Actor Matthew Perry of ABC’s famous sitcom “Friends” testified how God saved him when he drowned at the peak of his success and fame.
Chandler Bing Of Friends
Matthew Perry played the role of Chandler Bing on the well-known sitcom “Friends.” It became the actor’s big break, where he earned a million dollars per episode. The sitcom ran for years from 1994-2004. As a result, he got everything he wanted, at least materially. He thought fame would satisfy him because it’s what he prayed to God years before. The actor asked God to make him famous. But later on, he realized it was “a dumb prayer.”

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Amidst Matthew’s popularity, he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction which took a toll on his life.
Matthew came from a broken home. His parents divorced when he was still a baby. Although the actor had step-siblings and still had a great family, it created a void and emptiness in his heart growing up. Later on, he filled that void with drugs, alcohol, and eventually fame.
Matthew Perry Shares “Dumb Prayer”
The actor began drinking at 14 and became a functioning alcoholic at 18. Later on, at 24 years old, he thought becoming famous would solve all his problems. So, he prayed to God to become a popular Hollywood actor.
Matthew chased that dream and eventually landed a role on ABC’s sitcom ‘Friends.’ Soon, the sitcom became a hit, running its episodes for several years beginning in 1994. Then by 2002, he was already earning “a million dollar per episode.”

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The actor unlocked all his dreams with all the money, success, and fame. But deep inside, he still felt lonely and broken. His addiction to drugs and alcohol never left. Instead, he worsened.
Until ten years later, Matthew finally looked to God again. He dropped to his knees, weeping, asking God to save him.
“God, please help me, Show me that you are here. God, please help me…,” he begged God.
Then Matthew recalled, “I started to cry. I mean, I really started to cry – that shoulder-shaking kind of uncontrollable weeping. I wasn’t crying because I was sad. I was crying because for the first time in my life, I felt okay. I felt safe, taken care of. Decades of struggling with God, and wrestling with life and sadness, all was being washed away, like a river of pain gone into oblivion. I had been in the presence of God. I was certain of it. And this time I had prayed for the right thing: help.”
“God had shown me a sliver of what life could be,” the actor remarked. “He save me that day, and for all days, no matter what. He had turned me into a seeker, not only of sobriety, and truth, but also of him.”
Reference | Faithpot