Class Notes--Session 2

What are some ways we relate to the past?

1. Study/Learn from it

2. Obsess over it

3. Run from it

4. Forget it

5. Glorify it

6. Idealize it

What does the Bible say about the past?

1. Philippians 3:13-14: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_forgetting_ what is behind, I _press________ on.......

2. Ecclesiasties 7:10: it is not ___wise_______ to ask such questions.

3. The Prodigal Son: Luke 15:11-32

a. Father: __forgot_____ the past

b. Son: ____learned___ from the past

c. Brother: __obsessed____ over the past

Conclusion: __Seize________ the opportunities that ___today______ presents you!

How should we relate to the past?

The rearview mirror: stop __backing_____ into the future.

1. Put it __in___ ___its___ ____place____.

2. Keep it in ____perspective________.

3. __Build_____ a better one.

HOMEWORK: Write your history. Perhaps imagine your obituary if you were to die today. What would be written about you? What would you want to be written about you?