TD Jakes - He-motions
Addressing men's hidden pain and "cave" isolation amid societal expectations, the preacher urges confronting inner struggles—fear, loneliness, past wounds—rather than retreating with "toys" (addictions, distractions); God hears silent cries, restores through vulnerability, and draws out the king within every hurting "kid," turning turns/crisis into triumph.
The Hidden Pain of Men[/h3>
Greetings, brothers and sisters, in the name of Jesus Christ our King. I am so excited to have this opportunity to share the Word of the Lord with you. To be blessed of God and chosen of the Lord to present His Word to you is my highest honor.
My heart bleeds for men trapped in silent suffering—carrying weights never meant for them, broken by absent or failed fathers, husbands, sons. The enemy targets your "seed" (sons, legacy) to break your heart and back, leaving you isolated without male support.
David exemplifies this: God called a boy "a man after My own heart" because He sees the king in the kid. Samuel anointed young David lavishly, saturating stinking shepherd clothes with possibility—pulling kingly destiny from childish reality.
Most men die unfulfilled because no one looked them in the eye and said, "I see the king in you." Without kingly prophecy, we remain kids playing in childhood's toy chest—comforting pain with destructive "toys."
[h3]The Toy Chest of Hidden Struggles
At risk of ruining reputations, open your toy chest: What do you play with when alone? Somewhere lies your kryptonite—vulnerability destroying you.
Mother's gleam in eyes convinced preacher he was wise, resisting drugs that killed friends. Many lack such affirmation, dying with needles because no one saw king in kid.
Women: Understand men process internally—more bothered, less verbal. Caves for thinking; confusion/fear leads withdrawal. External processing pushes farther.
Dangerous: Men in solitary confinement—alone despite presence. Eighty percent suicides male, peaking 40s-50s—middle-life crisis realizing trapped.
Losing Men in the Turns
Not losing in straightaways (predictable)—losing in turns: Job loss, sickness, death, midlife voids. Vulnerability needs flow with his processing.
Many "present but not connected"—sleep same bed, raise kids, but emotionally unavailable. Scared dying alone in cave.
Toys comfort pain: Addictions, secrets, down-low living—recapture lost dreams, numb aloneness.
God Hears Silent Cries
God hears groans—David loved Him for hearing cry; Jonah from fish belly. Superman tired, frustrated, afraid—God pities every groan.
No more hiding—hasten to throne. God draws out king, restores name/integrity despite past.
From Cave to Throne
Vulnerability before God/midwives pulls destiny. Expose hidden—God uses broken for greater.
Rebuke death spirit—good days ahead. Live robustly—God sustains through turns.