>> At Sunday School they were teaching how God created everything,
>> including human beings.
>> Little Johnny, a child in the kindergarten class, seemed especially
>> intent when they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's
>> ribs. Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down as
though he
>> were ill, and said, "Johnny, what is the matter?"
>> Little Johnny responded, "I have a pain in my side. I think I'm
>> going to have a wife."
>>
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>> 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 His
name. You
>> know, "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Harold be Thy name."
>>
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>>
>>
>> One 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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>>
>> 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. I asked Him to
help
>> you put up with me."
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>>
>> A little boy was overheard praying: "Lord, if You can't make me a
>> better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like
>> I am.
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>>
>> Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream
>> on her face.
>> "Why do you do that, Mommy?"
>> "To make myself beautiful," said his mother, who then began
removing
>> the cream with a tissue.
>> "What's the matter?" asked Little Johnny. "Giving
up?"