Tim and Yvette struggled financially until they agreed on their financial strategy. They put their trust in a promise and saw amazing financial results – from debt to freedom.
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Reporter: THE STRESS OF
RAISING TWO CHILDREN ALONE
WEIGHED HEAVILY ON YVETTE
WEBBER.
AS A SINGLE MOM, OUR
MONEY WAS SPENT.
UTILITY BIS AN BILLS TAKEN
FOOD.
Reporter: SHE WATCHED
"700 CLUB" AND LEARNED ABOUT
THE PERSONS OF TITHING.
SHE DECIDED TO GIVE GOD 10%
OF WHAT LITTLE MONEY SHE
EARNED.
THERE WERE TIMES WE
DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE
GOING TO MAKE IT.
BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS A KNOCK
ON THE DOOR, AND THERE WAS
ALWAYS PROVISION.
WE NEVER WENT WITHOUT.
Reporter: A FEW YEARS
LATER, YVETTE MET AND
MARRIED TIM.
FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAD
MORE THAN WE NEEDED.
WE HAD A LOT.
AND WE GOT A LITTLE CARRIED
AWAY.
WE MADE HIGH CAR
PAYMENTS.
WE HAD CREDIT CARD DEBT.
WE JUST WEREN'T MAKING WISE
CHOICES.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY
THE COUPLE RAN UP $18,000 IN
CREDIT CARD DEBT.
WE WERE BOTH FEELING SO
MUCH STRESS OVER THE
FINANCES, IT STARTED TO
EFFECT US IN TERMS OF HOW WE
WERE GETTING ALONE.
WE WERE FIGHTING A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
Reporter: AND GIVING
WAS ANOTHER AREA THE COUPLE
HAD CONFLICT.
WHILE YVETTE TITHED OFF HER
TEACHER'S SALARY, TIM WASN'T
SO SURE.
I WASN'T QUITE READY TO
DO THAT.
I GUESS I WAS AFRAID.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH.
WE HAD BILLS THAT SEEMED TO
BE INCREASING.
IT WAS HARD TO THINK OF
GIVING 10%.
Reporter: WHEN THE
COUPLE WATCHED PAT TEACH ON
THE LAW OF RECIPROCITY, TIM
HAD A CHANGE OF HEART.
WE WERE REGULAR WATCHERS
OF "THE 700 CLUB" FOR A LONG
TIME.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT WOULD
PRICK ME.
EVERY TIME I WOULD HEAR
THAT, IT WOULD REMIND ME, WE
REALLY SHOULD BE DOING
THAT.
WHAT AM I HOLDING BACK WHEN
IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ME,
REALLY.
HE GAVE IT TO ME FOR USE FOR
HIM.
UNDER THAT DIRECTION, WE
DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO GO
BACK TO TITHING, NOT ONLY MY
INCOME, BUT HIS INCOME AS
WELL.
Reporter: AFTER THEY
BOTH STARTED GIVING 10% OF
THEIR PAYCHECKS TO GOD, TIM
LANDED A HIGHER-PAYING JOB.
FROM MY PART, IT WAS
ALMOST EFFORTLESS, AND I
COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW OBVIOUS
IT WAS TO ME THAT GOD HAD
JUST OPENED THE DOORS.
THE LORD WAS ABLE TO GIVE
ME WISDOM TO MAKE WHAT WE
HAD GO FURTHER, AND NEVER BE
LATE ON A SINGLE BILL.
Reporter: SOON YVETTE
WAS ABLE TO CUT HER WORK
HOURS IN HALF AND SPEND MORE
TIME AT HOME WITH THE
CHILDREN.
NOW THE CBN PARTNERS ARE ON
TRACK TO BE DEBT-FREE THIS
YEAR.
IT TAKES A LEAP OF FAITH
TO TRUST THAT YOU CAN GIVE
TO THE LORD FIRST.
YOU CAN GIVE TO HIS WORK AND
YOU CAN TRUST THAT HE IS
GOING TO MAKE EVERYTHING
WORK OUT OKAY.
GO AHEAD AND TRUST GOD.
AND I KNOW IN MY OWN LIFE
MANY TIMES THAT GOD HAS
ALWAYS COME THROUGH IN HIS
PROMISES.
AND WE JUST HAD TO TRUST HIM
ON THIS ONE.
