Christian community service to the outback community.
One Sunday in church a young child was "acting up" during the
morning worship. 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 lobby, the little one called
loudly to the congregation, "Pray for me! Pray for me!"
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."
And this particular four-year-old prayed: "And forgive us our trash
baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets."
A father told his young son when he entered Church, he needed to say a prayer. The lad sat
down and prayed softly. "Now I lay me down to sleep, the sermons long, the doctrine
weak. If he should stop before I wake, pinch me quick for heaven's sake."
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."
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."
A little boy's prayer. "Dear God, please take care of my daddy and my
mummy 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."
A rabbi said to a precocious six-year-old: "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!"
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?"
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."
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!"
Submitted by
Cecil and/or Martha Smith
Serving towns too small for a Church, - too big to overlook.
Remember, 'Don't back out on the outback!
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