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7. What do you want your fans to take away from this album?

I want my fans to take away two things from this album. First is that we serve a God who came to this world to set us free. For me it's food that has been the issue that has had me bound for several years. For somebody else it could be something else, you know on "True Beauty" I had a song "Voice of a Savior" and it talks about how some people turn to a bottle and some people turn to drugs and you know some people turn to the arms of another person but that we really all just long to hear the voice of a Savior. I believe that that is such a true issue and I believe that even as believers that we may have things that have kept us bound for years but I'm so thankful that I serve a God that says that I have come that you would have life and have it to the full and have an abundant life and I believe that we're not just promised an abundant life when we get to Heaven but that we're promised an abundant life here on earth and that means being set free from anything that has us bound. The other thing that I hope people will take away from this album is a feeling of comfort in knowing that there is a God who loves them and has a plan for them and would never leave them or forsake them. We live in a time that people are going through difficult things right now and I think that there are several songs on this album that will just bring hope and comfort to people that need it in this time more than in any other time and I think in my 30 years on earth. So I just believe that it will be a very comforting album for a lot of people.

8. Can you talk about your struggle with weight and food addiction? How are you doing in your journey towards a healthy lifestyle?

My struggle with weight has been the biggest struggle of my life and it began as a very young girl. There were certain things that happened to me as a child, just different situations of abuse that I talk about pretty freely and pretty openly but as a result of that abuse I started to turn to food to feel comfort and to fill that void that was left as a child and what I have learned is that the only thing that will satisfy me and the only thing that will truly give me comfort is the Comforter and He is the only one that can fill that void. And so one day at a time I have been set free or I am being set free from what I call is a food addiction. I believe that you can be addicted to alcohol and drugs and for me I believe that I have been addicted to food for several years. And so it's been a journey, it's been a very difficult journey, but it's a journey that I'm overcoming one day at a time. As of the taping of this, I have lost 60 pounds and it is more than eating, it is more than exercising, of course those things have to be a part of this, but it is truly what my first single says it is because my Deliverer has set me free from all that has held me captive and I just believe that this is, again, it's going to be a lifelong journey for me but as long as one day at a time I am getting closer and closer to being set free that's all that I can ask for and I believe that that's happening.

9. Freedom means a lot of different things to different people. What does it mean to you with these songs and with this album?

There's a lot of definitions for freedom but I believe that when you are free that means that you are not bound by anything and that you are able to enjoy the rights and privileges that being free afford you. You know we say in America that we live in a free country and that means that because we are called by the name of an American there are certain privileges and rights that we have as a result. I believe the same is true for me as a Christian. There are certain privileges and rights that I have as a Christian. I have the right to not be bound by Satan in any way whatsoever and I have the privilege of saying that I enjoy freedom from anything that this world will try to hold on me and so as a result of that I say that I have been set free because that's what the Bible says in Galatians 5:1 that it is for freedom that Christ has set me free and He has set me free and as a result I'm gonna live my life to glorify Him and to show the world how it really is to be a free person.