Overcoming Rejection

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works? — read the full passage →

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’

Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. — read the full passage →

He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. — read the full passage →