Been in similar situation with employment as have many of us. Lord used that time to teach me the value of time in the desert... but boy was it a tough set of lessons.
"Lord, our friend needs you. He trusts you but right now is doubting himself as only unemployment can do... we tend to de-value ourselves when our net worth starts to sag.
Reach into his heart, Lord and lift him up. Help him to know your peace. Come to him through the Holy Spirit and empower him with Trust to bolster his Faith in You.
Help him find ways to solve his temporal problems with his car and income for repairs while you work in his life to become more an instrument of Your great Plan that you have for each of us. Many of us lose site of beliving in a Plan for our selves when all around us things seem to be going wrong. Help us in our weakest moments to truly know you and know peace.
We ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen."