Quote from Forum Archives on June 1, 1999, 7:27 am

Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>

One Sunday in a Midwest city a young child was "acting up" during the
morning worship hour. The parents did their best to maintain some sense
of
order in the pew but were losing the battle. Finally the father picked
the
little fellow up and walked sternly up the aisle on his way out. Just
before reaching the safety of the foyer the little one called loudly to
the
congregation, "Pray for me! Pray for me!"
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A daddy was listening to his child say his prayer "Dear Harold". At
this,
dad interrupted and said, "Wait a minute -how come you called God
'Harold'"?
The little boy looked up and said, "That's what they call Him in church.
You know the prayer we say, "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Harold be Thy
Name."
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And this particular four-year-old prayed: "And forgive us our trash
baskets
as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets."
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During the minister's prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from
one
of the back pews. Gary's mother was horrified. She pinched him into
silence,
and after church asked: "Gary, whatever made you do such a thing?" Gary
answered soberly: "I asked God to teach me to whistle... and He just then
did!"
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One night Mike's parents overheard this prayer: "Now I lay me down to
rest,
and hope to pass tomorrow's test, If I should die before I wake, that's
one
less test I have to take."
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A five-year-old said grace at family dinner one night. "Dear God, thank
you
for these pancakes..." When he concluded, his parents asked him why he
thanked God for pancakes when they were having chicken. He smiled and
said,
"I thought I'd see if He was paying attention tonight."
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A little boy's prayer: "Dear God, please take care of my daddy and my
mommy
and my sister and my brother and my doggy and me. Oh, please take care
of
yourself, God. If anything happens to you, we're gonna be in a big
mess."
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A rabbi said to a precocious six-year-old boy: "So your mother says your
prayers for you each night Very commendable. What does she say?" The
little
boy replied, "Thank God he's in bed!".
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A woman invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to her
six-
year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?". "I
wouldn't know what to say," the little girl replied. "Just say what you
hear Mommy say," the mother said. The little girl bowed her head and
said,
"Dear Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?"
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Johnny had been misbehaving and was sent to his room. After a while he
emerged and informed his mother that he had thought it over and then said
a
prayer. "Fine", said the pleased mother. "If you ask God to help you
not
misbehave, He will help you." "Oh, I didn't ask Him to help me not
misbehave," said Johnny. "I asked Him to help you put up with me."