What does it feel like to have someone praying for you? By name, in person, one-on-one? John Indermark remembers a childhood experience of being in the hospital for surgery when he was ten years old. He says he remembers a priest praying for him: "I seem to recall that as he came and stood at the foot of my bed, I felt a mix of wonder and fear. I did not know him, but he prayed. For me. He took time to bring my name and need before God. That I knew. That I still know. That I carry with me in ministry." [1]

I don't know about you, but I know about me, and I know what a blessing it is to know that someone is praying for me. In my first appointment in that little country church in Hawthorn, Pennsylvania, we had a weekly Wednesday night prayer meeting. Actually, we had three prayer meetings i…