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Unemployed, Depressed and Terrified

When a failed business forces George back home to live with his parents, depression, anxiety and shame become his identity. Isolated in his man-made prison, a prayer on TV shakes things up. Read Transcript


It's good.

Hold on, let me straighten it out a little.

I had a lot of business.

I was busy.

Almost every weekend sending about three or four booths

out a weekend.

Maybe a couple during the week.

Three, and then we'll put the logo of the wedding on here.

Fantastic.

NARRATOR: George McReynolds' business, renting out

mobile photo booths, had been thriving and growing for years.

But as other competitors entered the market,

his client based dropped off dramatically.

We were one of the first ones to start it, in the area.

But now everybody had a photo booth.

And people weren't paying as much money for them.

NARRATOR: Eventually, George couldn't

afford to live on his own, and had to move back

in with his parents.

It was actually devastating because I

didn't know what I would do next, because I had always

been on my own.

How was I going to pay my bills and survive?

I tried to look for other jobs and work freelance

for other people doing video work.

Nothing stuck.

I felt directionless.

I feel into a depression because of the finances,

and I felt like kind of a failure.

I didn't want to go out of the house.

I lost my motivation to work, even socialize.

NARRATOR: George also began to question God.

I lost my faith at this point.

I saw things going so bad I didn't

understand what was happening.

Am I going to be financially OK, mentally OK, or this it?

Is this it?

Is this my life?

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, he kept feeling worse.

It got bad.

My depression and anxiety got really bad.

And then I started to panic.

And then I started to feel so afraid of everything

that I just kind of stayed in my room.

NARRATOR: One day, he turned on the television.

It was just on.

I just turned the TV on, and it was on.

The 700 Club.

And Pat was praying.

Somebody, I believe the name is George, you are so terrified.

You are just having terror.

You don't quite know what you're afraid of,

but you are afraid of everything.

And God is setting you free.

Perfect love casts out fear, for fear has torment.

You are free, in the name of Jesus, the spirit of fear

is leaving you now, in Jesus' name.

It was specific, and I felt like it

was just perfect timing.

I turn the TV-- there he is.

The next moment after he prayed, I got up and I felt clear.

I felt, like, good.

And I just went out.

There was it.

I really just went out.

And I was like, wow, that was for me.

After the next couple days, I started

to feel good about my life again.

I still had the same problems.

And I still had the same circumstances that I was in,

but I knew that God was with me, from that moment.

One, two, three.

You crazy kid.

NARRATOR: With his faith in God restored,

George overcame his fears and got back to work.

This time, he decided to trust God with his business,

and it's been growing steadily ever since.

The phone's ringing off the hook, because God's in control.

I'm not in control and trying to fix it, you know.

I let him have it.

I learned most that Jesus knows me and knows exactly what's

happening in my life.

He knows what he's doing.

And it's all about trust.

There's trusting him that he has a plan for your life.

Find Peace with God

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