I would rather God rebuke me than stay silent.
If a Christian only wants to hear sweet things from God but never wants to listen to His rebuke, he or she will eventually stop hearing from Him.
You should be glad when God rebukes you because Hebrews 12:6 says that it is the child the father loves that he chastens.
God is not moved by mere religious activity; He is most interested in a relationship with you. But he will not dwell with hard-hearted individuals. Isaiah 57:15
“How do you react when you hear a rebuke from your pastor? Do you harden your heart or do you make amends immediately?”
MEMORISE: I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Jeremiah 31:18 
