Friday, March 9, 2012


KIDS IN CHURCH
3-year-old Reese :
'Our Father, Who does art in heaven,
Harold is His name.
Amen.'
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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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After the christening of his baby brother in church,
Jason 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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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 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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A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin 5, and 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,
' Ryan , you be Jesus !'
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A father was at the beach with his children
when the four-year-old son ran up to him,
grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore
where a seagull lay dead in the sand.
'Daddy, what happened to him?' the son asked.
'He died and went to Heaven,' the Dad replied.
The boy thought a moment and then said,
'Did God throw him back down?'
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A wife 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 wife answered.
The daughter bowed her head and said,
'Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?'
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Friday, February 10, 2012





Perguntaram numa ocasião a Mahatma Gandhi quais são os factores que destroem o ser humano, ele respondeu assim:
"A Política sem Princípios, o Prazer sem Responsabilidade, a Riqueza sem Trabalho, a Sabedoria sem Carácter, os Negócios sem Moral, a Ciência sem Humanidade e a Oração sem Caridade. A vida tem-me ensinado, que as pessoas são amá
veis, se eu sou amável; que as pessoas estão tristes, se estou triste; que todos me querem bem, se eu quero o bem deles; que todos são maus, se eu os odeio; que há rostos sorridentes, se eu sorrio para eles; que há rostos amargurados, se estou amargurado; que o mundo é feliz, se eu sou feliz; que as pessoas tem nojo, se eu sinto nojo; que as pessoas são gratas, se eu tenho gratidão. A vida é como um espelho: Se sorrio, o espelho me devolve o sorriso. A atitude que tomo na vida, é a mesma que a vida tomará ante mim."
"Quem quiser ser amado, que ame"
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THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR