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!
Valentine’s Day
by Angie Thomas Valentine’s Day…some love it….others dread it or even despise it. As with almost everything in our culture, the uniqueness of a holiday is often lost and misconstrued by commercialism and unrealistic expectations. What if God wanted to really communicate to you His great love for you? We have tossed around the phrase […]
Unimaginable
by Angie Thomas This is one of my favorite verses: But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory…but, as it is written,“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”… […]
Merry Christmas!
by Angie Thomas May the Lord keep you very close to His heart during this very busy and so often very distracting time of year. May we all have eyes to see and ears to hear God’s still small voice directing and leading us as we walk through this Christmas season where Satan wants desperately […]
Plug into Christ
by Susan Sampson The pressure is off! These words of grace minister to my soul. This is the truth I am taking to heart. It’s not all on us…it was all on Him! He took all our sin and shame and guilt upon himself. Jesus is our burden bearer. “It is finished,” was His victory […]
Love Never Fails
What blessings lie behind the door of selfless love? Blessings that are opened to us and to others when we choose to walk by faith and not sight. Will you choose love? Will you walk by faith, die to self, and experience what blessings lie behind the door of selfless love? Love is a choice; […]
Right Thinking in the Face of Tragedy
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 13:1-5 ESV There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered […]
Struggling with Moralism and Legalism
by Susan Sampson I had to share this excerpt from one of the recent eMoments because it was so powerful! Laurie quoted a passage from an article by J.I. Packer called “The Heart of the Gospel” which is in the book “In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement.” He writes, “The […]
Excerpt from The Hole in Our Holiness
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Hello Again from My Reading Retreat Today’s book is: The Hole in Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung Excerpt from Chapter One. I absolutely, positively, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book. I think it is one of the most important books written in the past decade. Kevin has spoken the truth […]
In His Strength
by Susan Sampson Are you tired? I get tired so easily. On Day 2 Laurie asked the question, “Do you think you might be trying to do things in your own strength?” Yes Lord! Yes! I have been doing things in my own strength!! Ephesians 6:10 tells us, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and […]