Prayer motives

A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates. Ahead of him is a guy who`s dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and jeans. Peter addresses him, "Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of Heaven?"


"I`m Joe Cohen, a taxi-driver from Noo Yawk City."

Peter consults his list, smiles and says to the taxi-driver, "Take this silk robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

The minister now stands before Peter and says in his best preacher voice, "I am Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint Mary`s for the last forty-three years."

Peter consults his list and then says to the minister, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

"Just a minute," the minister protested, "that man was a taxi-driver, and he gets a silk robe and golden staff. How can this be?"

"Up here, we work by results," says Peter. "While you preached, people slept; while he drove, people prayed."

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My apologies for the poor theology!

What point can you make from this one? There’s probably something about people praying when they are scared.

Have a great weekend!