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 | After the christening of his baby brother in church, Little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car.
His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied, "That preacher said he wanted us brought up
in a Christian home, and I wanted to stay with you guys."
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| Terri asked her Sunday School class to draw pictures of their favorite bible stories. She was puzzled by Kyle's
picture, which showed four people on an airplane, so she asked him which story it was meant to represent. "The
flight to Egypt," said Kyle. "I see ... And that must be Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus," Ms. Terri said.
"But who's the fourth person?" "Oh, that's Pontius -- the Pilot!"
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| The Sunday School Teacher asks, "Now, Johnny, tell me frankly do you say prayers before eating?" "No
sir," Little Johnny replies, "I don't have to, my mom is a good cook!"
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| I had been teaching my three-year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord's Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, she
would repeat after me the lines from the prayer. Finally, she decided to go solo. I listened with pride as she carefully
enunciated each word, right up to the end of the prayer: "Lead us not into temptation," she prayed, "but
deliver us some E-mail. Amen!"
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| One Sunday, 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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| And one 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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| A Sunday school teacher asked her little children, as they were on the way to church service, "And why is it
necessary to be quiet in church?" One bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping."
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| The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel microphone, and as he preached, he moved briskly about the platform,
jerking the mike cord as he went. Then he moved to one side, getting wound up in the cord and nearly tripping before
jerking it again. After several circles and jerks, a little girl in the third pew leaned toward her mother and whispered,
"If he gets loose, will he hurt us?"
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| Six-year old Angie and her four-year old brother Joel were sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang, and talked
out loud. Finally, his big sister had had enough. "You're not supposed to talk out loud in church." "Why?
Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked. Angie pointed to the back of the church and said, "See those two men
standing by the door? They're hushers."
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| A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first
pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. "If Jesus were sitting here, He would say 'Let my
brother have the first pancake, I can wait.'" Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, "Okay Ryan, you
be Jesus!"
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| A mother invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six-year old daughter and said, "Would
you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn't know what to say," the girl replied. "Just say what you
hear Mommy say," the mother answered. The daughter bowed her head and said, "Lord, why on earth did I invite
all these people to dinner?"
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| At Sunday School they were teaching how God created everything, including human beings. Little Johnny, 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 as though he was 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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| A Child's Prayer overheard... "Our Father, who does art in heaven, Howard is his name...." |
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