Ignite with Barry Meguiar Podcast

Barry Meguiar 00:03
We’re here with Franko and Tony. We’ve been having fun hanging out, man, I love your passion for sharing your faith. And that’s what turns me on, of course. And so you led Tony to the Lord, I want to hear this story. We meet in a fireworks booth, right? And so we’re raising money in Fireworks booth and, and we put out this blanket thing of saying, hey, you want to volunteer. I’ll let you come, and this guy showed up on a skateboard. I just started, you know, in a fireworks booth. There’s not a lot of people, right? Not a lot of people buying, but it’s a lot of time for us to fellowship. And so he started working with you. He started working with me. And this man, it was amazing. He was God sent. Why? There was a lot of little stuff that needed to be done. Every time I turned around, it was getting done, and I’m trying to figure out who’s doing all this. Well that was him, and then I sat him down, and we started just talking, and we’re talking about life and, and I, you know, I think just the impact of conversating and telling our story, telling my story. So fair to say that you realize this was something, this was not just a common relationship. God was up to something. Of course, I hugged him the first time I met you. And when you get hugged by Franko you get a big hug, right?

Antonio Gutierrez 01:19
Yeah, it’s been a blessing upon my life. Like you said, we met in a firework booth, and on my skateboard, I literally skated from my house all the way to the firework booth and help out. You know, my goodness, I want to talk about the spiritual dynamic. Amen. You first were building trust. Yeah, yes. You were loving on him, yeah? So you recognize that he’s really showing you kindness. Yes. And it’s real. Yes. And this is a good guy. Very, very, very good man. You could trust this guy, right? I’d trust with my life. You build that first so that when he mentioned God to you, you listened. Yes. Right? Yes, I did. If he was, if he was using cross language and, and mean to people, treating people badly. Would you pay any attention to him talking about God? Not at all. No, I wouldn’t have took his word for it at all. So he earned your trust first, this is important for all of us. Thank you, Barry I never really thought of it.

Barry Meguiar 02:12
But see, you have to, when you, when you, when you love Jesus and you love your neighbor as yourself, you’re concerned for their salvation as you are your own. So that’s why, when you fill those two, you fulfill the whole 10 Commandments. And so you’re doing all the kindness that just happens automatically. You do that, and they’ll know you’re his disciple by your love. You’re loving on Tony. Tony, you respond to that love that opens the door for the larger conversation, and it happened just naturally, is the Holy Spirit led you. And now, because of this impact, and what’s happened to him, he’s impacted a lot. Yeah, now you’re sharing your faith, right? To everybody I can. Yeah, talk to us. Just, just recently, I was, went to go put some gas I was on my way to work, to a job that we had, and I pulled up to this gas Station. It’s not in regular gas station I usually go to. We just, for some reason, we do something different, out of the ordinary. Divine appointment. Later on, we realized, I was in divine appointment. Yes, this gentleman seen me pull up, and he just walks up and he goes, hey, you know, how you doing? You know this and that? And I just said, You know what? I’m doing very blessed, you know what I mean. And I started talking to him, and I saw, I just invited him to church. I says, you know what? You know, and. He was just homeless. And he was a homeless man. Well, next thing, I’m sitting there talking to him for a few minutes, and he says, hey, I wrote this song. And then he, and he starts singing on this song about the Lord, and Lord has moved in. What?

Antonio Gutierrez 03:39
And he said that he’s never talked to somebody that’s paid him any mind because of the situation he’s in. And I told him. You were showing respect. Yes, and I told him, the Lord loves you. I love you, brother. I don’t know you, but you know what? Wow. We’re at, we have, I have a church that we go to. You know, you’re more than welcome to come if you need any, you know, help to get there or whatever, give me a call. And he just text me a couple of days ago and said, when, when is, when can he go to church? The Lord, the Lord put it in me to. Wow. Give my love and show him some love. And he responded. What was it like to you when you saw that text? What is that? Oh, man, it filled me with open love. Yes, exactly. I just want to, I just want to scream out loud, you know. Oh, my goodness. Anytime, any moment, be prepared, and God is sharing God’s love.

Franko Besinaiz 04:27
And that’s all you can do, is spread his love. There is so much hope, especially in these times that we’re facing. This is hope. This is a time when people are broken and they are ready. And the light shines brightest in the darkness, right? Amen. Just have joy. Just have a smile on your face. Now, this is for all of us. Doesn’t matter what our walk of life. That the Lord has given us from other, through other people, as Franklin did to me. Yeah, I just want to share that, just give it, that love to other people, and spread it, spread His word and. Spread it, baby.

Barry Meguiar 04:59
You don’t preach it. You live it. That’s right. Amen, yes, that’s right. Thank you guys. This was really special. Thank you, blessing. Thank you. Thank you.