by Nanette ONeal | Nov 15, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
There is a favorite hymn in my church called, “Count Your Many Blessings.” The first verse goes like this: When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings name them one by one, And it will...
by Nanette ONeal | Nov 1, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
My bishop told an adorable story on Sunday about a little girl who was learning to pray. Being so enthusiastic about her newly acquired skill, she volunteered every chance she would get to say the family prayer. Most of her attempts seemed like a prattling of...
by Nanette ONeal | Oct 25, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
The beloved parable of the Good Samaritan teaches how we should treat our fellow man. But for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, there is a deeper message within the details—a message that points to Christ as the only Savior and Redeemer of the world. The...
by Nanette ONeal | Oct 18, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
Looking at a Throwback-Thursday picture of my fourth grade class, a wave of memories splashed over me—childhood friends, the games we’d play at recess, the subjects we studied, the annoying kids in class, the teachers I had. My classroom teacher had an exceptional...
by Nanette ONeal | Oct 11, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
How complicated are the relationships you have with loved ones in your life? You have friends in varying circles and family members of differing degrees of closeness. You may temper your conversations with them according to their age, maturity, or social and religious...
by Nanette ONeal | Oct 4, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
Sometimes I can’t even listen to the news. The state of the world is so horrible, and it is getting worse. I cry over the turmoil in the Middle East and Europe, I ache over the disregard for life at its earliest stages, I suffer over the confusing signals our children...
