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"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 power of memorizing God's Word with Elizabeth Hyndman, Vera Schmitz, and Natalie Abbott. They share stories from their own lives that you won't want to miss!  Today's guest: Elizabeth Hyndman leads Lifeway Women Academy, edits Bible studies, and cohosts the MARKED podcast. A Nashville native, grammarian, traveler, and tea drinker, Elizabeth can be found on Instagram @edhyndman.The MARKED Podcast by Lifeway Women is a podcast for women who are marked by a hunger for God’s Word, a longing to impact culture, and a desire to discover and live out God’s calling in their lives. In each episode, Elizabeth Hyndman talks about what God is doing—how He has and is marking each of us.Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about the easy button for Scripture memory, Dwell Differently’s monthly kit!Support Our Show: Leaving us a review is the best way to encourage us and help other people find our show. Links from today's show: Check out Natalie and Vera's new Bible study, Dwell on These Things: Transform Your Heart and Mind by Memorizing God's Word. Dig deeper into this month's verse in our weekly devotionals. Get them sent to your inbox free every Monday!Support the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

"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 specific names are used, and how this verse fits not only into the book of Revelation, but into God's bigger redemptive story and our lives. This month's memory verse: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who is, and was and is to come."  —Revelation 4:8b Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about the easy button for Scripture memory, Dwell Differently’s monthly kit!Support Our Show: Leaving us a review is the best way to encourage us and help other people find our show. Links from today's show: Check out The Pour Over, Natalie's go-to source for concise, unbiased news from a Christian perspective.Check out Natalie and Vera's new Bible study, Dwell on These Things: Transform Your Heart and Mind by Memorizing God's Word. Memorize 11 new verses in Natalie and Vera's book, Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative Thinking with the Simple Practice of Memorizing God’s Truth.Dig deeper into this month's verse in our weekly devotionals. Get them sent to your inbox free every Monday!Support the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

"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 in our suffering, how our suffering is not without purpose, and how we can grow in hope through it all. This month's memory verse: "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." — Hebrews 10:23 Today's guest: Vaneetha Rendall Risner writes and speaks about suffering. She is the author of several books including a Bible study, Desperate for Hope, and her memoir, Walking Through Fire. Vaneetha and her husband Joel live in Raleigh, NC where she writes at her website https://www.vaneetha.com about struggle and loss and the breathtaking way Christ meets us in it.Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about the easy button for Scripture memory, Dwell Differently’s monthly kit!Support Our Show: Leaving us a review is the best way to encourage us and help other people find our show. Links from today's show: Find out more about Vaneetha on her website.Listen to Held by Natalie Grant—the song that Crystal Wells wrote about the loss of Vaneetha's newborn son. Check out Natalie and Vera's new Bible study, Dwell on These Things: Transform Your Heart and Mind by Memorizing God's Word. Dig deeper into this month's verse in our weekly devotionals. Get them sent to your inbox free every Monday!Support the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

"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 won't want to miss. This month's memory verse: "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." — Hebrews 10:23Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about the easy button for Scripture memory, Dwell Differently’s monthly kit!Get our FREE weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse!Support our show: Leaving a review not only encourages us, but it also helps other people find our show. Links from today's show: Memorize and study Philippians 4:4-9 in Vera and Natalie's new Bible study, Dwell on These Things: Transform Your Heart and Mind by Memorizing God's Word. Check out Natalie and Vera's book, Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative Thinking with the Simple Practice of Memorizing God’s Truth.Don't miss out on the Dwell Differently companion resources (temporary tattoos, verse memory cards, a necklace, etc...).Support the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

"I also give myself permission to dream new dreams for my life and to not be wedded to the dreams from when I was a child...I have the ability to pivot into the story that God is writing and not be insistent on a story that's no longer available...God is on the move in this story right in front of my nose if I have eves to see that." — Katherine WolfToday's Episode: Everything doesn't always work out the way we hope it will. Certainly, Katherine Wolf's life didn't go as planned. As a new mom in her twenties, Katherine suffered a stroke that nearly took her life and did taking many of her abilities. Yet, she is one of the most hope-filled people you could meet. She shares today about how she was able to pivot from her expectations and learned to embrace her new "assignment from God" with hope. She shares about living with purpose in the right now, being emotionally agile, escaping the "what if" loop, and dreaming new dreams. It's a conversation you won't want to miss.This month's memory verse: "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." — Hebrews 10:23 Today's guest: Katherine Wolf Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about the easy button for Scripture memory, Dwell Differently’s monthly kit!Support Our Show: Leaving us a review is the best way to encourage us and help other people find our show. Links from today's show: Find out more about Katherine here.Check out Katherine's devotional, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope in the Hurting.Read an article by Katherine where she quotes Sir Richard BakerListen to "Steadfast" by Sandra McCrakenStart memorizing Scripture with your family with the Dwell Differently Family Membership. Dig deeper into this month's verse in our weekly devotionals. Get them sent to your inbox free every Monday!Support the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

"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 promises, how that changes everything for how we live right now, and how he welcomes us into the throne room of heaven itself.   This month's memory verse: "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." — Hebrews 10:23Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about the easy button for Scripture memory, Dwell Differently’s monthly kit!Support Our Show: Leaving us a review is the best way to encourage us and help other people find our show. Links from today's show: Memorize 11 new verses in Natalie and Vera's book, Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative Thinking with the Simple Practice of Memorizing God’s Truth.Dig deeper into this month's verse in our weekly devotionals. Get them sent to your inbox free every Monday!Check out The Pour Over, Natalie's go-to source for concise, unbiased news from a Christian perspective.Support the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

"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 advice. Today's episode is from the Overcome Podcast, where Vera and Natalie discuss chapters from their book, Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative Thinking with the Simple Practice of Memorizing God's Truth. Today's verses: "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you." — Isaiah 26:3  "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." — 1 Peter 5:7Links from today's show: Get Hosanna Revival's Prayer Journal that Vera loves so much!Check out Natalie and Vera's book, Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative Thinking with the Simple Practice of Memorizing God’s Truth.Don't miss out on the book's companion resources (temporary tattoos, verse memory cards, a necklace, etc...).Check out The Pour Over, Natalie's go-to source for concise, unbiased news from a Christian perspective.Support the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

"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 how we can practically establish patterns in our everyday lives to promote peace. This month's memory verse: "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you." — Isaiah 26:3Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about the easy button for Scripture memory, Dwell Differently’s monthly kit!Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Support our show: Leaving a review not only encourages us, but it also helps other people find our show. Links from today's show: Natalie and Vera wrote a book! Order your copy of Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative Thinking with the Simple Practice of Memorizing God’s Truth today!Hosanna Revival's 5 Year Prayer JournalSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

"I was a Christian hiding this secret. "— Scarlet HiltibidalToday's Episode: Have you ever been eaten up with anxiety? Have you ever found yourself all in a panic? Or have you held on tight to a secret struggle and felt like everything would fall apart if anyone found you out? If so, you're not alone. Scarlet Hiltibidal is a mom, pastor's wife, author, speaker, and someone who struggles with anxiety and panic. She used to try desperately to be perfect and to hide her struggles. But one day, she realized that she couldn't do it anymore, and it was the best thing! You'll be so encouraged by Scarlet's story of how God worked his great peace in her heart and continues to do so. It is a picture of the story God wants to tell not in just Scarlet's life but in all our lives.  This month's memory verse: "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you." — Isaiah 26:3 Today's guest: Scarlet Hiltibidal is the author of Afraid of All the Things, You’re the Worst Person in the World, He Numbered the Pores on My Face, and the Anxious and Ashamed Bible studies. She writes regularly for ParentLife Magazine, HomeLife Magazine, and She Reads Truth. Scarlet enjoys speaking to women around the country about the freedom and rest available in Jesus. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where she loves sign language with her daughters, nachos by herself, writing for her friends, and studying stand-up comedy with a passion that should be reserved for more important pursuits.Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about the easy button for Scripture memory, Dwell Differently’s monthly kit!Get our weekly devotional email: Dive deeper into this month’s verse.Love our show? Leave us a review: We’d love to hear from you! And it helps others find our show. Links from today's show: Read more about Scarlet's take on this month's verse and about how she found herself screaming through a parking lot in her article Screaming, Sprinting, and Seeking Peace: Fighting Anxiety with the Word of God.Learn more about fighting anxiety with God's truth in Natalie and Vera's new book: Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative ThinkinSupport the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.

“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 judgement) in the book of Isaiah has multiple fulfillments, much like a mountain range has numerous peaks. From a zoomed out vantage point we can not only understand each of these peaks of peace, but how we can apply God's promise of peace in our own lives. This month’s memory verse: "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you." — Isaiah 26:3Memorize Scripture with us: Find out more about Dwell Differently’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.Support our show: The best way to support our show is to help other people find it by leaving a rating or, even better, a review!Links from today's show:Read Natalie's Isaiah 26:3 devotional I Need Peace!Natalie and Vera wrote a book! Order your copy of Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative Thinking with the Simple Practice of Memorizing God’s Truth today and keep your mind steadfast with the 11 verses you will memorize!Check out these great  companion resources that help you memorize the verses in Dwell Differently.Sign up for our email list!Support the showFollow Natalie & Vera at DwellDifferently.com and @dwelldifferenly.