Overcoming RejectionSample

Discovering Acceptance

When we come to realize that the God of Heaven and Earth created and designed us on purpose and with purpose, we can receive the gift of salvation, acceptance into God's family and a new creation in Christ Jesus. This is the ultimate discovery of acceptance.

I Am Loved

Being loved is possibly the most intense feeling of security that the human being can experience. When we experience being deeply loved, we can begin to feel more comfortable in our own skin. Much of the frenetic energy that drives many of us has to do with running away from ourselves because we have never learned to free ourselves from the self-judgments that we have inherited from our families and culture.

We can experience the full spectrum of connections, from the deepest bond to the peaceful stillness that comes from a solitary retreat.

I Have Value

Value is something that today can be used subjectively. But the Bible teaches us that we have all been created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27) and that we have been predestined according to God's plan (Ephesians 2:11b). When we live life from this perspective, there is nothing and no one that can dictate our value or take away the impact that value makes in the depths of our hearts.

I Am Accepted

Nothing can quench the thirst that the human being has to be accepted. Rejection is something that the enemy uses to distract us from the plan that God has already established in which the human being is reconciled with Himself through the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross. This is the great acceptance of God to the human being; faith in the work that has been finished by Jesus. That is true freedom in this life. Receiving acceptance from God. This gives us purpose in life to fulfill what God has created us to do in this world.

For more information about this topic, please consider the resource in book format, The Discarded: Overcoming Rejection and also feel free to reach out for help at our Christian Counseling Practice, Restored Counseling Center.