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!
I Charge You!
by Susan Sampson The Lord charged Paul, then Timothy and now He is charging each one of us. There are just 2 weeks remaining in this study. We are being given an opportunity from the Lord to take the time and think through everything we have been taught. We do not want to “turn away […]
Continue in Belief!
by Susan Sampson Why do we live in the dungeon when we are daughters of the King of kings?! Why do we walk right back into the dungeon after Christ has set us free from the power of sin and death?! “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit […]
Avoid Such People
by Susan Sampson Focus passage: 2 Timothy 3:1-9. Avoid such people. This was a difficult lesson for me. When I read the focus scripture all I could think was that the description of the people fit me. It was difficult not to fall into despair and feel condemned. Praise God for the reminder and exhortation […]
Guard the Word of Truth
by Susan Sampson Do I want to guard the treasure I’ve been given in my salvation by upholding God’s word in my home, being the grace of God to my husband and children? Am I willing to suffer for the gospel that my husband would SEE it? “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, […]
Do Your Best!
by Susan Sampson “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). As I asked the Lord for His help in writing this email, knowing that I cannot do it apart from His grace, I […]
Love that Transforms
by Angie Thomas As I prayed and asked the Lord this week what He would have me share with you, He kept impressing on my heart His great love for each of you. His love that is way beyond emotional sentimentalism, but is a pure, rich, deep, abiding, sacrificial love. He desires for you to […]
Share in Suffering
“Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 2:3). I have to say that I don’t particularly like the current trend when people say “Really?!” But that is exactly what I found myself saying to the Lord. I thought to myself “I’m not a soldier, an athlete OR a hard-working farmer […]
Fight the Good Fight of Faith
by Dottie Ryan Oftentimes I find myself skimming over words in the Bible that are very familiar without even stopping to digest what they are really saying. Today as I was doing Day 3 in the Thistlebend Bible Study–– Run the Race. There were six words that jumped out at me: “Fight the Good Fight of Faith.” […]
You Don’t Have to Stay Stuck
By Dottie Ryan “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” Psalm 139:23-24 To invite the Holy Spirit to “search my heart…and try me” has been the cry of many women this […]