My Sister's Walk with God: The True Stories of a Prophetic Intercessor

By Pamela Humphrey

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. -John 15:16 My Sister's Walk with God is fruit borne of years of faithful prayer and obedience to the calling placed on Pam from Jesus Christ, our Savior. Indeed, it is fruit that will last. It is a window into the heart and life of a prophetic intercessor. Her transparency and openness invite the reader to join her on a journey few would otherwise be able to witness. Bound and laced together with carefully documented scripture passages, it is a gift to the reader. ¬ e gentle and almost conversational style draws us in and includes us in the journey. Never setting herself apart or claiming to know anything other than her trust and faith in God, Pam has written a "how-to" book for intercessory prayer. She shows us, the reader, the possibilities, trials, victories, and the cost of answering a powerful call to prayer ministry. Pam is careful to give all the glory of her story to God. He is the Master Creator and the Author of her incredible walk of faith. She is open and candid, often bares her soul so that we can learn and share the hope she carries in her heart. ¬ is book will challenge experienced intercessors and will inspire new believers and nonbelievers to desire more from their lives. It is not a book easily forgotten but is one to return to for encouragement and inspiration. Lovingly written, carefully documented, it is a treasure to leave to her sisters and to those of us who are fortunate to meet her here in the pages of this incredible book. Cynthia (Cindy) Reynolds Founder, Threshold Ministries Inc. Threshold Ministries Inc. is a nonprofit organization that is helping to break the cycle of poverty for children and families in Linjiang, China. The Author's proceeds from the sale of this book go towards supporting Threshold Ministries Inc.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781646703821

Pamela Humphrey

Pamela Humphrey is the author of Researching Ramirez: On the Trail of the Jesus Ramirez Family and The Blue Rebozo. She is an amateur genealogist and researchers of family stories. When she is not searching records for traces of the past, she might be writing, reading, crafting, homeschooling, or practicing on her bass guitar. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband, sons, black cats, and leopard gecko.

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The True Stories of a Prophetic Intercessor

My Sister’s Walk with God

Capture My words to you in your heart—yes, hide them in the secret place of your dreams.

Pamela Humphrey

ISBN 978-1-64670-381-4 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64670-382-1 (Digital)

Copyright © 2020 Pamela Humphrey

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Scripture quotations are taken from The New King James Version (NKJV) unless otherwise noted.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Childhood Years

High School/College Years

Dog Years

Dogs Out Vision

Bahia’s Miraculous Return

Snake-in-Back-of-House Vision

Bahia Stuck in Ditch

What Happens to Animals When They Die

Paia and Titus

Parents

Momma

Daddy

Confirmations of Daddy’s Word

Wisdom-Is-Known-by-Her-Children Dream

Interpretation

Sally and Jaime (Dad)

Career Years

Dun & Bradstreet Years

Iron Mountain Years

Letters from the Lord for Customers

Wildfire

A Double Portion

An Elevation

An Accident Averted

My Future Work

The Anna Word

Goodrich Years

A Kindle Fire

Time to Retire

Miracle Garden

Rededication to the Lord (Discovery of Gifts and Calling)

Baptism of the Holy Spirit

A Covenant

Continuing to Seek

Anointing Oil

The Gift of Tongues

Jesus Loves You

The Returned Book

Judgment Coming?

Meeting Susan

A Difficult Lesson Learned

Sherry’s Grapefruit

Precious in the Sight of the Lord

Pursuing God’s Voice Through Others

Letters from the Lord

Fear

Harry and Other Firemen

The Pool

The Closet

Me, Pregnant?

Baby Saved from Water

President’s Baby

Baby-Shower Gifts

Naked Baby, Swollen Feet

Parked Baby Carriage

The Miscarriage Dream

Prepare the Way of the Lord

Jeremiah the Prophet

My Body

Giardia

Allergies Revealed

Menopause

Plantar Fasciitis

No Wine

Whooshing

My Body as a Sign

Heart Pain

Falling

Left Knee

Pink-Highlighter Miracle (While Praying for Healing)

The Arm of the Lord

Trembling

Weakness

This Girl Is on Fire

Stocks/Fetters

Megachurch Dream

Angel Raphael Dream

Doctor’s Office Dream

Scriptures Confirming My Body as a Sign

Dreams and Songs

God-Assignment Dreams

White Underwear

Black-Spider Gifts

Confirmation Dreams

Pastor in the Blue Shirt

Spiritual-Warfare Dreams

Snakes in the Pool Pit

Paia, Maui

Wolf Dream

Red-Eyed Demon

The Jezebel Spirit Jails Me

Robot Spy Dog

Momma at Costco (Wind Chime Breaks)

Revival and/or End-Time Dreams

Train Going Backward

Tsunami

Temple Priests Mourning

Change-of-Job Dreams

Train with Yolk on Me

You’re in the Army Now

Airport—I Paid a High Price

Trailblazer

Reoccurring-Theme Dreams

Shoes

Health Restored

Future Work/God Is My Deliverer

The Landowner

Reward Dreams

$144,000 House

Daddy’s Elevator

Helicopter with Kids

House with a Garden

Comfort Dreams

Jaime Hugs Me

Strong Arms of Jesus

Preparing Three Outfits

Sherry Driving

Wanda Rust

Warning Dreams

Renter Leaving

Night Crew After Wendy

Jeans Drying for Monday

Corpses on My Roof

Little Sister Dreams by Wendy Humphrey

Songs from the Lord

Church Years

The Early Years

The Wrong Mentor

The Susan Years

Praying at the Church

Be Under the Church Authority

Deliverance Prayer

Fasting

My Sabbath

Susan’s Departure

The Bessie Years

What Is a Seer?

The Prayer Assignment Years

The Prayer Assignment Announced

The Jezebel Spirit Revealed and Confirmed

Warning of the Prophet Not to Eat with the King

What Is the Jezebel Spirit

A Biblical Paradigm

The First Warning

The Assistant Pastor and His Wife

Old House/New House Dream

The Kingdom Has Been Torn from Him

The HPW in Department Store

A Message of Hope

Divorce

Anointing of the Assistant Pastor and His Wife

Treachery and the Start-Up of the Women’s Ministry

Head Pastor’s Wife (HPW) Sex House

Closing Up the Head Pastor’s House

Maui Condo

Ramoth Gilead and a Lying Spirit

The End Like a Bitter Day

Biblical Paradigm: Moab

Revival Announced

Further Decline

The Mean Woman on the Phone

Women in Red Dresses

He Is Out of the Picture

Pornography Noted

The Head Pastor Goes Downstairs

Falls Downstairs

Cheater Revealed

Judgment Coming

Move to the back of the Church

Pots, Pans, and Broken Eggshells

River Pool (Make This Valley Full of Ditches)

Battle for the Record Books Announced

The Shema

No More Tithe, Greed Is Revealed

Biblical Paradigm: Naboth’s Vineyard

Spilled Soup

He Is Afraid of You

Four-Part Dream

Blood on the Walls

Bobby’s Surgery

Skeletons Out of the Grave

Dancing Skeleton

I Am Asking You to Send Him Away

False Teacher/Prophet

Secret Bank Accounts

Biblical Paradigm Pisgah

The Aftermath

Preparing Me for the Departure of the Assistant Pastor

Third-Floor Dream

The Glory Coming

Sleeping with the Enemy

Bobby’s Intervention

A Change in My Role

2012, a Year of Signs

Heart Pains

Orange Truck Dream

Fire!

Faces in the Firepit

A Kindle Fire

Head Pastor Watching Me

Letters from God Class Announced

Arm of the Lord and Trembling

The Body Signs Continue

My Hands Are Feeble

Sham Confirmed

My Weakness, My Falls

Head Pastor Returns

Winding Down of the Prayer Assignment

Silly Children

2014, the Year of Release

Wrapping Things Up

Prophet’s Robe

My Release

Pink Slip

The Day of My Release

After the Release

Journal Teaching

House on the Beach

Beating Up the Jezebel Spirit

Yoke Removal

Snakes Under the Foundation

Closing the Back Door

Seat of Authority

Leopard Seat Dream

Last Days at the Church

Artesian Well Dream

The Gold Key Dream

Revival!

Prophecies Entrusted to Me

Revival Is Coming

The Dreams Started

River Dreams

Too Cramped for Comfort

Biblical Paradigm: Elijah, King Ahab, and Rain

The Latter Rain and Feasts

The Head Pastor Tracked with My Prayer Time

The Wind

Feast of Pentecost

10:10

9:00/10:00 with Meteor

10:10 Dream

A Time of Praise and Thanksgiving

Have You Heard of Azusa Street Revival?

The Glory of God

The Wineskin Dream

Jesus Coming for Dinner

The Prophetic Word

The Coming Deliverance and Gathering

The Gate

The Wedding Feast

Preparation for a Great Gathering

A Cleaning Out

The Clean Out Continued

Rejected Jewel

The Rainbow Closet

About the Author

Acknowledgment

To my sisters Wendy Patricia, Mindy Anne, and Sherry Lynn, whom the Lord has called according to His will. In 2001, God gave me the following verse for the four of us: Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied (Acts 21:9).

However, it was my baby sister Wendy who encouraged me to record all the miraculous things God has done in my life. So I wrote this book at Wendy’s request to document her big sister’s walk with God as a faith builder and reassurance of our hope in Jesus.

Preface

This compilation of God experiences and what I have been asked to do has at times been extremely hard and humiliating; at other times, beyond joyful. I am comforted to know that you are not called to do the same as I. At least, I don’t think so! I implore you, dear little one, to walk a walk with Jesus worthy of what He has given to us through the shedding of His blood as a sacrifice for our sins. I admit I have struggled with this through my affliction and some of the hard things He has required of me, but through it all, God has confirmed and reconfirmed what He has asked of me; otherwise, I would not have moved forward. Remember that if God calls you to do something and you ask for confirmation of His voice or His direction, He will confirm it to you. That has been my experience, and I do ask frequently.

My prayer, my hope, is that this collection of experiences will spur you on to a deeper dive with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That by reading this spiritual memoir of sorts, it will create in you a hunger to hear God’s voice and a thirst to know what your life’s calling is for the Creator who breathed life into you. It is my highest honor to be used by Him and to know that one day I will stand before Him and say I did all of this with an unbounding love for Him. Know that I have strived for obedience to God’s voice, no matter what He has asked of me. Painful at times, a lot of times—yet I yearn to believe that I have heard the Lord’s voice correctly. It would break my heart if I thought I had done something to offend Jesus or to not obey what He has asked of me. Obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22). Listen to Him, trust Him, obey Him. I think I have a healthy fear of the Lord, and I want you to have the same.

God has a way of confirming His own words, and He does so most frequently with scripture addresses to answer my questions (more on this in the chapter on my gifts and calling). The Lord uses a scripture address to speak to me personally. Yes, I read the context, but more important is the verse itself when He answers me directly. Though my spiritual gifts have changed over the years, the one gift that has remained the same are the scripture addresses I receive in my head.

Just to hear the Lord’s voice is out-of-this-world thrilling, and sometimes I wonder if I make this stuff up. How can I know these things in the Bible that I’ve not been taught by man? Just as God’s Word states, there is no better teacher than the Holy Spirit, and we have no need of man’s teachings on things of the Spirit, if He decides to be the only One teaching. He does this often in the areas of the world where the Word of God has been forbidden to be taught, and the Holy Spirit is their only access to Him. Which means you, little sis, are able to hear God’s voice just as I am. God will speak when you seek.

But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. (1 John 2:27)

Here is an excerpt from my prayer journal regarding His instructions to me:

Take heed to the ministry which you have rec’d in the Lord, that you may fulfill it. (Colossians 4:17)

Daughter, capture My words to you in your heart. Yes, hide them in the secret place of your dreams. I have called you to follow closely after Me, for My presence to be your passion and time spent with Me your vocation. There will be much time needed to hear My voice to you, and I will make it clear. You seek Me, and that is good. Keep pursuing My voice. Keep pursuing My will for your life. I will make it clear as the time approaches. See to it to love the brethren and take every thought captive to My will for you. Ask, and I shall answer.

If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe; how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? (John 3:12)

I asked the Lord if writing this book was from Him. I received a scripture address from the book of Acts: And that He may send Jesus who was preached to you before (Acts 3:20). This scripture in my Bible references Malachi 3:1: Behold I send My messenger and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple even the Messenger of the covenant in whom you take delight. Behold He is coming says the Lord of hosts.

This book spans a timeframe of over 50 years. I have tried to place this record in time sequence but since chapters overlap time periods, I have done the best I could.

I am grateful for older sister Sherry and her friend Cindy, who counseled me to start a prayer journal. These journals have served to record my prayers and to memorialize God’s answers to those prayers since 1995. Also, my journals have documented all I believe the Lord has spoken to me; some have come to pass, but there are those promises and events that I am still waiting to see come to fruition. These journals are my source documents I have reviewed for writing this book. Because these journals are such a source of great comfort to me during times of faith testing, I urge you to be diligent about keeping your own God journal.

My God journey would not have been possible without Bobby. Had he not trusted the Lord with me, I would not have had the permission to go deeper with the Lord, so I am eternally blessed for my beloved husband as he has walked with me through this journey.

I thank you, dear little sister, for urging me to write all that God has done in my life. The scripture He gave me in 2015 when you started telling me to write a book was Job 22:2: Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. My desire is to fill these pages with His glory. If you question anything or are puzzled by what I say, seek the Lord’s guidance and truth through prayer.

I pray this book will be memorialized in heaven too, according to the book of Malachi:

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name. (Malachi 3:16)

Chapter 1

Childhood Years

We were not brought up in a religious household, though we said grace at the start of dinner. We said a set prayer called the child’s prayer of thanks:

Thank you for the world so sweet.

Thank you for the food we eat.

Thank you for the birds that sing.

Thank you, God, for everything.

As I started writing this book, I recited a prayer the other day, but I didn’t know where I got it. Then little sis Wendy came over and reminded me of this prayer we prayed at bedtime. She remembered the same prayer, and we both remembered it in the same week verbatim:

Now I lay me down to sleep

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

If I should die before I wake

I pray the Lord my soul to take

We attended Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church as children. I remember lying in my bed one night thinking I want my name written in the Lamb’s book of life. I did not know what that meant. We went through Sunday school there. I recall sitting in Sunday school when the teacher taught on the Gospels and Jesus. I got confirmed and received a white Bible from Reverend Nelson. I still have the Bible. The only scripture highlighted in that childhood Bible was Jeremiah 29:11.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the

Lord

, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11)

During our years in Lancaster, I spent a couple of summers with our Aunt Martha who lived in Yucca Valley with her friend Aunt Julia. I felt a draw to these ladies and a curiosity. They were vegetarians and people of prayer. They both lived like hermits in the heat of the desert in a humble multistructured compound. They prayed before driving in to town, and they prayed before dinner. They just prayed all the time. Come to find out later in my adult life, people would come from all over to be prayed for by them. They were prayer warriors.

Chapter 2

High School/College Years

We moved to Duarte for the start of my sophomore year in high school. I was deathly afraid of attending this new school because it was around the time of the riots in Los Angeles. I knew there had been unrest at this school.

Being new to the school, I had only one friend, and her name was Debbie. One day we ate lunch at a small park outside the back gate of the school. While eating, a group of female thugs approached us and attacked us. They beat me up. I don’t remember what they said or what they wanted except to hurt me. I recall a park maintenance man watching and laughing as I was assaulted. He never helped. I went home scared with bruises on my body, not wanting to go back to school. I never told anyone.

That night, I prayed that God would help me. I was scared of returning and the ridicule that I would face by seeing that group of thugs. I somehow found Jeremiah 29:11 in my Bible and read it. I returned to school but never saw the group again, except somehow found out they were expelled and would never be returning to school. I was safe. I was delivered.

It was after this incident that I was taken under the wing of a senior; her name was Carol. She befriended me. She was the head song leader at school and was popular. She would invite me to all kinds of things and encouraged me to try out for song leading and, eventually, church. She mentored me and invited me to a large Christian event at Anaheim Stadium. I became a Christian that night and received a Jesus People brochure on how to live the Christian life. I was born again. It was 1975.

I attended Duarte Fellowship with Carol and met a whole new group of Christian friends that also went to the high school. One of the associate pastors was Ray. I found out in 2015 that Carol and Ray married, moved to Roseville, and started a megachurch called Bayside.

I was quite on fire for Jesus at this time, and spent a lot of time talking to Momma about Him. The only thing I can remember her saying about it was, I will believe it when I see it. So I took my new evangelistic efforts elsewhere, starting with a summer at a youth conservation camp in the mountains. I met a girl named Alice, who lived in Orange County. I witnessed to her about Jesus, and she gave her heart to Him. I gave her a Bible, which she still has to this day, and in it I highlighted Jeremiah 29:11.

My first two years of college were fairly uneventful. I dated a lot but never found anyone too exciting. I remember praying for my husband, whoever he was. Then in 1979, I met Bobby at California Polytechnic State University. I was stricken! A few months into dating, I was in the parking lot of Cal Poly getting ready to go to class when I saw Bobby walking a long way off. I then heard the Lord’s voice say, Be patient with this man, for he is the man you will marry. I believe that was the first time I heard God’s voice. Five years later, we married.

One significant thing happened during my senior year. I wrote a paper on where I wanted to live and why when I got out of college. Since I was a recreation major, I wanted to find a place that was geared to that industry. I chose Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), which had a lot of senior citizens and was a planned community. Little did I know that five years later when I married Bobby, his first fire station would be in Rancho Bernardo and that we would be residents of Escondido, which was a few miles away.

Chapter 3

Dog Years

I write this chapter on my pets because I know how the Lord feels about His creatures and what they mean to us in our lives. We are given the special responsibility to care for and manage His creatures according to Genesis 1:26: Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’

Dogs Out Vision

We had two dogs when we first moved to San Diego: Cabo and Bahia. In 1990, Cabo was killed by a rattlesnake. Prior to Cabo’s death, I remember God giving me a vision of both dogs being out of our yard. We were renting a condominium in North Escondido at the time, and the yard was fenced. But this day, I was at work and saw in a vision both dogs running around the neighborhood. In the vision, they were out of the gate. Not knowing if that was true, I rushed home only to find a bungee cord around our gate with a note from the neighbor. He told us that he had found both dogs running around the neighborhood! The vision had been true.

Bahia’s Miraculous Return

Since Bahia became our only dog after Cabo’s death, Bobby took her everywhere. Then tragedy struck. He took her to a Price Club in San Marcos, where she was stolen out of the back of his truck. It happened on a Monday, and we looked all week for her. We searched the surrounding neighborhoods, vets, flyers, everywhere that we could think of. It rained the whole time. We kept getting leads from callers, but they never panned out. Then one of our neighbors contacted us and told us that she was a pet psychic. Yep, she said she could see what Bahia was seeing. And she saw a red railroad car structure and also described the person who had her. I don’t know if I really believed her, but she contacted us, so we went with it.

During this trial, Momma came down to stay and comfort us. On Friday night of the same week Bahia was stolen, I felt we should pray all night. So the three of us, as we woke up, asked God to help us. Saturday morning came, and I was going to put flyers at the vets who had offices in Rancho Bernardo. Bobby was going to help a neighbor next door that day. Before I left to place the flyers, Bobby called. He had found Bahia. He and the neighbor found her walking with a man, the same man that the psychic described near a railroad-car-looking restaurant. God had answered our prayers and delivered Bahia back to us. And Momma saw the miracle with her own eyes! God, in His mercy, stepped in and had our paths cross with the thief. Bahia was home!

Interesting that the psychic was correct in what she saw, but only God could arrange the circumstances to answer our prayers.

Snake-in-Back-of-House Vision

Our male dog Rush was given to us during this trial, a beautiful black pit bull puppy. It was 1990. We had just built our Prince Street house, and I had another vision while on the freeway during working hours. I saw a snake which looked like a rattlesnake behind our house where we kept Rush and Bahia. I frantically called Bobby and warned him. When I got home, he said nothing—so I thought I was mistaken. Years later at a party, a friend mentioned an incident at our house where a snake was found in the back bathroom. Bobby tried to catch it, but it went down the drain to the back of the house. Bobby confirmed (years later) that my vision was correct.

Bahia Stuck in Ditch

One rainy day, I let Bahia out in the yard, and she didn’t return. I started praying, and the Lord told me she was stuck outside. I found her in the corner of our property, stuck in a ditch that was being quickly eroded by floodwaters. She was close to the fence, which had a gaping hole underneath where she could have been swept under and away. God saved her life. When Bahia was thirteen, I asked the Lord for more time with her. He gave me four more years.

What Happens to Animals When They Die

Rush died in 2001. Bahia lived another twelve years with us after she was stolen. And when it came time to end her life, I had great anguish. Her balance was off, and she would go in circles for hours. Although her heart was strong, I couldn’t bring myself to put her down. I needed guidance. So I prayed fervently for the Lord to show me the answer. He reminded me that He, God, gave all authority on earth to man. Even over the animals.

From my prayer journal:

My daughter, stand up, take heed. I am speaking to you as you have asked. There are many mysteries that are unknown to mankind. For I have hidden certain details of My plan for My glorious will. See, you have asked, and I am answering as I see fit. For not all can understand what I will reveal to you. But share it as I lead.

My child, you have asked about the loved animals I have given unto My children. See, I am a loving God: a God who gives good gifts to My children, My little ones whom I adore and cherish as My own.

The relationship I have ordained with certain beasts has come from My loving hands. Though they cannot speak, they speak volumes in love. Though they cannot reason, they reason with compassion to their owners. Though they cannot think as mankind can, they think with the wisdom of nature. The wisdom I have decreed from of old.

The animals I bring into your path are gifts from Me. A small token of My love for you shown through the eyes and hearts of My created beings. Though they have no soul, all My creatures return back to Me for rest. It is a circle of life: they come from Me, they abide in Me, they come back to Me. And as I allow them to enrich your life with My love for you, there is a season when all flesh must die. Yes, child, all flesh must die.

I still hear the prayers of My saints for their furry friends, the companions that I have allowed in their lives. See, I do hear, I do act, and I do see. There are mysteries I still must keep from mankind. Believe and trust that I am in control, and nothing is lost to Me.

Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve both man and beast. (Psalm 36:5–6)

As a beast goes down into the valley, and the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest, so You lead Your people, to make Yourself a glorious name. (Isaiah 63:14)

From my prayer journal of August 2002 regarding Bahia:

I prayed that the Lord would show me if it was okay to put Bahia down. She was so frail and a shell of herself. And she goes in circles incessantly. She was sixteen and a half! After the attack by the coyote, I feel she is so ashamed that she couldn’t fight back as she should have when she was younger. It is breaking my heart. Please, Lord, answer my question. I heard in prayer, I have given man all dominion over all the plants and the animals. A righteous man regards the life of his animal (Proverbs 12:10). The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than the first, including all his animals that he owned. In fact, He doubled Job’s possession of animals (Job 42:12). Then a dream came:

Bahia Grave Dream. I dreamed that Bobby and I were frantically looking for Bahia in our yard. She was lost, and we could not find her. We had that same sick feeling as when she was stolen back in 1990. Suddenly a little blonde girl can up to us and took my hand. She gently led me to a mound of dirt and said this was where Bahia was. It was a grave. And as I leaned down, I listened closely. I could hear this incredible singing coming from the grave! And then the little girl said that Bahia was praising the Lord, the God who created her, and Bahia was singing! Bahia had joined a huge chorus of animals that had died and were buried under the ground; they were all singing in their own animal language praises to the Lord.

This was incredible, I thought. I asked the Lord to confirm the dream so that I would know that Bahia would be safe with Him.

We called our vet to come to our house to give Bahia the shot. We prayed over her and gave her back to the Lord; she fell asleep. We had communion over her, anointing her with oil and dedicating her to the Lord according to Leviticus 27:9: And if it is a beast such as men may bring as an offering to the Lord, all such that any man gives to the Lord shall be holy.

I asked again for confirmation of my dream. I was heartbroken. Sister Sherry then called. I had told her about the dream, but she had never heard of such a thing. During her prayer time that morning, the Lord told her to go to Revelation 5:13. This is incredible!

And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all that are in them, I heard singing: Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the Throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever. (Revelation 5:13)

He confirmed my dream through my sister!

Also in my prayer time, I was told to read Philippians 2:10, which says that every knee shall bow and tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. Included in that verse are all creatures above the earth and below the earth confessing that Jesus is Lord!

And lastly, Ecclesiastes 3:21: Who knows the spirit of the sons of men which goes upward and the spirit of the beast, which goes down to the earth?

I was assured that Bahia would join a host of all other animals that would be praising the Lord. I have shared this story with others to give them hope about their beloved creatures.

Paia and Titus

By 2003, we wanted some new pups, and I prayed a year for the new dogs. The Lord told me to get the female first so she could train the male. Bobby found a broken-legged female pit bull at the San Diego Humane Society when doing an inspection. They thought she would never walk again, but I knew otherwise, and we adopted her. We named her Paia. Four months later, we adopted Titus from a breeder. However, we wanted a dark dog. The Lord reprimanded me and told me this white dog was the one He created for me and to not look at the color of his fur, for Titus would bring us great joy.

Paia developed liver issues and one day got very sick. The vet tested her and found her liver to be toxic. I prayed for how to help her. It was revealed to me to take her off the dog food she was on and also the drugs that she was on. I put her back on the food we used when she was a pup, also to include human-grade milk thistle. I told the vet what God told me, and I also did what God told me. She was returned to health, and it was a witness to our vet.

Paia taught Titus well, but he always needed attention. I decided what I was going to wear to work before going to bed, so I would leave shoes out for work for the next day. Each morning, Titus would grab a shoe and run out the bedroom door to the yard. He would run around the yard wanting me to chase him or play tug-of-war with Paia. They ruined my shoes and made me late for work. I was exasperated until one day I stood crying in the yard after chasing him and not catching him. That’s when the Lord told me to go in the house and close the door. I did this, and Titus immediately brought the shoe to the door and dropped it! The Lord showed me the solution.

This next story is sad but true. There was a renter that moved into the house on the hill above us. They had bad dogs: a black Lab, puppies, and a boxer. The dogs were very aggressive and weekly escaped from their rickety fence. I would walk Paia and Titus around the neighborhood, praying the bad dogs would not attack us. The black Lab did try to attack us a couple of times, but I always got away by running my heart out down the street to escape.

Finally, I was so tired of being afraid. The owners didn’t care that their dogs got out. So I prayed that it’s either the bad dogs, Lord, or me! The next day, Bobby told me he had good news and bad news for me. The good news was, the bad black Lab was not going to bother me again. The bad news was, while trying to escape the renter’s fence, it hung itself on the fence! My prayer was answered, but not how I ever anticipated.

Never expecting the death of our pet, Paia was taken quickly from us, dying in my arms on the way to the emergency vet. I was angry at God for not telling me that He was going to take her. I assume most people of prayer who hear God’s voice would feel betrayed. Why didn’t He warn me that she was going to die? In any event, Bobby and I were devastated. And as I wept in my prayer closet, I heard Jesus speak: Write her a letter. Both you and I will read it to her. So, Bobby and I separately wrote Paia a letter, and we placed it in a memorial box with pictures of her, believing that God would read her our letters.

As I write this book, our precious baby boy Titus went to heaven. Again, unanticipated though at fourteen and a half, Titus was in deteriorating health. On July 28, 2018, Titus went to be with Jesus. That night, I reminded Bobby of the dream of Bahia from 2002. I also quoted Revelation 5:13 to him to encourage our faith of Titus’s location now.

The next morning while watching a Dr. Jeremiah church service, a singer started the praise session with Revelation 5:13: "Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: ‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!’"

Remember, Sherry gave me this verse in 2002 to confirm the dream, and God reminded us again that morning! The preacher also quoted out of the book of Titus!

Chapter 4

Parents

In 1998, I asked the Lord to save my whole family. I prayed Rahab’s prayer for her family:

Now, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them—and that you will save us from death. (Joshua 2:12–13)

Momma

I was shopping at a mall in June 1998. When I returned home, I was greeted in the garage by Sally, my precious mother-in-law. I was coming home to meet Momma for lunch, and I was so excited because I was going to tell Momma about Susan, my new prayer partner. Instead, Sally told me about Momma’s heart attack. We quickly left for the hospital to see Momma. We entered the room Momma was lying in; she was resting on a bed. I was in shock: she was gone. I prayed with Sally over Momma, and Sally told Momma, I will take care of her for you, Pat.

I witnessed to Momma when I first became a Christian in high school. The only thing I can remember her saying about it was, I will believe it when I see it. I was reminded that when Bahia was miraculously returned to us, Momma saw the miracle firsthand. How could she doubt there was a God? But of course, I didn’t know for sure what she believed, and I was distraught.

Sherry came down the next day, and we spent some time praying in my garden. I was in prayer when I heard Momma speak, It’s true. It’s really true. I knew that Momma was in heaven now, and she was seeing it with her own eyes. Momma was allowed to speak to me, reminding me of her initial rebuttal. She saw the Bahia miracle, which I think helped remind her of God, and her speaking to me of heaven’s truth brought me great comfort.

Here is Sherry’s account of Momma’s passing:

It was a Sunday morning, and I was at church. Garry came and told me that Momma had a heart attack, and they could not resuscitate her. It took a few seconds for me to understand what I had been told, but then out from somewhere in my insides came this horrific scream. It didn’t sound like me at all or like anything I’d ever heard before either. I wasn’t even sure it was me doing the sound. It was so surreal.

I was escorted into the prayer chapel where my committee was meeting and had circled for prayer. Silently I asked the Lord where my mother was. As soon as I thought that prayer, instantly His words came to me. I heard, Your momma is with me, child. After that, my tense body relaxed. I felt as if a warm blanket had been wrapped around me, and I began to speak words to my friends who were in the room. I believe these words were from Jesus.

We drove down to San Diego to see how Pam and Wendy were doing. On the drive down, I was praying. About half the way down the freeway, the Lord allowed me to hear Momma’s voice one last time. I heard, I’m all right, Sherry. Take care of Daddy. Those last words I heard gave me such a peace. It’s difficult to describe. The thing is, now when I think of death, I think about Momma’s last words and the peace I felt from hearing her.

Daddy

I never knew if Daddy listened to me when I would talk to him about Jesus, so I never felt comfortable that he was heaven-bound. I did give him a verse that the Lord gave me for him, and I wrote him a letter about my concern for his future after death, but I think he was offended. And when he passed after Momma, I was heartbroken. So Daddy’s salvation was a mystery to me until 2004, when I was still grieving, five years after his passing. From my prayer journal:

June 14, 2004

Daddy

Have faith, little one, that your loved ones—yes, even your father—have rested in hope. Though your daddy walked long on this earth in the pain of his upbringing, he found comfort in his later days through the words of My holy book. Though he did not understand all he read, I did open his eyes to new truths. I did reveal Myself to him as he got more and more curious about Me. Though his grief drove him closer, it was all the plan of My hands; and in his darkest hours, he did cry out to Me. I did hear him, and I did save him. Though he walked this earth with the sting of his past, he reconciled with Me that he does not know nor does he understand all that happens nor why in this world.

He came to Me in his darkest hour to grieve for your momma. He came in his darkest hour to ask of Me and to reveal the depths of his heart. Though he was a secret man of much depth, I reconciled with him. I gave Psalm 13 as a window into what his process was with Me. Believe Me, daughter, your prayers were heard on high. Yes, not only yours but your sissies’ and others’ as well were heard by My ears.

His last days were filled with fear, the fear of man, the fear of life, even the fear of Me. We reconciled, dear daughter, and your father loved you very much. He could not show his love due to the negative tape that ran in his head, but through provision and protection, he showed his care for his children.

Be not dismayed nor listen to the voice of the enemy. Believe Me. Believe in Me; I would not lie to you. Your daddy is with Me. He is resting in My presence, and his questions are all answered. He doubts no more, he frets no more. He is at peace for the first time in his tortured life. Yes, believe it is so. I would have told you otherwise. Rest in this knowledge: that though you had no godly upbringing—no, not even a godly heritage—I still sought you and your sisters out. I still pursued you and wooed you to Myself.

And as all of you have come to know Me, make it your life’s passion to pursue Me and love Me with all your hearts, for such is the kingdom of God. Yes, for such is the kingdom of heaven. Delight now in this that I have revealed to you and doubt no more. He is safe. I am faithful, I am true, and you all will be united in joy. Hope in this.

For he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. (Hebrews 11:10)

And that their children who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 31:13)

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died and furthermore, is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. (Romans 8:34)

How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, O Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death; my enemy will say, ‘I have overcome him,’ and my foes will rejoice when I fall. But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me. (Psalm 13)

Confirmations of Daddy’s Word

Driving into work two days later, my radio played Daddy’s song that he heard in a dream at Sherry’s house a few months before he passed away—What a Friend We Have in Jesus.

Sister Sherry’s recount of Daddy’s song:

Daddy usually slept on the sofa in the family room. He woke up feeling frantic because he had had a dream. He needed to get the words for the old hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus. He kept on and on about it. He could only remember a few of the lines but was so anxious to get the whole song. We don’t have a hymnal at home, but I promised to get him the words to the song and mail him a copy. I did that the next week after he drove home. He was crying. It was so important to him.

As I listened to the song and thought about Daddy, I heard the Lord say, He is with Me, daughter. I cried, of course, and then He gave me these scripture addresses (the same one God gave for Harry, a friend of Bobby’s, telling me that Harry will be with Him): All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth (Hebrews 11:13).

Then I wondered if Daddy had any crowns to lie at Jesus’s feet and heard this:

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. (James 1:12)

What a friend we have in Jesus. All our sins and griefs