Mt. Sterling Convention 2011

After several weeks of preps and two other conventions, the time for Mt. Sterling convention finally arrived on August 31.  Our visiting workers came from Venezuela, Ontario, New York/New England, Washington state and Ohio.  We had wonderful days together.  Here are a few thoughts from Mt. Sterling Convention 2011.

• Rest isn't inactivity.  It's knowing God's will and doing it.
• The easy road never brings the results we want.
• Sometimes life gets messy, but through it all, God is working a masterpiece.
• It would be a tragedy to waste our one life on earth.  God means for us to profit.  This world came from nothing and is going back to nothing.  So if we gain the whole world, what do we really have?  Nothing.
• When God works in us, we will be different.
• Privileges are not blessings until we profit from them.
• We don't want to be beggars sitting on a gold mine.
• It's not enough to be a spectator or even an admirer.  We must be a participant.
• The devil doesn't want us to see the end of our choices.
• God wants to direct us personally by our conscience.
• Because this is eternal, we're satisfied now.
• The Holy Spirit is gentle without compromising truth.
• Submission is the deepest expression of our faith.