Johnny had been misbehaving and was sent to his room.
After a while he emerged and informed his mother that he had thought it over and then said a prayer.

A young boy called the pastor of a local "corner" church to ask the pastor to come by to pray for
his mother who had been very ill with the flu.

So far today, God, I've done all right.
I haven't gossiped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or over-indulgent.

They have Dial-a-Prayer for atheists now.