Jordin Sparks: American Idol pop star grounded in faith and family

In numerous interviews the singing star who shot to fame through American Idol has acknowledged Jesus as the source of her strength and talent. She told journalist Peter Elliott, “I definitely recognise that I have a God-given talent. I have a sense of inner peace, I know God gave me this wonderful voice and I feel that what he needs me to do is share it with others.”

Jordin continued, “My faith has been a humungous part of how I have looked at my career. I started out singing in church very young and it took off from there. With my purity stance, I’m very careful about what I wear and the lyrics in my songs. The music business is a very secular world and there are always people quick to point to you as a hypocrite when you mess up with something and fall. I know that God has blessed me to be where I am and everything he has placed before me is just so amazing.”

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