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. Stories of adventure and risk-taking stir the listener to imagine new possibilities.

Hosted by Simon Guillebaud, author, speaker and founder of Great Lakes Outreach. New episodes each Thursday.

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Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud episodes:

05.23.2024
Not Writing Your Own Script | Jemimah Main
Jemimah Main (nee Wright) shares her journey to becoming an author and journalist, and the stunningly-woven love story in her 40s that God confirmed would come - not by her might, not by her power, but by His Spirit. Instagram:...
05.16.2024
Call the Exorcist | Adrian Galvin
Years of alcohol abuse, weed, and transcendental meditation took their toll on Adrian’s mental health. As his life steadily unravelled, he had a life-changing encounter, which opened up a powerful gift to be used to bring freedom for many people...
05.09.2024
Compassion Works! | Richmond Wandera
From misery in the slum to being sponsored by Compassion through school, Richmond excelled and thrived in his studies. A successful career in accountancy beckoned, but his desire to challenge poverty structures and develop leaders meant his life heading in...
05.02.2024
Revival Ready | Steve Uppal
Steve Uppal began his own radical and fruitful youth group in the living room as a 13-year-old before graduating through the ranks over the years to senior pastor of a multisite thriving church. But in 2020 he heard God’s gentle...
04.25.2024
Naturally Supernatural | Mark & Fiona Gilpin
Mark and Fiona are regular everyday people in the workplace who have unlocked a way of bringing God into their daily encounters in a natural and powerful manner. They equip and train up others to overcome fear and actually enjoy...
04.18.2024
Against the Flow | Andrea Williams
Firebrand barrister Andrea couldn’t just implement flawed laws, she had to challenge the whole system. Not for the faint-hearted, her courageous stands led to her starting Christian Concern, to fight for victims of injustice and help equip people to be...
04.11.2024
Living on a Prayer | Josh Green
What a story! Languishing in a police cell, God’s power broke in and he heard his Mother singing a specific song in the corridor outside… except she was not there, but was at home miles away singing that very song...
04.04.2024
Power Encounters! | Jonathan Conrathe
If you don’t believe in modern-day miracles, this will challenge you! One of the most extraordinary interviews I’ve ever done. Jon has seen God do the most mind-blowing signs and wonders, both in the UK and in over 50 nations....
03.28.2024
Saved from Suicide | Sandy Garvock
‘Son of Satan’ Sandy was a very bad man indeed - violent, hard, and scornful of the very concept of God. But a decade ago, the least likely person to turn to Jesus had a succession of undeniable encounters, and...
03.21.2024
Student Witness | Rob Colwell
21-year-old rugby player and Loughborough student Rob is on fire to share his faith with his peers and anyone else who will listen. He’s a good story-teller with the best story to tell! Rob can be contacted at rjccolwell[@]gmail.com --- Support us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠--- Weekly episode...
03.14.2024
Light in Darkest Places | Ali Fenning
A crazy encounter gave Ali her life's calling - to go to hopeless places and be a beacon of hope! That calling has taken her from working with prostitutes in Ipswich to genocide perpetrators in Rwanda, and frontline mission in...
03.07.2024
Kingdom Advance | Ben Jack
Ben was a professional DJ for many years and now heads up Advance, which has exploded into 15,000+ groups across 93 nations training and equipping in evangelism. What a story! Check out www.advancegroups.org to get involved. --- Watch our new video - ⁠Tears...
02.29.2024
Bright Spark | Dr Elaine Storkey
Feminist, academic, broadcaster, philosopher, author… it’s hard to keep up with Elaine and all she has accomplished in the last eight decades. And she’s still on a roll! Listen here: Check out elainestorkey.com --- Support us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you're interested in booking a speaker from...
02.22.2024
Myriad Miracles | John McGinley
Wherever John went, he saw folks coming to Christ. His passion is to help others develop into disciples who are confident in the gospel. He now leads Myriad, a growing network of everyday people establishing creative expressions of church across...
02.15.2024
"Can I be a gay Christian?" | Sarah Segdwick
Accidentally tuning into Premier Radio one day led to Sarah’s world being turned upside down. As founder of Transformed Ministries, she shares openly and honestly about her own journey with sexuality and identity, and offers hope and encouragement to others...
02.08.2024
The God of Tech | Ryan Collins
Ryan Collins paints an exciting picture of the potential role that technology can play in our future. As the president of Bethel Tech, he is leading the charge in influencing and raising up legions of coders and programmers with a...
02.01.2024
Gospel Entrepreneurs | Roy Crowne
Roy always lived and thought out of the box, seeing opportunities before others around him. From installations at Alton Towers to getting Queen Elizabeth to break a decades-long precedent, he's always seeking an exciting new project, with a laugh or...
01.25.2024
For the Underdog | Danielle Strickland
Danielle was a juvenile delinquent in a holding cell when she had a powerful encounter with Jesus. From then on she’s always been on the side of the outcast, the vulnerable and the misunderstood. Life with her is a ‘beautiful...
01.18.2024
On the Front Line! | Christian Hickey
From being a Police Officer, a Marine and a Green Beret, Christian felt compelled to quit, sell up his house and move his family to Ukraine, to use his experience and skills alongside troops on the frontline in the war...
01.11.2024
The Dangerous Flea | David Robertson
Dawkins banned him, and another atheist called him ‘a dangerous man’ because of his persuasive winsomeness as a gospel communicator. And after a miraculous healing from his deathbed, David is all the more passionate to take every opportunity to share...
01.04.2024
Lost & Found | Tim Jones
He was a high-profile pastor’s kid who went spectacularly off the rails – lost in a world of drug-taking, dealing, and deepening despair. After a failed suicide attempt, the hound of heaven tracked him down in his pigpen, and the...
12.28.2023
Fearless Protector | Racheal Mutesi
Raised in a slum, Racheal so excelled despite her circumstances that she was sponsored to go to the UK. She ended up studying at Oxford, before returning to her native Uganda to fight for the rights of sexually abused girls....
12.25.2023
Happy Christmas from Simon!
Happy Christmas, and thank you so much for listening this year! We'd love it if you could spread the word and inspire even more people in 2024 - so could you help us by reviewing or rating us on whatever...
12.21.2023
Faith Through Cancellation | Aaron Edwards
Bible college lecturer Aaron was sacked for a tweet back in February. He shares his story of faith, from his unplanned conversion to seeing God's provision, and how things unravelled following his post. Aaron can be contacted through email at aaron.p.edwards[@]gmail.com Twitter:...
12.14.2023
Rebel without/with a Cause | Tarn Bright
From being a lost wild child to becoming a child champion, Tarn Bright’s story is one of reaching rock bottom before experiencing amazing grace in a radical way. Now, having adopted two precious boys with additional needs, she’s a Mum...
12.07.2023
The Prodigal Punk | Lewis Lewis
Lewis left Northern Ireland for London aged 17 with a punk band. He was an avowed atheist and hated religion. Just under four decades of debauchery, drugs and crime ensued, until an extraordinary encounter at his piano out of the...
11.30.2023
Towards Eden | Sam Ward
Accountant Sam chose the path of downward mobility in moving onto Openshaw, one of the toughest estates in the land. With a heroin addict living on one side, and a brothel on the other, an extraordinary adventure began, which continues...
11.23.2023
Prison Alpha | Emmy Wilson
As a nurse, Emmy ended up working with HIV/AIDS sufferers, going on to start an outreach to drug addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes and the homeless. But her life work became pioneering the Alpha Course in prisons throughout the UK, and now...
11.16.2023
Escape from North Korea | Timothy Cho
What an incredible story! A two-time North Korean escapee, Timothy endured unimaginable horrors as a child and in prison. Against all odds, Chinese authorities were pressured into allowing him to fly to freedom as a refugee. Now, as a UK...
11.15.2023
Prayer Storm | James Aladiran
An encounter at a meeting in the year 2000 on campus changed James from a shy introvert to a turbo-charged firebrand, passionate to see a new generation raised up to transform the nation. It’s a stirring story. Check out prayerstorm.org...
11.08.2023
Hiddenness and Courageous Leadership | Jill Duff
From the ‘glorious CV’ of degree and doctorate at Cambridge and Oxford to working in the oil industry, from the hiddenness of urban ministry whilst being a Mum to being a courageous bishop, Jill burns with passion for the overlooked...
10.26.2023
Into the Light! | Kevin Wilson
As the University of Exeter prepares to offer a degree in Magic and Occult Science, and the world celebrates Halloween this week, we ask if it’s all just innocent fun? Kevin's descent into the dark arts provides a shocking and...
10.19.2023
Dream Encounters | Josh Abrahams
A product of his culture, Josh was a womanising party-goer until he encountered Jesus through a powerful dream. Now a physics teacher and worship-evangelist, be inspired as Josh shares stories of God at work in prisons, schools, and a momentous...
10.12.2023
Freedom for the Captive | John Lawson
John was a nightclub bouncer, a kidnapper, an extortionist, and more – which led to several stints in prison, where he eventually found radical freedom. His book ‘If a Wicked Man’ is a mind-blowing read. Listen here to his amazing...
10.05.2023
Mentoring with a Limp | Marty Woods
I love Marty’s raw honesty and tender heart for seeing people fulfil their potential, ‘listening to what their spirit is saying’. From being abused as a child to losing his son at birth, life hasn’t been easy; but in his...
09.28.2023
Infanticide in the Amazon | Marcia Suzuki
Marcia’s story is off the charts, almost un-believable in the true sense of the word. Ending up in the deepest jungle, facing gang rape, seeing a worm crawl out of her flesh, working with a naked tribe, getting infanticide outlawed...
09.21.2023
Pure Joy! | Joy Carter
Comedian Joy Carter was found next to her dead sister in the Biafran war, and adopted by a wonderful British couple. She was bullied mercilessly at school for being a different colour and had to work through many issues as...
09.14.2023
New Age Demons | Guy Lynton
Guy’s spiritual search for truth involved Ouija boards, Reiki, psychedelic drugs and more. In a crowded cell in a Zambian prison, he started reading the Bible, and slowly his path to deliverance and freedom opened up. It’s an amazing story,...
09.07.2023
Back to Basics | Phil Moore
Phil was a ‘successful’ respected, high-profile pastor leading a growing multi-site church in London… and then the Covid pandemic forced him into a costly, radical and liberating reassessment of what church should look like. Warning: this is very challenging indeed...
08.31.2023
From Death to Life | Gram Seed
Gram was a football hooligan, a regular in prison, an addict and ultimately a destitute tramp, which led to him being in a coma for six days. The doctors called his mother in to agree to switch the machine off,...
08.24.2023
Flaming Healing and Deliverance! | Jan Ransom MBE
From being Lieutenant Colonel in the army, Jan left to start up Flame International and travel the world training and empowering in healing and deliverance ministry. Her stories of beautiful power encounters are extremely inspiring, thought-provoking, challenging and faith-stirring! It’s...
08.17.2023
Joy Bomb | Tina Lawless
Strap yourself in and get ready to laugh out loud as one-of-a-kind mother-of-six Tina shares multiple stories of her beautiful interactions with anybody and everybody she comes across. To see the crazy person behind the voice, it’s well worth checking...
08.10.2023
Worth Everything! | Dr Ed Michaelson
Thrilled by missionary stories as a child, Dr Ed always thought he'd go onto the field himself, until a trip to India profoundly altered his perspective. After years sparing every personal expense to support passionate church planters in rural India,...
08.03.2023
Hearing God's Voice | Dr Jonathan Oloyede
Jonathan’s life is one long succession of extraordinary and specific answers to prayer. From being raised a Muslim in Nigeria to having a powerful encounter with Jesus, he came to the UK on holiday to visit his sister but is...
07.27.2023
God's Hostage | Andrew Brunson
Dubbed by The Economist as 'the most expensive prisoner in the world', Andrew's imprisonment in Türkiye became a subject of international attention and significance. But in this interview, he shares candidly about just how difficult it was, and how even...
07.20.2023
Soul Tears and Hope | Zoe Clark-Coates
Zoe and husband Andy have walked a long and painful road, suffering the devastating loss of five babies, but they have found hope and healing along the way. Zoe decided to use her counselling training and twenty years of experience...
07.13.2023
Church for the Anti-Church! | Chris Arnold
Chris managed to hold on to faith in Jesus despite very negative church experiences. As a result, he now leads a church for people who hate church, with stunning results. Connect with Chris at: renewalchurchnairobi.com --- We've got a new Instagram page! Follow us @inspiredwith.sg Choose...
07.06.2023
Initiating Change in India! | Moses Paul
When Moses went to India, he had no idea he'd end up impacting the lives of millions, be it through strategic student lectures, remote village outreach, or through the campaign of his team, which resulted in internet pornography being entirely...
06.29.2023
Hope on the Streets of Toxteth | Dave Sharples MBE
Dave Sharples, known locally as "Captain" Dave, has been bringing the hope of Jesus to Liverpool families for nearly three decades. In 2005, Dave developed a tool for evangelism called the4points, to help share the gospel in a simple and...
06.22.2023
The Refugee Rocket! | Ram Gidoomal CBE
Ram’s wealthy family had to rebuild from scratch as refugees in the UK after his Father was deported from Kenya. Arriving aged 17, and overcoming much discrimination, who could believe that years later his stratospheric trajectory would see him running...

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Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud episodes:

Not Writing Your Own Script | Jemimah Main

Call the Exorcist | Adrian Galvin

Compassion Works! | Richmond Wandera

Revival Ready | Steve Uppal

Naturally Supernatural | Mark & Fiona Gilpin

Against the Flow | Andrea Williams

Living on a Prayer | Josh Green

Power Encounters! | Jonathan Conrathe

Saved from Suicide | Sandy Garvock

Student Witness | Rob Colwell

Light in Darkest Places | Ali Fenning

Kingdom Advance | Ben Jack

Bright Spark | Dr Elaine Storkey

Myriad Miracles | John McGinley

"Can I be a gay Christian?" | Sarah Segdwick

The God of Tech | Ryan Collins

Gospel Entrepreneurs | Roy Crowne

For the Underdog | Danielle Strickland

On the Front Line! | Christian Hickey

The Dangerous Flea | David Robertson

Lost & Found | Tim Jones

Fearless Protector | Racheal Mutesi

Happy Christmas from Simon!

Faith Through Cancellation | Aaron Edwards

Rebel without/with a Cause | Tarn Bright

The Prodigal Punk | Lewis Lewis

Towards Eden | Sam Ward

Prison Alpha | Emmy Wilson

Escape from North Korea | Timothy Cho

Prayer Storm | James Aladiran

Hiddenness and Courageous Leadership | Jill Duff

Into the Light! | Kevin Wilson

Dream Encounters | Josh Abrahams

Freedom for the Captive | John Lawson

Mentoring with a Limp | Marty Woods

Infanticide in the Amazon | Marcia Suzuki

Pure Joy! | Joy Carter

New Age Demons | Guy Lynton

Back to Basics | Phil Moore

From Death to Life | Gram Seed

Flaming Healing and Deliverance! | Jan Ransom MBE

Joy Bomb | Tina Lawless

Worth Everything! | Dr Ed Michaelson

Hearing God's Voice | Dr Jonathan Oloyede

God's Hostage | Andrew Brunson

Soul Tears and Hope | Zoe Clark-Coates

Church for the Anti-Church! | Chris Arnold

Initiating Change in India! | Moses Paul

Hope on the Streets of Toxteth | Dave Sharples MBE

The Refugee Rocket! | Ram Gidoomal CBE

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