1Sam 17:22-28
Pro 18:14 - ESV
1Sam 17:28
Pro 24:16
Phi 3:14
SLIDE
Abraham Lincoln was defeated in his first try for:
> the state legislature,
> to be nominated for congress,
> his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office,
> senatorial election of 1854,
> the vice-presidency in 1856,
> his 2nd senatorial election of 1858.
1Sam 17:26
Mt 7:17-18
SLIDE:
4 major fruits of Rejection
1. Doubt & Fear
2. Anger
3. Self-Pity
4. Shame / Condemnation
#1. Doubt
Jms 1:6
Jn 20:29
#2. Anger
Gen 4:5 – NLT
#3. Self Pity – renders you ineffective
1Kgs 19:13-14
#4. Shame/Condemnation

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Ps 31:17 – ESV
SLIDE
Change your environment – change your soil
1Cor 15:33 - NIV
Eph 3:17
Eph 4:22-24
Rom 12:8
Pro 23:7
Jn 10:27
John 8:47
Ps 139:14 – you are fearfully & wonderfully made
Eph 2:10 – you are His workmanship
Jer 31:3 – loved you with an everlasting love
Zeph 3:17
1Jn 3:1