Top 35 Alex Kendrick Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. – Philippians 2:4.”

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2. “Agape love is “in sickness and health” love, “for richer or poorer” love, “for better or worse” love. It is the only kind of love that is lasting, unchanging, true love.”

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3. “When storms arise and conditions worsen, love chooses to endure through even the toughest issues. Though threatened, it keeps pursuing. Though challenged, it keeps moving forward. Though mistreated and rejected, it refuses to give up. “Love never fails.”

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4. “Marriage has a way of altering our vision. We go in expecting our mate to fulfill our hopes and make us happy. But this is an impossible order to fill. So our unrealistic expectations breed disappointment. The higher your expectations, the more likely your spouse will fail you and cause you frustration.”

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5. “Love is a choice, not a feeling. It is an initiated action, not an impulsive reaction. Choose today to be committed to love even if your spouse has lost most of their interest in receiving it. Say to them today, in words similar to these, “I love you. Period. And no matter what you do, I will never stop loving you.”

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6. “It has been said that people will celebrate your level of success as long as it does not exceed theirs.”

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7. “A man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis 2:24.”

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8. “Remove anything that is hindering your relationship, any addiction or influence that is stealing your affections and turning your heart away from your spouse.”

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9. “May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ. – 2 Thessalonians 3:4–5.”

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10. “But we possess this unfortunate tendency to downplay our own negative attributes while putting our partner’s failures under a magnifying glass.”

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11. “Dare to trust what God is saying to you through His Word. Dare to trust Jesus Christ for your salvation. Dare to pray, “Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. But You have shown Your love for me by dying to forgive my sins, and You have proven Your power to save me from death by Your resurrection. Lord, change my heart, and save me by Your grace. Fill me with Your love.”

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12. “What would happen in your marriage, husband, if you devoted yourself to loving, honoring, and serving your wife in all things? What if you determined that the preservation of your oneness with this woman was worth every sacrifice and expression of love you could make? What if you wisely navigated through conversations and misunderstandings in such a way to guard the unity between you?”

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13. “It will trample on long-term relationships while reacting to short-term mishaps.”

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14. “Your greater loyalty must shift from your parents to your spouse. It must also shift away from old flames and old friends to your mate. Everyone else must take a back seat and become properly emotionally distanced enough to give your union room to bloom. For without “leaving,” you cannot do the “cleaving” you need, the joining of your hearts that’s required to experience oneness.”

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15. “Don’t wait until you feel like doing the right thing. Don’t wait until you feel in love with your spouse to invest in your relationship. Start pouring into your marriage and investing where your heart is supposed to be. Spend time with your spouse. Buy gifts. Write letters. Go on dates. The more you invest, the more your heart will value your relationship. This is what the Love Dare is all about – forty days of leading your heart back to loving your spouse.”

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16. “The Lord knew before you were born that you would one day marry your mate. And in His design of your gender differences, personalities, birth order, family origin, and uniqueness, He intentionally created needs in both of you that the other would be exclusively designed to meet. Although these differences can frequently be the source of misunderstanding and conflict, they have been created by God to be ongoing blessings if we respect them.”

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17. “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. – Ephesians 4:32.”

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18. “How blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding. – Proverbs 3:13.”

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19. “All addictions create a momentary spike in adrenaline that temporarily feels good but then leaves behind an even deeper void that causes more dissatisfaction than was there before.”

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20. “If someone were to ask you, “Why do you love your wife?”

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21. “While we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. – Romans 5:6.”

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22. “Our oneness can produce children, and our teamwork as a mom and dad can best raise them to health and maturity.”

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23. “Lust is when you set your heart on something that is wrong and forbidden. You can choose to take your heart off the wrong things and set it on what is right.”

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24. “Unless our hearts are genuinely changed by God, they will continue to choose wrong things.”

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25. “Simply put, one of the greatest priorities for your marriage should be daily cultivating your relationship with God while celebrating any spiritual growth in your spouse.”

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26. “God made wives to complete their husbands. He gives them insight that in many cases is kept from their men.”

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27. “It helps liberate you from the anxiety of unrealistic expectations.”

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28. “Almost every sinful action can be traced back to a selfish motive.”

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29. “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor. – Romans 12:10.”

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30. “Choosing to love your mate will cause you to say “no” to what you want so you can say “yes” to what they need. It doesn’t mean you cannot enjoy any personal fulfillment, but you don’t negate the happiness of your spouse to enjoy it yourself.”

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31. “A husband who has a wife willing to help him fulfill God’s assignments for his life has a priceless treasure.”

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32. “The truth is, love is a decision and not just a feeling. It is selfless, sacrificial, and transformational.”

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33. “Love positively acts; it doesn’t negatively react. Love rises above the cloudy circumstances and soars above the storm. It defies common, self-centered logic. It chooses to honor even when it’s rejected. Love treats its beloved as special and sacred even when an ungrateful attitude is all it gets in return. It refuses to be pulled back into the hole of self-centered living.”

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34. “The bottom line is this: you either make decisions out of love for others or love for yourself.”

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35. “Anger almost never makes things better. In fact, it usually generates additional problems. It will trample on long-term relationships while reacting to short-term mishaps.”

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36. “He still remains faithful.”

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37. “The more you learn to resist your own selfishness daily, the stronger, more lovable, and happier you will become.”

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38. “Forgiveness has to happen, or a successful marriage won’t.”

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39. “Anger almost never makes things better.”

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