Top 40 Kyle Idleman Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “We love others best when we love God most.”

— Kyle Idleman

2. “A belief, no matter how sincere, if not reflected in reality isn’t a belief; it’s a delusion.”

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3. “In your loneliness, there is an opportunity to discover his presence. In your fear, there is an opportunity to discover his peace. In your weakness, there is an opportunity to discover his strength. In your pain, there is an opportunity to discover his purpose. In your shame, there is an opportunity to discover his grace. In your darkness, there is an opportunity to discover his light.”

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4. “For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. 2 Chronicles 16:9.”

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5. “The biggest threat to the church today is fans who call themselves Christians but aren’t actually interested in following Christ.”

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6. “The battlefield of the gods is your heart. Your heart is shaped by your thoughts.”

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7. “When disaster comes, we can’t see anything bigger than what we’ve lost. But the truth is, God more than fills that space. We begin to see that he’s not just filling that space, but spaces we didn’t even know we had.”

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8. “There is no life without death.”

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9. “Jesus is saying that God’s kingdom begins in you when you come to the end of yourself and realize you have nothing to offer.”

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10. “Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists.”

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11. “It works like this. In surprising ways, suffering makes room in our spirit for us to know and experience the blessing of God’s peace and presence. Without suffering, we simply can’t know his comfort. In mourning, we experience the blessing of God’s presence.”

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12. “We were made for God, and until he is our greatest pleasure, all the other pleasures of this life will lead to emptiness.”

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13. “Idols are defeated not by being removed but by being replaced.”

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14. “The Lord God has often lost out when competing with the gods of entertainment for our time and attention.”

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15. “If you’re most interested in what other people think, then their applause or attention is your reward.”

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16. “My concern is that many of our churches in America have gone from being sanctuaries to becoming stadiums. And every week all the fans come to the stadium where they cheer for Jesus but have no interest in truly following him. The biggest threat to the church today is fans who call themselves Christians but aren’t actually interested in following Christ.”

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17. “The object of your worship will determine your future and define your life. It’s the one choice that all other choices are motivated by.”

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18. “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.”

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19. “I’ve come to realize that if me gets his way, I’ll miss out on the real life I’m meant to live. The life in which I love others and make a difference in the world.”

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20. “We expect God to be an angry father who demands justice, but through Jesus, He gives us love and grace when we don’t deserve it.”

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21. “By his grace, and by nothing you can offer, he chooses you.”

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22. “God will not waste your pain.”

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23. “He begins to introduce us to the great kingdom paradox: at the end of me, I find real life in him.”

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24. “Life has a way of waking everybody up at some point. Everybody has that sudden, painful longing for yesterday, when they didn’t know how good they had it, just before the world fell in.”

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25. “Worship is powerful. It has huge consequences, whether you praise the God of heaven or the god of appetite.”

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26. “The opposite of theism is not atheism, it’s idolatry.”

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27. “When Jesus defines the relationship he wants with us he makes it clear that being a fan who believes without making any real commitment to follow isn’t an option.”

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28. “Here’s one to think about: the less you see your own brokenness, the more broken you are.”

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29. “Obsession is an idolatry word.”

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30. “Woe to you fans, if you would be as zealous about caring for the sick as you are about a ‘Christmas tree’ being called a ‘holiday tree,’ health insurance wouldn’t be a problem.”

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31. “Fans mistake knowledge OF Jesus for intimacy WITH Jesus.”

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32. “Our hearts are restless until they find rest in thee.”

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33. “And I want you to know, before we go any further, that Jesus came to free you from religion. To those who have been hauling around a long list of rules. To those who are pretending to be more than they really are. To those who are weighed down with the fear and guilt of religion. To all the fans who are worn out on religion, Jesus invites you to follow him.”

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34. “Tune in to God’s voice today. Prayerfully open your Bible and read. Choose a book and set a time to read every day this week. Spend five minutes less on Facebook and five minutes more in God’s Word.”

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35. “God is jealous for your heart, not because he is petty or insecure, but because he loves you. The reason why God has such a huge problem with idolatry is that his love for you is all-consuming. He loves you too much to share you.”

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36. “Instead of identifying myself as a follower because I know about Jesus, I understand that I am a follower because I know Jesus.”

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37. “Can anything good come from Duke?”

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38. “If self could help, then we would all have been fixed a long time ago.”

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39. “Without seeing the depths of sin, we’ll never understand the heights of God’s love and grace.”

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40. “What is it that is competing for your allegiance to Christ? You may have both hands on the plow, but what is it you keep looking back at?”

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41. “There’s nothing life can throw at us that God can’t use to draw us nearer to him.”

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42. “God loves to fill empty things – whether.”

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43. “God often uses desperate moments to wake us up. Only when things start to fall apart do we finally open our eyes.”

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44. “God withholds his blessing in the very areas in which we lift up false gods.”

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45. “Jesus said no, this is our Father: loving, compassionate, caring, beyond our social expectations, willing to search and wait and celebrate and heal the broken. Jesus turned religion on its head, breaking down its exclusive, legalistic barriers and replacing them with welcoming relationship.”

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46. “If you worship false gods, the ripples bring a little of hell to earth.”

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47. “That’s why we need a friend whom we’ve given permission to tell us like it is – no matter what. Even if we refuse to listen at first, we all need a friend who will tell us when we’re neglecting our family for work. A friend who will say something when our spending gets out of control. A friend who will challenge us to do more than just come to church a few weekends a month. A friend who will question a new relationship we’re beginning.”

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48. “It’s much easier to talk about following Jesus when you are making general statements rather than specific commitments.”

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49. “How do you forgive? You choose to release it, you pray for your enemy, and, I think probably most importantly, you recognize that God is standing with you – and he will have the final word.”

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