The Prodigal Punk | Lewis Lewis

Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud

Great Lakes Outreach

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.9 • 663 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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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 blue one day. It was the culmination of 55 years of his mother (and others) praying, but what a beautiful result! You can be in touch with him at lewislewis[@]fastmail.net Check out https://www.christianityexplored.org/ (christianityexplored.org) --- Support us financially: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/get-involved/inspired-give/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) If you're interested in booking a speaker from GLO for 2024, contact ⁠⁠info@greatlakesoutreach.org⁠⁠ https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/people/simon-guillebaud/choose-life-2023/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=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) https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠)

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0:00.0	All that Coke, booze, smoking just stopped.
0:05.0	And not only did it stop, but all the desire for it left me in one hit.
0:09.0	Cocaine addicts, and I tried to stop before.
0:11.0	It just stopped no more cocaine, no more booze, no cigarettes, no spliff, no porn, nothing.
0:16.0	It all stopped in one go.
0:18.0	There's no strength of willpower or determination, and I've never been tempted to return.
0:23.0	Never.
0:23.8	So how does that happen?
0:28.3	Welcome, everybody.
0:29.4	This is Simon Gilbeau with Inspired.
0:31.0	I'm really excited with our guest this week.
0:33.7	We were on a whole day together in the summer, beautiful, gorgeous Lee Abbey in Devon,
0:39.4	and I heard Lewis's story and it blew my mind.
0:42.9	It was a massive encouragement, I'm sure will be for many of you,
0:46.1	if you've been praying for a long time, for someone you really love,
0:49.5	who's not making the best choices to see the incredible way that God broke through into his life.
0:56.4	Anyway, if you're new to inspired, it is about encouragement.
0:59.0	It's about stirring faith.
0:59.9	We're bombarded with loads of rubbish and bad news.
1:03.1	And this completely counteracts as we meet different people week by week who I've come across friends.
1:08.0	And I love the variety of people's stories.
1:11.6	So welcome Lewis Lewis.
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