Children's Prayers
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 hearing 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 did - just then!"
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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."