Have you ever been prayed for? Of course you have. But have you ever been prayed for without knowing about it? I was at a meeting over at St. Barnabas United Methodist Church in Arlington a couple of weeks ago and out of the clear blue, a member whom I'm only slightly acquainted with, came up to me and asked me how my mother is doing. She had heard in their prayer time that Mom needed our prayers. She didn't know what it was all about, but lifted Mom and me in prayer.

It was kind of an incredible feeling. I told Mom about it and she felt the same way. People we didn't even know were praying for Mom.

There is someone else that has prayed for us without our requesting it and without us even knowing about it. He prayed for us before we were ever born and before the church was ever formed. I…