83 Quotes by Janette Oke

Showing kindness to others is one of the nicest things we can do for ourselves.

We may surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers.

How we leave the world is more important than how we enter it.

Getting things accomplished isn’t nearly as important as taking time for love.

Experience teaches us when to wait and when to move forward.

Without that forgiveness, that peace, no heart is ever happy. There is always an inner struggle. Pain. Only when God has been invited in-to manage one’s life, to direct one’s thinking, to be in control-can one ever get away from all the conflicts inside. We have to stop struggling against His will before we can find real joy.

People who live in fear tend to do a powerful lot of nothing.

We must not fail to give our full attention to the spreading of the Good News and to prayer. But we must also care for those who are in need. That, too, is God’s commandment to us. We must be careful not to neglect that task. “I have spent the afternoon in prayer, as have other apostles, and now we are ready to act. We would like you to select seven men – men who are full of the Spirit and wisdom – and we will turn this responsibility over to them.

The sunset was a splendid display. I wondered if it was showing off for my benefit or if it was often that spectacular. Rarely had I seen such a gorgeous scene; the riotous colors flamed out over the sky in shades that I had no words to describe. Birds sang their last songs of the day before tucking in for the night, and still the darkness hung back. Now, I thought, I understand the word “twilight.” It was created for just this time – in this land.