Top 35 Stephen Kendrick Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The only way love can last a lifetime is if it’s unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.”

— Stephen Kendrick

2. “Prayer means that God’s miracle-working power is always a possible solution to whatever challenge stands before us.”

— Stephen Kendrick

3. “Excellence means representing the reputation of Christ well. It means doing all things as best as you can.”

— Stephen Kendrick

4. “Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves.”

— Stephen Kendrick

5. “Your quality of life is directly tied to the amount of love flowing in you and through you to others. Though it’s often overlooked, love is infinitely more valuable than riches, fame, or honor. They will pass away, but love remains.”

— Stephen Kendrick

6. “Get in God’s word every day. God’s word equips us for everything we do.”

— Stephen Kendrick

7. “The only way love can last a lifetime is if it’s unconditional.”

— Stephen Kendrick

8. “Nobody knows you as well as our spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change when you deliberately start sacrificing your wants and wishes to make sure his or her needs are met.”

— Stephen Kendrick

9. “Howard Taylor wrote of his father, “For forty years the sun never rose on China a single day that God didn’t find him on his knees.”

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10. “Prayer is privileged access to the God of the universe, bought and paid for by the blood of His Son on our account for all those who freely receive Him as Lord.”

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11. “Answered prayers aren’t merely highly unlikely coincidences. They are fingerprints of a living, loving God who invites all of us to draw close to Him, the One who made us and “is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being.”

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12. “No church program, religious event, political effort, or humanitarian cause can trump the awesome power of what God can do in response to the prayers of His people.”

— Stephen Kendrick

13. “There must be a stronger foundation than mere friendship or sexual attraction. Unconditional love, agape love, will not be swayed by time or circumstances.”

— Stephen Kendrick

14. “It is difficult to demonstrate love when you feel little to no motivation. But love in its truest sense is not based on feelings. Rather, love determines to show thoughtful actions even when there seems to be no reward. You will never learn to love until you learn to demonstrate kindness. First.”

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15. “That word is ‘willing.’ It’s an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversations. It’s like a palm tree by the ocean that endures the greatest winds because it knows how to gracefully bend.”

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16. “I ask You to pour out Your Holy Spirit on me and Your church. Draw me into a daily, more intimate walk with You. May prayer become as natural to me as breathing, and may You work through my prayers to help bring.”

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17. “God never intended for us to live out the Christian life or accomplish His work on the earth in our own wisdom or strength. His plan has always been for us to rely on the Holy Spirit and live a life of obedience in prayer.”

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18. “There is no greater privilege for anyone than being able to personally talk with and speak into the ears of Almighty God.”

— Stephen Kendrick

19. “Every generation needs courageous believers who will trust God at His Word and pick up the baton of intercession, continuing the powerful legacy of faithfully standing in the gap and seeking His heart in prayer.”

— Stephen Kendrick

20. “I’m not trying to force something but I do enjoy working behind the scenes and I do enjoy bringing all of the ingredients to the kitchen so that we can make the movie.”

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21. “Ultimately, all prayer is for the glory of God. The best answer He can give to any prayer is whatever answer brings Him the most glory.”

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22. “Father, forgive us for relying on our wisdom, strength, energy, and ideas rather than abiding in You and seeking You first. Help us lay aside anything that hinders us from pursuing Your best. Help us prioritize prayer and devote ourselves to it in our personal lives, our families, and our churches. Make our churches truly houses of prayer for all nations. Revive us again, O Lord. Help us walk by Your strength and bring You great glory in our generation. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

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23. “If we were to press the pause button, repent, and move prayer to a place of priority in our families, schedules, and church lives, everything would be ignited and impacted by it.”

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24. “There’s not an issue we’re facing that prayer cannot address because nothing is too difficult or impossible for God to handle. And there is no greater legacy we could embrace or leave behind us than one of faithfulness in prayer.”

— Stephen Kendrick

25. “When I encountered these haunting words from Franz Kafka, I realized exactly why this light sermon about the search for God had struck such a nerve: “Everyday life is the greatest detective story ever written. Every second, without noticing, we pass by thousands of corpses and crimes. That’s the routine of our lives.”

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26. “If I’m doing something as an offering unto the Lord, I want to give God my best.”

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27. “Prayer means hope. Prayer means help. Prayer means relief. Prayer means power. And a lot of it.”

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28. “Don’t try to tackle a two-hour feature movie as your first project. Cut your teeth on a smaller level and work through the kinks at that level and build your strength as you go.”

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29. “Men who lead by love won’t deceive or degrade their wives or their neighbors. When love fills a woman’s mouth, she encourages her family instead of tearing them down. When you’re focused on love, you will naturally demonstrate patience, tenderness, and kindness. Rather than trying to manufacture right actions and attitudes, let love become your first response and your default position. Then you’re set to launch into any circumstance graciously and to land with no regrets.”

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30. “What if we decided to get right with God and begin humbly seeking His face in faith for revival and spiritual awakening like they did during the first and second great awakenings?”

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31. “What would happen if believers and churches today followed the great people of the Bible and in Christian history and began to pray powerfully and effectively?”

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32. “You must choose to live by enouragement rather than by expectations.”

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33. “Lukewarm belief is the weakest form of praying. Doubt locks us out of our own prayer closets.”

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34. “When love invades your heart, you are empowered to endure deeper pain, willingly pay a greater cost, and run risks to your reputation for the sake of another.”

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35. “We would all worship better, sing better, fellowship better, give better, evangelize better, share better, and behave much better if we were first humbling ourselves, confessing our sins, asking God’s Spirit to fill us, and submitting ourselves to Him in prayer.”

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36. “The intimacy you desire with God travels through the connective bond of your obedience to Him.”

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37. “By worshiping God wholeheartedly with our lips and lives, we get to do the greatest thing in the greatest way for the greatest One.”

— Stephen Kendrick