Hope on the Streets of Toxteth | Dave Sharples MBE

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Great Lakes Outreach

Christianity, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 663 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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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 memorable way to inner city kids. Dave has seen God turn many lives around, as he has faithfully gone out to pray for families in Toxteth. His heart is very much to see God continue to transform his community, whilst also inspiring and equipping churches and ministries around the world for mission. It’s an uplifting story of hope in a community synonymous with violence and crime. Check out http://www.the4points.com/uk/index.php (the4points.com) To donate towards the4points ministry, go to https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/the4points (give.net/the4points) Every £15 will help a local church share the gospel with 200 people. To personally support Dave, visit https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20037327 (stewardship.org.uk/partners/20037327) --- We've got a new Instagram page! Follow us https://www.instagram.com/inspiredwith.sg/ (@inspiredwith.sg) https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/people/simon-guillebaud/choose-life-2023/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠⁠)Support us: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/get-involved/inspired-give/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired⁠⁠) Weekly episode WhatsApp link: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#whatsapp (⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp⁠⁠) | Weekly email notification: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#email (⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail⁠⁠) For more from Simon, visit: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/ (⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com⁠⁠) --- Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi and Beyond: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org⁠)

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0:00.0	I've seen lads in a very difficult situation but they've gone, no, no, no, I'm not going to respond in the same way.
0:08.0	I know one lad that these guys were trying to like stab him and cause him some problems.
0:12.0	So someone in his family opened the boot of the car and said, oh, here you go, like pick one of the weapons, just go and sort them out.
0:18.0	And I'm talking like firearms and stuff.
0:20.0	And he literally turned and said, no, I don't want to them out. And I'm talking like firearms and stuff. And he
0:21.0	literally turned and said, no, I don't want to be like you. I'm living my life for God.
0:28.4	Welcome, everybody. This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired. It's great to be back with you guys again.
0:33.3	We've got another superb guest. If you're new to inspired, it's all about getting friends and
0:38.9	contacts of mine from different walks of life doing fantastic kingdom stuff that are all in for Jesus.
0:44.1	Some of them have been through really rough times and yet they're authentic sort of digging deep
0:47.9	through sucker punches of life. It's inspiring. It's challenging. It's stirring. And yeah,
0:53.2	we've all got different journeys and different
0:54.7	races to run. But let's get straight to it. I'm really excited to have with us an old fend. We go
0:59.8	back about about 15 years. Dave Shafballs, welcome, buddy. Good afternoon, sir. May, it's great to have
1:05.2	you. So Dave and I basically see each other pretty much every year, apart from COVID for the last 15 years-ish. We're trying to
1:12.7	work out when New Wine North, probably the first time. And it's interesting because we were at
1:17.1	Spring Harvest together a couple of months back. And I was going through rough time. And Dave,
1:23.1	funny enough, we're both wearing the same top, which is one of his grey, the four points tops.
1:30.6	Vintage grey, that one.
1:32.0	Yeah.
1:33.2	And because I was having a rough time, he said, let me pray for you.
1:35.6	And as he was praying for me, I was thinking, I love this man, he's great.
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