Our country church may be small, but we make up for it with an active prayer ministry. On Sunday night we developed a tradition of holding a special prayer service that attracted peolpe from all over the county

At the end of the service one night the preacher called out, "Anyone here with 'special needs' who wants to be prayed over, please come forward to the altar."

With that, a young man wearing bib overalls got in line. He appeared a bit nervous. When it was his turn, the Preacher asked, "Son, what do you want us to pray about for you?"

Rather reluctantly the young man replied, "Preacher, I need you to pray for help with my hearing."

Ready to get to work, the preacher put a finger of one hand in the young man's ear, placed his other hand on top of the boy's head, and then commenced to pray in a mighty way. He prayed and prayed and prayed. He prayed a "blue streak" for almost 15 minutes. The congregation joined in with great enthusiasm.

After winding down the prayer the preacher removed his hands, stood back and asked, "Son, how is your hearing now?"

The young man answered, "I don't know, sir. My lawyer said the judge scheduled it for next Thursday."