A few thoughts from El Cristal

• If we follow the leading of the Spirit, we will be able to present ourselves appropriately before God.

• The servants at the wedding in Cana would have felt desperate because of the lack of wine, but it gave Jesus an opportunity to work.

• Nehemiah wept when he heard the news about Jerusalem because he knew that without walls and doors, very soon they would be without treasure.

• Sometimes the enemy speaks lies to us, and sometimes he tells the truth, but he never talks to us about hope in Christ.

• We don't want to just treat symptoms; we want to get to the root of the matter.

• This testimony was given of a young brother worker: "He has a very eloquent spirit."

• An uncontrolled tongue is only a symptom; the root is what is in the heart.  The solution is to submit ourselves to the heart of God.

• We read more in the Bible of good things that the tongue has done than bad things.

• Love helps us to keep from falling into temptation.

• Uprooting and tearing down is part of God's care for us, so that he can plant and build up.

• God sees the whole picture.

• If we don't have fellowship with God, it's very easy to turn our backs in the day of battle.

• We'd like to serve in such a way that it would invite others to worship.

• When God is in first place, there is no confusion.

• The treasure is in the field.  We will never find treasure, blessing, outside of the will of God.

• Within the field, what is the will of God for my life?  En every part of the field, wherever God places us, there is treasure.

• The future of all humanity depended on the obedience of Noah.

• Waiting doesn't mean just standing around with our arms crossed.

• The devil wants to put in us a critical spirit toward those who are weak.

• We're each responsible for our own light.

• Living in the past can rob us of today's joy.

• If we want to keep our names in the book of life, we have to stay alive to God.