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!
Practical Unbelief
by Susan Sampson Stop and think. This is what stood out to me from the recent Beyond Belief lecture. Stop and think. So many times the verse in James that says be slow to speak, quick to listen, and slow to become angry (James 1:19) has come into my mind and yet I still struggle […]
No Darkness at All
by Angie This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5) I just pulled myself off the floor after a confession session with the Lord and let me just tell you, I am SO thankful for […]
External and Internal…Crap
by Susan Sampson Well I never thought I would be told I was full of crap when I went to a Bible study! But it happened in a recent Beyond Belief lecture. But how incredibly helpful and freeing as I really try to think this through. I completely identified when Laurie said we walk into church and look […]
Something in Your Teeth?
by Susan Samson Have you ever had a piece of dark colored food stuck between your front teeth for all the world to see? Typically you find out about it in one of two ways. Either, you look in the mirror at some point and see it or another person points it out. And, for […]
To the Ladies, upon the Completion of a Semester of Study
My Fellow Sojourners, As we wrap us this prayer study, you have been on my heart, and as I was praying for you, the Lord laid something very precious and powerful on my heart to share with you. It is very important and I pray you would take the time to read this message in […]
The Remedy of the Word
by Susan Sampson It is an interesting thing to see our own sin. It can be so deeply painful, yet truly it is beautiful evidence of the grace of God in our lives. Without being given eyes to see our sin, we don’t see our Savior either. If we had no sin, we have no […]
Resisting Temptation
by Susan Sampson Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. John Piper said, “There is no moment of your life that is not a moment of temptation–a moment when unbelief and disobedience is not a possibility.” When I heard this statement I thought, “Yes, that is so right, so true,” and then […]
The Spirit Is Willing…
You know sometimes a switch is flipped and God’s truth is given new life, clarity, and power in your life. I had that privilege recently as we sat listening to the week’s lecture. His truth about my identity as a new creation and child of God shot through my performance-based faith and gave me new hope […]
The Gospel and Sin
by Susan Sampson The gospel of Jesus Christ is such good news precisely because apart from His free gift of saving grace, we were under a rightly deserved death sentence, which of course is incredibly bad news. Through our sin we were indebted to God. A debt we could not pay back, no matter how […]