Hi.

I'm Lysa TerKeurst, and one of my favorite verses

is Psalm 34:18, "The Lord is close to the broken-hearted;

those who are crushed in spirit He saves."

I like that verse so much because I know what it feels

like to be broken-hearted.

I know what it feels like to be crushed in spirit.

And often times, it's because rejection

has come into my life.

LYSA TERKEURST: And I believe that rejection is something

that we all deal with, whether we're male, female, old, young.

It doesn't matter, rejection affects us deeply.

We're all either dealing with a past rejection,

trying to heal from our present-day rejection,

or fearing that an unexpected rejection is

right around the corner.

Someone speaks a line to us, a statement of rejection,

and that line, l-i-n-e, turns into a lie.

That lie that I believe about myself turns into a label

that I put on myself.

That label becomes a liability in all future relationships.

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Well, I think it's time that we really

tackle some of these lines that have turned into lies,

that have turned into labels, that

have turned into a liability.

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We ask the Lord, Lord, what are some

of the dysfunctional dances that I'm doing in my life?

What are some of the liabilities that I'm

bringing into my day-to-day because

of the rejections of my past?

Lord, will you reveal that lie to me

so that I can let you speak?

I know you are close to those places in my heart

that have broken, and I know, Lord,

that you want to save those places that

have crushed me in spirit.

So, Lord, speak truth over those lies.

Where can you, Lord, untangle some

lies that I can take the labels that they've created off of me,

so that this will no longer be a liability, but rather a source

of transformation in my life.

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