John Eckhardt - Gods Covenant With You for Deliverance and Freedom: Come Into Agreement With Him and Unlock His Power

Having prayed for believers of many nations, I have come to this conclusion: the greatest undiagnosed, therefore, untreated malady in the body of Christ today is rejection. Rejection, whether active or passive, real or imaginary, robs Jesus Christ of His rightful lordship in the life of His children and robs them of the vitality and quality of life that Jesus intended.

NOEL AND PHYL GIBSON

G OD CREATED US to be loved. Every person needs love. You need the love of a family, the love of others, the love of a fatheryou need the love of God. You were created to be loved. And if you dont get that love, you will either accept rejection or you will manifest fear or pride as the two manifestations of rejection. The enemy will use these two manifestations to open the door for demons to come into your life. The enemy knows how to destroy a persons life through rejection. Rejection is a door opener for all kinds of demonic oppression to come into a persons life.

Most people have suffered rejection early in life as a fetus in their mothers wombs, through prenatal curses, being unwanted or illegitimate children, abandonment, birth order, adoption, or molestation.

A person can experience rejection before birth in a number of ways. They may receive a spirit of rejection because of the manner or timing of conception; for example, if the mother was raped or molested or was having an extramarital affair and got pregnant. Children born under these circumstances may show a spirit of rejection. Also children born out of wedlock or to parents who did not want them, who are a strain on the family budget, the last of a large family, and the middle child of a family often struggle with rejection. The circumstances surrounding a pregnant woman and her attitude to her unborn child influences the child in the womb. The fathers attitude toward an unborn child also has an impact. Some fathers want a son and end up having a girl. That child may receive a spirit of rejection and feel bad that she is displeasing to her father and wish that she was a boy instead. Same thing with boys whose parents wished they were girls.

How a child is born can also cause them to receive a spirit of rejection. If a child was born very quickly and was rushed out of the birth canal (via forceps or vacuum, for example), he or she may not have had time to transition to life outside the womb. Abrupt exposure to noise, bright lights, and physical handling after the warmth and security of the womb can be traumatic. A child whos born after long and protracted labor in which the mother and the baby have both become exhausted and a child born by Cesarean section may also develop a spirit of rejection.

A baby not bonded to its mother soon after birth may have a sense of being rejected. An adopted child is always a rejected child. Rejected parents produce rejected children. There is hereditary rejection. Parents who have suffered from hereditary rejection or who have been rejected before marriage will be unable to share personal warmth with their children. Without a doubt they love their children, but because they dont come from a family that expressed love or a close emotional bound, they are unable to express love physically. It is not uncommon to hear a parent say, We are not a demonstrative family, or We are not the kissing or hugging types. Translated this probably means, We are embarrassed about any show of affection. So the children grow up rejected, insecure, and lacking in self-worth despite being surrounded by materialistic replacements.

Other causes of rejection at the beginning of life

Being born the gender opposite of what the parents wanted

Being born with a deformity or physical disability

Constant criticism by parents, siblings, or authority figures

Unjust discipline, particularly if another family member appears to be favored

Being called names that emphasize embarrassing personal features

A sick or incapacitated brother or sister receiving prolonged medical care and attention

Fathers showing weakness, apathy, or passivity in their authority or responsibility roles

Subjection to sexual molestation or incest

A father becoming sexually aggressive to his wife in the presence of his children

A spoiled or pampered child will end up feeling rejected.

Children who belong to a racial minority will usually feel rejected by the majority amongst whom they live and play.

Speech difficulties such as stuttering, stammering, lisping, or an inability to pronounce certain consonants or words

Unhappy parents who argue, fight, wont talk to each other, or only speak to their childrenthe children will feel guilty and responsible.

Parental cruelty

Alcoholism in one or both parents

Failure to be forgiven or trusted by the parents

Bribes or threats to be academically successful

Being expelled from school or rejected by a peer group

Embarrassed over the parents religious beliefs

A father showing more attention to his daughters girlfriends than he does to his own daughter

Destruction of the family home by fire or some natural disaster

A family member convicted for a serious crime

A sudden drop in the familys standard of living caused by the unemployment, redundancy, or bankruptcy of the breadwinner

Parents who have ample financial resources but show meanness toward their children, causing them to feel ashamed before their playmates

Children constantly being left to their own resources either because of the working hours of their parents or the disinterest in their childrens welfare

Parents showing no active interest in the progress of their childrens schoolwork, sports activities, or leisure time pursuits

Causes of rejection later in life

Being deserted or divorced by a mate

The death or unfaithfulness of a marriage partner

Mental or physical cruelty caused by a husband or wife

Shame caused by a court conviction for a criminal offense

The serving of a prison term

Inability to find any long-term relief for mental, emotional, or physical problems after having exhausted all forms of counseling or professional services.

Incompatible religious ideologies in marriage involving one partner being forced to comply with the others wishes

A lowering of lifestyle standards caused by the drinking habits of a marriage partner

Rejection in love or a broken engagement

Becoming bedridden or crippled as a result of disease or an accident

Becoming subject to pressures beyond ones ability to control

Being fired for incompetency, laid off, or being unable to find employment over a long period of time

Being totally let down by people who had been trusted and whose advice had been totally relied upon

Financial embarrassment caused by the failure of investments taken on by the advice of a close friend or being financially cheated by unscrupulous operators

An over-fertile imagination, particularly if indulging in self-pity

Cultural or ethnic rejection

Another form of rejection is rejection because of a persons cultural background or ethnicity. There are strongholds in this form of rejection that are just in the bloodline. You dont have to do anything wrong to be rejected by people. The color of your skin can cause rejection, but it opens you up to so many demons, and Jesus wants to deliver you from this. We can see that this kind of rejection goes back to the Bible.

... lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

HEBREWS 12:1617, EMPHASIS ADDED

Esau was rejected, and as a result many of his people, the Edomites, carried a spirit of rejection.