Malcolm Cox

Chapter 2:20-23 1. God inspires flawed leaders, 2.20-23     * Despite mistakes, sins and weakness          1. Grandfather (King Jehoiachin, taken to Babylon in the first exile in 597 B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar; 2 Kings 24:10-17) )          2. Exile (name = ‘descendant of Babel’); Not a great name and not a great heritage!         3. 15 years of failure     * But…God: “I will make…take…have chosen     * “The LORD Almighty” will see to it that the glory will be greater     * Paul’s example, Phil 3:13-14.          * “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”         1. Forget guilt and pride, sins and victories.              1. Mindfulness helps reduce rumination and regrets about the past…But how?.…“Instead of going over and over past events, regrets and disappointments, we can observe the first t