From Tyrant to Transformed Part 1

She's totally different. Everybody thought this is talking about it. It's just these chains. A new creation. A new creation. It's notable. Right? When somebody is transformed by the power of Christ, it's just like instantaneous. 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. I love being with you every time we get together. I mean, it's like none. We can talk about our favorite subject. Yeah, exactly. And it just goes on and on. I mean, sometimes we're together for quite a long period of time. We're still sharing these stories back at work. I often say the most fun conversations. And you put any two faith shares together. And it's not one up in each other. But that reminds you, I wasn't a store like that once. And you just have all these stories. And it's so fun to share them. It's just amazing. Tell me some of your most recent experiences. Some that I haven't heard before. Well, I worked with a woman that we had a lot of conversations and work exchange via phone and computer. And we didn't work, but 150 miles away from each other. But every day we were working on projects together. And she was known in our company as being the tyrant. She could make you cry. Everybody was afraid of her. And so I thought, well, Lord, why do you have me working with this woman? She really made people cry. Yeah. She'd been in the company the longest. She was a tyrant. And when I came into the company, I was warned about her. And so I just started praying for her before I even started working with her. And lo and behold, we had to have some days together face to face working on a project. And I had been praying for her for months and maybe even a year at that point. And do you know that as God would have it, we had to drive out, we were in oil. We had to drive out to several locations in the field and hours and hours of driving together. And so we began to share. She couldn't escape. Yeah, she was trapped in my car. So as we were traveling, she started sharing with me some of the hurt in her life. And at one point she even said, I don't know why I'm telling you all of this. But you know, the Holy Spirit had prepared her and me. And she felt God's presence in that car. Because I asked for God's presence to be there knowing she would be in the car. And God and His faithfulness through our days together. At the end of that time, there have been many tears and candy conversation with her. And at the end of that time, she did accept Christ. And you know, I got a call from a coworker at her corporate office where she worked. And he was a believer and she said, she called me after that. She said, what happened with you and so and so? She said, she's totally different. Everybody in the office is talking about it. She's changed. A new creation. A new creation. It's notable, right? When somebody is transformed by the power of Christ, it's just like instantaneous. These divine appointments, when God's sovereignty moves in two lives, not just yours. He's divinely bringing you to that moment. But her life's a totally different life for her to get to that encounter. God's just at the perfect time comes in when she was vulnerable and open. You got to remember, he is not willing that any should perish, but that all should have eternal life. And so those people that we have in our sphere of influence, those people are included. Those people that we meet when we're doing life and, you know, we're getting an Uber or we're at the store wherever we are. And look what it does and the payback is. It gets to have fun. We get to have fun every day. Yeah. It's promise of joy every day. I mean, every day is an adventure. Yeah. Things couldn't be darker and yet it doesn't really matter. In fact, the darker gets the easier it gets. Yes. And the more fun it gets. The light shines brighter. People are angry for what we have. Yeah. People don't ever turn away from God conversations now. They want to know. They want to know. They want what we have. It's the absolute, this life and Satanism we're going to offend people. All those excuses, you know. It's an incredible opportunity. You exhibit that so well. Every time I'm with you, I get stuff. You do too. Stories. It's so much fun. And God bless you. I know my dear friend. He is so very special. Thank you. If you enjoyed today's episode, let us know. And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review to help us reach more listeners. Remember, sharing your fate, ignites your fate. See you next time on the Ignite with Barry McGuire podcast.