WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE THISTLEBEND BLOOM BLOG
Bloom! is a personal look into a few women’s lives as they participate in Thistlebend studies and follow the Lord as He tills their hearts. May you be encouraged as you experience the tilling, the Lord is doing in your own heart!
The Graphic Gospel (2): Man
MAN Man was created good, but fell prey to temptation and sinned against God, bringing death to his soul. Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned. Romans 5:12 ESV For the wages of sin is death. . […]
The Graphic Gospel (1): God as Creator
G O D A S C R E A T O R Because God is the Lord of all and Creator of all and He has given us all things. We owe Him all things. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 ESV So God created man in his own image, in the […]
Unbelief
by Susan Sampson At the beginning of our study Beyond Belief on page 15 it says, “John wants us to have a sure confidence in the Lord, a certainty about His love and His salvation. Such a confidence will enable us to encounter the unexpected with faith, joy, and love and to overcome and not […]
Standing on the Precipice
My Dear Precious Children, Even though I am not quite old enough to be your mother (haha), I love you all as if you were my flesh and blood. Several years ago as we faced an ever lengthening adoption process, a dear friend shared that she believed God had given me spiritually adopted children to […]
God’s Word Must Be the Final Word
by Susan Sampson “For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 5:4-5) “Little children, you are from God […]
The Struggle to Believe God’s Love
by Susan Sampson How do I take the truth that God is love and He loves me to heart and believe it and abide in that love? I honestly don’t know how to write about this because this continues to be a struggle for me – believing God loves me and living and resting in […]
Headstrong?
by Susan Sampson Have you noticed (or am I the only one who does this?) that there are certain Scriptures that you really only think apply to your children? Philippians 2:14 I realize is one of these for me: “Do all things without grumbling or questioning.” But Thursday this really hit home. Laurie told us […]
Battling for Truth. Battling with Truth.
by Susan Sampson We fight for truth by believing the truth and obeying the truth and not relying on our own insight–even when we don’t feel like it. Jesus wants the truth to be forged in us. “Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being” (Psa. 51:6a). Truth being forged. I am reminded of […]
Guarded by Jesus
by Susan Sampson “True fellowship with God begins not only when we lay everything down but when we let down our guard because we believe” (Beyond Belief, pg. 67). When I read this it was like a light dawned for me. I’ve always known that I have struggled with self-protection, but for some reason the […]