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Faith Delivered Actor from 'Seven Years of Nightmare'
A prominent television star recently told of how God had saved him from a life of endless nightmares.
Interviewed as part of a church service, Li Nanxing opened up on the miseries he faced beginning 15 years back.
It began with an inappropriate remark the MediaCorp actor made during an acceptance speech. The gaffe threatened Li’s career.
Feeling insecure, he hastily entered a business partnership. Li devoted his life savings, amounting to $900,000, to start a resort country club. Not long after he left the business and funds to his partner and went to China for filming. The actor returned after six months to find that he had been cheated of his money.
Moreover Li found he owed the supplier and contractor half a million. Hoping to save the business, he sold his valuables, downgraded his car and borrowed from banks, friends and loan sharks.
For awhile he was able to get more loans to pay off the interest of previous loans. But then his creditors started filing complaints and the public came to know that he was debt-ridden.
Mired in financial troubles, the ‘Unbeatables’ star took to actual gambling. On most nights after his regular work, the actor would travel to Genting to try his luck and then rush back for another day of work.
In his attempt to repay his loans, Li would often drink with his customers at his karaoke lounge to increase profit. As a result of his bingeing, the actor became an alcoholic and developed liver spots on his body and arms. Li also became an excessive smoker.
The actor revealed that it came to a point where he lived from hand to mouth. Due to his inability to pay his bills, his electricity was occasionally cut off.
Finally the court sheriff seized his house because he failed to pay the housing loan. He took out more loans to lift the court order.
A friend approached him for help, asking him to be a guarantor for half a million dollars. Li agreed, but then that friend disappeared.
At his lowest point, Li thought of committing suicide, he confessed before his pastor, colleagues and fellow church members.
The actor also experienced demonic attacks. He would see a large, frightening eye threatening to devour him whenever he turned off the lights. He was also sometimes overwhelmed by a violent streak and hurt others unwittingly.
Li’s life took a positive turn when an old friend, a Christian, contacted him after learning of his dire straits. The friend shared the Gospel with the actor, but the latter was initially unreceptive.
Then Li had a miraculous experience while at a nightclub in Thailand.
Upon receiving a call from his Christian friend, the actor left the karaoke room to look for a private place. He saw an exit sign hanging above a door and rushed into it, only to take a three-storey plunge.
Li learned later that the door led to a spiral staircase, but the staff removed a portion of it. This was to more easily discard their trash to the dump below.
The actor would have fallen into a large pile of open cans and broken bottles if an invisible, gentle hand had not grabbed him, he said. In the darkness, the hand took hold of him, turned him around and he grabbed hold of something screaming for help.
A waitress heard him and helped him up.
When he returned to the hotel, he received a call from his Christian friend. The latter told him the church had been praying for him and that God was with him. The friend subsequently invited him to a miracle service for his injured leg. Li eventually became a Christian in 2003. Then his circumstances started to change.
Li’s business partner called him and asked for an out-of-court settlement. In return he would repay him $210,000. The actor agreed and used to money to repay the bank and the interest for his housing loan.
A few months later, the creditors of the loan he secured for his friend told him they would go after their debtors instead. And then Li also signed on with an entertainment company that gave him more opportunities. In one year, he was able to repay the loan shark.
The actor also quit his gambling, drinking and smoking habits and stopped having spiritual attacks.
It seems like the morale of the story is that if you super suay, maybe becoming a Christian might help!
Faith Delivered Actor from 'Seven Years of Nightmare'
A prominent television star recently told of how God had saved him from a life of endless nightmares.
Interviewed as part of a church service, Li Nanxing opened up on the miseries he faced beginning 15 years back.
It began with an inappropriate remark the MediaCorp actor made during an acceptance speech. The gaffe threatened Li’s career.
Feeling insecure, he hastily entered a business partnership. Li devoted his life savings, amounting to $900,000, to start a resort country club. Not long after he left the business and funds to his partner and went to China for filming. The actor returned after six months to find that he had been cheated of his money.
Moreover Li found he owed the supplier and contractor half a million. Hoping to save the business, he sold his valuables, downgraded his car and borrowed from banks, friends and loan sharks.
For awhile he was able to get more loans to pay off the interest of previous loans. But then his creditors started filing complaints and the public came to know that he was debt-ridden.
Mired in financial troubles, the ‘Unbeatables’ star took to actual gambling. On most nights after his regular work, the actor would travel to Genting to try his luck and then rush back for another day of work.
In his attempt to repay his loans, Li would often drink with his customers at his karaoke lounge to increase profit. As a result of his bingeing, the actor became an alcoholic and developed liver spots on his body and arms. Li also became an excessive smoker.
The actor revealed that it came to a point where he lived from hand to mouth. Due to his inability to pay his bills, his electricity was occasionally cut off.
Finally the court sheriff seized his house because he failed to pay the housing loan. He took out more loans to lift the court order.
A friend approached him for help, asking him to be a guarantor for half a million dollars. Li agreed, but then that friend disappeared.
At his lowest point, Li thought of committing suicide, he confessed before his pastor, colleagues and fellow church members.
The actor also experienced demonic attacks. He would see a large, frightening eye threatening to devour him whenever he turned off the lights. He was also sometimes overwhelmed by a violent streak and hurt others unwittingly.
Li’s life took a positive turn when an old friend, a Christian, contacted him after learning of his dire straits. The friend shared the Gospel with the actor, but the latter was initially unreceptive.
Then Li had a miraculous experience while at a nightclub in Thailand.
Upon receiving a call from his Christian friend, the actor left the karaoke room to look for a private place. He saw an exit sign hanging above a door and rushed into it, only to take a three-storey plunge.
Li learned later that the door led to a spiral staircase, but the staff removed a portion of it. This was to more easily discard their trash to the dump below.
The actor would have fallen into a large pile of open cans and broken bottles if an invisible, gentle hand had not grabbed him, he said. In the darkness, the hand took hold of him, turned him around and he grabbed hold of something screaming for help.
A waitress heard him and helped him up.When he returned to the hotel, he received a call from his Christian friend. The latter told him the church had been praying for him and that God was with him. The friend subsequently invited him to a miracle service for his injured leg. Li eventually became a Christian in 2003. Then his circumstances started to change.
Li’s business partner called him and asked for an out-of-court settlement. In return he would repay him $210,000. The actor agreed and used to money to repay the bank and the interest for his housing loan.
A few months later, the creditors of the loan he secured for his friend told him they would go after their debtors instead. And then Li also signed on with an entertainment company that gave him more opportunities. In one year, he was able to repay the loan shark.
The actor also quit his gambling, drinking and smoking habits and stopped having spiritual attacks.
It seems like the morale of the story is that if you super suay, maybe becoming a Christian might help!
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