Entries by Thistlebend Admin

Learning How to Pray from Jesus

by Steve Fuller How Should I Pray? Let’s say you are without work.  And imagine you just returned from an interview for a job you really want, and you decide to pray about the job. But as you think about praying, you start to wonder – Why pray, when it’s the interviewer who will decide […]

Seven Ways to Build a Culture of Spiritual Conversation

by Bobby Jamieson There are some churches—faithful, Bible-preaching churches—where the after-church conversations are so secular that you could swap them out for the lunch crowd at a local restaurant. And if after-church conversations are this secular, then others are likely to fare little better in terms of spiritual substance. Why is this? Certainly different cultures […]

So Go

by Laurie Aker Ask the Lord to search your heart and give you eyes to see your sin through His heart of love and truth. This may require much fasting and prayer, along with patient, faithful waiting. As the Lord reveals your sin, be quick to agree with Him and confess it. Trusting in Christ […]