We all want to be loved. Yet from the moment we take our first breath, we find ourselves dealing with rejection. The causes of rejection date back to the beginning of the world with Adam and Eve! By understanding the origin of rejection, its influence on your life and your own role in coping with it, you will place yourself firmly on the road to wholeness and freedom.

Learn how fear of rejection subtly manifests itself in our lives as perfectionism and withdrawal.

Discover why rejection of God leads to damaging consequences.

Find out why church splits, divorce and racial prejudice are all an outgrowth of rejection

Learn why self-rejection may lead to depression and even suicide.

Discover how coming to grips with rejection can release you to be the complete person you were meant to be in your workplace, your family, your marriage, your relationships and your ministries.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Prologue
Chapter 1: A View from the Garden

Chapter 2: The Great Seduction

Chapter 3: The Beginning of Shame

Part 2: The Knowledge of Good and Evil
Chapter 4: More Than a Tree

Chapter 5: Getting a Foothold

Chapter 6: God Wants You Free!

Part 3: Walls in the Garden
Chapter 7: The Rejection of God

Chapter 8: Self-Rejection

Chapter 9: Fear of Rejection

Chapter 10: Rejection of Others

Part 4: Epilogue
Chapter 11: The Clothing of God

Chapter 12: Evidence of Grace

Endorsements

Jack Hayford, President, The International Foursquare Church

In this uplifting book, Chris Hayward diagnoses rejection and then leads you personally, step by step, through effective treatment. Read it, and your door to the freedom you desire will be opened one and for all!

C. Peter Wagner, Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute

About the Author

Chris Hayward is the president of Cleansing Stream Ministries, an organization dedicated to equipping local churches for biblically balanced, sound and effective deliverance ministry. Before his time with Cleansing Stream Ministries, Christ was the senior pastor at Christian Fellowship Church in Mount Vernon, Illinois. He currently makes his home in Castaic, California, with his wife, Karen. They have three children and two grandchildren.