And no matter what game they play We got something they can never take away

The nature of the enemy's warfare in your life is to cause you to become discouraged and to cast away your confidence. Not that you would necessarily discard your salvation, but you could give up your hope of God's deliverance. The enemy wants to numb you into a coping kind of Christianity that has given up hope of seeing God's resurrection power.

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

We cannot be tepid disciples. The Church needs our courage in order to give witness to truth.

doing good required taking risks.

The mature Christians I have met along the way are those who have failed and have learned to live gracefully with their failure. Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Have the backbone to go after what you want in life. It's too easy to settle.

No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it.

There are so many people who would like to see me not make it in Nashville. But that's good motivation.

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.