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

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | One of the issues of parenting that I hated the most was dealing with sibling rivalry. We have three children, and when they were kids at home, I certainly had my share of listening to them squabble and pick at each other. I hated it—maybe because … [Read more...] about How To Keep Your Kids From Killing Each Other!

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Do you want to give someone a unique gift? Starting at $25 you can name a star in your friend’s honor. If you enter “name a star” in your Internet browser, you’ll find a number of sites that offer to do just that. For $54 you can have a beautiful … [Read more...] about God Is Big Enough!

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | When I was growing up, a friend of ours had a dog she named “Precious.”  My dad would almost get ill when he heard her call the dog by that name. She was a rather homely little animal—and besides, he reasoned, “Precious” is much too sentimental, … [Read more...] about What God Thinks of You

Speaker: Darlene Sala | Series: Encouraging Words | Most of us are not completely happy with how our bodies look. We’d like to shed a few pounds—without any effort, of course.  We wish we had more muscles or curves. Or maybe it’s more hair you would like. But what you have is what you’ve got, … [Read more...] about How to Be in Perfect Shape