Overcoming Bitterness: Discovering Life Again

By Dr. Gemen J. Atuulo

Overcoming Bitterness is helping thousands all over the world discovering a life of happiness and full of joy. This book analyzes the root cause of inter personal
(1) Relationship break-ups
(2) All schisms
(3) Emotional and physical health breakdown.

It offers healing solutions to every one who wants to overcome past hurts and bruises, and prepares you for a life of victory and full of peace.
This should be a tool of deliverance in the hand of every leader who would like to gather and maintain working relations.

Every year, 2.7 million church members fall into inactivity. This translates into the realization that people are leaving the Church. From our research, we have found that they are leaving as hurting and wounded victimsof some kind of abuse, disillusionment, or just plain neglect! - Schaeffer Institute

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 27, 2012
• ISBN: 9781468544695

Dr. Gemen J. Atuulo

Under St. Symeon the New Theologian and the professorial of Archimandrite Eusebius Stephanou, Dr. Gemen Atuulo became versed with the Greek thought especially in the Orthodox Renewal movement. Gemen teaches Theology at the Intenational Bible Training Center ( I.B.T.C) School of Ministry in Mesquite Texas and Brings over 20 years of ministry experience. He is the Author of "Killing the Old Man" How to Crucify 131 traits of the Flesh and never blame the devil for it.

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© 2012 by Dr. Gemen Atuulo, Founder & President Allstates Fellowship Center. All rights reserved.

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First published by AuthorHouse 01/20/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4685-4468-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4685-4469-5 (ebk)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012901079

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Contents

Acknowledgement

Dedication

Introduction

Chapter 1

THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS

Chapter 2

ROOT CAUSES

Chapter 3

Where does bitterness

come from?

Chapter 4

Hurts from a

husband-wife relationship

Chapter 5

Hurts from a parent-child relationship

Chapter 6

Hurts from

Boyfriend-Girlfriend Relationship

Chapter 7

Hurts from broken relationship between

Church leaders and Church members

Chapter 8

Wounds between Friends

Chapter 9

How-to recognize embittered people

Chapter 10

The Transmission of Bitterness

Chapter 11

Building walls of isolation

Chapter 12

The Circle of Bitterness

Chapter 13

The Dangers of Bitterness

Chapter 14

HOW TO RELEASE THE HURTS

Chapter 15

THE POWER OF THE BELIEVER

Chapter 16

THE POWER OF RELEASING AND RETAINING FORGIVENESS

It is not the experience of today that drives us insane; rather it’s the remorse or deep bitterness for something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring- Anais Nin (paraphrased)

Fear often draws its power from the root of bitterness and it is the intention of this book to help you live a victorious life over all hurts and wounds springing out of bitterness

Unless otherwise noted all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New King James Version (NKJV)

Acknowledgement

I offer heartfelt thanks to the following people for their invaluable inspiration and contribution to this work. Your love, prayers and support helped me to write this book.

First of all I want to thank the Lord who kept my mind in perfect peace while writing this book.

My loving wife Agnes Willemine Atuulo for her editorial insight on this draft. She clarified my thinking on this subject.

Archimandrite Fr. Eusebius Stephanou, Greek Orthodox Renewal Center of Saint Symeon the New Theologian who had a large input into my Knowledge of the Greek language and culture. In great pain and persecution, you birthed Renewal, Revival and Deliverance in World Orthodoxy.

Apostolic Evangelist, Charles Omuroka of the Logos Orthodox Renewal Center. You taught me to judge everything by the Scriptures. You’re my father and I am your son.

Dr. Tommy Morgan, Founder & President (IBTC) School of Ministry who has inspired me through his teaching ministry. This book will be incomplete without your encouragements.

My co-laborers at Abundant Life Assembly, Bishop grandpa George McCants, Pastor James Hall, Pastor Karen Chagnon and Pastor Neal Cochran, thank you!

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my beautiful and loving daughter.

Sarah Veronicah Atuulo.

You are an overcomer!

Introduction

I have written this book knowing it had to be done. Everywhere I go people pressure me to hand out my scripts, CDs, DVDs and Tapes of my teachings. Well, here is all you need to know about the number one and by far the deadliest destroyer of all relationships in the world—bitterness.

Overcoming bitterness will help you implement an effective victorious lifestyle free from all depressive attitudes in human relations. It will help you put on and apply the attitude of Christ in every encounter with other people.

Every negative action thrown at you will be countered with a Christ like response with the ability to change people and every circumstance to your favor.

My sole purpose in putting together this work is to expose roots of bitterness and give you breakthrough methods to completely break every circle of disunity, schism, divorce, and all barriers to your spiritual and emotional growth.

This book is for Leaders who need to go to another dimension in helping others overcome life’s obstacles and maintain a united following.

In my book, killing The Old Man how to Crucify 131 traits of the flesh and never blame the devil for it. I endeavored to show that the battle within was greater than the battle without. I listed A-Z traits of the flesh mentioned in the Bible and offered solutions to help you win the battle of the mind and walk in total victory in the midst of your enemies. In that list by far, bitterness was the top serial killer and the chief saboteur of all relationships.

Chapter 1

THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS

When John the Baptist spoke of an axe laid to the roots he was up to deal with real issues affecting real people. The Apostle John said

And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire (Matthew 3:10)

Bitterness can be imperceptible and hard to recognize because it’s not a symptom or visible on the surface like anger and wrath usually is. I may need to describe the natural root system to expose the hidden nature of the root of bitterness.

A root can be described as a source that mostly draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil to support and sometimes stores nutrition for plants. Very few roots manifest themselves above the ground. With the exception of a few, you don’t usually see plants showing off their roots and if they do their functional mechanism would still be