So this guy, he was opening up to me about how him and his wife have been trying to have kids. And they had like two or three felled IVF treatments. This guy didn't believe in God. But as soon as I started praying, he closed his eyes like he would receive it. Two months later, came into the shop with the biggest smile. He said, whatever you did work. And I said, bro, it wasn't me. It was Jesus. Because I prayed to Jesus. and I was so happy for that they were actually conceiving naturally.

I'm a barber, right? did work and I said bro it wasn't me it was Jesus because I prayed to Jesus and I was so happy

for that they were actually conceiving naturally I'm a barber right I'm not a man on stage I'm

in my job but my job is my ministry wherever we are we are witnesses where the hands and feet of Jesus

it took a barber to intercede for his client to see heaven come and invade that guy's life.

Welcome everybody. This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired. Great to be back for another fantastic week of encouragement and hearing stirring stories of faith.

Listen, if you're new to us, Inspired is all about counteracting the relentless bombardment of negativity and bad news that we get when we engage with 24-7 news cycle.

So, you know, that just fills us with dread, fear, cynicism, anxiety, depression.

And what we need is dollets of good news.

And from different mates of mine from across

the spectrum of life experience, I love it the range we get. And this week, well, we've certainly

never had a barber on, but we've got a man who's not just a barber. He's got his own

clothes label called No Risk, No Story. He's got his own podcast. We've got those we're going to get into. Last week we were at Jay John's Evangelist Conference together. So welcome Costa Michael. Thanks, Simon. Thanks for having me on Inspired. I'm so excited to get this done and have a great conversation with you. And hopefully it will bless everyone that is listening. I have no doubt. I have no doubt. So I love

it that you're, you know, you're creative, you're reckless, you're passionate, you're bold, you're adventurous, you're sensitive and all that's going to come out right now. So listen, I actually don't know much of your backstory. So kick us off, go for it. So my backstory, Sorry, I was raised a Christian through my mom.

I was christened Greek Orthodox because my heritage is Greek Cypriot and Hungarian.

But yeah, faith was just like religion for me growing up.

I used to go to the Greek Orthodox Church, Greek school.

I used to see, you know, all the old people kissed the icons.

And I'm like, I do not want to kiss that picture after that old nanny. You know, no offense to her. But, you know, the old people kissed the icons and I'm like, I do not want to kiss that picture after that old nanny, you know, no offence to her, but, you know, like, I'm like, get the windex out and, but religion was, that's what faith was to me, it was just this religion. But my mum became like born again and she started taking me into like a contemporary born again, Pentecostal churches. And from a young age, I felt seeds were sewn, but I wasn't in it until I was in my late teens. And I'm a football fan, so football was always number one for me. Always Sundays was like, forget church, my team's playing. Which team? So listen, since I've become a Christian, we have not won the league. So I'm like, Lord, what

is happening? But I'm an Arsenal fan. Oh, me too. Fellaguna. Come on, bring it on.

Yeah, man. Anyway, carry on. So yeah, you remember back in the day was always the top four

as it was. So always I'll just skip church.

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