KINGDOM SECRETS TO PROCESS YOUR EMOTIONS | WEDNESDAY 21-06-2023 PART 3 | | THE LAMECH SYNDROME | HEALING OR SHIELDING?

 KINGDOM SECRETS TO PROCESS YOUR EMOTIONS | WEDNESDAY 21-06-2023

PART 3 |  | THE LAMECH SYNDROME | HEALING OR SHIELDING?

CHAPTER 1 | THE CRY OF THE WOUNDED SOUL

• When the soul is wounded, we call it "inner wounds" just like the body is called physical wound.

• Since it is inside the man, no one will ever notice it and no one will ever know it.

HOW TO KNOW SOMEONE IS WOUNDED

1ST WAY | One of the way you can know that someone is wounded, it is through crying

• In Job 24:12, the Bible says, "Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them"

• In fact, the same way a person wounded physically cries and is in pain, the same way a person wounded in the soul cries and is also in pain. If one can feel pain in his body, one can also feels pain in his soul.

2ND WAY | Just like physical wounds, the affected areas will have some manifestations like rashes, swelling, boils, lesions, tear, lacerations, etc. 

• Emotionally speaking, the signs of inner wound are expressed and manifested through disappointment, self pity, Evil thoughts, bitter words, bitterness, regret, unforgiveness, sulking, anger, loneliness, suspicion, resentment, hatred, distrust, mental exhaustion etc.

• When we experience these things, it means our soul man is wounded and can lead to spiritual death, to all kind of relationship dysfunctions if not properly and or promptly taken care of.

CHAPTER 2 | DANGERS OF INNER WOUNDS | STUDY CASE OF LAMECH

• In Gen 4:23–24, the Bible talks about a man called Lamech, fifth generation descendent of Cain (the first murderer).

INFORMATIONS FROM THE TEXT

INFORMATION 1 | Every man with unhealed wounds is a potential parent of wounded generation. 

• Inner wounds can be generational

Statement | Heal first to spare the next generation from unnecessary wounds

• This text informs us that Lamech is the fifth descendant from Cain's tree.

• In Gen 4:16, Cain departed from the presence of God. The meaning of it is curse, trouble, struggle, ... since there is no blessing, no peace, no favor outside the presence of the Lord.

• Cain departed from the Lord and the generations after him did the same. They departed from the pattern of God.

• Brethren in the Lord, if there is a precious gift we can hand down to the generations after us, that gift is called the presence of the Lord.

INFORMATION 2 | Every man with unhealed wounds is prone to dysfunctional relationships.

Statement | To build a healthy, thriving, harmonious, stable, you must heal first.

• Lamech is the first polygamous man mentioned in the Bible. His polygamous orientation has its foundation in his wounds, his hurts, his heartbrokenness. Gen 4:23

• It takes a wounded man to be polygamous. 

INFORMATION 3 | Every man with unhealed wounds is a potential murderer. 

• Inner wounds cause negative feelings and harmful behaviors.

Statement | To be free from negative feelings and harmful behaviors (Evil thoughts, Bitter words, bitterness, regret, unforgiveness, sulking, anger, loneliness, suspicion, resentment, hatred, distrust, mental exhaustion, inertia etc. Heal first.

• Lamech is presenting himself as a self-centered, selfish, hot tempered and murderer like his ancestor Cain who was the first murderer in the Bible.

INFORMATION 4 | Every man with unhealed wound is a prisoner

• Inner wounds build strongholds, forteresses or prisons keeping men prisoners, slaves, captives of the devil.

Statement | Healing first sets you free

• Lamech doesn't look remorseful or repentant over his action. He is boasting, he is defending, he is justifying to his wives his emotion pattern. Lamech's pattern is, "you wound me, I kill you "

• Many are wounded and they don't want to heal, instead they protect/shield the wound by violence, hatred etc 

• Note: The war between us comes from the war within us.  Heal first. James 4:1  

CHAPTER 4 | HOW DO I HEAL? 

KEY TO HEALING IS SURRENDERING

• Surrender. Ps 147:3

• Stop protecting that area you were wounded, you make it a stronghold. No surrender, no healing. 

1. Surrendering is to stop fighting God

• Since a stronghold is built for defensive and protection purpose, Surrendering is to stop resisting and fighting the will of God.

• Note: Every inner wound that is unhealed, is an entry point of demons

• Surrendering is to say yes to the will of God, trust Him even though it doesn't make sense.

2. Surrendering is to stop questioning God.

• Since a stronghold is built with arguments, with reasonings, to surrender means to silence those arguments and start believing, confessing and acting on the Word

• You do not know how it will happen but still believe it will happen

PRAISE POINTS

1. Lord I surrender to you today. I choose to release the anger in me, bitterness, resentment and evil thoughts.

2. Lord, I surrender, I let go. I break down the walls of defense. I let go the lies that I had accepted as truth. 

3. Lord, I admit that my heart is broken, I am disappointed and hurt. Heal me today. Fill me up until I overflow.

In the name of Jesus Christ the son of the Living God.

I pray for you to be healed to spare the next generation. Don't miss the Sunday service. There is Balm In Gilead.

Amen

✍🏽PASTOR TD KASUKU