David Anointed as King The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” Samuel said, “HowContinueContinue reading “ACAD – Rejection: 1 Samuel 16”
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ACAD – Rejection: Psalm 60
God rejects Israel; Israel pleads for restoration and help for victory against their enemies. “O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless. With God we shall do valiantly; it is He who will tread down our foes.”
ACAD – Rejection: 1 Samuel 15
Saul disobeys God’s instructions; God rejects Saul as king. “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obedience to the voice of the Lord? Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is no less a sin than divination, and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has also rejected you from being king.”
ACAD – Rejected: 1 Samuel 10
Israel continues to reject God while accepting Saul as their king and savior. “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said, ‘No! but set a king over us.’”
ACAD – Rejected: 1 Samuel 8
The people of Israel rejects God and ask for a king to judge them so they “may be like other nations.”
ACAD – Rejected: Judges 11
Jephthah Now Jephthah the Gileadite, the son of a prostitute, was a mighty warrior. Gilead was the father of Jephthah. Gilead’s wife also bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah away, saying to him, “You shall not inherit anything in our father’s house; for you are the son ofContinueContinue reading “ACAD – Rejected: Judges 11”
ACAD – Rejected: Numbers 11
Complaining in the Desert Now when the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, the Lord heard it and his anger was kindled. Then the fire of the Lord burned against them, and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. But the people cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to theContinueContinue reading “ACAD – Rejected: Numbers 11”
Are you focused only on what you can get from people?
Others simply faded away by not answering calls or responding to messages or showing up when asked or needed. However, not one of them had the decency and honesty to simply say, “I no longer want or need anything from you so this is where we part ways.”
Podcasts: The Process of Asking for, Receiving and Giving Love and Forgiveness
Take a listen to recordings of LaShawnda Jones discussing her book, The Process of Asking for, Receiving and Giving Love and Forgiveness. The author speaks about the purpose of the book, what she hopes readers get from it. There is also a “When Your Love is Rejected.”
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Rejection moves you forward.
So many people are afraid of failure and rejection. I’m not. I don’t actively look for it, but I do actively learn from it. Sometimes pursuing what you want is the best way to find out it’s not what you need. (CLICK on View Original Post to read all.)
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