Julian and Roz had nearly $40,000 of debt. Determined to conquer their finances, they applied proven money techniques to their lives that cleared their debt and got them a new, bigger home. Learn from their experience and take control of your money.
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Reporter: JULIAN AND
ROZ MARTIN STAYED BUSY WITH
TWO TODDLERS.
JULIAN WORKS AT A CEILING
FAN COMPANY, BUT WHEN HE IS
HOME, HE IS A HANDS-ON DAD.
AND ROZ IS A STAY-AT-HOME
MOM.
BOTH LOVE "THE 700 CLUB."
"THE 700 CLUB" GRABBED MY
ATTENTION BECAUSE I COULD
GET A LOT OF INFORMATION IN
ONE HOUR WITH TWO SMALL
CHILDREN.
Reporter: IT WAS ROZ
WHO INITIALLY SUGGESTED THEY
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WHAT PROMPTED US TO BE
GIVERS TO "THE 700 CLUB" WAS
JUST THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF
IMPACT THAT "THE 700 CLUB"
HAS AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY JUST REALLY TOUCHED OUR
HEARTS.
THEY ARE DOING GREAT
WORK.
GOD IS USING THE LITTLE BIT
I CAN GIVE TO HELP OTHERS
AROUND THE WORLD.
Reporter: BUT A FEW
YEARS AGO, THE MARTINS
STRUGGLED WITH GIVING AWAY
MONEY.
THEY HAD ACCUMULATED NEARLY
$40,000 IN DEBT.
THEN THEY TOOK A CLASS ON
FINANCES.
IT JUST CAME TO A POINT
WHERE YOU START LOOKING AT
STUDENT LOANS, LOOKING AT
YOUR CAR NOTE, AND WE JUST
STARTED FOCUSING ON PAYING
THOSE THINGS OFF.
IF YOU PAY THE MINIMUM
BALANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WE STARTED OFF BY PAYING
OUR SMALLEST DEBT FIRST, AND
THEN WE WOULD TAKE THAT
PAYMENT AND PUT IT ON THE
NEXT SMALLEST DEBT.
UNTIL WE GOT UP TO OUR
LARGEST DEBT.
WE CONTINUED TO ADD THE
DIFFERENT PAYMENTS ON TO
THAT SO WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY
BE DEBT-FREE OUTSIDE OF OUR
HOME.
Reporter: THEN THEY
WERE ABLE TO A AFFORD A NEW
HOME, ONE MUCH BIGGER THAN
THE ONE THEY HAD BEFORE THE
BOYS WERE BORN.
GOD CAN STRETCH YOUR
MONEY FURTHER THAN YOU COULD
EVER IMAGINE.
WHEN THE LORD SEES HOW
YOU VALUE YOUR MONEY, HE
KNOWS WHERE YOUR HEART IS.
THAT IS ONE AREA WHERE THE
LORD WILL HONOR YOU IF YOU
HONOR HIM.