Ignite with Barry Meguiar Podcast

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Well, Beth, it’s fun talking to me before the camera. It’s just nice hearing your heart, you have such a heart for sharing, sharing your faith. Thank you. Can you kind of give us some snapshots of what your life is like as you’re going along and, and God opens these opportunities for you. You know what? I was driving down the street the other day and I was leaving my house and, and this young man approached my car, and he was waving his hands, and I could tell that maybe he wasn’t all there. And he was telling, explaining to me that he needed some help. And he was telling me what he, he was asking me for help, but then also kind of telling me what his trouble is, and, and I just looked at him and I said, well, have you tried talking to God? And he was, it was like a little light bulb went on, and he, he’s like, I’m gonna go do that. And then it was like, everything got a, there was a little piece that came into his world, and then he trotted off. You never know. Yeah. The impact you had with those simple words, you never know till you get to heaven. Yeah. That young man could come to you someday in heaven. I hope so.

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You won’t remember me, but you said that, that it probably me to do this, that probably this. And I found the Lord, and I led people the Lord. I mean, those things happen all the time. With a simple word. The little moments. Just a moment, you give that moment, even in a moment, we can move people closer to Jesus. There was another time that I was filling my vending machines, because that’s what I do, and, and I was aware that this lady was watching me, and so I struck up a conversation with her, and she ended up divulging that she had a unique lifestyle. And, and she said she commented that how friendly I was knowing that she probably understood I didn’t agree with her lifestyle. And she commented on that. And, and that was another time the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, It’s your job to love her, not to judge her. And I told her that, and when I told her that, here I am filling vending machines and in the middle of basically a truck stop, and I, I spoke those words to her, and then I hugged her, and then we talked some more, and just visited for a moment and hugged her two more times. It was just one of those moments that I don’t know what came of it, but I know what the Lord spoke to my heart, and I know what it affected her because of her response. You knew. Yeah. I would say 90% of, yeah, I would say 90% of faith sharing is experiences like that. Yeah, yes. Where you just you had this moment, and in that moment, you move that person closer to Jesus, and then God will bring other people in their lives. You know, you played a role. So there’s a lot of, most people aren’t sharing their faith. Most people watch this right now are not sharing their faith. What would you say to a person like that? Why? What’s, what’s the benefit back to you? Why? Why should people share their faith? The repercussions of sharing your faith is a fulfillment that you will only know once you’ve done it. Yeah, and the, the joy and not only did you encourage someone else. You’re encouraging yourself. You’re filling your own cup up in the process. And God is celebrating as you’re celebrating. It’s exciting. It really is. There’s nothing like it. Nothing like it at all. Well, you do it all the time, and God bless you for doing that. And let’s pray that, and we know that your words are impacting people today that just, can’t imagine themselves doing it yet they want to do it. Maybe you just push them over the edge. That’s right. Thanks for me doing this. Thank you so much, God bless you. Thank you.