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.
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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.