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"I've always been a worshiper of God, from the time I was a young girl," she says. "I always loved Him, and yet I used to try so hard to please everybody else, but it just doesn't work. God is merciful and kind, but trying to please others only steals your joy."

She adds: "Bottom line is, we're here to worship him, to please him. Period. Others are affected when we live to please Him, but it's only about pleasing Him. Sometimes it takes years to understand that. But when you get it, it will free you up in so many ways."

What does this look like for the 39–year–old singer today? To say that it has revolutionized her life is an understatement. "I don't worry about anything anymore," she says confidently. "I'm much bolder now than I was when I was younger, because when you know who you are, and you know why you're here, you can speak the truth without fear. God has proven Himself over and over again, so my confidence is in Him. Without Him, I've got nothing. Whether I'm at the top of my game or not, if I'm with Him and He's with me, everything will work out."

So she's not anxious for anything, not even her first secular pop CD, which comes out later this year. "I knew this would be a challenge," she says, "but it's His will, so I just said, 'Well, okay Father, how do I get people to look at the throne through pop music?' Because I can't go backwards. I have to continue. My purpose is clearer to me than it has ever been before."

Kim Hill

One of Christian music's most admired singers, Kim Hill's career was on the fast track in the early 1990s. Her distinctive alto voice and songs like "Snake in the Grass" and "Mysterious Ways" made her stand out from the rest. Then in 1994, at the height of her popularity, country music came calling, presenting Kim with bigger platforms on which to showcase her talent. But from the very beginning, she concealed an internal tug–of–war.

"I'd always felt this pressure to be everything to everybody," she says. "As an entertainer, I felt the pressure to do the big, cool thing that will impress everyone and help my career. I [also] felt this pressure to minister, and to see hundreds of people get saved at my concerts. And at 27, that's a heavy load to bear."

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