Emphasis Preaching Journal

There was once a young boy who was asked to say grace at his family's dinner table. The prayer was going very nicely when all of a sudden, the boy said something about hoping his sister would get caught for eating all the Oreos that afternoon. After the grace was finished and the offending sister had quickly excused herself, the parents turned to the boy and said "It's not nice to tattle on people, especially in a prayer. You shouldn't pray to get even with people."