Las Mercedes convention - Nov. 10-12, 2017

• The standards that are in Christ do not change.

• Being faithful in secret gives us power to do what is right in public.

• We owe our flesh nothing.

• Jesus didn't criticize His disciples for having dirty feet.  He washed them.

• We see Christ in those who are willing to die to themselves.

• What God gives us is sufficient to produce what He is desiring in us.

• Anger is a God-given emotion that needs to be controlled by God.

• If you're having trouble with willingness, read the end of each gospel.

• Many people in the world are touched by the story of the cross, but only a few are moved by it.

• Mercy is not a license to do wrong, but it puts a fallen man on his feet again.

• We have a Father who cares for us all, and we don't want to hurt His heart by fighting with each other.

• Pride stops the flow of God's grace to us.

• God doesn't feed us because we deserve it but because we are needy.

• When dealing with hard earth, man's solution is to bring bigger, stronger equipment.  God's solution is to send a gentle rain.

• It takes a strong man to shoot an arrow, but it takes a stronger man not to shoot it.

• The real victory is not just to keep quiet, but to keep a right spirit.

• God hears every prayer that our lips pray, but He honors every prayer the our heart prays.