Matt Tommey > Quotes

“Your talent can take you where your character can’t keep you.”
― Matt Tommey, Unlocking the Heart of the Artist

“I can remember in days gone by the pressure of feeling like I needed to conform to some sort of religious stereotype. You may feel the same way even now, like nobody really understands who you are, what your unique life calling is or how it fits in the body of Christ. The truth is my friend, most of the frustration believers face today when it comes to their calling comes from a place of trying to make it all fit within the four walls of the church. Truth be told, only about 1% of people are really called to vocational ministry within the local church. The rest of us are called to be in the marketplace, releasing the light and life of the Kingdom every day through our unique creative expression. So whether that’s business or art, family or finance you have the divine opportunity to align yourself today with the purposes of the Kingdom, see God start moving through you like never before and watch as the abundance of our Father overtakes you.”
― Matt Tommey, Creativity According to the Kingdom: Connecting with Heaven to Create with God and Release Transformation

“Journaling Taking time every day to center yourself in the Lord and really get in touch with your heart and His voice is crucial for your journey as an artist in the Kingdom. Every day, your assignment is to begin writing random thoughts, prayers, conversations, ideas—just write. As you begin to ‘uncork’ your heart, you’ll be amazed at what the Lord begins to show you.”
― Matt Tommey, Unlocking the Heart of the Artist

“Realize people don’t buy art because they need it, they buy because of connection.  That connection might be with the artist, the process, the medium, the experience, the subject matter, or any combination of these factors, but there has to be a connection.”
― Matt Tommey, Created to Thrive: An Artist’s Guide To Living In Divine Abundance

“Creating with the Holy Spirit is more about the process than the product, more about the intention than the outcome. It’s about cultivating ears to hear, eyes to see, and senses to feel what God is saying and doing within your world. Then, responding through your chosen creative process. That's prophetic art.”
― Matt Tommey, Prophetic Art: A Practical Guide to Creating with the Holy Spirit

“You see, the essence of your role in the Kingdom is to simply submit your life to the Lordship of Christ, receive the good gifts He has for you and co-labor with the Holy Spirit to release the life of God wherever and however He shows you. The results are up to Him. You are simply called to be a faithful son or daughter in the process.”
― Matt Tommey, Creativity According to the Kingdom: Connecting with Heaven to Create with God and Release Transformation

“Creating with the Holy Spirit is about process, not product. It’s about continually cultivating ears to hear, eyes to see, and senses to feel what God is saying and doing within your world and then responding through your chosen creative process.”
― Matt Tommey, Created to Thrive: An Artist’s Guide To Living In Divine Abundance

“Art is a collaboration between God and artist, and the less the artist does, the better.”
― Matt Tommey, Prophetic Art: A Practical Guide to Creating with the Holy Spirit