James and Angela lost their life savings in their failed business. Feeling lost and unsure what to do, they received valuable financial advice that brought them out of debt and into a million-dollar business. You can learn from that advice too.
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Reporter: AS A YOUNG
COUPLE, JAMES AND ANGELA
HUGHES INVESTED THEIR LIFE
SAVINGS TO LAUNCH A BUSINESS
IN THE HOME HEALTH CARE
FIELD.
IT WAS ALL CONSUMING.
WE NO LONGER HAD ANY TIME
FOR CHURCH, FOR PRAYER,
FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER
BELIEVERS.
WE WEREN'T TITHING.
Reporter: DESPITE ALL
OF THEIR HARD WORK AND THE
INCOME POURING IN, THEY
WEREN'T MAKING A PROFIT.
IT WAS VERY HARD AS A
MAN.
AND FROM, I GUESS, A
STANDPOINT OF JUST BEING A
PROVIDER.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY
WE WOULD MAKE, AT THE END OF
THE MONTH, THERE WAS MORE
MONTH THAN THERE WAS MONEY.
WE LEARNED VERY QUICKLY
WITHOUT DOING THINGS THE
LORD'S WAY JUST DOESN'T
WORK.
Reporter: THEY HAD TO
EVENTUALLY CLOSE THE
BUSINESS AND DECLARE
BANKRUPTCY.
WE LOST EVERYTHING, EVEN
OUR VEHICLES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A VEHICLE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A HOME
ANYMORE.
WE WERE SELLING OUR
FURNITURE.
WE LOST EVERYTHING.
WE HAD TO FILE FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE HAD TO APPLY FOR FOOD
STAMPS.
Reporter: THE COUPLE
DESPERATELY CRIED OUT TO GOD
FOR HELP.
I REMEMBER GETTING ON OUR
KNEES IN THE LIVING ROOM AND
HOLDING HANDS.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT
OFF OF MY KNEES, AFTER
SAYING THAT PRAYER, I JUST
FELT A WEIGHT, YOU KNOW, BE
LIFTED.
AND MAYBE TWO OR THREE DAYS
AFTER THAT PRAYER, WE WERE
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB," AND
PAT ROBERTSON WAS TEACHING
ON THE LOSSES OF
RECIPROCITY.
Pat: THE ACTION YOU
NEED TO TAKE, HE SAYS GIVE.
AND IT REALLY KIND OF
DAWNED ON US THAT THIS IS
WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO.
AND FROM THERE, THAT'S WHEN
WE STARTED TITHING.
Pat: WITH THE SAME
MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT
WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO
YOU.
THAT'S THE LAW OF
RESIPROCITY.
Reporter: JAMES AND
ANGELA WERE SO COMMITTED TO
THE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES THEY
HAD JUST LEARNED, THEY BEGAN
TITHING TO THEIR LOCAL
CHURCH AND GIVING TO "THE
700 CLUB" FROM THEIR
UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS.
SOON, THE DOORS OPENED UP
FOR THE HUGHES TO START A
NEW BUSINESS, INSPECTING
HOMES FOR BANKS.
THE ORDERS BEGAN POURING
IN.
HE WANTS US TO HAVE FAITH
IN HIM.
Reporter:
IN 2012, THE
HUGHES' COMPANY
GROSSED OVER
A MILLION DOLLARS.
TODAY THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE
"700 CLUB'S" CHAIRMAN'S
CIRCLE.
TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE
TO LEARN HOW TO DO, ME,
ANGELA, AND ALL OF THE
VIEWERS, WE NEED TO LEARN
HOW TO TAKE GOD AT HIS
WORD.
