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A mother was teaching her three-year-old the Lord’s Prayer. Night after night they practiced, and one evening the little girl said, “Mommy, I can do it myself.” So she folded her tiny hands and prayed, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some e-mail.”

Another Sunday a family’s little boy was restless in church. His dad finally scooped him up and started down the aisle to the foyer. Halfway there, the child threw his arms toward the crowd and shouted, “Pray for me! Pray for me!”

One clever four-year-old prayed, “Forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.”

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