Dwell Differently

“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…

“You only have one life, and while you can have a few careers in it, if my time was running out, what do I really want to be focusing my life on? And so that’s really what I’m here to talk about toda…

“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…

"The promise is that we would overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit, and I think that’s the lynchpin there. It’s not my own scraped-up hope, it is hope only by the power of the Holy Spir…

“These things that he’s giving—the hope and the joy and the peace—are not separate from him, they are part of him. He’s the God of hope, so he’s actually giving us himself.” — Courtney Doctor

This mon…

“Biblical hope is not a wishing and a longing—biblical hope is a certain hope because it is rooted and grounded in the faithful God of hope.” — Natalie Abbott

This month’s memory verse: “May the God…

"It says, 'The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.' It doesn't say, 'You need only to make a plan, you need only to make a list, you need only to buy this thing.' No. 'The LORD will f…

“I love this truth, even though it’s hard. It’s a promise for the [initial] one time choice to follow Jesus, and for my day in and day out. He’s going to continue to set me free from my sin.” — Vera …

“Then you have Jesus who is Truth materialized. He is sincerity and genuineness in the flesh. He shows up on the scene and says, ‘I’m going to give you the truth in my Word, but also, I am the Truth.…

“If Jesus tells you that you’re a sinner, will you still believe in him? Will you be honest with your sin and your failings? Will you confess that you could never measure up? Will you believe in the …

“Even if Jesus gave me all his miracles and he met every last need, the belief in him is the treasure. He is the treasure. He is the thing that my heart really truly longs for.” — Vera Schmitz

This m…

“We don’t have to keep relying on our works or measuring ourselves by our failures. We can measure ourselves and see ourselves as Christ sees us, which is people that he loves, his beloved bride.” — …

“It’s not just the head knowledge, in this case, that the work of God is to believe in the one he has sent, to believe in Jesus—but to actually know it to the point that that’s how I’m operating. Tha…

"If Jesus is our spiritual food, are we looking to Jesus to give us the food that perishes, or are we looking to Jesus for eternal, spiritual satisfaction? Are we looking for him to meet only our ear…

“It’s so encouraging to me that God has not left us on our own to follow after him—we don’t just hear a warning like this to not drift away without him also being the one to enable us.” — Lindsay Tul…

“What am I paying the most careful attention to right now? And how can I re-anchor myself to the truth with an easy habit or practice or rhythm?” — Vera Schmitz

This month’s memory verse: “We must pay…

“The reason this verse is in Scripture at all is because we have this tendency to drift.” — Natalie Abbott

This month’s memory verse: “We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we hav…

“That’s the danger of drifting—while running away is an intentional, purposeful act, drifting away happens without our awareness.” — Emma Mae McDaniel

This month’s memory verse: “We must pay the most …

“This is a daily practice—of not drifting, of coming back. And we have a God who welcomes us with open arms.” — Natalie Abbott

This month’s memory verse: “We must pay the most careful attention, there…

“This is what the church should look like, this sharing: ‘What I have, I’m going to offer to you, and what you have, you can offer to me.’ And that’s a beautiful thing, without either demanding it of…