God first seeks devotion to Him in the hidden place–worship when no one else is watching. Matt Redman More Quotes by Matt Redman More Quotes From Matt Redman It's such a biblical posture in worship that speaks of reverence. If you look through the Bible, there's a whole host of people who faced up to the glory of God and found themselves facedown in worship. So the album weaves through a theme of reverence, wonder, and mystery in worship, things I feel we really need to grasp more of in our worship expressions. I know that I do! Matt Redman biblical expression people I love the intensity of the Psalms. No-one ever sounds bored about God or about life in the Psalms. Matt Redman psalms bored sound For when our hearts were far away, Your love went further still, yes Your love goes further still! Matt Redman far-away stills heart The church has been under-fathered and over-mothered. Matt Redman has-beens church I thought a lot about how the way we perceive Jesus affects the way we live, and how expectantly we face our daily lives. If we have a huge and uncompromising view of Him, it'll lead to adventurous and exciting lives of faith. Matt Redman views way jesus I love the pursuit of songwriting, and I've seen what songs can do in people's lives. Some of the stories that come back from songs flying around the globe are so encouraging. Matt Redman songwriting flying song I think it's so important that the church displays what it can look like to be "one." Our society can be so fragmented, and there's an opportunity for the worshipping church to give some leadership into that area. Matt Redman opportunity giving thinking When we, believers, sing our songs of worship, not only do we praise God through them, but we preach to ourselves. As we sing the truth of who it is we're worshipping, as well as honoring God, it can be so helpful to us. Worship is about magnifying the right things. It can be so easy to let the struggles of this become all consuming, and we must not ignore them. But when we worship, instead of magnifying and focusing on those things, we magnify and focus on the name, the strength, the power, the grace of Jesus. When we do that, it puts everything into perspective. Matt Redman struggle song jesus One of the most encouraging things is to see that so many of these young musicians and worship leaders are really concerned with doing a good job representing the truth of Jesus in their songs, and not just concerned with creative and musical progression. Matt Redman song jobs jesus May I never loose the Wonder, Oh the Wonder of Your Mercy! May I sing Your Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen! Matt Redman mercy wonder may One thing it makes me realize is just how similar we all are, around the globe. The details may be different, but every human heart is touched by themes like hope, comfort and mercy. Matt Redman details comfort heart An old pop music producer once said that there are really only four kinds of song a person can write: "I love you/I hate you/go away/come back!" That's a funny observation. Matt Redman hate love-you song We are to live in eager expectation of our heavenly inheritance. Matt Redman heavenly inheritance expectations I have the privilege of ministering in many different streams of the church. When you do that you're never going to subscribe to everything each other believe, but there's always so much common ground. The main and plain stuff you have in common, so you build upon that. I've never found a stream of the church I didn't learn something from. Every single time, even if I didn't personally agree with everything, there was something I took away, or learned, and felt like a stronger worshipper or worship leader. Matt Redman church leader believe Anthony Skinner has a fire in his heart to worship God, and to encourage and equip others to do the same. Matt Redman worship fire heart
