Last weekend, as we were gathered around my folk's dinner table for the usual Sunday afternoon meal, we asked my three four-year-old niece to pray. She was to my immediate left. We bowed our heads and waited. She opened with, "In Jesus' name" and then looked up and sheepishly said that she had messed up. We encouraged her to continue or to start over. Slightly embarrassed, she initially refused but her father, BJ, gave her the opening words: "Dear Jesus...."
So with renewed confidence we bowed our heads again to pray. She started, "Door Jesus..." and then looked up, grinned, rolled her eyes and said, "I said, 'Door.'"
We all fell out in the floor laughing. It was adorably cute and something we'll all remember. Since then my niece has garnered the confidence to pray again despite our laughter.