FRANCESCA
BA T T IS T ELLI
Q
A
What is your favorite scripture?
“For I know the plans I have for you, says the
Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
to give you hope and a future.” -Jeremiah 29:11
Q How does this verse speak into you life
right now?
A
Wherever I am at in my life, I always wonder,
“What’s next, God? What do you have for me?”
This verse reminds me that it’s not up to me, its up
to Him. His ways are His plan.
It changes all the time but I think for me right
now its “Holy Spirit.” It’s the new single off the
album. It’s a worship song that I love. It’s amazing to
hear thousands of people singing along and worshiping. So I love that song.
Q How did you get your start in music?
A
Q How do you balance road life and you family?
Just like anybody. Our day-to-day life is a little
different from a 9-5 job. Being intentional and
making time for it. Being consistent with the Lord.
For me, I get to sleep pretty well on the road because
we have a nanny that comes with us. At home, I’m
getting up at 6am with the kids and on the road I
could sort of take my time in the morning. That’s
when I like to have my quite time, get off the bus
and then go see everybody. Just like anyone. It is
making the time for it and being consistent.
Q Tell us about your latest album?
A
There is a song that I wrote called “If we are honest.”
As soon as I wrote it, I knew that this was going
to be the name of the album. It is probably my favorite
song on this album because it’s very personal. It is really
about challenging myself and challenging listeners to live
a more authentic life. We were talking about this at our
band devotional last night. It is so easy to live a life and
walk around a little bit phony but God has called us to a
real relationship with love, authenticity, and honesty. The
enemy wants us to keep our struggles and our sins hidden
but the Lord
wants to bring them out to
the light
because then they lose
their
power.
Q Ajoylot ofthepeople see your
and
peace that you
have. If someone were to ask
you, “Francesca, I want what
you have?” What would you tell
them about the Jesus Christ?
A
The only way to get that
is to know Jesus
and to have Him in your
life. Just because you
have the joy of the Lord
doesn’t mean that everything is going to go perfect
in your life but you have
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I grew up in a musical family. I am an only child.
My parents were in the theater world so I grew
up doing a lot of ballet and musical theater. I started
writing songs when I was in high school and playing
guitar. I think this is one of the things the Lord prepared in my life. Until about the time I was going
to college, I knew this is what I wanted to do. All
through college, I played wherever I had the opportunity. I walked through the doors that God opened.
He then made it happen that as I was graduating
college, I moved the Nashville and the rest is history.
balance road
Q How do youlife with God? life and your
devotional
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that assurance and you have that hope that this is
not the end. Knowing that Jesus is working in your
life and that one day you’re going to meet him \