Follow Jesus, not a religion. He desires relationship, and I can attest to the fact that God will answer prayers where animals are concerned. One of my Labradors got out while I was at work, and my neighbor came and told me they found him dead in my backyard. I went home, buried him and then spent the rest of the day at my brother's. When I came home that night I could not find my cat, Whitey. He was an indoor cat, and one of my other dogs had put a hole in a window as screen. Whitney was that rare cat that actually came when he was called. I looked everywhere inside and out calling his name. He was gone. I stood out on the front yard and looked up at the night sky and told God I could not handle 2 in one day. I asked Him to bring Whitey home. I went inside and Whitey meowed at me from the kitchen doorway. God answered my prayer.