(0:00 - 4:42)Okay, so I would pray I'd read my word and it it tended to uh It began to impact more now that I had a personal relationship It wasn't just deeds and doings of things and I remember uh going in and and Being able to share those experiences and the things that i've been experiencing with others Welcome to the ignite with Barry Meguiar 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 Well Joseph, thanks for spending a little time with us this morning and I would talk to you about that you you you You've entered into this relationship this first relationship with Jesus. So how do What did that do for you and how did it impact the people around you yeah, definitely so, uh, I would begin to Do the things that I knew that I should have been doing. Okay, so I would pray i'd read my word and it it tended to uh It began to impact more now that I had a personal relationship It wasn't just deeds and doings of things and I remember uh going in and and Being able to share those experiences and the things that i've been experiencing with others and I remember I ever so vaguely there was a a girl that I worked with and I remember I I had a bible and i'd always write in it and I had it there and I was just like the holy spirit told me Hey, you're gonna give this bible to her and I was like, well, I just bought this bible Why would I give you know and but it was obedience obedience and yeah, and So I said, okay, so I remember I had it and ship started walked in handed it to her and she was like, oh, well, thank you, you know, and I remember Reading I was reading I was sitting there reading a couple times and she asked about it And so I read it to her and she said well that doesn't sound like that doesn't sound complicated She's like i've always heard that the bible was like, you know Very You know like it's in this range where you have to reach up for it, you know to get it and I said no and I read Her some I read her it was the gospels And I remember reading it was in john.So I read it to her and she said that sounds very like simple, you know And I said well now this is yours So go ahead and read it and I remember she started reading it And she came back the next day and she was excited. She was like wow that it was very enjoyable And this coming from she was uh asian and so she didn't have any christianity Thrown onto her. It was new.It was new. Yeah, you know and she was she was interested and then she said Well, what church do you go to so I share I share with her and she said well, you know Maybe i'll go with you and I said, okay And so I always had saturdays off and I said come on down come with me. There's a service on saturday There's a service on sunday.Check it out. And so we went and I remember Experiencing that with her and not having to force anything with her and just And her sitting there in that same presence getting her into God's presence and then God doing the changing, you know He touched her. Yeah, you know and even to this day um, I I still I still think about her and she'll call and She knows me and my wife very closely And you know just to see a change like that just to see a change like that and to know that I had that God chose me.Yeah, God chose me. Yeah, he said hey, yeah, you're gonna impact this individual's life, you know No one maybe somebody else fancier or special could do it. But no i'm gonna choose you and and To see that happen.That's that right there is where the impact comes where there's no greater experience in the human experience You know a hundred years from now If we're a christian The only thing will matter a hundred years from now is how many people will be in heaven because of our influence. Yeah You know for eternity she's gonna be in heaven. Yeah, that's great.You're gonna you're gonna celebrate that for you. Yeah, exactly Thank you Joseph this was a very special time thanks for being with us my pleasure 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 faith ignites your faith. See you next time on the ignite with Barry Meguiar podcast
