jersee3380
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Name: caroline
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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." > > ********************************* > > A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, looking > > at the old pages as he turned them. Then something fell out of the Bible and > > he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree > > that has been pressed in between the pages. "Momma, look what I found," the > > boy called out. "What have you got there, dear?" his mother asked. With > > astonishment in the young boy's voice he answered, "It's Adam's suit!!" > > ********************************* > > The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel mike, 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?" > > ********************************* > > 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." > > ********************************* > > My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how > > you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No, how > > are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied. > > ********************************* > > A ten-year old, under the tutelage of her grandmother, was becoming quite > > knowledgeable about the Bible. Then one day she floored her grandmother by > > asking, "Which Virgin was the mother of Jesus? The virgin Mary or the King > > James Virgin?" > > ********************************* > > A Sunday school class was studying the Ten Commandments. They were ready to > > discuss the last one. The teacher asked if anyone could tell her what it > > was. Susie raised her hand, stood tall, and quoted, "Thou shall not take the > > covers off the neighbor's wife." > > ********************************* > > 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." > > ********************************** > > A little boy was in a relative's wedding. As he was coming down the aisle, > > he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd. While facing the > > crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and roar. So it went, step, > > step, ROAR, step, step, ROAR, all the way down the aisle. As you can > > imagine, the crowd was near tears from laughing so hard by the time he > > reached the pulpit. The little boy, however, was getting more and more > > distressed from all the laughing, and was also near tears by the time he > > reached the pulpit. When asked what he was doing, the child sniffed and > > said, "I was being the Ring Bear." > > ******************************* > > 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!" > > ******************************* > > And one particular four-year old prayed, "And forgive us our trash baskets > > as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets." > > ******************************* > > One student's 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 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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