The Robertson family heard time and time again the line “don’t go to Hollywood,” when they decided to step into the world of reality television. However, Korie Robertson, wife to Willie and mother to Sadie and John Luke, recently revealed what bible verse helped them make the decision. While appearing on CBN’s “Faith vs. Culture,” the “Duck Dynasty” star shared that her family leaned on the Bible verse found in 2 Timothy 1:7. The New Testament passage reads, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline” (NLT). “[God] says He will be with us wherever we go, so we just asked God’s favor on us, His protection [to be] on us,” she said. “God says to go into all the world. So whenever anybody asks me, ‘Should I get into entertainment as a believer?’ I’m like, ‘Yes, we need more people in entertainment. We need more light in that [industry].’”

Robertson realized just how much impact her family could have if they agreed to the show. “Whenever we started ‘Duck Dynasty,’ it wasn’t necessarily a faith show,” said Robertson, noting there was no way to “get around” talking about their Christian beliefs, though, “because it’s who we are.” She continued, “The hope is that people might see our story and see our testimony and say, ‘Why is [your life] different? Why do you seem to have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness?’ That’s because we have the [Holy] Spirit living in us and we can tell [people] a little more about what Jesus has done for us. It’s not because we’re so great. It’s because we have the Spirit of God living in us and we try to live our lives that way.” The Robertson family left a huge impact on viewers, but their prayer at the end of each show is what left the biggest mark on viewers. “People would come up to us with tears and say, ‘My husband now goes to church because he saw real men who love Jesus,’ and, ‘Our kids will not let us eat before saying a prayer now, because of your show,’” Robertson reflected. “So we just saw so powerfully how entertainment is shaping people and is changing people and how it can move people.’” She continued, “You look back at Jesus and He told parables, He told stories because stories do move people and people relate in that way.”