Brian wanted to start his own business but couldn’t with $80,000 of debt. Paying bill minimums was paying off nothing. Brian and his wife Cherye realized something had to change. See the plan they created that paid off their debt and got them ...
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ONE MORE TIME.
VERY GOOD.
Reporter: BRIAN BOWLING
OWNS A MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND HE
KNOWS WHY IT IS SO
SUCCESSFUL.
THE BIGGEST SELLING POINT
IS THE CHRISTIAN
ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS HARD FOR ME TO TAKE
CREDIT FOR BUILDING A
BUSINESS WHEN GOD SENT ME
ALL OF MY COSTUMERS.
Reporter: BRIAN HAD
ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE HIS
OWN SCHOOL, BUT COULDN'T
BECAUSE HE AND HIS WIFE,
SHERRY, WERE $80,000 IN
DEBT.
WHEN YOU'RE PAYING BILLS
AT THE MINIMUM, YOU'RE NOT
PAYING ANYTHING.
YOU'RE JUST HOLDING THEM OFF
FROM ONE MONTH TO THE NEXT.
YOU SEEM TO GET MORE THAN
YOU CAN AFFORD, AND YOU KNOW
THE CREDITORS WILL LET YOU
DO THAT.
THEY WILL LET YOU HAVE WHAT
YOU WANT, AND THEN YOU HAVE
TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE HECK
YOU'RE GOING TO PAY IT
BACK.
IT IS LIKE BEING IN A
BIG, BIG HOLE.
AND THERE IS NO MEANS OF
GETTING OUT.
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THESE
PAYMENTS AND YOU'RE GETTING
FURTHER AND FURTHER IN DEBT,
THE OPENING AT THE TOP GETS
SMALLER AND SMALLER.
Reporter: THEY REALIZED
SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE.
WE SAT DOWN, AND TITHING
CAME UP IN THAT
CONVERSATION.
AND WE JUST KIND OF TRIED TO
COME UP WITH A PLAN.
Reporter: THAT PLAN
INCLUDED TITHING RIGHT OFF
THE TOP.
SOMETHING NEITHER ONE OF
THEM HAD EVER DONE BEFORE.
WHEN WE FINALLY MADE THAT
DECISION, IT'S GOING TO BE
10% OR IT'S GOING TO BE
NOTHING, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD
AND DO THIS, WE DID IT.
IT SEEMED LIKE SHORTLY AFTER
THAT, EVERYTHING STARTED
COMING TOGETHER.
LITTLE THINGS STARTED
GETTING PAID OFF.
WE WERE MAKING SOME
HEADWAY.
I GOT SOME PROMOTIONS AT
WORK, AND MY PAY WAS
ADVANCED.
Reporter: AS THEIR
INCOME INCREASED, THEY
CONTINUED TO GIVE AND PAY
OFF THEIR DEBTS.
FINALLY BRIAN OPENED HIS OWN
SCHOOL.
IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY
JUMPED ON BOARD TO HELP
OUT.
I HAD FRIENDS COMING OUT.
GOD PUT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
IN PLACE.
EVERYTHING WORKED.
AND NOW IT JUST -- I CAN'T
EXPLAIN IT.
Reporter: TODAY THE
SCHOOL IS THRIVING.
IN FACT, BRIAN IS LOOKING
FOR A NEW BUILDING BECAUSE
HE HAS OUTGROWN THE ONE HE
IS IN.
AND THAT $80,000 DEBT, IT'S
PAID OFF AND THE COUPLE
LIVES DEBT-FREE.
NOW SHERRY IS PURSUING HER
DREAM OF OWNING A FARM.
THE BOWLINGS BELIEVE IT IS
ALL BECAUSE OF THEIR
FAITHFUL GIVING.
GOD BLESSED US IN EVERY
WAY WE COULD THINK.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED
AND MORE.
SHOW GOD YOUR FAITH, AND
HE WILL SHOW YOU HE WILL
TAKE CARE OF IT.
THAT'S FROM EXPERIENCE.
I'VE LEARNED THAT.
I DON'T QUESTION IT.
I DON'T DOUBT IT.
I KNOW THAT IT WORKS.
