Top 100 Janette Oke Quotes
#1. Contrary to common belief, Christian fiction did not begin with Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, or Frank Peretti.
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#2. The cake had been done by a lady friend of Mary's. It was simpler than it would have been had she been given more time; but I was finding more and more beauty in simplicity.
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#3. He must be suffering, too. She had noted the weary sag of his shoulders, the quivering lips, the tear- filled eyes. Somehow she had never thought of him as hurting- of being capable of understanding how she felt.
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#4. We light the candle and ask the Lord Jehovah to illuminate the week ahead. We sprinkle spices into the flame and remind ourselves that the Sabbath should remain a sweet scent in our lives, flavoring the days to come.
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#5. From now on, I determined, I'm going to pay more attention to my husband and be less concerned with my silly little doings.
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#6. Servants, serve well your masters. For this is right. And in so doing, you do it as to the Lord.
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#7. You are not asking me. I am asking you. Our lives are in God's hands now. Perhaps he has plans, a mission for us to fulfill. Instead of a soldier of Rome, you might now be a messenger of God. But if not, then I still choose to be your wife, for whatever time he allows us to have.
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#8. How I looked forward to having my house neat and orderly again.
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#9. Who knows what exciting things might be just over the next hill.
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#10. Everywhere the woman went she drew her little rainbow of happiness along with her
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#11. All I know for certain is this: Caiaphas - and probably Annas also - is still extremely worried about a man who was most definitely crucified and buried.
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#12. She had a hard time to keep from running.
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#13. I was going to need help. I knew of only one true source readily available to me. I stopped for a few moments of prayer.
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#14. It was Gramps' turn now. He took his time and
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#15. Getting things accomplished isn't nearly as important as taking time for love.
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#16. Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.
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#17. Blessings sometimes show up in unrecognizable disguises.
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#18. Despite their poverty, their tragic pasts, their own sorrows, they stood before her in strength and spoke with a wisdom that defied their circumstances.
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#19. Showing kindness to others is one of the nicest things we can do for ourselves.
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#20. It may sound simplistic, but is meant wholeheartedly. We are so privileged to have the Scriptures
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#21. We did not go right to sleep but talked until late into the night. There was so much to tell one another, so many questions on my mind.
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#22. A person doesn't demonstrate independence by rebelling. You do it by shouldering responsibilities, making wise, thoughtful decisions.
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#23. You simply need to trust, take each next step by faith. You will know what is right when the time comes.
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#24. I don't understand all about God, but there's one thing that I'm as sure of as the fact that I live and breathe. He loves us. He loves us completely, and always keeps our good in mind.
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#25. Do I tell you how to braid your hair? Don't tell me how to plow a field.
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#26. Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.
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#27. Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others.
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#28. You of all have the most to forgive." "Ah, and if so," he responded, "I have the most blessing to receive after I've done so.
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#29. But If it is to be, or not, That's all in God's hands.
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#31. A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be ...
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#32. Don't be fooled. Charlie remembers things exactly the way he wants to remember them. I suppose we all do ... And then we spend the rest of our lives basing the way we think about our families on what we THOUGHT happened
instead of what really did.
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#33. If she remember right, people who had a God didn't seem to hold to drinking' an' beating' their women. With a little luck maybe she wouldn't have to put up with that anyway.
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#34. We bowed our heads together, and I prayed and then Nimmie prayed. Hers was a beautiful, simple prayer, beginning in faith and repentance and ending with joy and praise.
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#35. When men don't have God, they need substitutes. To my way of thinking, whiskey is a poor substitute - but many men depend upon it. But what I am angry about is that they didn't obey my orders.
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#36. God had promised He would never leave me nor forsake me. That held true on a city street, in a rural teacherage, or in a remote part of the North.
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#37. God loves you, that He plans for your good, not your hurt. It's true that things happen in life that seem wrong and are painful, but it isn't because God likes to see us suffer. He wants to see us grow. He wants us to love Him, to trust Him.
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#38. Why did civilization make things seem so much more difficult?
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#39. When tragedy happens a real family pulls together, mine ripped apart.
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#40. My name be Clark Davis", he hurried on,"an it peers to me thet you an' me be in need of one another".
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#41. God will show you who to partner with when the time comes.
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#42. How each of us comes for our own reasons." "Comes where?" "To be with them and listen to their message. What Stephen meant was that our motives are wrong. Our thinking is wrong. But if we come . . . with an open heart and mind, we will see the rightness of their declarations.
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#43. Dear Lord, you know our need and how much we depend upon your help. We're not going to give you orders about what to do, God. We are just going to thank you for being there when we need you. In the name of Jesus, your Son. Amen.
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#44. Goin' to the altar. I mean, do ya feel different, or anything?" "Well, it ain't the goin' to the altar," said Willie. I had the feelin' that he was repeatin' what the preacher had said. "It's the prayin' thet makes the difference,
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#45. Buried under the biggest burden is a good place to find an even bigger blessing.
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#46. Home is where you will always have a place, where you will always feel loved, and you will never be alone.
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#47. Those who choose to be servants know the most about being free.
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#48. People who live in fear tend to do a powerful lot of nothing.
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#49. How else can we become reconciled, except one individual at a time? This Jesus you seek did not come to address nations. He washed the wounds of lepers. He dined with sinners. He healed all who came to him. One person at a time.
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#50. I want to thank you for that. Personally. Whether you knew it at that time or not, you had a great deal to do with shaping the life and character of the man I have come to love
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#51. Jesus never taught revolution, the kind with swords and battles and bloodshed. He talked about a revolution of love. Love your neighbor. Love your enemy.
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#52. His eyes fixed on mine for an instant, then he turned back to the fire. The
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#53. When you read you can have every adventure. In the pages of a book you can be anyone you ever dreamed of being ... They can never tell you you're too young to slay the dragon
because it all happens right here, where it's safe.
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#54. Nazarenes." Ezra faltered, leaning against a nearby wall. The word in Hebrew was Hanozree and held powerful significance among religious Judeans. The word signified the highest form of denial of self, rejection of sin, turning away from temptation, and earnestly seeking the Lord.
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#55. Experience teaches us when to wait and when to move forward.
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#56. I didn't feel comfortable with this new world. My northern isolation had protected me from all this.
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#57. Part of learning to count my blessings is accepting that many of them I would not have chosen if
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#58. Sir!" Alban came to rigid attention as his feet smacked the floor and saluted. "Centurion Alban reporting to the garrison commander, sir!" "I
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#59. Memories are so fragile, you know. Sometimes I feel they are best left undisturbed.
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#60. We'll wire ahead and have your trunks sent back - because I'm not letting you go after them. Trunks or no trunks, you're staying here - where you belong." I had no objections.
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#61. It can make us stronger, more compassionate, more understanding - more like Jesus - if we allow it to. And the more clutter we get rid of in our life here - the more we will be able to enjoy heaven - when we get there. So, pain can have a purpose.
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#62. The Sadducees are Hellenized Judeans and dominate the Council. The Pharisees are a minority on the Council, and consider the Sadducees to be their, well - " "Their enemy.
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#63. I wiped the drips from my face and shook my hands free of the coldness and told Wynn how good it tasted. Wynn drank, too, as a reminder to himself that he had been right. No other water on earth tastes quite like that of a mountain stream.
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#64. They met each morning with a group of the followers for a time of thanksgiving and supplication, a practice maintained by members of their group throughout Jerusalem.
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#65. We didn't try to talk. We really didn't need to. Later we would hear from one another all the details of the four miserable days of separation. For now it was enough just to be together again.
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#66. Reckon I'd be lyin' iffen I didn't own up to feelin' a little sore here an' there," Willie said with a grin. "An' thet's all thet yer gonna git me to confess. Full-grown able-bodied man shouldn't be admittin' to even thet. Folks will be thinkin' thet I never worked a day in my life.
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#67. To let go of even life, if need be, and accept his calling.
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#68. Live life to the foolish coz life is to short to be wasted
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#69. I am not afraid of death, Abigail. I am afraid that I might draw back and not be bold in proclaiming the gospel." He hesitated, then said, "And I am afraid that I might not stand firm. That under the heel of the enemy, in pain, I might deny my Lord.
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#70. but the truth is this. Peter opened his heart and mind to the Spirit's movement and acted as he was directed. Nothing more. We are merely hands and feet for the Spirit's use.
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#72. A wonderful truth engulfed her. She was safe. They were all still safe. As long as they followed the ways of God, they had nothing to fear. He was holy - but he was just. And as long as they followed their godly leaders - like Peter, like Stephen - they would remain protected and on the right path.
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#73. She sat silent, looking straight ahead. What did he care about the hot sun on her head? What did she care? Nothing worse could possibly happen to her.
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#74. This is life in a fallen world, where wars come and go, where nations rage and people cry in torment. We must be strong, not in ourselves, but in Him. And trust that His love and His wisdom and His light will see us through.
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#75. Sometimes I cannot understand the things men do. The way they gnash and tear at one another - it's worse than wolves or foxes.
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#76. A sense of humor is a requisite to surviving in our demanding world
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#77. No one ever outgrows the need for a mother's love.
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#78. Whenever something comes into our life that hurts us, we do the decidin' - do I let this work for my good, as God intended, or do I let bitterness grow like a bothersome canker sore in my soul?
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#79. A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective.
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#80. Treasure the moments, her heart whispered. If you don't learn to treasure the moments, you'll never be able to treasure the memories.
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#81. But I refused to mope about for the evening. My little ritual with teacup, familiar chair, and a favorite Dickens story went a long way toward improving my outlook.
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#82. Some tea?" "I wouldn't say no, sir." When
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#86. We may surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers.
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#87. True love is born of experience, not fairy dust.
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#88. He was too bold," said Abigail with a shake of her head. "It was not proper. And he is Roman." Leah
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#89. Number 12, always remember that I love you -both of you."
"Oh, Willie, ya silly goose!
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#90. with peach syrup, was still studying him carefully. Virginia
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#91. God knows best. We can trust Him with our lives as well as our eternal souls. He does not take something from us without filling that spot with something just as good
and because it's from Him, even much better
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#92. Many of the girls wear simple dresses to church. We do not make a point of 'dressing up,' nor do we study one another to see what is being worn. Nor does God. It's our hearts He views as we enter the doors to His church. Not our clothing.
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#93. Mankind cannot suffer anywhere without it bringing sorrow to other hearts
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#94. She thanked God that life was not always winter, that spring always came at last to chase away the cold and heaviness, and to release one to warmth and movement again.
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#95. It was much easier to clean feet than to clean shoes.
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#96. Her love for Willie drove her to decide for his happiness. He'd never be happy to admit defeat, to leave his beloved hills and valleys and return back east.
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#97. Written, preserved, and passed on to us. What an indescribable blessing it is for us
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#98. Where do you white women get the idea that having a child makes one weak and unable to do one's own work?
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#99. The compass needle tells the truth, Beth, even in a storm. And then one must adjust the rest of one's circumstances in accordance - even though sometimes it feels amiss. It reminds me that the Bible is like that too. It tells us the truth, and then we must adjust our thinking, our actions, to match.
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#100. Feel fee to be a usin' anythin' in the house, an' if there be anythin' thet ya be needin', make a list. I go to town most saturdays fer supplies, an' I can be a pickin' it up then. When ya feel more yerself like, ya might want to come along an' do yer own choosin'.
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