How my emotions starred as I played! During one of this tug-of-war contest between knowing right and doing wrong, I wrote the words to a song on my own for the first time.

I felt myself becoming angry too easily. I once saw a couple at a restaurant, and I could tell from their mannerisms that they were having some type of disagreement. I got mad at the guy and wanted to tell him, "Come on – appreciate your wife!

I ate so many Ramen noodles that I wouldn't even touch a package of them now.

I knew that (job) had to be a humbling role for my dad, but he never allowed it to become humiliating work.

She (his future wife) was so deep into the Lord's presence that I felt like an outsider.

I struggled with insecurity because I was trying to find my security in things. But when I began serving God with all my heart, my security was in Him.

She chose to look at her surroundings where they "think missionary" mind-set.

My focus was on trying to figure out what God wanted be to do next. Their (his parents') focus was on what I was doing for God at the moment.

My name had become a brand. (I have mixed emotions about that part of our (Christian media) industry, for sure.)