Worship was pretty sweet, praising God for who He is and what He has done in us..."I am free to run! I am free to dance! I am free to live for You! I am free!!!"
Pastor Chad then brought us the Word on Rejection. WOW! He shared about his past and how things that happened to him in his childhood, such as the divorce of his parents in elementary school, Amy refusing to date him in middle school, his gf dumping him when she headed off to college, and then his new gf (who is now his wife) dumping him when SHE went to college (but that was easily fixed by buying another cool car. He was just too sexy looking in his LT1 Stingray Corvette Convertible to refuse dating him.), all these things piled up in his heart making him feel like rejection was all he could expect in life.
There was some great discussions among the different small groups about rejection and what the Bible says about it. [see last blog post "Lastnight" for a list of the verses we went over and talked about]
Pastor Chad wrapped the evening up with helping us to see how Jesus was rejected FOR US! (See Isaiah 53) He has proved by accepting us while we were still sinners, still rejecting Him, that He will never leave us, nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6) But the choice is in our court, do we accept Him and live knowing what a precious creation He made and walking in confidence in how He created us, or do we continue to reject Him by how we live and how we view who He has created us to be?
If you are interested in talking with an IMPACT leader about this message, please leave us a comment and we will get back to you ASAP. You can also find IMPACT on Facebook and comment on its page. Also, in case you lost it...below is this weeks IMPACT challenge. See you next week!!!
IMPACT CHALLENGE
What is the purpose of getting together if it doesn't make a difference in our lives? God wants to IMPACT us, so each week we will have an IMPACT challenge!Write down people that have rejected you that you still feel the pain today. Then go through the following:
1. Identify the lie that you believed (I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm not a good person)
a. When the jock ingnored you "I'm weak"
b. When the pretty girls laugh at you "I'm ugly"
c. When you get a 'D' on your report card "I'm stupid"
d. When your parents divorce "I'm worthless"
2. Pray to forgive the person who rejected you
3. Pray to ask for forgiveness from God for believing the lie of rejection
4. Believe the truth
a. God personally made me and God's works are wonderful (Psalm 139)
b. I am made in God's image (Genesis 1:27)
c. If I become God's child by turning away from following my own sinful desires (a life of rejecting God), and believing that Jesus died on the cross for my sins to be forgiven, and that He rose from the grave-As His child He will never forsake me, He is the Everlasting Father! (Deuteronomy 31:8)
d. People may reject me, but God will always receive me. (Psalm 139)
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