Marco and Rebecca became depressed and embarrassed when they couldn’t pay their bills. Borrowing money kept them afloat but did not solve their problems. See what did.
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Reporter: MARCO AND
REBECCA CALLED LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, HOME.
REBECCA DRIVES A SCHOOL BUS,
AND MAR MARCO IS A WELDER.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THEY
WEREN'T MAKING AS MUCH AS
THEY DO NOW AND COULDN'T PAY
THEIR BILLS.
IT WAS A VERY DARK TIME.
IT WAS VERY DEPRESSING.
AND WE HAD TO LET THINGS
GO.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WE
HAD TO BORROW SOME MONEY,
AND THEN I HAD TO TURN
AROUND AND PAY THAT BACK.
SO THAT WAS ALSO MAKING IT A
LITTLE BIT MORE STRESSFUL.
Reporter:
THEN REBECCA
LEARNED SOMETHING ON "THE
700 CLUB."
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
BUDGET.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
BUDGETING LOOKED LIKE.
I KNEW YOU GOT MONEY AND YOU
PAID YOUR BILLS AND THAT WAS
IT.
GORDON TALKED ABOUT PAYING
OFF THE SMALLER AMOUNTS
FIRST, AND LITERALLY STARTED
WITH THE SMALLEST ONE, AND
STARTED PAYING ON IT, WAS
CONSISTENT WITH MY PAYMENT,
AND PAID IT OFF AND WENT TO
THE NEXT ONE AND THE NEXT
ONE, AND ON DOWN THE LIST.
I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE BILLS
NOW WERE CONTROLLING ME.
I NOW CONTROLLED MY BILLS.
Reporter: REBECCA ASKED
MARCO IF THEY COULD TITHE TO
THEIR CHURCH AND GIVE TO
CBN.
MARCO AGREED.
WHEN HE SAID SHE WANTED
TO START GIVING TO CBN, I
SAID, BABY, YOU DO WHAT IS
BEST WITH OUR MONEY.
Reporter: IMMEDIATELY
THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION
CHANGED.
WHEN I REALIZED I COULD
NOT ONLY PAY MY BILLS, BUT
TO PAY THEM ON TIME, I JUST
WANTED TO CRY.
BECAUSE THIS WAS GOD WORKING
THIS.
HE WAS TAKING THAT LITTLE
BIT THAT WE WERE GIVING AND
TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING
AMAZING.
HE WAS SHOWING US THAT HE
DOES WORK.
HE WAS SHOWING US THAT YOU
CAN TRUST HIM.
HE WAS SHOWING US THAT
GIVING DOES WORK.
IT WAS A WELCOME
BLESSING.
KNOWING THAT I DIDN'T HAVE
TO GO AND BEG AND BORROW TO
TRY TO SURVIVE ANYMORE.
Reporter: THEN THEY
DOUBLED THEIR GIVING TO
CBN.
SHORTLY AFTER, MARCO GOT A
RAISE, AND REBECCA WAS
PROMOTED TO SUPERVISOR OF
ALL OF THE SCHOOL BUS
ROUTES.
NOW WE CAN AFFORD THESE
EXTRAS.
WE WERE PURCHASING THINGS WE
DIDN'T THINK WE COULD.
AND IT WAS WITH CASH.
IT WASN'T GOING INTO DEBT.
IT WAS MONEY WE HAD LEFT
OVER AFTER PAYING OUR
BILLS.
THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING TO
US.
WE'RE JUST TWO
PEOPLE,
ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS, AND
GOD HAS REALLY SHOWN HIS
BLESSING AND HIS FAVOR ON IS
FOR BEING OBDEENTD.
OBDECENT.
OBEDIENT.
HE CAME THROUGH.
YOU CAN'T OUTDO GOD.
