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 Omnipotence of His Silence
by Michael McKinley Christ in his passion was mocked on several occasions and each time the mockery occupied a unique place in his experience. First he was mocked by Israel, next he was mocked by the pagan world, then by a descendant of Edom, a false brother, and finally by all these together. He was […]
What to Do if You Get Nothing Out of Reading the Bible
by Steve Fuller Getting Nothing Let’s say you are reading God’s Word, but getting nothing out of it. Maybe it’s not meaning anything to you, or you are just not feeling it. What can you do? I’ve been there, and I’m pretty sure every believer has. So you are not alone. But what’s even more […]
Eyes to See?
by Laurie Aker We can become so accustomed to our sin patterns and unaware of a hardening heart that instead of turning to thirst more after God, we wander away from God and fill ourselves with empty or even harmful things. Tired, angry, frightened, or hurting we might shut down, put up walls, and hide. […]
How Is Your Heart?
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 8:4-15 ESV 4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was […]
New Beginnings
by Susan Sampson After having been somewhat home bound the last couple of weeks, it was such a blessing to begin a new study and see all of you! As I was praying the Lord blessed me with such a sweet picture of the body of Christ. We are a family, sisters in Christ. All […]
Reaching the “Converted”
by Bob Johnson Some of our most obvious evangelistic opportunities are with the people who are members of our churches. You already have a relationship with them. You already have the advantage of consistently telling them the gospel. You also have some God-ordained opportunities to personally point them to Christ. Paul warned the elders of […]
Lord, I Will Seek You Earnestly!
by Laurie Aker God’s ways are not our ways; His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. Spending time immersing ourselves in His Word and meditating upon it truly transforms our hearts, our minds, and our lives. David clearly under- stood this. God affirms this in Psalm 1:1-3: “Blessed is the man [whose] . . . […]
Proclaim the Gospel with Your Life
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 8:1-3 ESV 1 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, […]
Proclaim the Gospel to Your Soul
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 8:1-3 ESV 1 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, […]