"Most songs come from being attentive. Attentive to life, attentive to scripture, attentive to your heart. Pay attention!"

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Source : Twitter post from Feb 18, 2014

Matt Redman

#Song Quotes #Heart Quotes #Attention Quotes

“It's time to re-appreciate the original software: paper.”
“Once a person gave his talent to the world, the world put a stamp upon it. The talent was not a personal possession any more. It was something to be traded, bought and sold. It fetched a high price, or a low one. It was kicked in the common market.”
“If anything, hearing another poet is a sacred experience I enter, but I can honestly say this does not influence my own work.”

Source : "Women Behind America's Literary Arts". Interview with Daniela Gioseffi, www.raintaxi.com. 2012.
“I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.”
“If weâ€™re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere.”
“I think probably one of the important things that happened to me was growing up in Idaho in the mountains, in the woods, and having a very strong presence of the wilderness around me. That never felt like emptiness. It always felt like presence.”
“Jesus explains that the church is like a hospital. But this hospital doesn't want to let any sick people in. I feel like people like that have had to lead these secret lives because they're so afraid of how people will react. I think we have to get to the point where we're restoring people and caring for them, and when they fall, we pick them up. My thing is that we need to love this guy and pray for him and his family and open our homes to him if need be. I don't know if he wants to come sleep on my futon here in Brooklyn, but he's welcome to if he'd like.”

Source : "One Punk Under God". Interview With Dave Gilson, www.motherjones.com. December 13, 2006.
“The sad truth is that most Christians spend their entire lives trying to score points with Someone who is not keeping score.”

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