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!
Give, Forgive, and Reap
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 6:37-38 ESV 37 Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will […]
From My Journal
by Dottie Ryan I initially took Falling in Love Again with your Lord in the summer of 2007. As I rummaged through my old study, I ran across my final journal entry from that period of time. So I wondered if it would be okay to share with you where I was then…how the study […]
The Unimaginable Greatness of God
by Scott Kaczorowski In Lesson 8 of Falling in Love Again with Your Lord for Men we looked at God’s right hand… its power (Day 2), authority (Day 3), blessing (Day 4), and how it binds in covenant (Day 5). Kevin summarized this nicely in the lecture when he said: “His hand holds all the […]
Stand Firm in Your Time with the Lord
by Angie Thomas What an amazing semester this has been! I have seen God working so powerfully in so many of your lives as you have sought Him and fought to keep your relationship with Him a priority. He is so glorified and honored in your perseverance and struggle. “For we do not wrestle against […]
Increments
by Dottie Ryan I was raised in a dysfunctional home. And as a result, much of my thought processes — my coping mechanisms — the ways I perceived and walked through everyday life were skewed. The way I saw and understood God was just as distorted. I would like to say that the Lord has […]
Truth? Feelings? Feelings? Truth?
by Susan Sampson Question – Has the Lord forsaken me? The Truth – “for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Heb. 13:5b). Question – Does the Lord love me? I am prone to doubt this when things go so wrong in my own eyes and the circumstances feel so painful. […]
Sheltered by God
by Susan Sampson “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?…For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble, he will conceal me under the cover of his tent, he will lift me […]
Be Merciful
Thistlebend Quiet eMoment by Laurie Aker Focus Scripture: Luke 6:27-36 ESV 27 But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and […]
Satisfied–How, When, Why?
by Scott Kaczorowski In a recent Falling in Love Again with your Lord for Men lecture, Kevin said, “God knows that we will crave or desire something. He made us that way. The question we ask is what is it? What is it we long for?” For David the answer was clear: “My soul will […]