Ray Hughes

Author, Storyteller, Songwriter, & Poet

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Four wells to draw from creation for creativity:

1. Experience
2. Imagination
3. Inspiration
4. Revelation

Four ways to get water out of the well:

1. Determination
2. Discipline
3. Focus
4. Experimentation

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Greatness is honoring God and by serving Him you become a gift to humanity.

Fame is about using your gift as a source of empowerment, whereby man can serve you.

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One of the worst things that can happen to someone destined for greatness is be sidetracked by fame.

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Greatness never comes to those who look for it. It will seek and find those whose dream is to give.

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Life is not about the harvest you reap.

Life is about the seeds you sow.

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Have a secret place.

Have a secret history with God, a secret life of worship that only God sees. Without a secret places of worship, there will be no living source for the pure flow when we are in public.

Jesus constantly drew away from the crowds to be alone for this reason.

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Four things that happened when David met with Goliath:

1. He defeated the enemy.
2. He released destiny (giant killed) into others thereby releasing his own destiny.
3. He shaped history.
4. He advanced the Kingdom.

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The two most important prerequisites for worship leaders...

1. A fire in your heart that will not go out to worship God.
2. A fire in your heart that will not go out to see others worship God.

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David was a shepherd, a musician, a singer, a songwriter, a giant slayer, a warrior, a prophet, a king, a father, a son, a sinner, a repenter, and a passionate worshiper.

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Fan-based Christianity has very little effect on an ego-driven culture because it rarely demonstrates God's heart for hurting humanity — too many lights and not enough love.

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The difference between a nightmare and a dream is that one lives in the noise of a troubled mind, and the other lives in the song of an awakened heart.

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God loves to storm atmospheres of worship and prayer with a sound of a rushing mighty wind.

If God's voice can shake earth, can our voices shake heaven?

I wonder if heaven is waiting for a shaking too. Let's storm the atmosphere of heaven and see.

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Old cycles are being broken because new songs are being sung.

New songs break old cycles.

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Sing new songs to the Lord only on the days that His mercies are new.

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The concept of musicians coming together to play harmoniously, in unity, to release a symphony is first found in the Bible. Let’s explore this idea and find out what kinds of bands God is looking for today.

Have a blessed day full of imagining and creating with God.

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Facts inform, truth transforms.

This clip was from an excerpt I recorded a few months ago while reflecting on the power of imagination.