Here are some quotes made by the members of ZOEgirl about their music, faith and living a godly life style.
Alisa Childers
• “I’ve been a Christian since I was 5 and have been to Christian schools and youth group all my life. But there were many times when I was growing up that my Christian friends went to a movie or a party I felt convicted about. And wanted to feel convicted! It’s when we become desensitized to our surroundings that we’re in trouble. So I prayed that my heart would be grieved by the things that grieved God’s heart. And you know what? This made me very sensitive to what was right. It only takes a few times of being honest with your friends about why you can’t do certain things, and if they’re really your friends, they won’t continue to pressure you. But be prepared to stand alone, because if you choose to be extraordinary, you may be the only one in your circle of friends who chooses to take a stand.”
• “And I would look into the eyes of hundreds of teenage girls every single night, and it was such a pay-off because I knew that we were doing the right thing.”
• “To lead teens to Biblical solutions to serious issues of life: drug abuse, self-esteem, and the importance of making right decisions.”
• “We found that identity by looking into the eyes of teenager after teenager and hearing about what they were relating to and what were struggling with. Out songs have been greatly inspired by the people we’ve met.”
• “I’d walk by her (referring to Joy Williams) bunk and there she would be reading her Bible! She’s always reading her Bible! I mean, we read our Bibles too….”
• “A lot of times, things we go through, Satan’s going to try and magnify and make bigger to us. And that’s the one thing that I’ve learned a lot in my life is that when I feel depressed, you know, sometimes it is just a phantom. It’s just the enemy trying to magnify something to you that isn’t even really there.”
• “There are times that I’ve thought if I were to look at myself at the age that I am now that I would be a mess, but I’m not a mess because God’s fingerprints are all over me. He’s put me back together time and time again, and I think it just gets better every time.”
• “And there are so many times in everybody’s life when we feel like our spirits are crushed and how in earth are we going to find ourselves again. But that’s when God finds you, when your spirit is crushed. Then He can come in and rebuild it and remold it and put His fingerprints on the clay that He is rebuilding in your life.”
Kristin Schweain
• “I wrote ‘Plain’ because these girls don’t realize how special they are and how important they are to God. Within the first few lines of playing it for these girls, we looked out and they were in tears.”
• “ZOE means ‘life’. Not just life in general, but the kind of life attained through living according to the will of God and Christ Jesus. We want our lives to be examples of that- being a ZOEgirl.”
• “Because we are singing to teenagers, there’s a responsibility there, we have to always be aware of that, and it keeps us in check … I know there’s a reason for ZOEgirl. God has brought this group together for a purpose.”
• “I think that it’s very easy to make rash decisions based out of hurt and anger and difficult times and moments of desperation. Sometimes I don’t know if there’s the perfect answer that you can give a person that is in that state, other than saying, “Can you please just hang in there and wait just a little bit longer because if you wait a little bit longer and let those emotions settle, see if God can really do something … Maybe it’s not going to be perfect yet. If you can make it through that night, that day, that next hour, it just might be better.”
• “One verse from the Bible that really encourages me when I look in the mirror and I’m disappointed or I’m feeling down on myself, which happens a lot, is Psalm 139:13-14; it says, “For You created my inmost being / You knit me together in my mother’s womb / I am fearfully and wonderfully made / Your works are wonderful, I know that full and well.” And that’s just a Psalm that has encouraged me because just about all the things that I would like to do to make myself look better, feel better about myself externally.”
Chrissy Katina
• “It’s not mandatory to date. Just because you reach your teenage years or you’re 16 and you’re allowed to date doesn’t mean you have to. Instead of spending your energy looking for a guy right now, focus instead on growing as close to God as you can. Trust that He’ll bring that guy along in His perfect timing. You don’t have to go out and hunt for him.”
• “We were stunned by what we heard. Things like: ‘I hate my body,’ ‘I hate my shape,’ ‘I’m taking diet pills,’ ‘I’m thinking of suicide.’ I don’t think we realized how many of the girls, almost all of them, were dealing with these issues.”
• “We feel like we’ve got an incredible responsibility to speak the truth to these girls and even guys we’ve had a chance to meet after out shows.”
