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Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud
Hosted by Great Lakes Outreach · EN
Upbeat and uplifting, ‘Inspired’ introduces us to a stunning variety of people from all walks of life. It celebrates perseverance, overcoming, and costly faith. In a world full of bad news, these powerful, hope-filled stories of adventure and risk-taking will stir you to imagine new possibilities.
Hosted by Simon Guillebaud, author, speaker and founder of Great Lakes Outreach. New episodes each Thursday.
simonguillebaud.com | greatlakesoutreach.org
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Day-to-day Miracles | Sid Williams
6d ago01:14:31Tap to summarizeSid Williams has lived 41 very full years. From being raised in Rwanda and experiencing the early days of the 1994 genocide, through choosing to live in deprived areas, discussing the journey of adoption, dealing with anxiety, crazy and creative ways of sharing his faith, etc, this is a wide-ranging discussion. More recently, from 2019 onwards, he has been the co-founder and director of Embassy, a UK-based homeless charity that helps vulnerable and homeless people rebuild their lives. It’s a stunning story, and it’s on the longer side, because we just couldn’t shorten it - pure gold!▶️ Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kNwxa3-x834Check out www.embassyvillage.co.uk✨ You may also enjoy:Message on Fire! | Andy HawthorneTowards Eden | Sam WardInner-City Nitty Gritty | Dai Hankey---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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The Cost of Conversion to Christ in Somalia | Aweis Ali
2w ago00:59:10Tap to summarizeOf his church of fourteen members in Mogadishu, twelve were systematically murdered for their faith. Being a Muslim convert to Christ in Somalia is a costly decision. Aweis Ali has survived thus far to tell the tale, which includes stunning church growth through persecution and trials. What a challenge to those of us in the West! Listen here, and receive a dose of courage to be bold in your own gospel witness!▶️ Watch this as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7jnb9Nu79AAIf you want to support God’s work in Somalia through Aweis, check out www.somalibiblesociety.org✨ You may also enjoy...Lessons from Persecution | Nik RipkenThe Scars that Witness | Eddie LyleEscape from North Korea | Timothy Cho---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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Showing up…to the End | Allan Finnegan
3w ago01:02:16Tap to summarizeWe recorded this a few weeks before Allan died. He was both a comedian and a Baptist minister. His comedic peak was being seen by millions on Britain’s Got Talent, in which Simon Cowell said he was the best audition of the series.Allan served Jesus for 42 years at the church where he came to faith, 20 of those years as pastor. It was on a tough patch, where arson, theft and smashed windows were commonplace - but amidst the mess and carnage, broken lives were being beautifully restored.This interview is holy ground as Allan reflects on life and death. He managed to release his autobiography a few months before graduating to glory, which is called ‘I didn’t ask for any of this - church, comedy and cancer’. ▶️ Watch this as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vrbDCUjcMk4If anyone wants to make a gift to his wife Joyce, contact me directly at inspired@greatlakesoutreach.orgWatch him on Britain's Got Talent here.---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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Back from the Brink | Mary Hulgraine
4w ago01:03:25Tap to summarizeMary Hulgraine dreamt of becoming a professional basketball player. On scholarship at college in the USA, a terrible injury dashed that dream and led to addiction to painkillers. Back in her native Ireland, her life spiralled down and down to the depths, before a dramatic intervention. Just under a million people follow her now on social media as she shares messages of hope and life. What a story! Subscribe for more amazing stories like this. ▶️ Watch this episode as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/guX8QqCqrqIInsta: @maryhulgraineTikTok:@mollyhulYouTube: @MollyHulgraineFacebook: @MaryHulgraine✨ You may also enjoy...Call the Exorcist | Adrian GalvinAbused, Addicted, Free | Trudy MakepeaceFrom the Roughest of Starts | Uwe Heimowski---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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Life on one Leg | Chris & Denise Arthey
Jul 200:59:29Tap to summarizeChris and Denise Arthey were successful and happy empty-nesters when they moved to Texas in 2007 for Chris’ job. A few months later, their lives changed in an instant when they had a head-on collision on their motorbike with a drunk driver. How do you bounce back from that? Is there hope after both of them needed a leg amputation?Check out chrisarthey.co.uk to contact them or buy ‘Highway 35 - Meeting Disaster Head-on with Hope’---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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Ski Angels | Will and Lara Sussman
Jun 2500:54:45Tap to summarize34 years ago, a drunken couple avoided the long queue into a bar by her benefitting from his fireman’s lift and squeezing headfirst through the men’s toilet window! Decades later, that same (sober) couple now host community outreach evenings in that very bar through their team of Ski Angels who live together in Meribel as part of Altitude Mission. It’s a fantastic story!▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/43Iebw3PVpYIf you’re interested in their work in any way, connect with them and check out the opportunities at www.altitudemission.com---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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Growing Hope | Naomi Fox
Jun 1801:00:23Tap to summarizeWhen a lady in the congregation went up to the vicar and told him she had a vision for helping kids with additional needs, little did anyone realise that a decade later there would be ten charities working across the UK, helping thousands of children, parents and indeed families navigate the challenges life throws at them. Wow! Naomi's story is fantastic!▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3gHH_vM2GdwDo you want to get involved? Check out: growinghope.org.uk✨ You might also enjoy:Kingdom in Kings Cross! | Pete HughesDealing in Hope | Patrick ReaganTackling Trauma | Betsy de Thierry---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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Foot on the Gas! | Tim Hughes
Jun 1101:09:21Tap to summarize‘Here I am to worship’ was the most sung song in the world apart from ‘Happy Birthday’ when it was released in 2001, but there is so much more to Tim Hughes’ story. He could have pursued a career as an artist in the USA, instead he intentionally stepped away from the huge opportunities on offer. Raising up and equipping worship leaders was a passion, but so was leading a local congregation. The last ten years in Birmingham have produced stunning fruit through the planting of Gas Street Church and other communities of faith. What a story!▶️ Watch this episode as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0RcaLzh6ZZMCheck out: gasstreet.church---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk✨ You might also enjoy:Kingdom in Kings Cross! | Pete HughesAwakening! | Pete WynterExciting Times to be Alive! | Stephen Foster---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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Muslims Meeting Jesus in Iran | Sara Akhavan
Jun 401:03:29Tap to summarizeSara’s spellbinding story of coming to Christ, planting seven churches, being imprisoned, and now working outside Iran with the Iranian diaspora is deeply challenging, encouraging and inspiring. Wow!▶️ Watch this episode as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xBHEJUqLxgcCheck out Elam Ministries at elam.com and Hamsayeh International at www.hiuk.orgTo pray daily for Iran, download the app ‘Iran30’✨ You might also enjoy: • Cabbages in the Desert | Dr Aila Tasse • Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus | John Ghanim---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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From Hamsters to High Sheriff | Mark Mitchell
May 2800:54:09Tap to summarizeMark Mitchell’s entrepreneurial gift was evident as an 8-year-old when he bought two hamsters, dimmed the lights, put the mood music on, and began raking in the cash after a short gestation period! Nowadays, he has three car dealerships and 106 happy colleagues (not employees) with no HR department because the need is not there, such is the joy and job satisfaction of his crew! What a story!▶️ Watch this episode as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ogbcTWtJIZACheck out Mark’s business here: mitchellgroup.co.uk✨ You might also enjoy: • Naturally Supernatural | Mark & Fiona Gilpin • Multiplying Fish! | Arne Sylta---🌽 Check out our amazing farming video: glo.org.uk/farming❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired---▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp ChannelFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.comChoose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
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