I wonder how many of us have slept on the couch or let the sun go down on our anger because of our own false self or our spouse’s. I’ve often wondered how many people ultimately divorce their spouse’s false self.
Category: <span>Advice</span>
God is a Jealous Lover
Michael Thompson We were created for love, made by God for a love affair of the heart. Intimately connected in oneness. Jesus even prayed it in John 17:20: “I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever]...
When You Test Positive
AuthorMichael Thompson Who knew a swab could go that far? For those of you who have been tested for COVID, you know the mixed feeling of concern and hope, the reasons you would subject yourself to such a test. You feel the need to be responsible – and to not be responsible for the spread of the...
Autopilot is Dangerous
Autopilot is a dangerous thing. Believing I truly know what I’m doing and trusting myself to do it is like flying autopilot.
The Masculine Journey: A Check On My Heart
by Michael Thompson The Masculine Journey if full of training modules. Unfortunately, as others handle (and mishandle) our hearts for many formative years, we also find ourselves in need of healing moments as well. The Masculine Journey has its stages. You don’t trust an eight-year old with a chainsaw or to drive a car, but...
What’s Your Target?
by Micheal Thompson Along the masculine journey to becoming a good king, there are many opportunities for ceremonies of initiation/validation and for graduations – hundreds of such moments. Most men miss them, because most men aren’t looking. Nor are they seeing the bigger picture. God is growing you up as a man and wants you...
Battlegrounds Become Fertile Grounds
by Michael Thompson The surmounting losses and continued compromises of COVID-19 have made the battle landscape fertile ground for our enemy to invite spirits of fear, hopelessness, depression, accusation and even hatred. Survey what you are invited to feel and think, and consider that not all of that is you. What an incredible and incredibly difficult time...
Getting Your Heart Back
by Micheal Thompson It was L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that taught us that for our journey we would need Courage, Wisdom, and Heart. The Tin Man declared, “I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.” It was the same Tin...
Hope Over Our Hearts
by Micheal Thompson Several times a day, I am asked or am the one asking, so, how are you? What a loaded question these days. Like when you have a rainy day, then another, and another, we so long for the sunshine. The disruption has now given way to something that feels more permanent. I...
Your Mask First – Michael Thompson
Living and loving like Jesus, the unique and incredible one whose image you bear. When a man comes to experience first that he is a beloved son, he can then fight well for the hearts of his children.
Go After Their Heart – Michael Thompson
Step out your front door each and every day, and you are there - it is the Larger Story we live in. We all live in a very large story where walking with God is the invitation to adventure, and the evil that opposes us is both dangerous and prevalent.
Fighting for the Hearts of Your Kids – Michael Thompson
When my daughters were growing up, we had some tough moments in which I needed to step in … not at them, not toward them, but for them. In fifth grade, my oldest was being accused of something she didn’t do. She was called into the vice principal’s office, and I was “notified.” We lived...
It’s Father’s Day…you got this!
Father’s Day is just around the corner! What if you could live with Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Prove and Nothing to Fear? As Father’s Day approaches, we invite you to encourage and equip dads to know who they are, where they are, and the good God is up to in their lives. You Got...
Beaches, Ruptures, and Invitations
I am only just beginning to learn what it was our girls needed as young littles. Turns out I needed those same things.
Stay at home, stay safe.
The next evening at sunset, she fell asleep in Steven’s arms for the last time. That night, we cried, grieved, remembering and sharing stories as we journeyed through photos, thankful to be together, to be home together. Choosing to stay in this grief together, in this stay at home time.
Thoughts on Warfare and Motherhood
The scheme of evil against your heart has been strategic and consistent and intentional over the course of your life. How do the accusations that level you today have a kind of fittedness to your story? When did the accusations that come at you first appear and take root?”
Exploring More podcast
Discovery can be a wonderful thing. The word doesn’t necessarily mean something is "new," it means "it’s new to you." Over time, things can get lost … stories, wisdom, truths, even people can get lost and hearts lose their way.
A 14-day journey by Michael Thompson
Zoweh has partnered with YouVersion the creators of The Bible App to create reading plans designed for you to connect with God. We hope these devotionals give you an opportunity to slow down and settle into time alone with God.
Life’s too short to be bitter
The use of allegory goes way back, probably because it was easy for readers and audiences to understand and to integrate it in the perfect “developmental stage” of emotional development. It somehow has the ability to contribute to the growth of character.