfulness, and...

Why is salvation impossible for us? And what has Jesus done to make it possible? "Jesus Replied, 'What is impossible with man is possible with God.'” — Luke 18:27 Today's Episode: Natalie Abbott takes a deep dive into Luke 18 and helps us understand one of Jesus’s most hope-filled—and often misunderstood—statements. We often use this verse when life feels difficult or overwhelm...

What do you do when life feels like too much? In today's episode, Natalie talks with Hanna Seymour about Ecclesiastes 3:1. The busy seasons, the hard seasons, and the comfort of knowing God is in control. This Month's Memory Verse: "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." 📖 Ecclesiastes 3:1 Memorize Scripture with Us: Discover the ea...

Are you living in the season God has you in? Today, Natalie Abbott and Vera Schmitz talk about Ecclesiastes 3:1 and the temptation to live in the past or for the future instead of receiving the present season from the Lord. Together, they reflect on nostalgia, discontentment, future hopes, and the deeper longing we all have for eternity with Jesus. This Month's Memory Verse: "There is a...

What do we do when a season is ending? This week, Natalie talks with Emily Jensen about Ecclesiastes 3:1, big life changes, and trusting God when something familiar comes to a close. Emily shares about ending Risen Motherhood, learning to rest, and remembering that while seasons change, Jesus never does. This Month's Memory Verse: "There is a time for everything, and a season for every a...

Why do difficult seasons exist? And what is God doing in them? 📖 "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." — Ecclesiastes 3:1 Today's Episode: Natalie Abbott takes a deep dive into Ecclesiastes 3 and helps us understand one of the Bible's most well-known—and often misunderstood—verses. While this passage is often quoted as a source of...

"We come to [God] to ask for help. And what does he do so generously? He gives us his power through his strength. And it doesn't matter how "little" the thing is, he doesn't just care about the "capital B," big things in our lives. He cares about it all. His door is always open." — Jennifer Dukes Lee Today's Episode: What if you started your day by aski...