GPS: God. People. Stories.
From murderers to missionaries and actors to athletes, people from all walks of life have life-changing encounters with God. Listen to them share their stories here.
Episodes
329 episodes
‘Holidays Were Terrible’: Lisa’s Transformational Thanksgiving
When Lisa* was a little girl, Thanksgiving meant ordering fast food while family members got drunk and fought. Her traumatic childhood led her to decades of dysfunction, drug abuse, and jail time. During those years of chaos, Lisa had five chil...
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Episode 338
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Soccer Player’s Painful Path to Trusting God
For much of his early life, soccer was everything to Ben Locke. He was on the path to success until health issues—and something more sinister—nearly ended more than just his sports career. When Ben could no longer rely on his physic...
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Episode 337
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Chip Ingram: ‘God, Where Do You Want Me?’
Growing up, Chip Ingram believed that anything short of constant success meant failure. That all changed when he was invited to a Fellowship of Christian Athletes camp where he traded his ideals of success for salvation in Jesus Christ.C...
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Episode 336
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20:34
Hurricane Helene: One Man’s Efforts to Save His Neighbor
Hurricane Helene caused torrential floods and mudslides in Western North Carolina—devastating the entire region in late September. On Saturday, September 27, one North Carolina resident—Ken Fisher—rescued his neighbor and lifelong f...
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Episode 335
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Rodeo Cowboy’s Fear, Wild Living Conquered by God’s Love
As a professional bareback bull rider, Todd Pierce had “lots of close calls with life and death situations.” However, his biggest fear lurked within.Find out how Todd overcame a career-ending injury, his deepest fears, and how God lead h...
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Episode 334
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From ‘Terrified, Nerdy Little Kid’ to Bold Evangelist
Greg Stier didn’t fit in with his family. He was a timid youth surrounded by uncles who were street fighters, bodybuilders, and boxers. Even the Mafia called them the “Crazy Brothers.” However, in an unlikely turn of events, God led...
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Episode 333
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Embracing ‘Unwanted Seasons’: Ruth Chou Simons
Ruth Chou Simons shares her inspiring journey of immigrating from Taiwan to the U.S. to becoming an author, artist, mother of six boys, and founder of GraceLaced—a Christ-centered art company.Ruth explains that she’s always loved being a...
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Episode 332
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Broken Body, Grateful Heart: Joni Eareckson Tada
After a diving accident rendered her quadriplegic, Joni Eareckson Tada went through a dark time in her life. However, just as Joni’s physical life was changed in an instant, her spiritual life also changed quickly--and permanently.
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Episode 331
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‘Not Afraid … Not Alone’: God’s Protection for Haiti Missionary
Sherrie Fausey has experienced everything from earthquakes to gang violence in the 24 years since she followed God’s leading to become a missionary in Haiti. But she’s also witnessed people experience spiritual and physical healing.
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Episode 330
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Laughter. Tears. Wisdom: Lisa Harper’s Adoption Story
Lisa Harper was in her 40s when she felt that her plan to adopt a child was looking like a pipe dream. That is, until she received a phone call from some friends in Haiti. She’s now Mom to Missy—a Haitian girl who was so sick she almost didn’t ...
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Episode 329
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After Helicopter Crash, Widow Leans Into Trusting God
On a late November morning, Jillian Myers’ life changed forever when her husband Jason, a local TV meteorologist, died in a helicopter crash. In the wake of the crash, Jillian’s faith in Jesus carried her through the lowest point in...
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Episode 328
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‘We Had … Struggles’: ‘Five Love Languages’ Creator’s Own Love Story
Gary and Karolyn Chapman’s marriage almost didn’t outlast the “honeymoon phase.” But God showed Gary a new way for couples to express their love for each other—transforming not only their marriage, but those of others as well.Gary’s best...
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Episode 327
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‘”Experiencing God” Almost Never Happened’: The Blackabys’ Story
Millions of people around the world are familiar with the book “Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God,” but they probably don’t know that its author, Henry Blackaby, never intended to write it.On this Father’s Day episode ...
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Episode 326
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‘I Saw People Killed’: Child of Apartheid Trades Hate for God’s Love
Racism, violence, poverty, abortion—Trevor Sampson was exposed to all of this and more as a black boy growing up under Apartheid in South Africa. But amid the turmoil and oppression, Trevor’s love for music led him down a path that would change...
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Episode 325
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‘War Is Absolute Evil’: Ukrainian Chaplains’ Story
Vitaliy and Maria Tkachuk and their children had to flee their home in Ukraine with little more than the clothes on their backs. They’ve seen their city destroyed by missile attacks. They brace themselves when the air raid sirens blast....
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Episode 324
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19:26
'Wear a Wire or Get Arrested': From Executive to Informant
By the age of 32, Mark Whitacre thought he had it all. He was a high-level executive and millionaire. After illegally helping his employer with one of the largest price fixing cases in U.S. history, Mark became an informant for the FBI.
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Episode 323
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Singer Christine D’Clario Finds Joy After Darkness
Singer and worship leader Christine D’Clario has walked a difficult road. As a child, she was rejected because of her ethnicity, as a teen she rebelled against God, and as an adult, she struggled with infertility and severe postpartum depressio...
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Episode 322
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27:20
Suicidal Combat Vet Saved by Falling Bible
When combat veteran Fernando Arroyo left the U.S. Army, he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. It got so bad, he almost took his own life. Today, Fernando works to help other veterans find hope and overcome PTSD. Hear...
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Episode 321
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23:26
Vision of Jesus Changes Muslim Man’s Life
On the same night that Naeem Fazal saw Jesus in a dream, he converted from Islam to Christianity.Today, he is the founding pastor of Mosaic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Find out more of his transformational story on this episode...
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Episode 320
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19:00
Big Daddy Weave Reflects on Loss of Brother and Bandmate
When Mike Weaver’s brother died of COVID-19 in 2022, he lost both a lifelong friend and a bandmate—but the story doesn’t end there.Find out more about the brothers’ relationship, ministry, and band, Big Daddy Weave, on this episode of <...
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Episode 319
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5 of the Most Powerful GPS Episodes—And a Preview of What’s to Come
From a shark bite survivor, to an NFL star, to a missionary doctor who nearly died of Ebola, meet some of the most memorable guests from the last eight years of GPS: God. People. Stories. Then get ready for a year of powe...
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Episode 318
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Uprooting Their Texas Life to Plant a Church in Post-Christian NYC
“Why do I have no family in New York City, no experience in New York City, no history in New York City, but yet I feel like I belong in it, in my gut?”That’s the question Garrett Raburn found himself asking a few years ago. It shocked h...
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Episode 317
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‘Do I Take a Bullet for This Kid?’
Ben Page left his pro soccer career and moved to the inner city of Charlotte, North Carolina, to live among the kids in his ministry.Listen as Ben shares the challenges, dangers and joys of living out the love of Christ to his neighbors...
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Episode 316
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Sharing the Hope of Christ in Peru, Even Through Deep Loss
Carolyn Pace has served as a missionary in Peru since the 1960s. She’s lived through military coups and violence in the streets.“We would hear an explosion, and we're sitting at the table eating … and somebody would say, ‘Oh, I w...
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Episode 315
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27:19
Family Gives Up the American Dream to Serve Africa’s Poor (Part 2)
The Newquist family was loving their new life onboard a medical ship off the coast of Africa. Then the COVID pandemic struck.“It was absolutely devastating,” Raeanne Newquist said. “We had given up everything to go do this. And in some ...
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Episode 314
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