A few thoughts from Olmos Special Meeting

• You don't see the root, but you do see what springs forth from the root.

• Sometimes what springs forth from our lives gives evidence that there are things alive in us that should be dead.

• Bitterness kills little by little.

• Keeping under the control of the head brings unity.

• There are things we have to leave behind in order to make forward progress.

• We often don't realize how much God loves us, how much He is doing on our behalf.

• The older son in Luke 15 was living in the father's house without feeling his need and without gratitude.

• Independence doesn't work in the way of God.

• God is looking for people who rise up to obey.

• Pride always hinders.

• When we depend on God, we glorify Him.  Independence robs God of the glory.

• Humility glorifies God.

• If we can't think beyond our own weakness, we cannot glorify God.

• The blood of Jesus has the power to remove the ugliest stain.

• We don't want to just cover up things in our lives so that others won't see them; we want to seek the remedy in Christ.

• Sometimes we don't even try to really understand the great price paid by our Redeemer.

• As the harvest draws nearer, the birds go after the grain even more because it is more mature.

• Our effort is not in vain.

• There is no such thing as 99% faithfulness.

• What evidence is there in our lives that we love the Lord?

• We want our lives to show that we are not serving God out of obligation, but rather out of love.

• Winds will come, but there's safety in the Rock.

• If we love God and His will as Jesus did, we will never think that God is asking too much of us.

• God is the one who, at the end, will declare who are His friends.

• Don't let a straying glance take away your hope of arriving at your desired destination.

• As we consider Jesus, we won't get discouraged or grow weary.