The atmosphere in his truck was so thick that December day in 1980 that Dallas/Ft. Worth homebuilder Alan Youngblood could barely breathe. Then he heard these words: “Ask God to reveal Himself unto you.”

In Voice of Many Waters: Irrefutable Evidence of Life after Death, Youngblood describes his amazement. He obeyed the directive, but asked himself, am I going to see God? Is there going to be a big sign in the sky, ‘I’m God’?” Exactly how would God reveal himself?

Soon after, Youngblood had an out-of-body experience. He was carried to heaven, He didn’t see God, but he heard Him as “the voice of many waters.” He talked with a friend who had died in a plane crash, noting with surprise that the man wore not a white robe but a suit his mother-in-law had made for him years ago. These clothes became irrefutable evidence of life after death.

The compilation of true stories in Hurray God! Hope, Pray, Believe, detail answers that ordinary folks have received to their desperate prayers. Jeanette Sharp, who compiled the stories, desires to let readers know that God is concerned about them, whether they seek quiet direction in their daily life, or something more urgent such as needing rescue from fire, drowning, attack, injury, freezing weather, or other desperate situations.

The author’s interest in prayer began when she was ten years old and her father had just died. All alone on a dark street in freezing weather, she whispered a desperate prayer, unsure if God even heard it. However, the answer came just moments later. Awestruck, the little girl ran home to tell her family. “That experience convinced me that God saw me, knew me, and loved me,” says Sharp. “I compiled this book to encourage people to discover the power of prayer and to inspire them to journal their prayers and watch what happens.”

Jeanette Sharp’s writing has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Answered Prayers, Cup of Comfort Book of Bible Promises, and A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts. She is president of Hurray God! LLC, and lives in Texas with her husband, Jim.