Ep 47: Surrendering your Heart to Jesus with Tauren Wells & Walker Hayes

About this episode

Tauren Wells and Walker Hayes discuss surrendering to Jesus, family life, and the journey of faith amidst life's challenges.

What does it look like to finally surrender? In this episode of The High Note, Tauren sits down with country singer Walker Hayes for a deep dive into his family life, songwriting, and road to salvation. Walker shares how his career as a musician both began and boomed unexpectedly, and how reading a book about an unlikely convert to Christianity changed his life after his family suffered a devastating loss. They also discuss the rises and falls of life as an artist, growing in faith, and desiring to hear God’s voice in the many ways He speaks. This episode is an inspiring reminder that the Lord will never stop pursuing you, and it is never too late to surrender to Him.

People in this episode

Host: Tauren Wells

Guest: Walker Hayes

Topics covered

• surrender
• faith
• music career
• family life
• Christianity
• personal growth
• God's voice

Keywords

• surrender
• faith
• Walker Hayes
• Tauren Wells
• Christianity
• music
• personal growth
• God's voice

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: book about an unlikely convert to Christianity

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