Top 30 Kay Arthur Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Sin will take you farther than you ever expected to go; it will keep you longer than you ever intended to stay, and it will cost you more than you ever expected to pay.”

— Kay Arthur

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2. “God is in control, and therefore in EVERYTHING I can give thanks – not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.”

— Kay Arthur

3. “Snuggle in God’s arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, left out. let Him cradle you, comfort you, reassure you of His all-sufficient power and love.”

— Kay Arthur

4. “What is courage? It is the ability to be strong in trust, in conviction, in obedience. To be courageous is to step out in faith – to trust and obey, no matter what.”

— Kay Arthur

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5. “If you are God’s child, you are no longer bound to your past or to what you were. You’re a new creature in Jesus Christ.”

— Kay Arthur

6. “Ultimately, the goal of personal Bible study is a transformed life and a deep and abiding relationship with Jesus Christ.”

— Kay Arthur

7. “God is in control and therefore in everything I can give thanks.”

— Kay Arthur

8. “God knows what each one of us is dealing with. He knows our pressures. He knows our conflicts. And He has made a provision for each and every one of them. That provision is Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit, indwelling us and empowering us to respond rightly.”

— Kay Arthur

9. “Where do you run for help? When you are in trouble, what is your first instinct? Do you run to others or to God? Is it usually the counsel of another rather than the counsel found in waiting upon God in prayer? Why is this the way it is? Why do we run to man before we run to God?”

— Kay Arthur

10. “You have been created by God and for God, and someday you will stand amazed at the simple yet profound ways He has used you even when you weren’t aware of it.”

— Kay Arthur

11. “Love has its source in God, for love is the very essence of His being.”

— Kay Arthur

12. “When we are set free from the bondage of pleasing others, when we are free from currying others’approval-then no one will be able to make us miserable or dissatisfied. And then, if we know we have pleased God, contentment will be our consolation.”

— Kay Arthur

13. “You can be defeated by life’s unavoidable disappointments, or you can become stronger because of them.”

— Kay Arthur

14. “As you study your Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit, and live out the truths that God reveals to you, you will discover new stability, strength, and confidence.”

— Kay Arthur

15. “Really, then, our problem is not weakness, but independence! And in covenant, you die to independent living.”

— Kay Arthur

16. “If you’ll quit moaning and crying, I’ll use the things to make you into someone I can use in the lives of others to show them that no matter where they’ve been, no matter how deep the hole, no matter how painful the trial, there’s hope. There is victory.”

— Kay Arthur

17. “Pain and trials are almost constant companions, but never enemies. They drive me into His sovereign arms. There He takes my disappointments and works everything together for good.”

— Kay Arthur

18. “The problem is that so often we forget that we are in warfare and that Satan’s target is our mind.”

— Kay Arthur

19. “Faith is not faith until it is tested!”

— Kay Arthur

20. “According to God, the One who designed and instituted marriage, love is a choice. It’s a matter of obedience, not emotion.”

— Kay Arthur

21. “When you know what God says, what He means, and how to put His truths into practice, you will be equipped for every circumstance of life.”

— Kay Arthur

22. “Are you weak? Weary? Confused? Troubled? Pressured? How is your relationship with God? Is it held in its place of priority? I believe the greater the pressure, the greater your need for time alone with Him.”

— Kay Arthur

23. “Why should I ever resist any delay or disapointment, any affliction or oppression or humiliation – when I know God will use it in my life to make me like Jesus and to prepare me for heaven?”

— Kay Arthur

24. “When life is difficult, God wants us to have a faith that trusts and waits.”

— Kay Arthur

25. “There are times, beloved, when God will place you in the middle of trials – a hospital stay, rejection, a financial blow. He lets you hurt as others hurt, knowing that the way you handle it will be a testimony, that your response will show others that there’s something awesomely different about you.”

— Kay Arthur

26. “Whatever it takes to get you to the place where God is your all in all and you live in total dependence on Him is worth the pain. Let.”

— Kay Arthur

27. “I had a mink, and I had money and I was miserable.”

— Kay Arthur

28. “Life can get distorted and out of whack when you don’t know God. And you can’t really know Him in truth apart from the Word of God. Look around you at the lives people are living. Find out how important the Bible is in their lives and how much time they devote to studying it. Notice the relationship between their knowledge of God and the way they handle life.”

— Kay Arthur

29. “Christianity isn’t a religion, it’s a relationship. And as we all know, a relationship requires a high commitment to communication.”

— Kay Arthur

30. “One of the most important principles of handling the Word properly and studying the Bible inductively is to interpret Scripture in the light of its context. Why? Because context always rules in interpretation.”

— Kay Arthur

31. “Greatness is never achieved nor dreams realized apart from great discipline.”

— Kay Arthur