The Life-Changing Power of Faithful Friendships (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Walker Hayes used to be an atheist and Craig Cooper was a pastor, somehow God bonded these men and their families into an unlikely friendship of 20+ years. And as a result, Walker eventually became a follower of Jesus!

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0:00.0	When I'm around my best friend, I can be however crazy I want, however silly I want, and they
0:06.9	remind me that I don't have to change because they love me just the way that I am.
0:10.5	So my best childhood friend really shows that they care for me by reaching out and asking
0:16.3	how I'm doing and they just don't want the simple, I'm fine, but they want really a true
0:19.9	deep answer. The best part of my best friend is the fact that no matter how long in between visits,
0:26.7	it's like we just left. We giggle, we laugh, and we're still there for each other all the time,
0:32.0	no matter what. Well, I wonder if you have a friend like that, somebody who obviously cares for you and wants
0:38.1	the very best for your life. That's our topic today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly,
0:43.0	and thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. John, today we're going to hear from an unlikely
0:47.2	friendship between two men that has spanned more than 20 years now. One at that time was an atheist,
0:53.5	the other a pastor, and somehow God intertwined
0:57.2	their lives and their families into this remarkable story of friendship and encouragement
1:03.1	and tenacity, unconditional love, redemption. So this story definitely reminds me of
1:09.6	Proverbs 1717, which says a friend loves at all times,
1:14.0	and a brother is born for adversity.
1:16.4	I always thought I got two older brothers.
1:18.0	I thought it meant they were born to Tijuana.
1:20.4	Well, there could be some of that.
1:21.5	Today I think we're going to learn a new spin on that.
1:24.3	I think the scriptures sum up this friendship perfectly, and I'm eager to unpack those
1:28.9	details with our two guests. Yeah, we've got Walker Hayes, a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter.
1:33.8	He has sold millions of copies of his songs and albums, and he and his wife, Lainey, are the parents
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