Rejected but Still Prevailing

By Keith Taylor II

Rejected but Still Prevailing will entirely change the way you view rejection. It will motivate you in ways you never thought possible. It will also provide some insight on where rejection starts and how to handle rejection from a girlfriend or boyfriend.

Rejection will be shown from a biblical viewpoint also. You will laugh at different chapters seeing yourself in some of my experiences. You will learn and grow and be able to deal with rejection like never before. Your entire perception about dealing with rejection will be changed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inspiring Voices
• Release date: Jun 11, 2014
• ISBN: 9781462409839

Keith Taylor II

Keith Taylor has had a heart for God since his youth. He graduated from a Bible college and continues to mentor young men. He’s also the Youth Pastor of a local church in Indiana. Keith also travels to different juvenile detention centers, prisons, youth events, and churches to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Contents

Dedication

Preface

1.   Where does rejection start?

2.   What Does It Say About Me?

3.   Rejection By a Spouse/ Significant Other

4.   Learning To Prevail In Spite Of Other’s Opinions

5.   A Biblical Reference To Rejection (David)

6.   Responding Correctly

7.   Overcoming Rejection

Dedication

First I would like to thank God for everything he has done in my life. I would not be where I am today without his grace and his love and kindness. I am dedicating this book to my Beautiful wife Jasmine The best Person I’ve ever met. I’m dedicating this book to my wonderful mother who raised me to be a man after God’s own heart. Where ever I go you go….Lastly I would like to dedicate this book to Lacy Parker and Family and Darius Lloyd and the Lloyd Family I love both of your families dearly and you will always hold a special place in my heart. Your children will not be forgotten and there memory will forever live on with me.

Preface

There are many different levels of rejection. In this book I will discuss three sources of rejection. The first source can be yourself. Secondly, we can be rejected through our family unit, such as our spouse, children, or siblings. The third source of rejection can come from our friends, associates, colleagues, or anyone else outside of our family unit. In order to start the healing process we have to first understand what rejection is. Dictionary.com defines reject as, to refuse to accept, to discard as useless or unsatisfactory, to cast out. The word reject has a Latin origin that stems from the word reicere, which simply means to throw back.

I am praying for healing over every person who reads this book. Many of you may feel rejected, have experienced rejection, or are just afraid of being rejected. I have to inform you of the truth, and the truth is that we will all experience some form of rejection at some point in our lives. It’s the way we handle rejection that makes the difference in the type of person we hope to become. Rejection is not only limited to someone else’s words. You can also experience rejection by the actions of others, their body language, or by a lack of response from others. Someone else’s silence, when you are desperately trying to communicate, can be viewed as a form of rejection.

The way that you respond after being rejected is of vital importance to being able to move past those feelings of hurt and pain and inner discomfort, or even failure in some cases. As a people, we have to be more aware that our words carry power. The Bible, in Proverbs 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. We want healing from the feelings of rejection, but we also want to try our very best to keep from rejecting other people in our lives through our words, actions, and attitudes, especially since a lot of us understand the pain and lingering effects that rejection can have on a person at any age.

On the surface, the feelings of rejection will pass for a season, but they are not completely dead as you notice those feelings rearing their ugly head from time to time whenever someone gives the appearance of disagreeing with you. Even when you are alone those painful memories start to flood your mind, and those old feelings that were never properly handled start to