In this It’s Supernatural! Classic episode from 1999: Hear how a murdered two year old girl returns to life!
SID: HEAR HOW A MURDERED
2-YEAR-OLD GIRL
RETURNS TO LIFE
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ON THIS EDITION OF
“IT’S SUPERNATURAL!”
LIFE AFTER DEATH
EXPERIENCES AND
ANGELIC COMMUNICATIONS
ARE ON THE INCREASE.
TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS
WHOM DOCTORS HAVE
GIVEN NO HOPE ARE
UNEXPLAINABLY CURED.
PEOPLE ARE BEING
MYSTERIOUSLY PROTECTED
FROM NATURAL DISASTERS.
SID ROTH, YOUR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER,
EXAMINES THIS INVISIBLE
WORLD ON
“IT’S SUPERNATURAL!”
SID: HELLO, I’M SID ROTH,
YOUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL
IF YOU FOUND OUT
YOUR 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
WAS JUST ABDUCTED?
MY GUESTS, PAM AND STEVE
JOHNSON,
FOUND OUT – HOW DID YOU FIND
OUT, PAM?
PAM: MY SON AND DAUGHTER
WERE SITTING ON THE
FRONT PORCH AND MY SON,
BRIAN, CAME RUNNING IN
AND SAID, “MOMMY, A BOY HAS
JUST TAKEN THERESA.”
SID: WHAT HAPPENED
IN YOUR HEART?
PAM: I JUST –
EVERYTHING STOPPED.
MY WORLD STOPPED, BECAUSE
IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT
MY SON WAS VERY UPSET
AND I ASKED HIM,
“WHICH WAY?”, AND HE
POINTED UP THE STREET,
AND I JUST RAN OUT THE
DOOR AND RAN UP THE STREET
CALLING HER AND LOOKING
EVERYWHERE FOR HER.
SID: AND HOW ABOUT
YOU? WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
STEVE: I WAS DOWNSTAIRS.
I HEARD A
COMMOTION UPSTAIRS,
SO I RAN OUT THE FRONT
DOOR AND I SAW BRIAN.
HE WAS OBVIOUSLY IN
DISTRESS.
I SAID, “BRIAN, WHAT’S
HAPPENED?”
HE SAID A BOY HAS
RUN OFF WITH THERESA.
SO I SAID, “HOP IN
THE CAR.”
AND HE POINTED UP THE ROAD
SO WE FOLLOWED IT THAT WAY.
WE SAW PAM,
BUT NO THERESA.
AND IMMEDIATELY WE BEGAN
CALLING ON GOD, SAYING,
“GOD, HELP! GOD, HELP!”
JUST SPONTANEOUSLY.
OUR PHONE WASN’T HOOKED UP
AT THAT POINT
SO WE RAN TO A NEIGHBOR’S
AND DIALED 9-1-1.
SID: YOU WERE JUST MOVING
INTO A NEW HOUSE.
STEVEN: THAT’S RIGHT, A
BRAND NEW HOUSE,
AND WE SAID, “OUR
DAUGHTER’S BEEN ABDUCTED.
SHE’S WEARING A BLUE
MICKEY MOUSE T-SHIRT,
RED SHORTS, SANDY HAIR.”
AND THEN WE BEGAN
SEARCHING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
TALK ABOUT AN
ADRENALINE RUSH!
JUST GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE,
MEETING OUR NEW NEIGHBORS.
SID: THIS ISN’T SUPPOSED
TO HAPPEN!
THIS JUST HAPPENS TO
SOMEONE ELSE, NOT…
STEVE: NO!
PAM: NOT IN A LITTLE TOWN.
SID: A BOY IS TAKING YOUR
2-YEAR-OLD AND –
DID YOU CALL THE POLICE?
STEVE: OH, ABSOLUTELY.
PAM: YEAH. WE BOTH
CALLED 9-1-1 SEPARATELY.
I RAN TO MY NEIGHBOR AND
MET HER FOR THE FIRST TIME
AND SAID, “I HAD A
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
PLEASE LET ME USE THE
PHONE” AND CALLED 9-1-1
AND TOLD THEM THE
STATISTICS.
IMMEDIATELY IT SEEMED LIKE
GOD WAS ACTING
ON OUR BEHALF BECAUSE
THE DISPATCHER WAS A
FRIEND OF OURS WHO
ALSO KNEW GOD
AND SO TOOK THE
INFORMATION
BUT WAS ABLE TO BEGIN
TO PRAY WITH US.
SID: NOW, I UNDERSTAND,
WAS IT YOUR MOTHER THAT
HAD DREAMS BEFORE THIS
HAPPENED THAT?
STEVE: WE LEARNED AFTER
THE FACT THAT MY MOM HAD
DREAMS THREE NIGHTS IN
SUCCESSION
THAT THERESA HAD – HAD
BEEN INJURED BY SOMEONE,
WAS LYING DEAD ON A PIECE
OF GRASS.
EACH NIGHT SHE SAW
THERESA’S BODY, DEAD.
SHE WOKE UP IN A FRIGHT.
SHE SAID, “GOD, I DON’T
KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING,
BUT TAKE CARE OF MY
GRANDDAUGHTER.”
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD INSPIRED
THAT OR ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN
IN ORDER THAT PRAYER COULD
BE UP FRONT TO
HELP CIRCUMVENT THINGS.
SID: WELL, HE WAS WARNING YOU
TO PRAY, IS WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO, WHERE DID THEY
FIND THERESA?
PAM: THERESA WAS FOUND
45 MINUTES AFTER
WE CALLED 9-1-1,
IN A CULVERT.
SHE HAD BEEN BEATEN AND
SHE WAS NAKED.
SHE WAS SUBMERGED
UNDER WATER.
HE HAD ACTUALLY PLACED
CONCRETE BLOCKS
ON HER BODY SO THAT IT
WOULDN’T FLOAT AWAY.
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS
EXPOSED WAS ONE LITTLE FOOT.
SID: HOW COULD THEY EVEN
FIND HER
WITH A CONCRETE BLOCK
OVER HER?
THAT LITTLE FOOT OUT OF
A STREAM?
STEVE: IT’S SUPERNATURAL,
SID.
TWO PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT WE
REALLY DIDN’T KNOW AT THAT
TIME, CHRISTIAN FOLKS,
WERE AT A TACO TIME
RESTAURANT AND THEY HAD
JUST HEARD THE NEWS THAT
OUR DAUGHTER WAS MISSING
AND PRESUMED ABDUCTED.
WHILE THEY WERE SHARING
THEIR LUNCH TOGETHER,
SUDDENLY ONE OF THEM HAD A
VISION OF A GREAT HUGE,
RED 8-SIDED STOP SIGN.
HER COMPANION ACROSS THE
TABLE SAID,
“I JUST HAD THIS URGE TO
YELL “STOP!” THEY SAID,
“WELL, WE CAN’T DO THAT
HERE IN A RESTAURANT.”
THEN THE VISION CHANGED
AND THERE WAS A PERSON
THAT SEEMED LIKE IN A
KHAKI UNIFORM
WALKING OVER A BRIDGE
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE.
THEY BOTH SPONTANEOUSLY
YELLED “STOP!”
IN THE RESTAURANT THERE.
THE VISION CHANGED AGAIN.
THIS WOMAN SAW A CREEK
ABOUT 18 INCHES DEEP,
FAST RUNNING WATER, A
LITTLE CHILD LYING DEAD,
PINNED BY CONCRETE BLOCKS,
EYES FIXED…DEAD.
WE BELIEVE, IF YOU COULD
SYNCHRONIZE YOUR WATCHES
AND GET IT ALL ON TAPE,
ONE OF THE –
THE POLICE WERE SEARCHING
FOR OUR DAUGHTER,
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, ALL
SORTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
BUT ONE NEIGHBOR WAS WALKING
DOWN THIS CREEK BANK
AND SHE TOOK A LITTLE PEEK
INSIDE OF CULVERTS
AND THEN SHE
PLANNED ON WALKING ON.
AND SHE SAID HER FEET FROZE.
SHE COULDN’T MOVE, SID!
AND SHE SAID, “THAT’S NOT
GOOD ENOUGH.”
SHE GOT DOWN, WADED IN THE
WATER, WENT THROUGH
THE WOODEN GRILL AND FOUND
OUR DAUGHTER’S BODY THERE
WEIGHTED DOWN WITH
CONCRETE BLOCKS.
SID: HOW LONG HAD YOUR
DAUGHTER BEEN UNDER WATER?
STEVE: BETWEEN 30, UP TO
40 MINUTES. IT’S HARD TO SAY.
SID: WHEN THE PARAMEDIC
FOUND HER, WHAT DID HE DO?
STEVE: OUR REPORT WAS WHEN
THEY SAW HER INITIALLY,
THEY WERE JUST APPALLED,
BECAUSE SHE WAS DEAD.
THE PARAMEDIC SAID,
“I’VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE
“DEAD” AND CAN BE REVIVED
AND PEOPLE THAT ARE SIMPLY
GONE.” AND THERESA
WAS GONE.
BUT THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE
OF THOSE COINCIDENCES THAT
GOD ORCHESTRATED, THAT
THIS MAN AND HIS PARTNER
ON THE UNIT WERE CHRISTIAN
MEN, AND THEY STARTED TO
DO THE MEDICAL DISCIPLINE,
BUT THEY ALSO WERE LAYING
THEIR HANDS ON AND CALLING
ON THE NAME OF JESUS
TO BRING LIFE BACK INTO
THIS LITTLE CHILD.
SID: NOW, I UNDERSTAND
THEY DID SOMETHING SO THAT
SAND CAME OUT OF
HER MOUTH? WHAT WAS THAT?
PAM: HE SAID WHEN HE SAW
HER HE SAW THAT THEY WERE
DOING VIGOROUS
RESUSCITATION…
SID: BUT IF SHE WAS DEAD,
WHY WERE THEY DOING THIS?
PAM: WELL, IT’S JUST
COMMON THAT IF IT’S AN ADULT
THEY MAY NOT
HAVE CONTINUED,
BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS A
CHILD THEY JUST DO WHAT
THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND HER ABDOMEN
WAS DISTENDED, SO HE SAID
HE JUST PICKED HER UP
UPSIDE DOWN AND SQUEEZED
HER AND ALL THIS
SAND AND WATER CAME OUT.
HE SAID IT’S NOT IN THE
PROTOCOL, BUT IT’S…
SID: SO WHY DID HE DO IT?
PAM: HE DOESN’T KNOW WHY.
HE SAID MAYBE IT WAS THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
STEVE: SPONTANEOUS, LED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SID: OKAY, WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT?
PAM: WELL, THE POLICE
OFFICER FOUND BRIAN
AND I AND TOOK US TO
THE HOSPITAL,
AND SO WE ACTUALLY GOT
THERE BEFORE THE AMBULANCE
DID, AND WHEN THEY CAME IN
THE AMBULANCE DOOR,
AS I SAW MY DAUGHTER ON
THE GURNEY,
SHE WAS NAKED, COVERED
WITH SILT,
AND THEY WERE DOING CPR,
AND SHE WAS GRAY.
I’M A NURSE, AND ONCE I’VE
SEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE ABOUT
READY TO DIE AND THOSE
THAT ARE DEAD;
THERE WAS NO QUESTION IN
MY MIND THAT SHE WAS GONE.
AND I LOOKED AT THE EMT
VERY PROFESSIONALLY
BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW,
AND…
SID: HOW COULD YOU DO
THAT? IT’S YOUR DAUGHTER!
HOW COULD YOU BE
VERY PROFESSIONAL?
PAM: OH, I THINK
THERE’S SOMETHING
THAT TAKES OVER THERE.
YOU DON’T WANT TO DEAL
WITH THE EMOTION SO YOU
BORDER OVER ONTO
THE MEDICAL.
SID: OKAY.
WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?
PAM: HE JUST TOLD ME WHAT
HE HAD SEEN AND THAT
THEY WERE TAKING HER TO
THE ICU,
SO WE JUST KIND OF LAMELY
FOLLOWED BECAUSE
WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT ELSE
TO DO AT THAT POINT.
SID: WHAT WAS GOING ON
INSIDE OF YOU?
STEVE: WELL, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT
WAS HAPPENING IN ME, SID.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD
ROSE UP IN ME.
THREE WEEKS BEFORE THIS,
BEFORE THIS EVENT,
GOD HAD SPOKEN TO MY HEART
AND SAID,
“STEVE, THE NEXT MIRACLE
YOU’LL SEE IS A
RESURRECTION
FROM THE DEAD.”
AND THAT JUST WAS
DEPOSITED IN ME.
WHEN THEY BROUGHT THERESA
IN THROUGH THE
ER ROOM DOORS, WE HAD NO
IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
SHE WAS JUST MISSING, AND
SO HERE SHE IS.
I SAW HER DEAD.
YOU KNOW, I’M A PASTOR AND
I DO FUNERAL SERVICES.
I KNOW WHAT A
DEAD BODY IS.
OUR DAUGHTER WAS DEAD,
GRAY; SHE WAS GONE.
BUT SOMETHING ROSE UP
WITHIN ME AT THAT TIME.
IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF GOD
AND ZECHARIAH SAYS
“HE’LL GIVE THEM A SPIRIT OF
GRACE AND OF SUPPLICATION”,
AND THAT JUST CAME OVER ME,
AND I BEGAN IMPLORING GOD
BY HIS GRACE – IT WAS JUST
HIS GRACE SAYING,
“LIFE; LIFE FROM THE DEAD.”
SID: I’LL TELL YOU WHAT,
HOLD THAT THOUGHT.
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WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT
ABOUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD.
DON’T GO AWAY.
WE’LL RETURN WITH
SID ROTH AND
“IT’S SUPERNATURAL!”
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
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SID: HELLO, I’M SID ROTH,
YOUR INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOUR
2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS
ABDUCTED, FOUND BURIED IN
WATER WITH A CEMENT BLOCK
OVER HER HEAD, JUST A TINY
BIT OF HER BODY SHOWING,
A MIRACLE THEY EVEN FOUND
HER. DEAD.
THEY BROUGHT HER TO
THE HOSPITAL.
THE MOTHER AND FATHER ARE
THERE, AND STEVE JOHNSON,
YOU PRAYED OUT FOR ALL YOU
WERE WORTH
AND IT WAS ALMOST –
YOU WERE…
STEVE: IT WASN’T ME
PRAYING.
IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO PRAY
AS WE OUGHT,
BUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD BLEW
IN AND 30-40 PEOPLE
FROM THE COMMUNITY,
FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES,
GATHERED THERE AND THEY
BEGAN TO PRAY,
AND GOD GAVE THEM
SUPERNATURAL INTELLIGENCE
AS TO HOW TO PRAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE WOMAN WAS
IN THE HOSPITAL ATRIUM
IN A PRAYER GROUP AND SHE
SUDDENLY HAD THIS
STRANGE WORD
COME INTO HER HEAD.
IT WAS THE WORD
“MEDULLA OBLONGATA'”
SID: THAT IS STRANGE!
STEVE: THAT SOUNDED –
WHAT IS THAT?
IS THAT SOMETHING MEDICAL?
AND SOMEONE THERE,
SHE ASKED,
“IS THERE SUCH A THING AS
A MEDULLA OBLONGATA?
AND THEY SAID,
“YEAH, THAT’S THE CENTER OF
RESPIRATION AND
CIRCULATION IN THE BRAIN!”
AND THEY SAID, “WELL, THE
LORD IS DIRECTING US
TO PRAY FOR THE MEDULLA”,
AND SO THEY DID.
AND GOD WOULD GIVE THEM
SUPERNATURAL REVELATION AS
TO HOW TO PRAY AND PEOPLE
FROM THE ER WOULD COME AND
GIVE REPORTS AND SAY,
“WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THIS”
AND THEY’D SAY, “WELL, WE’VE
ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT.”
SID: WHAT WAS THAT BREEZE
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM?
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
PAM: WELL, THEY – PEOPLE
THAT WERE THERE,
EVEN A PATIENT WALKING
DOWN THE HALL SAID,
“I FEEL SUCH AN ENERGY IN
THIS ROOM! WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IS IT?” AND ONE OF
THE EMTS THAT WAS DOING
PERCUSSIONS ON THERESA’S
CHEST SAID HE KIND OF
ZONED IN AND FORGOT ABOUT
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM.
IT WAS JUST HE
AND THERESA,
AND HE SAID HE FELT A WARM
TROPICAL WIND COME AT HIS
BACK, DOWN HIS ARMS, AND
INTO THERESA’S BODY
AND SHE BEGAN TO BREATHE.
SID: WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED, IN YOUR
OPINION, AT THAT MOMENT?
STEVE: GOD BROUGHT LIFE
FROM THE DEAD.
YOU SEE, THERESA WAS
WITHOUT A HEARTBEAT
OF HER OWN FOR AN HOUR
AND 15, OR AN HOUR AND 30.
SHE WAS JUST
FLAT-OUT GONE.
IN FACT, HER BLOOD PH
VALUES FELL TO 6.3.
THAT MEANS HER BODY BECAME
MORE AND MORE ACIDIC.
6.3 IS A GREAT BLOOD GAS
VALUE FOR A CORPSE,
BUT NOT FOR A LIVE PERSON.
MEDICAL PEOPLE WILL SAY
IT’S JUST UNTHINKABLE THAT
SOMEONE WOULD COME BACK…
SID: WAIT A SECOND.
I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE UNDER WATER FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME AND BECAUSE
OF THE TEMPERATURE
OF THE WATER OR WHATEVER,
THEY DO SURVIVE.
WHAT ABOUT IN YOUR
DAUGHTER’S CASE?
STEVE: WELL, THIS WAS A
WARM JULY DAY, A WARM CREEK.
THIS WAS NO COLD WATER
DROWNING THAT COULD CAUSE
THAT MAMMALIAN DIVING
REFLEX THAT
SOME PEOPLE REPORT ABOUT.
THE PH VALUES SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES.
YOU CONSULT WITH A
MEDICAL DOCTOR…
SID: WHO SAID
SHE WAS DEAD?
PAM: THE DOCTORS IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM SAID SHE
WAS DEAD WHEN SHE
REVIVED – THE EMT SAID
SHE WAS DEAD – I’M SORRY,
THE POLICE OFFICER THAT
SAW HER KNEW SHE WAS DEAD.
HE SAID HE WAS HORRIFIED
BECAUSE HE HAD HOPED THAT
THEY WOULD JUST FIND HER
AND IT WAS SOME KIND OF
MISTAKE, AND HERE WAS THIS
LITTLE DEAD CHILD AND HE
WAS LOOKING AT HER AND HE
WAS IN THE AMBULANCE WHILE
THEY WERE DOING CPR,
HOLDING HER CHEST,
WATCHING THEM WORK ON A
DEAD BODY,
AND HE ACTUALLY WENT OUT
TO LOOK FOR A MURDERER,
AND THEN WHEN HE HEARD
THAT SHE HAD BEEN REVIVED
HE WAS ASTONISHED AND
REDEDICATED HIS LIFE
TO CHRIST.
SID: WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU
WHEN IT REALLY DAWNED ON YOU
THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IS DEAD?
DID YOU BELIEVE SHE WOULD
COME BACK TO LIFE?
PAM: I HAD NOT HEARD GOD
SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THAT,
SO I SURRENDERED MYSELF TO
THE LORD AND I THANKED HIM
FOR THE TWO AND A HALF
YEARS THAT I HAD HAD,
AND I REMINDED HIM OF ALL
THAT HE DONE IN THOSE YEARS
AND THE JOY THAT
I’D HAD IN HER LIFE,
AND IF THAT’S ALL THAT
HE GAVE ME,
I WAS GOING TO
THANK HIM FOR IT.
BUT I WANTED MORE.
SID: STEVE, YOU REALLY
BELIEVED SHE WAS GOING TO
COME BACK, DIDN’T YOU?
STEVE: GOD IS A GOD OF
SIGNS AND WONDERS,
AND TOO OFTEN WE MINIMIZE
WHAT THE ALMIGHTY CAN DO,
AND YOU KNOW, JESUS HAD
TOLD HIS DISCIPLES,
“THE WORKS I DO,
YOU WILL DO,
AND GREATER WORKS SHALL
YOU DO.”
BUT IT’S NOT JUST
AN INDIVIDUAL.
THIS IS NOT A STORY ABOUT
ONE SUPERHERO
PRAYING A PRAYER.
THIS IS ABOUT
THE BODY OF CHRIST,
THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW
JESUS CHRIST PRAYING IN A
FOCUSED, CONCERTED,
YIELDED MANNER AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT TAKING THOSE
PRAYERS AND BRINGING
A MIRACLE, AND WE
TAKE THESE STORIES,
A TEMPLATE FOR WHAT GOD
WOULD LIKE TO DO IN OTHER
PEOPLE’S LIVES, THAT HE
WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO COME
TOGETHER TWO OR THREE, OR
HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS,
AND DO GREAT WORKS.
SID: YOU KNOW, LIFE IS
REALLY STRANGE. IT REALLY IS.
YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN
YOU’RE GOING TO DIE.
THEY HAD NO IDEA THEIR
2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
WAS GOING TO DIE UNDER
SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.
I CAN’T WAIT TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
THIS LIFE FROM THE DEAD
WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
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SID: HELLO, I’M
SID ROTH,
YOUR INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER,
AND WHAT YOU ARE WITNESSING
IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
THIS YOUNG COUPLE,
PAM AND STEVE JOHNSON,
FIND THEIR 2-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER AT THE
BOTTOM OF A CREEK,
BEEN THERE A HALF HOUR,
PRONOUNCED DEAD BY
SEVERAL OF THE DOCTORS,
BY THE HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AND BECAUSE OF
PRAYER AND SUPERNATURAL
INTERVENTION IN THE
INVISIBLE WORLD, SHE
LITERALLY CAME BACK TO LIFE.
WHEN YOU FOUND OUT
SHE WAS ALIVE,
WHAT DID YOU THINK, MOTHER?
PAM: I WAS THRILLED.
I HAD SEEN THAT SHE WAS
DEAD AND OF COURSE
WE DIDN’T GET ALL THESE FACTS
PUT BACK TOGETHER
RIGHT AWAY, BUT I WAS ALSO
VERY EXHAUSTED AND
SOMEWHAT IN SHOCK MYSELF
AT THAT POINT,
AND THEY WANTED TO FLY HER
OUT TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
BECAUSE THEY SAW THAT SHE
WAS GOING TO RECOVER.
THEY DIDN’T KNOW HOW MUCH
SHE WAS GOING TO RECOVER.
SID: DID THEY SUSPECT
THERE WOULD BE,
LIKE, BRAIN DAMAGE…
PAM: OH, DEFINITELY.
AND WHEN WE ARRIVED AT
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL,
THEY TOLD US THAT SHE HAD
A 50-50 CHANCE OF
SURVIVING THIS AND THAT
THERE WAS SIMPLY NO CHANCE
OF HER HAVING NORMAL
BRAIN ACTIVITY.
SID: SO, YOU HAVE A
DAUGHTER THAT COMES BACK
FROM THE DEAD, STEVE, A
50-50 CHANCE OF
SURVIVING IF SHE SURVIVES,
BRAIN DAMAGE.
WHAT DID YOU BELIEVE?
STEVE: I COULDN’T HEAR IT.
I HAD HEARD THE WORDS,
BUT I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT
BECAUSE I FIGURED, GOD’S
GOING TO RAISE HER
FROM THE DEAD AND HE’S
GOING TO CONTINUE THE WORK!
WE’RE PART OF A MIRACLE!
HE’S GOING TO KEEP THE
PROMISE THAT HE PUT
IN MY HEART TO BRING HER ALL
THE WAY BACK FULL FORCE.
SID: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
STEVE: WELL, THERESA WAS
IN THE ICU ROOM.
THEY HAD ALL SORTS OF
TUBES IN HER BODY.
THEY WERE TREATING HER.
SHE WAS SEDATED SO SHE
WASN’T ALERT,
BUT LATER THAT NIGHT SHE
CAME AWAKE.
SID: WERE YOU THERE WHEN
SHE CAME AWAKE?
PAM: NO.
THEY TRIED TO CALL US BUT
SOMEHOW DIDN’T REACH US.
BUT THE NURSE REPORTED TO
US THAT THERESA WOKE UP,
AND THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE
WAS INTUBATED SO SHE COULD
NOT SPEAK, THAT SHE WAS
RESPONDING APPROPRIATELY
TO THE QUESTIONS THEY WERE
ASKING HER,
SO WHEN WE ARRIVED THAT
MORNING THE DOCTORS AND
THE NURSES WERE ALL
A-TITTER.
THEY WERE SO EXCITED
BECAUSE
THIS WAS INDEED A MIRACLE.
THE SENIOR PHYSICIAN
BROUGHT HIS INTERNS IN AND
THEY ALL GATHERED AROUND
HER BED AND THEY WOULD
SIDLE UP TO ME AND SAY,
“YOU KNOW WHAT THE PH WAS,
DON’T YOU?
THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL.
THIS IS AMAZING.”
AND THEN ONCE IN A WHILE
SOMEBODY WOULD SAY,
“THIS IS TRULY A MIRACLE.”
STEVE: DR. MOYA, THE CHIEF
PHYSICIAN AT
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, SAID
THIS IS OFF THE CHARTS.
SID: WHAT IS THERESA’S
CONDITION TODAY,
PROUD FATHER? TELL ME
ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.
STEVE: I AM A PROUD
FATHER.
I LOVE THIS YOUNG LADY.
SHE’S 14 NOW AND A BEAUTY.
SHE IS VERY ACTIVE,
VIVACIOUS, FULLY BRIGHT.
SHE PLAYS THE PIANO.
SHE DRIVES OUR RIDING
LAWNMOWER AROUND,
MOWING THE GRASS, SINGING
HER OWN SONGS,
PLAYS, READS WITH HER LITTLE
SISTERS, SEWS WITH GRANDMA.
SHE’S JUST A FULLY BRIGHT,
VIVACIOUS YOUNG LADY TODAY.
SID: AND PAM, WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED TO HER?
WHAT DID THIS YOUNG MAN
DO TO HER?
PAM: HE WAS A VERY ANGRY
YOUNG MAN.
HE’D NEVER MET THERESA OR
OUR FAMILY BEFORE AND
HE JUST WANTED SOMEONE TO
TAKE HIS ANGER OUT ON,
AND SO HE – I BELIEVE HE WAS
GOING TO MOLEST HER
BUT BECAUSE SHE CRIED, HE
BEAT HER AND THEN HE
SUBMERGED HER UNDER THE
WATER AND THEN
HELD HER BODY DOWN WITH
THIS CONCRETE BLOCK
SO THAT IT
WOULDN’T FLOAT AWAY.
SID: WELL, YOU HAVE A
DAUGHTER.
SHE’S SUPERNATURALLY
RECOVERED.
YOU HAVE THIS YOUNG MAN THAT
DID A HORRIBLE THING TO HER.
I GUESS THE TWO OF YOU
REALLY HATED HIM.
PAM: NO. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS
PART OF THE MIRACLE, TOO,
BECAUSE HATE NEVER
CAME INTO OUR MINDS.
WE RECOGNIZED THAT THAT
MAN, YOUNG MAN
WAS SO ABDUCTED
BY THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS
THAT HE NEEDED A MIRACLE,
TOO.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO
FORGIVE HIM.
SID: WAIT A SECOND.
I’VE GOT TO ASK YOU THIS.
DID YOUR DAUGHTER, A
2-YEAR-OLD, EXPERIENCE,
SHOW EVIDENCE
OF TRAUMA AS A RESULT OF
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?
WAS SHE FEARFUL AT NIGHT?
WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE
OF HER?
PAM: WELL, DURING THE
RECOVERY IN THE HOSPITAL,
WE WENT THROUGH ALL KINDS
OF THINGS.
WE REALLY HAD TO FIGHT FOR
OUR DAUGHTER IN PRAYER.
WE REALLY HAD TO SEEK GOD
CONTINUALLY FOR A
FULL RECOVERY, BUT SHE HAS
NO REMEMBRANCE
OF THIS WHOLE INCIDENT.
SHE IS NOT AFRAID OF WATER.
SHE LOVES TO SWIM.
SHE IS NOT AFRAID OF
STRANGERS OR OTHER PEOPLE.
SHE JUST HAS A FULL AND
ABUNDANT LIFE.
SID: WONDERFUL. YOU
FORGIVE THIS YOUNG MAN.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
YOU’RE THE FATHER, STEVE:
YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY,
AND THERE IS
NO HATRED OR ANIMOSITY.
WE SAW HIM AS AN ABDUCTED
PERSON BY SATAN ABDUCTING
A LITTLE CHILD, AND OUR
HEART’S PRAYER IS THAT
THIS YOUNG MAN’S LIFE
WOULD BE CHANGED.
SID: WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?
STEVE: WELL, HE WAS FOUND.
HE DID GIVE A CONFESSION.
HE IS NOW SERVING LIFE
IN PRISON.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT FOR HIM.
WE PRAY FOR HIM…
SID: HAVE YOU TRIED TO BE
IN CONTACT WITH HIM?
STEVE: YEAH, I HAVE.
I TRIED OCCASIONALLY TO
CORRESPOND WITH HIM.
HE DOESN’T WRITE BACK,
BUT WE SAW HIM IN JAIL
DURING THOSE EARLY DAYS.
SID: WHAT DID YOU SAY TO
HIM WHEN YOU SAW HIM?
STEVE: YOU KNOW, I JUST
AFFIRMED TO HIM THAT
WE LOVE HIM AND THAT
JESUS CHRIST IS REAL AND
HIS LIFE CAN BE CHANGED.
SID: STEVE! THIS WAS
A HORRIBLE THING THAT WAS
DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTER!
HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?
STEVE: WELL, IT’S
SUPERNATURAL, SID.
IT’S THE SUPERNATURAL
POWER OF GOD ALMIGHTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I COULD
PICTURE MYSELF
TACKLING HIM, BEATING
HIM UP, JUST, YOU KNOW,
I CAN PICTURE THAT, BUT
IT’S JUST NOT IN THE HEART
BECAUSE GOD’S DONE
SOMETHING NEW
IN OUR HEARTS IN REGARDS
TO THIS YOUNG MAN.
SID: DO YOU REALLY
LOVE HIM?
STEVE: YES, WE DO,
SINCERELY.
SID: HOW IMPORTANT WAS
PRAYER
IN YOUR WHOLE
DAUGHTER’S MIRACLE?
PAM: OH, IT WOULDN’T HAVE
HAPPENED WITHOUT PRAYER.
GOD ENCOURAGED US TO PRAY,
OF COURSE,
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN
PRAYER,
BUT THEN HE GAVE US
ANSWERS BACK AS WE PRAYED
SO THEN WE COULD PRAY
THOSE ANSWERS WHEN THERE
WAS WHAT WE COULD CALL A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE FROM
OUTSIDE OF OUR
UNDERSTANDING,
SOME SORT OF INFORMATION
THAT HELPED US PRAY
SPECIFICALLY FOR HER, AND
THEN IT WOULD HAPPEN!
IT WAS SO IMPORTANT.
SID: GIVE ME A SPECIFIC
EXAMPLE.
PAM: WHEN THERESA WAS IN
THE HOSPITAL AND SHE WAS
GOING THROUGH RECOVERY
THEY HAD TAKEN HER OFF THE
RESPIRATOR AND SHE JUST
HAD OXYGEN AND THEY WERE
WORKING ON HER LUNGS, AND
WE WERE PRAYING IN A
LITTLE GROUP AND ONE OF
OUR FRIENDS SAID,
“YOU KNOW, I AM IMPRESSED
THAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR
HER LEFT LUNG.”
I SAID, “OKAY,
WE’LL PRAY FOR
HER LEFT LUNG.”
SO WE WERE STANDING
THERE PRAYING.
A DOCTOR COMES
OUT AND SAYS,
“HER OXYGEN LEVEL HAS
GONE DOWN.
IT APPEARS THAT HER LEFT
LUNG IS FILLING WITH FLUID.”
AND WE WOULD JUST
SMILE AND SAY,
“WE ALREADY KNOW.”
STEVE: GOD’S LET US KNOW.
SID: YOU REALLY WERE
MOVING IN A
SUPERNATURAL CONFIDENCE!
PAM: YES, WE WERE.
IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
SID: IT’S VERY EXCITING,
BUT I WANT TO KNOW, EVEN –
WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT
SHE MIGHT BE A VEGETABLE?
PAM: WELL, YOU KNOW, GOD WAS
DOING SUCH INCREDIBLE THINGS.
SHE WAS DEAD, AND THERE –
I MEAN,
WHEN YOUR PH DROPS TO 6.3,
THAT MATTER IN YOUR BRAIN
DOESN’T STAY IN
CONSISTENCY;
IT BECOMES JELLO. SO GOD
ALREADY DID AN INCREDIBLE
MIRACLE JUST TO BRING HER
BACK TO THE POINT THAT SHE
WAS BREATHING AGAIN.
AT THAT POINT WE WEREN’T
WILLING TO ACCEPT WHAT
THEY WERE SAYING.
WHAT THEY HAD SAID IN THE
BEGINNING DIDN’T HAPPEN.
SHE WASN’T DEAD ANYMORE, SO
LET’S GO FOR THE WHOLE WAD!
STEVE: LET’S DO THE
WHOLE THING.
YOU KNOW, IN A BATTLE YOU
DON’T CONSTANTLY MEDITATE,
“WHAT IF WE LOSE?
WHAT IF WE’RE KILLED?”
YOU DON’T – YOU HAVE TO
SET THAT ASIDE
TO GO FOR THE WIN, AND WE
WANT TO GO FOR THE WIN
FOLLOWING THE LORD.
SID: STEVE, THERE’S
SOMEONE THAT IS WATCHING US
RIGHT NOW THAT GOD
HIMSELF TOLD TO WATCH.
MAYBE THEY DON’T KNOW GOD
TOLD THEM TO WATCH US,
BUT THEY ARE WATCHING.
THEY HAVE A HORRIBLE
CIRCUMSTANCE IN THEIR LIFE.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU
GIVE THEM?
LOOK RIGHT IN THE CAMERA.
STEVE: I’LL TELL YOU THIS:
I WOULD SAY THAT
GOD IS LIVING, HE’S LOVING;
HE CARES ABOUT YOU.
HE WANTS TO HEAR YOU CALL ON
HIS NAME. SCRIPTURE TELLS US,
“AS MANY AS CALL ON
HIM ARE SAVED.”
GATHER FRIENDS AROUND YOU
AND IN A FOCUSED,
CONCERTED WAY,
POUR OUT YOUR HEART TO HIM.
SAY, “GOD, THIS IS MY NEED”
AND LOOK FOR HIM TO ANSWER.
DON’T JUST CALL ONE OR
TWO FRIENDS,
BUT IN A CONCERTED,
FOCUSED WAY SAY,
“OH GOD, I’M TAKING A-HOLD
OF YOUR COATTAILS.
I’M CALLING ON YOU IN THE
NAME OF JESUS. HEAR MY PLEA.”
SID: I WANT YOU TO KNOW
ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING:
“GOD IS NO RESPECTER
OF PERSONS.”
WHAT HE HAS DONE
FOR THIS FAMILY,
HE IS SO DESIROUS TO
DO FOR YOU,
SO YOU THAT ARE IN A
HOPELESS, HORRIBLE SITUATION,
NUMBER ONE, GOD KNOWS
THIS, AND NUMBER TWO,
HE LOVES YOU AND
HE WANTS TO
CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCE,
BUT THE QUESTION IS,
WITHOUT FAITH IN HIS WORD,
YOU CAN’T PLEASE HIM.
I SUGGEST YOU START
READING THE BIBLE AND
FIND A PROMISE FROM GOD,
AND THAT PROMISE
IS YOUR PROMISE.
AND RAISE UP
WITH RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
JUST AS STEVE JOHNSON SAID,
“YOU CAN’T! SHE’S
GOING TO LIVE AND NOT DIE!”
STEVE: THAT’S RIGHT.
SID: “SHE IS GOING TO LIVE
AND NOT DIE!”
AND YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE
BECAUSE THERE IS A LIFE –
THERE’S SOMETHING BETTER
THAN WHAT YOU HAVE.
INTIMACY WITH GOD THROUGH
THE MESSIAH OF ISRAEL,
YESHUA, JESUS, IS AS FAR
AS YOUR NEXT WORD.
SAY, “YESHUA, YESHUA,
OH, JESUS, I LOVE YOU, GOD.”
LIFT UP YOUR HANDS,
BEGIN TO WORSHIP HIM.
TELL HIM HOW MUCH
YOU LOVE HIM.
“I LOVE YOU, YESHUA!
I WORSHIP YOU!
YOU’RE THE JEWISH MESSIAH!
I PRAISE YOUR HOLY NAME!
I PRAISE THE MIGHTY NAME
OF YESHUA!’
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