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Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud
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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
Hosted by Simon Guillebaud, author, speaker and founder of Great Lakes Outreach. New episodes each Thursday.
simonguillebaud.com | greatlakesoutreach.org
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I love Jeff’s raw honesty as he discusses depression, loss, and being used around the world through his writing, broadcasting, and traveling ministry (not to mention his humour!). It’s pure gold! Make sure to listen to this one.▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube hereCheck out www.jefflucas.org---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Rachel is the Executive Director of HOPE Together, and is all about helping people share their faith with others. Backing up stories with stats, she paints an exciting picture of the current openness in the UK right now. You’ll be encouraged!Check out hopetogether.org.uk---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
At just 20-years-old, Kevin Wurfel has already traveled the world and been involved in witnessing God at work across many cultures. Stories abound of him seeing lives changed through his direct but winsome engagement with anyone, anywhere, anytime. He talks of his total surrender to Jesus and hours spent in God’s Word (including recently reading the whole Bible in 70 hours!). May his zeal rub off on us as we listen to his challenging testimony!Watch this episode on YouTube.Check out kevinwurfel.com and londonevangelists.comLinktree is linktr.ee/kevinwurfel | Email: kevin-wurfel[@]outlook.com | Instagram:@kevinwurfel_---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Rahil Patel graduated to become a high-ranking, crowd-drawing, world-traveling Hindu monk who spent 20 years immersed in ascetic practices and working on his karma. However, a growing dissatisfaction slowly but steadily eroded his commitment until he couldn’t continue along that path any longer. Disillusioned but still spiritually seeking, he was ripe for a beautiful encounter. It’s a powerful story!Watch this episode on YouTube.Connect with Rahil or buy his book ‘Found by Love: a Hindu priest encounters Jesus’ at www.rahilpatel.orgDo check out www.theocca.org/hinduism---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Natalie Williams grew up in a working-class family in Hastings, one of the most deprived towns in the UK. After working as a journalist, she is now Chief Executive of the charity Jubilee+, which equips churches to change the lives of those in poverty in their communities. She’s got a great story, and has gained some real wisdom along the way. Listen and be inspired!Check out @natwillnatter and @jubileeplus on X, Facebook, Insta and BlueSkyWebsite: www.jubilee-plus.org I recommend her books Invisible Divides and Tis Mercy All---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Tertius was living the dream as a wealthy plastic surgeon until God called him to serve the world’s poorest on a mobile hospital boat with Mercy Ships. That surrender has taken him on a wild adventure impacting thousands of lives across many nations. Check out www.mercyships.org | www.tertius26.org---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Shane Claiborne’s deepest conviction is that we are meant to live ‘as if Jesus meant the things he said’. So for him that has meant living in community in inner-city Philadelphia for a few decades now, having picked up some lessons from a stint working under Mother Teresa in Calcutta. His activism has involved confronting various systemic injustices and speaking up for and standing alongside those whose voices aren’t being heard. It’s a powerful and challenging podcast.Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/LinAnXuxyNoCheck out shaneclaiborne.com and redletterchristians.org ---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
A life of escalating drugs and crime caused Clyde Thomas to end up in a prison cell, where he started reading a Gideon New Testament. The Jesus he found in those pages totally transformed his life. Now he pastors Victory Church in Cwmbran, and runs Christian rehabilitation houses with his wife Rebekah, helping folks who are just like he was twenty years ago break free of addiction and destructive choices! It’s a beautiful story!Check out hopecentreministries.co.uk and victorychurch.co.uk You can contact clyde.thomas[@]victorychurch.co.uk ---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Donna spent 25 years in various countries in Asia, including warzones. Her stories of listening to the ‘inner voice’ of God to guide and draw people into His Kingdom are beautiful, instructive and challenging to us in how we seek to share our faith. “God, what do you want me to know in this situation” is a simple (and profound) prayer, whether being held at gunpoint in the extreme, or whenever fear creeps into our day-to-day activities. It’s a great episode! ▶️ Watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/OJzGMrdyw2cDonna and husband Jamie founded www.identityexchange.com and I can’t recommend it highly enough in helping us to live fearlessly out of our true identity. Instagram: @thedonnawinship---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
John is a fearless follower of Jesus who gets bombarded daily with death threats from across the world for his outspoken witness for Christ. His back story was that he had misgivings with the faith of his birth when on pilgrimage from Yemen to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. As a disillusioned but spiritually searching agnostic, his convoluted travels led him to meeting a Syrian refugee in Greece with a tattooed cross on his wrist. That launched him on a journey to passionate faith in Christ, not as a prophet but as his Lord and Saviour. John’s meteoric rise as an influencer on social media has led thousands of Muslims around the world to encounter and embrace a personal living relationship with Jesus. His straight-talking boldness and courage are a real challenge to Western Christians lacking in gospel confidence.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CS7UiKZOBlUCheck out and contact John through johnghanim.comInstagram: @johnghanim | Tiktok: @johnghanim0 | youtube.com/@johnghanim0 Visit here to support John’s ministry.---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
From being bullied at school and feeling a persistent failure to miraculous healing from a brain-dead coma, Rachel’s remarkable life is a story of God’s empowering and equipping to be a prophetic voice with a compassionate heart across the globe. Check out Rachel’s works at heartcryforchange.com and get her books at Rachel's Amazon author page. YouTube: youtube.com/@HeartcryforChange | Facebook: facebook.com/heartcryforchange | Instagram: @heartcryforchange---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Our interview with Patrick was so interesting, I just wanted to continue. So we've uploaded this bonus episode where we tap into some of his knowledge and insight. Make sure you listen to Part 1 first.Watch both of these episodes on Youtube.Patrick Dixon was thrust to the forefront of the worldwide AIDS pandemic in the 1980s, and suddenly found himself becoming a truth-telling and influential world authority on the subject. He founded ACET which has impacted millions of lives across the globe.His life then pivoted to working as a futurist, which has involved speaking at Davos, and advising and equipping some of the biggest companies in the world to plan for the future. So he ‘lives in 2050 and tomorrow is the past’. It was such an interesting and stirring interview that I had to draw it to a close and do a Part 2, which is available to watch on YouTube now, or available as a bonus episode on this channel in a few days time. You won’t want to miss it!Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/8gW9rewg8C8Visit www.globalchange.com to see all Patrick is involved in, and check out his latest book: ‘How AI will change your life?’---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Patrick Dixon was thrust to the forefront of the worldwide AIDS pandemic in the 1980s, and suddenly found himself becoming a truth-telling and influential world authority on the subject. He founded ACET which has impacted millions of lives across the globe.His life then pivoted to working as a futurist, which has involved speaking at Davos, and advising and equipping some of the biggest companies in the world to plan for the future. So he ‘lives in 2050 and tomorrow is the past’. It was such an interesting and stirring interview that I had to draw it to a close and do a Part 2, which is available to watch on YouTube now, or available as a bonus episode on this channel in a few days time. You won’t want to miss it!Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/8gW9rewg8C8Visit www.globalchange.com to see all Patrick is involved in, and check out his latest book: ‘How AI will change your life?’---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Eddie Lyle’s stories of unsung heroes of the faith in the persecuted church throughout the world blew my mind, and will humble, challenge, and stir you in equal measure. For example, he tells of the extremist’s machete falling, but stopping inches from the believer’s neck as light flooded the room and the gang fell to their knees and then ran away. That’s just for starters! I love Open Doors and their ministry. Do check them out at www.opendoorsuk.org, and you can get Eddie’ book ‘Witness’ for free by going to opendoorsuk.org/witnessListen to Timothy Cho’s episode here.---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Emma Scrivener shares with raw honesty about her struggles with anorexia. *Content Warning: Contains frank discussion of eating disorders and mental health struggles.Contact Emma at emmascrivener.netIf you or a loved one is struggling with an eating disorder, do check out Taste Life at tastelifeuk.orgWatch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uARGazdzjooCheck out our episode with Emma's husband, Glen.---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
For 35 years, Ash and Anji Barker have made bold, countercultural choices—embedding themselves in some of the world’s most overlooked and underestimated neighbourhoods. From the rough edges of Springvale in Australia, to the vibrant resilience of Bangkok’s Klong Toey slum, to the heart of inner-city Birmingham, their journey is one of hope, grit, and deep-rooted faith.Through it all, they’ve championed the belief that every local community holds untapped potential—and with the right love, leadership, and lived presence, transformation is possible. Their story is not just inspiring—it’s a living testament to what happens when you show up, stay the course, and believe that no place is too far gone. Don’t miss this powerful conversation. Check out www.seedbeds.org Connect with Ash at ash.barker[@]seedbeds.org Do grab hold of his book 'No Wastelands: How to grow seedbeds of Shalom in your neighbourhood' ---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Pete Wynter leads St Paul’s Hammersmith with his wife Sarah. As statistics are increasingly showing, something significant is going on across the nation. And Pete backs up those stats with story after story of lives beautifully transformed on his patch. Indeed, it’s a great time to be alive!---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Nadim was a successful entrepreneur, happily married, and with two wonderful children. But the dream life was shattered when he took his daughter Natasha and her best friend on holiday to France. Tragically, Natasha had an anaphylactic reaction shortly after takeoff after ingesting sesame seeds in her sandwich, from which she never recovered. Subsequently, Nadim and his wife Tanya founded the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, and their campaigning - for which they were both awarded an OBE by the Queen - has led to changes in the law. Nadim’s journey to faith through this horrendous experience is deeply touching, and God has opened doors of real influence and opportunity for him to witness gently to the Prince of Peace in many different contexts. I spent much of this interview in tears, so it’s a different flavour from previous episodes, but deeply moving and inspiring.Do check out www.narf.org.ukAnd you can contact Nadim at nadim.el[@]narf.org.uk ---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
They say barbers are therapists, but Costa Michael is certainly more than a barber and/or a therapist! He’s also the founder of a clothing label, he’s a podcast host, and a bold evangelist using every opportunity to point people to Jesus.Check out norisk-nostory.comConnect with Costa:Instagram: @costantinos.michaelTiktok: @costa.michael_ YouTube:@nrns.podcast---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Frankly Virginia’s story is nuts. Standing up to the Romanian dictator Ceaucescu, she used her skills and courage as a lawyer to defend persecuted Christians and fight for religious freedom. She was tortured repeatedly - yet even blessed her abusers as they did so, who on occasion turned away with tears in their eyes. And then one day a hired assassin drew his gun in her office and the game was up! You will be totally blown away!You’ll love reading more detail of her story in her best-selling memoir ‘Saving My Assassin’. Connect with Virginia and her work at www.VirginiaProdanMinistries Her podcast is called 'Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan’ and can be found here: https://www.podbean.com/wlpi/pbblog-twbh7-b3867e---📚 Help us send children back to school in Burundi Get your tickets for Freedom Behind Bars in Bath on 12th Oct 🎤 Email your voice notes to us at podcast@greatlakesoutreach.org---🔔 Remember to follow us wherever you listen.▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp📧 Weekly email notification: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemailFor more from Simon, visit: simonguillebaud.com---🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: greatlakesoutreach.org
Love this podcast - really easy and thoughtful listen!