Jeff Foxworthy Reveals the Moment God ‘Whispered’ to Him

Published: June 10, 2025

By Mallory Mattingly

When God whispers, we should say yes, comedian Jeff Foxworthy encourages, reflecting on how God can change lives when we follow His lead.

While out with his daughters one day, Foxworthy stumbled across a table for the Atlanta Mission, a faith-based homeless shelter. Joshua, the gentleman running the table, asked the comedian to come to the shelter to have lunch with him.

Foxworthy worked with several organizations, none were homeless shelters, so he decided to take the man up on the offer.

When he arrived, he was curious as to why the man really wanted him there. Was it for a show? Was it for money? Was it to do a commercial for them?

The answer was simple. He wanted Foxworthy to meet some of the guys at the shelter. One of the men was a 21-year-old named Jason. Little did Foxworthy know that Jason would change his life forever.

“I said, ‘Jason, what’s your story?’ I said, ‘You’re 21. Why are you in a homeless shelter?'” he recalled. “And Jason said to me, ‘Well, it was me, my brother, my mom and my dad. And when I was 11 years old, my mom killed herself. Two years after that, my brother killed himself, and it was just my dad and me. And in my second year of college, my dad killed himself. I got to the point where I couldn’t hurt anymore, and I started smoking crack. Flunked out of school, and that’s how I’m on the street.'”

“I’m sitting there looking at this kid, and I’m thinking, ‘Crap, I would have started smoking crack too. How much hurt can a human heart take?'” the comedian thought.

Foxworthy spent more time at the shelter and realized that addiction often resulted in homelessness. But the problem was deeper.

“The addiction, whatever it was, alcohol or drugs, that was a symptom. The cause was some kind of hurt they couldn’t get over,” Foxworthy said. “I mean, so many of these people had been sexually violated or physically violated, and they just had a hurt they couldn’t get past.”

Several weeks after Foxworthy got to know the guys at the shelter, Joshua told him, “You keep asking why I invited you down, I’m gonna tell you. I want you to lead a small group. These guys have never had a small group in their lives, and I think you’d be a great leader for it.”

The comedian was stunned: “There are 6 million people in Atlanta. You can’t find a better person than me to do this?”

But he realized that’s where God wanted him. “This is the only thing we can do for God is when He whispers to us…say yes,” the comedian urged.

He uses his position as a small group leader to show the men at the Atlanta Mission that they are loved, no matter what’s happened in their pasts.

“And anybody on the street is no different than you or me. We all want the same thing. We all want to be significant, and we all want to be loved,” Foxworthy said previously, per Baptist News Global.

Like Foxworthy learned, saying yes to God’s whispers can lead to marvelous experiences that grow His kingdom and show others His love.

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