Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Once in a while there is a commercial on television that truly catches my attention--instead of merely irritating me because it interrupted the program I was watching. An ad like that recently showed a woman taking the broken pieces of a beautiful … [Read more...] about From Trash To Treasure

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Bible study teacher Beth Moore tells of the day she was waiting to board a plane when she caught sight of a thin, disheveled elderly man bent over in a wheelchair.  What struck her most, Beth said, was his long, stringy, tangled gray hair. God … [Read more...] about Ministry Of The Hairbrush

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | If you read my book More Precious Than Diamonds, you may remember the story of Bernadette, a young woman who longed for a child at the same time her husband, Alex, was battling what turned out to be terminal cancer.  The good part to her story is … [Read more...] about Bernadette’s Story

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Lying in bed the other night waiting to fall asleep, I got to thinking about eternity.  Pretty heavy subject when you’re supposed to be winding down for the night! I thought how hard it is for us human beings to get a handle on anything that will … [Read more...] about How Long Is Eternity?

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | It’s not my nature to sit and do nothing.  I like to be busy--to feel that I’m accomplishing something that counts.  So, when a few months ago I found myself spending more and more time just sitting on the sofa watching “whatever” on TV, I knew … [Read more...] about When Is It Okay To Do Nothing?

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | See if this scenario fits you. Everything seems to have gone wrong lately. Your job is shaky, your health isn’t great, your family has problems, and your finances—well, let’s just say your bank account has acute anemia. Sometimes life just piles … [Read more...] about You Can Fight Discouragement

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Comfort—it’s a word I like to hear. It has such a—well, reassuring sound to it, right? It’s also a Bible word. Bible teacher G. Campbell Morgan says that the word “comfort” occurs in some form ten times in just five verses. That’s in 2 Corinthians … [Read more...] about When You Need God’s Help

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | George Washington Carver was an American botanist back in the 1900s who became famous for discovering 300 uses for the lowly peanut.  Most people wouldn’t have been willing to devote their lives to a mere peanut. But the story goes that Carver once … [Read more...] about How To Use What You Have

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Jesus was tired. He had taught large crowds of people who were gathered at the Sea of Galilee—crowds so large, in fact, that he taught from a boat to keep from being crushed. When evening came, He said to his disciples, "Let’s go over to the … [Read more...] about What To Do In A Storm

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | The slogan on the t-shirt said, “Procrastinators, Unite—Tomorrow.” Can you relate to that? Most of us are very good at putting off until tomorrow what we don’t want to do today. Some of us even go so far as to make lists of what we know we … [Read more...] about Advice For A Procrastinator