Best Natalie Abbott Podcasts (2025)

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What Kind of Refreshment Are You? // Natalie & Vera 25:19

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"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 Schmitz Today'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…

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Cultivate, Share, and Receive God's Gifts // Christie Purifoy 35:37

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"I kept thinking, 'Okay. What does God want me to do for others? What am I offering others? What am I giving to others?' And again and again, the things I felt called to do or make or create or tend would literally refresh me." — Christie Purifoy Today's Episode: This episode is an absolute joy! We're so grateful to Christie Purifoy for sharing her…

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Proverbs 11:25 Deep Dive // You Are Free to Give 18:53

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God's Will in Our Suffering // Paul Hastings 38:38

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"When we pray, 'your kingdom come, your will be done,' that's the craziest part...that's where we have to come to grips with God's plan." — Paul Hastings Today's Episode: We're so excited to introduce Paul Hastings, whose life's work is telling stories about God's kingdom on the Compelled Podcast. Today, he shares a snippet of a story about what it…

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Set Your Kingdom Aside // Natalie & Vera 25:45

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"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 thing…

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Follow God's Will // Jason Abbott 36:07

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"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 Abbott Today's Episode: Listen, learn, and laugh along wi…

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Matthew 6:10 Deep Dive // God's Kingdom...Then, Now, & Always 20:27

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"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 Abbott Today's epi…

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Rejoice In God's Plan for You // Kelly Needham 43:51

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"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 Needham Today's Episode: We're all tempted to be the boss of our own lives, to be the one watch…

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Are You Really Living Like God Is In Control? // Natalie & Vera 22:54

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"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 Abbott Today's Episode: Today Natalie …

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Through Every Up and Down // Whitney Newby 30:13

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"If we can look back on our lives and see how [God] has protected, provided, and cared for us in past, then we can trust that he's going to do that in future...forevermore!'" — Whitney Newby Today's Episode: Today we're diving into Psalm 121 with Author, Whitney Newby, who wrote a beautiful devotional book based just on that Psalm. Whitney shares s…

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Psalm 121:8 Deep Dive // Living Like You're Safe 22:01

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"Our God is never caught off guard. He's never surprised. He's always watching over you." — Natalie Abbott Today'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. Thi…

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BONUS: How Do I Have a Quiet Time? 10 Tips 26:06

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"I'm excited about this because I used to feel guilty that my 'quiet time' didn't look like other people's...and also when I became a new mom, I also felt guilty that [it] didn't look like it used to look." — Vera Schmitz Today's Episode: What's a quiet time? And how exactly do I go about having one? Today, Vera and Natalie share their own habits a…

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Lay It All Down for Love // Jon Nelson 31:32

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"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 Nelson Today's Episode: Natalie is talking with Pastor Jon Nelson about loving people outright—not because t…

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Be There for People // Natalie & Vera 23:26

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"Sometimes it just comes down to 'being inconvenienced' and just being there for people." — Vera Schmitz Today'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 s…

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Search My Heart! // Jada Edwards 35:08

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"God gets into the specifics of what's going on in our hearts and says, 'this is what's keeping you from fully walking in my love.'" — Jada Edwards Today's Episode: What's hindering your relationship with God? In today's episode, Jada Edwards encourages us to ask God to tell us. She challenges us to ask God to reveal those barriers and to heal what…

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1 John 3:16 Deep Dive // If You Feel Unloved 17:20

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"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 Abbott Today's episode: Are you walking in the love of Jesus? Like really, really? Are you grounded in the full and …

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The Mysterious, Ordinary Indwelling of Jesus // Courtney Doctor 31:11

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"Christ abiding in us and us abiding in Christ is simultaneously something incredibly mysterious and something incredibly ordinary." — Courtney Doctor Today's episode: Listen in as Courtney Doctor elaborates on the profound mystery of Christ dwelling in us...right alongside the ordinary reality of us spending regular time in his Word. She helps us …

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I Want a Fruitful Life! // Natalie & Vera 23:14

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"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 Schmitz Today's Episode: What does it look like to live a fruitful life? How do we go from feeling all used up and e…

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I Still Want More, God // Jeannie Cunnion 37:09

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"What a miracle that he loves me the way he does, and that I get to love him back. It's just incredible." — Jeannie Cunnion Today's Episode: What happens when you ask God for more...of himself? He gives it! And it is good and vulnerable and beautiful. Want to hear more about it? Listen in to today's conversation with Jeannie Cunnion about her right…

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John 15:5 Deep Dive // What Does it Mean to Be IN Jesus? 16:27

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"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 Abbott Today's episode: Today Natalie Abbott is talking very practically about what it means to remain in Jesus and for him to remain in us…

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Gospel Grounded Compassion // Daniel Wendt 35:35

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"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 Wendt Today's Episode: Natalie is chatting…

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Living in and Living out Compassion // Natalie & Vera 24:17

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"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 Abbott Today's Episode: How do we experience God's daily compassion for us? And how do we live it out? Tha…

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In Her Grief, God Was There // Phylicia Masonheimer 38:44

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"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 Masonheimer Today's Episode: How do we navigate grief and loss? How do we find comfort and experience peace in difficult s…

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Lamentations 3:22-23 Deep Dive // God's Compassion When We Mess Up 22:27

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"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 beauti…

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BONUS Q & A // Are Tattoos Sinful? and Other Questions 20:39

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"Are tattoos wrong? Or rather, aren't tattoos wrong? We're going to look at the Bible and what it says about tattoos." — Natalie Abbott Today'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…

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Speaking of Heaven // Jennifer Rothschild 38:47

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"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 Rothschil…

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Jesus Is the Goal, Jesus Is the Prize // Natalie & Vera 27:11

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"What if Jesus doesn’t want anything from you? What if instead, he just wants to be closer to you?" — Natalie Abbott Today'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 t…

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Create Counter-Habits // Justin Whitmel Earley 44:23

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"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, J…

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Philippians 3:14 Deep Dive // What Do You Stand to Gain? 25:48

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"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 Abbott Today's episode: Have you ever made a trade where you were the big winn…

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Step Out Into the Light // Felicity Carswell 37:09

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"It was my instinctive reaction to run back into the darkness...Whereas the more I know Jesus—the more I am in the Word, the more I am running towards the light—the more this life that God has given me just makes sense." — Felicity Carswell Today's Episode: Today we're talking about the light and life of Jesus with Felicity Carswell. Felicity talks…

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Lord, Wake Me Up! 24:34

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"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 …

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Light Always Wins // Tara-Leigh Cobble 31:14

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"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 C…

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John 1:4 Deep Dive // The Light of All Mankind 23:33

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"When the light of Jesus comes on in our dark hearts, the darkness must flee!" — Natalie Abbott Today'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 ligh…

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The Solid Rock of God's Love and Faithfulness // Carlos Smith 43:07

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"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 Smith Today's Episode: Natalie is chatting with Vera's pastor, Dr. Carlos…

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You Can't Earn OR Lose God's Love 26:14

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The 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 Abbott Today's Episode: Do you…

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All the Time, God is Good // Tina Boesch 49:41

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"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 wa…

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Psalm 100:5 Deep Dive // God, Help Me Praise You! 25:43

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"All of this praise is built on the foundational bedrock of who God is." — Natalie Abbott Today'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 u…

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BONUS SERIES: Dwell on These Things, Ep. 6 //Courtney Doctor & Hunter Beless - Finding a Mentor 44:00

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"Everybody has a 'yes' they can give [to mentor someone]. Give up your time for the good of someone else, then you will...also grow in it." — Courtney Doctor Today's Episode: What does a mentoring relationship really look like? Today Courtney Doctor and Hunter Beless are pulling back the curtain of their mentoring relationship. They are real and de…

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BONUS SERIES: Dwell on These Things, Ep.5 // Elizabeth Woodson - Right Thinking 37:15

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"We have been formed by the world...and we have to be reformed by the way of truth." — Elizabeth Woodson Today's Episode: The world has so much impact on our thought life—on how we think about ourselves, about what matters, about who God is—and so often we just passively allow the world to form us. On this episode, Elizabeth Woodson is urging us no…

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BONUS EPISODE: Dwell on These Things, Ep. 4 // Melissa Spoelstra - Finding Peace 35:13

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"I can actually hold on to peace and grief at the same time. I can hold on to peace and disappointment at the same time. I can savor the peace that Jesus offers me because of who he is, not because of what is going on in my life." — Melissa Spoelstra Today's Episode: Looking for real and lasting peace—peace that isn't dependent on perfect outcomes …

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BONUS SERIES: Dwell on These Things, Ep. 3 // Debra Fileta - The Anxiety Exchange 35:13

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"When you feel anxious, your body is sending you this signal. Don't just sit in that. Respond. Do something about it. Go to prayer; ask God to help you realign your mindset...Give him the burdens. Go to this quiet special place and start to adjust and recalibrate and do things differently. And when you leave that place, you will be filled with the …

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BONUS SERIES: Dwell on These Things, Ep. 2 // Jeannie Cunnion - Get Closer to God 35:23

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"It grieves me that so many women and men struggle to experience God's presence...Somehow the enemy has fooled us into believing that enjoying [God's] presence, experiencing his presence, hearing his voice, being led by his Spirit, is something that they somehow haven't figured out the formula for." — Jeannie Cunnion Today's Episode: Jeannie Cunnio…

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BONUS SERIES: Dwell on These Things, Ep. 1 // Melissa Kruger - Experience Real Joy 37:06

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"In the midst of a world that's not right, we drink from the well—which is Christ—and we have refreshment in a dry and weary land." — Melissa Kruger Today's Episode: How do we find joy? Real, deep joy in joyless circumstances, in dry seasons or dark places? On today's episode, Melissa Kruger walks us through the journey of finding joy. Spoiler aler…

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Revelation Doesn't Have to Be Scary // Jen Wilkin 45:19

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"Whatever is going to happen—whatever the literal next things are that happen in my life—this symbolic vision of God means that in the end, it's going to be alright. I can trust the God who made time to steward time all the way to its conclusion." — Jen Wilkin Today's Episode: Does the book of Revelation intimidate you? Maybe even scare you a littl…

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Transformed by Scripture Memory // Elizabeth Hyndman 39:50

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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 t…

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Revelation 4:8b Deep Dive // A Peek into Heaven 22:54

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"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 Abbott Today'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 roo…

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Why Am I Suffering? // Vaneetha Risner 41:25

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"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 Risner Today'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 dif…

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Faithful Because... 23:52

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"I just want to be faithful because he is so faithful." — Vera Schmitz Today'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 faithfuln…

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Pivot with Purpose and Hope // Katherine Wolf 38:04

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"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 Wo…

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Hebrews 10:23 Deep Dive // Jesus, Our Best Hope 21:54

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"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 Abbott Today'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 tod…