Editor's note: Not long ago, the Gospel Times published a feature REPORT for Thanksgiving, in which Pastor Li Xian of Xiangxi, Hunan Province Sheng, who is in his 80s, was invited to tell two stories about his personal experience in the 1990s when communication was not well developed, and to testify of God's grace and preserving power. The following is told from Pastor Li's first-person perspective.
Five of my ribs were broken by a gangster, but God used this situation to cure my heart disease.
In 1994, I had five ribs broken by a gangster in Yangshan, Guangdong. I vomited blood for a day and had blood in my stool for two days. The doctor suggested I have an operation immediately, but because my relatives were not around to sign the papers, it could not be done. By the time my relatives in Longshan arrived and signed for the operation, a miracle happened and the blood in my cavity disappeared, so the doctor recommended conservative therapy. I was then hospitalized twice, first in Foshan, Guangdong and then in Longshan. I was discharged after 49 days and gradually recovered. Also, my schooling was not delayed.
There is an even more amazing testimony. I had a heart attack in 1981 from which I suffered much over the course of 13 long years. And when I was healed of my broken ribs in 1994, I had no idea that my heart would also be healed. Thank God I have never had a heart attack since I was beaten that year..
I have also experienced God's protection and mercy in many car accidents.
I was converted in 1988 and baptized in 1989. In 1990 I had to organize many long-distance trips hauling freight as a part of my work. I experienced three rollover accidents, all of which I came away safe and unscathed. The Holy Spirit spoke to me many times on the day of the first rollover.
At that time, I was in Wuhan transporting two large truckloads of machinery and equipment back to Longshan. When I got up early in the morning to wash my face, I heard a voice beside my ear saying to me, "Li Xian Sheng you need to pray!" The first time I just heard a voice and did not see anyone.
Soon after, the voice rang in my ears a second time, "Li Xian Sheng, you need to pray!" So I asked in reply, "Who are you? You are asking me to pray, I am so busy today, how can I have time to pray?" Captain Chen of the Laifeng convoy, who was preparing to load the goods with me, said, "Who is calling you?"
After we had loaded the two truckloads of machinery, I found myself with a lot of mud on my feet. As I was washing my feet, the same voice that had spoken to me that morning said to me a third time: "Li Xian Sheng, you need to pray!" I said, "Who are you? If you want me to pray, let's pray together!"
Captain Chen said, "What's wrong with you today? What do you mean by prayer?"
I said, "I don't know who called me, but let's pray right away." And so I started praying, "God! Today we have two truckloads of goods to transport back to Longshan from Wuhan. Please keep us safe. Amen."
I got into driver Peng's truck from the Laifeng team and drove ahead, followed by Captain Chen.
Unfortunately, the truck I was in crashed into two trees on the roadside and overturned and immediately went into the river.
I climbed up the bank and waved to several passing drivers, hailing them to stop, but none of them did. I finally called another driver from the Laifeng fleet and asked him to find Captain Chen and send him a message, asking him to come back and help.
Captain Chen saw that we were not following and waited by the side of the road. When he heard that my truck had overturned, he hurriedly turned around and came back to the spot where it had happened. In the early hours of the next morning, we called for a crane to lift out the truck that had overturned in the river.
Peng suffered a deep cut on his foot when the steering wheel jammed against his chest after the truck overturned. There was a lot of blood coming out and he was dying. I immediately asked for help to send him to the hospital.
My heart was filled with gratitude to think that I was able to survive the rollover. If it had not been for the urging and reminder of the Holy Spirit that day, and if I had not quickly prayed, I could have lost my life.
Later, the Laifeng team also offered to pay full compensation to Longshan Tobacco Factory for the damage to the machinery caused by the overturned truck.
- Translated by Nonye Nancy
编者按：不久前，福音时报推出感恩专题报道，湖南湘西80多岁的李先盛牧师应邀讲述了他在上世纪通讯并不发达的90年代亲身经历的两个故事，见证神在他身上的恩典和保守。以下以李牧师第一人称视角讲述。
五根肋骨被歹徒打断，上帝却藉此医好我的心脏病
1994年我在广东扬山曾被歹徒打断五根肋骨，吐一天血，便两天血，医生建议立即进行手术，但因亲人不在身旁无法签字，所以没有马上动手术。等我龙山的亲人赶到，签字准备动手术时，奇迹出现了，腔内积血居然消失了，所以医生建议采取保守疗法。我就到广东佛山住院，再到龙山住院，共住院两次，49天后我出院，身体也逐步康复，读学并没有耽误。
后面还有更神奇的事情。1981年我患上了心脏病，在漫长的13年当中，我曾多次被心脏病折磨得很痛苦。1994年肋骨被打断得到医治的同时，不曾想心脏病也痊愈了。感谢上帝，我那年被打以后，心脏病到现在也一直没有复发过。
屡次经历翻车事故，蒙上帝保守与怜悯
我于1988年信主，1989年受洗。1990年我因工作需要多次组织长途货运，先后经历了三次翻车事故，但都安然无恙。其中，第一次翻车的那天，圣灵曾多次对我说话。
当时，我在武汉要将两大卡车的机械设备运回龙山。我一大早起来洗脸的时候，耳旁听到有声音对我说：“李先盛你要祷告呢！”第一次我只是听见声音，并没有看见人。
不久后，那个声音第二次又在我耳边响起：“李先盛你要祷告呢！”我便反问说：“你是哪个嘛？你喊我祷告，我今天这么忙，哪有时间祷告嘛？！”和我一起准备装货去的来凤车队的陈队长说：“哪个在喊你嘛 ？”
我们将两卡车机械设备都装好后，我发现自己脚上沾了好多稀泥巴，正在洗脚的时候，又是早上喊我的那个声音第三次对我说：“ 李先盛你要祷告呢！”我说：“你是哪个嘛？要祷告我们一起来祷告嘛！”
陈队长说：“你今天怎么搞的！什么叫祷告？”
我说：“我也不晓得是哪个喊我，我们马上就祷告吧。”我就开始祷告：“上帝呀！今天我们有两大卡车的货，要从武汉运回龙山，求你保守我们平安，阿们。”
我坐上来凤车队的彭司机的车，行在前头，陈队长跟随在后。
不幸的是，我坐的车在行车途中不小心碰倒路旁的两棵树，车当下就翻到了河里。
我爬上岸，碰到好几个司机，向他们招手示意请他们停车，他们都没停。后来终于叫住了来凤车队的另一位司机，请这个司机帮忙找陈队长并带信息给他，请他回来帮忙。
陈队长看我们没有跟上，在路边等，听到我翻车，急忙调头朝翻车的地点赶来。第二天凌晨我们又叫来吊车，将翻在河里的车吊起来。
彭司机在翻车后方向盘抵住他的胸部出不来，脚也划破了一条口子。鲜血流了很多，当时人也奄奄一息，我第一时间就找人帮忙将他先行送往医院抢救。
想想自己在翻车事件中能安然无恙，心中充满了感恩。那天若不是圣灵的催促与提醒，如果没有那匆忙之间的祷告，我也可能命在旦夕。
后来翻车事故造成的机械损失，来凤车队也主动给龙山烟厂全额照价赔偿了。
https://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/65614
湖南湘西八旬牧者李先盛的感恩见证
Editor's note: Not long ago, the Gospel Times published a feature REPORT for Thanksgiving, in which Pastor Li Xian of Xiangxi, Hunan Province Sheng, who is in his 80s, was invited to tell two stories about his personal experience in the 1990s when communication was not well developed, and to testify of God's grace and preserving power. The following is told from Pastor Li's first-person perspective.
Five of my ribs were broken by a gangster, but God used this situation to cure my heart disease.
In 1994, I had five ribs broken by a gangster in Yangshan, Guangdong. I vomited blood for a day and had blood in my stool for two days. The doctor suggested I have an operation immediately, but because my relatives were not around to sign the papers, it could not be done. By the time my relatives in Longshan arrived and signed for the operation, a miracle happened and the blood in my cavity disappeared, so the doctor recommended conservative therapy. I was then hospitalized twice, first in Foshan, Guangdong and then in Longshan. I was discharged after 49 days and gradually recovered. Also, my schooling was not delayed.
There is an even more amazing testimony. I had a heart attack in 1981 from which I suffered much over the course of 13 long years. And when I was healed of my broken ribs in 1994, I had no idea that my heart would also be healed. Thank God I have never had a heart attack since I was beaten that year..
I have also experienced God's protection and mercy in many car accidents.
I was converted in 1988 and baptized in 1989. In 1990 I had to organize many long-distance trips hauling freight as a part of my work. I experienced three rollover accidents, all of which I came away safe and unscathed. The Holy Spirit spoke to me many times on the day of the first rollover.
At that time, I was in Wuhan transporting two large truckloads of machinery and equipment back to Longshan. When I got up early in the morning to wash my face, I heard a voice beside my ear saying to me, "Li Xian Sheng you need to pray!" The first time I just heard a voice and did not see anyone.
Soon after, the voice rang in my ears a second time, "Li Xian Sheng, you need to pray!" So I asked in reply, "Who are you? You are asking me to pray, I am so busy today, how can I have time to pray?" Captain Chen of the Laifeng convoy, who was preparing to load the goods with me, said, "Who is calling you?"
After we had loaded the two truckloads of machinery, I found myself with a lot of mud on my feet. As I was washing my feet, the same voice that had spoken to me that morning said to me a third time: "Li Xian Sheng, you need to pray!" I said, "Who are you? If you want me to pray, let's pray together!"
Captain Chen said, "What's wrong with you today? What do you mean by prayer?"
I said, "I don't know who called me, but let's pray right away." And so I started praying, "God! Today we have two truckloads of goods to transport back to Longshan from Wuhan. Please keep us safe. Amen."
I got into driver Peng's truck from the Laifeng team and drove ahead, followed by Captain Chen.
Unfortunately, the truck I was in crashed into two trees on the roadside and overturned and immediately went into the river.
I climbed up the bank and waved to several passing drivers, hailing them to stop, but none of them did. I finally called another driver from the Laifeng fleet and asked him to find Captain Chen and send him a message, asking him to come back and help.
Captain Chen saw that we were not following and waited by the side of the road. When he heard that my truck had overturned, he hurriedly turned around and came back to the spot where it had happened. In the early hours of the next morning, we called for a crane to lift out the truck that had overturned in the river.
Peng suffered a deep cut on his foot when the steering wheel jammed against his chest after the truck overturned. There was a lot of blood coming out and he was dying. I immediately asked for help to send him to the hospital.
My heart was filled with gratitude to think that I was able to survive the rollover. If it had not been for the urging and reminder of the Holy Spirit that day, and if I had not quickly prayed, I could have lost my life.
Later, the Laifeng team also offered to pay full compensation to Longshan Tobacco Factory for the damage to the machinery caused by the overturned truck.
- Translated by Nonye Nancy
Pastor Tells of God's Protection in Accidents
