Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

I think sometimes you just lose your focus, and I think that's easy to do when you start getting more fame, more money, more power.

Part of my message is that God never said that we weren't going to have difficulties, but you know what, He said to stay full of joy and I'm going to help you overcome. So I think that is what resonates with people and helps draw so many people. Because it is not a message that you are barely going to make it, you're a victim. We are not victims, we are victors.

You have to turn it around and say God still has a great plan for my life. I may not understand things that happen, but faith is all about trusting when you don't understand it.

God wants to use you in spite of your weaknesses. Of God chose to use perfect people only, He’d have no one to use

It's easy to see the negative, but every person has something great about them. Develop a habit of looking for the good.

I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.