Bold Love on the Streets

So what I do in the morning I say Lord give me an opportunity so I will put small packages of food or I'll put anything inside of my car that I think bothers on the ready on the red occasion meets somebody and which I do on a regular basis I wouldn't you meet somebody when I do I'll just you know I look for an opportunity yeah and I'll say you know what's your story welcome to the Ignite with Barry McGuire podcast where Barry's book and passion for spreading God's love are guaranteed to ignite your life now listen in and prepare to have your life ignited we're here in Millwood's junior and you talk to me you're just off camera about I just love sharing my faith every day what does that look like so it all started for me in teen challenge they sent us to the streets yes when Korea town was burning during the trials okay yeah if I can say Rodney King yeah of course the trials and they were bringing they were riding and people were bringing out TVs they were bringing out all these says gunshots everywhere was not scared at all for some reason I just I didn't care if I had to cover anything I had a covering yeah and yeah the spirit of God came on me and I just started saying you know guys God loves you and my voice raised and I said you know if you were to die today what with the Lord that you in yeah and for some reason the an audience came to me and my friend Woody he was of another color and here was I walked right in with the boldness of God you say you like to share your faith every day let's in a vacuum of that okay what is that what does that look like for you when you're walking out at an average day and you're watching for opportunities for the needs that people have because I remember when I didn't have anything and I was homeless so what I do in the morning I say Lord give me an opportunity so I will put small packages of food or I'll put anything inside of my car that I think on the ready on the ready in case you meet somebody and which I do on a regular basis when you meet somebody when I do I'll just you know I look for an opportunity yeah and I'll say you know what's your story yeah you know it's so you have a purse a particular eye for people that who shoes you have walked in yeah and on me you need you you you find somebody that's down maybe it's struggling with addictions whatever tattooed whatever and you right it's my and explain this right it happens quite often and you just look for that kind of that's that's your sweet spot that is my sweet spot wow and so what do you do when you see a person like that I meet their need and I just talked to him where they're at and I say hey can I help you with something yeah and I will I'll meet their need you love on them I'll love on that's it yeah and it's happened from the high from the high of highs to the low of lows I've been able to pray with senators even senators I've been able to pray with the homeless the broken the prostitutes it doesn't matter and that's something it doesn't matter when you love on people they don't have to be like you no they just want your love they want love and they don't care who's giving the love it really doesn't matter what we look like I'm sharing most of the time with people don't look like me and it's almost makes the love more powerful because why are you loving me you know it they don't understand it it interrupts their lives it does interrupt their life sometimes like why are you doing this but if you show it can you give an example can you give I mean you got hundreds of can you give an example of what that looks like I got to order something happened recently or something that you just think of there there's here's an example what that would look like it was gentleman the other day walking across the parking lot and he was screaming just screaming out of his head and I was thinking what can I do and the religious part wanted to just go do something you know pray over him but instead I just walked around and said hey can I know your name and he stopped screaming you said I've done hector wow and I said are you hungry he said I am walked him over got him a burger sat down and we ate you love done him we can all love on people nothing really just nothing religious just yeah sat down in 18 that's sharing faith that's sure now you want to connect to God oh yeah it's not that but the fact of matter is when you love on people and you're doing it in the name of the Lord you're moving people closer to Jesus it's not getting on the knees you're not preaching to him you're not preaching to him you're just loving on them and building trust yes which is lost today and then they can hear your words right yes and we'll see him again and we'll see him again yeah day by day now you know his name right next time you see you call out to him and now you have a relationship you can't rest it can you no you can't I mean in some ways you're going the party you're probably not going to leave him the Lord in that moment that's for sure you have to build trust and really love on them and that's what you're doing yeah that's powerful and he made it that's powerful thanks for joining us thank you thank you thank you if you enjoyed today's episode let us know and don't forget to subscribe wait and review to help us reach more listeners remember sharing your faith ignite your faith see you next time on the ignite with Barry McGuire podcast