Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Mephibosheth—what a long and unusual name! It would be hard to print his name on the back of a basketball uniform! Mephibosheth was the five-year-old grandson of King Saul, the first king of Israel. The day when sad news that King Saul had been … [Read more...] about Here’s What Grace Looks Like

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | I’ve found a cure for the blues.  Well, it works for me, anyway, and maybe it would work for you. It’s very simple—just get outdoors and take a look at what God has made. If you are like the majority of people in the world, you live in a city. … [Read more...] about Get Outside And Be Renewed!

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Scientists recently discovered in space the largest ball of hot gas that has yet been found. “The size and velocity are truly fantastic,” says one of the physicists who discovered it. And just how big is this ball of gas?  Well, to cross it … [Read more...] about God Is Bigger Than Your Problem

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Robert Fulghum says, “Don’t worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” Yes, like it or not, what we moms do is a pattern that our kids tend to follow. From us they are learning skills for their own … [Read more...] about Here’s A Special Promise For Single Moms

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | We usually think of jealousy as being a bad thing—a sin.  On the contrary, you may be surprised to know that the Bible says God Himself is jealous.  But He’s jealous for all the right reasons. You see, God loves you deeply, and when you love … [Read more...] about When Jealousy Isn’t Sin

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Kay Warren, wife of pastor and author Rick Warren, says, “In parenting, if you don’t insist on anything else, insist that your kids learn to obey two words, “Come” and “No.”  She explains that if your children learn to come to you when you call and … [Read more...] about 2 Very Important Words

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Before a temple was built in Jerusalem, the people of Israel met in a portable structure called “the Tent of Meeting.” Inside the Tent was an altar for sacrifice as well as a number of other articles, including a bronze wash basin for the priests. … [Read more...] about What Would You Give For God?

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | She sat across the table from us, and with tears in her eyes, she said, “I’d like to have Jesus in my heart, but I don’t think I can be good enough.” “I’m so glad you said that,” we told her, “because there’s good news.  You don’t have to be … [Read more...] about Here Is What God Offers You

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Was last night a sleepless one for you because you recently lost someone dear to you? Maybe weeks have gone by, but somehow you’ve not been able to process the grief. You spent most of the night crying, and even now, the tears are flowing. If it … [Read more...] about Why You Can Have Hope In Grief