by Nanette ONeal | Mar 1, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
“Only one ladder will do—a parable of the Atonement” (part two) Last week I related a story I told to a group of children during church. In the story, our little group of children, along with their parents, church leaders, and everyone in the congregation, fell down a...
by Nanette ONeal | Feb 15, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
How do you teach a child about the Atonement of Christ? That’s easy. How do you teach an adult? That’s a little more complicated, and it shouldn’t be. I was asked to teach a lesson to a group of children, whose ages ranged from five to eleven, on the Atonement of...
by Nanette ONeal | Feb 1, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
“When life is chaotic, take a spiritual time-out with God.” Good-hearted people want to do good continually. Good-hearted people want to give all that they have. But when good-hearted people get tired, when their spirit is depleted, the giving can run them dry. If...
by Nanette ONeal | Jan 25, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
“I’m a good person, really. I go to church. I pray and keep the commandments of God. I should be receiving the blessings that come with being good. But I keep making mistakes, I keep falling short. Why am I stuck in a spiritual rut?” Have you ever felt this way? What...
by Nanette ONeal | Jan 18, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
Imagine you and your family are enjoying a picnic on a warm summer’s day—not a cloud in the sky. The weather forecast said the thunderstorms would pass to the south. A gentle rumble from over the mountains catches your ear, but you’re all having too much fun to let it...