不要让拒绝的担忧浇灭你 Don’t Let the Fear of Rejection Keep You Quiet

每个人都有自己的信仰，但是却有人担心自己的信仰不被人接受，这种对被拒绝的担忧使得人们不想和他人分享自己的信仰。其实，只要忠于自己的信仰，并且这种信仰是正面阳光积极的，那么还有什么可担忧别人的拒绝呢？

The fear of rejection is the main reason most people don’t share their faith with other people. You’re afraid of what they will think. God has given us good news, yet we’re afraid to share it. We worry that our friends will reject us or people will think we’re fanatics or “Jesus freaks.”
So, how do you overcome the fear of rejection? You put God in first place, you put people in their place by taking their opinions with the right perspective, and you put yourself in the proper place.
对拒绝的担忧是大多数人不想和他人分享信仰的主要原因。你担心人们会怎么想。上帝给我们不错的消息，但是我们却担心去分析它。我们担心我们的朋友会拒绝我们，或者人们会认为我们是狂热入迷者或者耶稣迷。
那，我们如何去克服被拒绝的焦虑呢？首先，你把上帝放在第一位，其次，你把其他人放有发表他们观点的权利的位置，然后你把自己置于合适的位置。

Have you been looking to other people to meet a need that only God can satisfy? Have you been living to please the wrong person? Watch out! You’re headed for trouble. God wants to be your light and your salvation. He offers his love, acceptance, and approval. He knows everything about you, and he still loves you. Jesus Christ paid for your sins so you can be forgiven and acceptable to God.
你曾经有遇到只让上帝满意的人吗？你曾经去取悦一个人不该取悦的人吗？当心，你正常走向麻烦。上帝想成为你的希望之光和你的灵魂拯救者。他给你爱，接纳和认可。他知道你所有的关于你的东西，但是他还是爱着你。耶稣为你的罪恶负责是让你可以原谅并接受上帝。

I encourage you to simplify your life by saying, “I’m going to concentrate on God's approval. That's what counts. I want my life to be pleasing to him. At the end of my life, I want to stand before God and hear him say, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’”
我鼓励你简化你的生活通过心里默念，“我只专注于上帝的认可。”这就是要点。我只想我的生活能取悦他。在我生命的尽头，我们只想站在上帝的面前并听见他说，“好样的，忠诚的信仰者。”

How do you get God's approval? The Bible says there is only one way to get God’s approval. Hebrews 11:2 says it is by faith we win God's approval. We accept his love and what he’s done for us. We trust our lives to him. If you’ve never done that, you can do so right now by praying, “God, I want to switch the focus of my life from living for the approval of other people to living for yours alone. I put my faith in you and trust what Jesus Christ has done for me. I commit my life to you.”
那，你怎样获得上帝的认可呢？圣经说我们只有一个方法。希伯来书11:2指出通过信仰获得上帝的认可。我们接受他的爱和他为我们做的事。我们相信我们为他而生。如果你还没有这么做过，那么你可以立刻的祈祷，“上帝，我只想你把我生命的重心从他人那转到只为你而生，我信仰你并坚信你为我做的事，我把我的生命交给你。”

If you are already a Christian, then who around you needs the love of Jesus Christ? Who can you invite to church this week? Don’t let your fear of rejection keep your friend from hearing the greatest news in the world.
如果你已经是一个基督教徒，那在你身边的人谁需要耶稣的爱呢？谁能这个星期被邀请到教堂呢？被让对拒绝的担忧阻止你的朋友能听到世界上最棒的信息。

Make this your commitment today: “I want to live for an audience of one and be pleasing only to God.”
今天做出这个承诺，“我只想作为取悦上帝，并成为他的听众之一而活着。”