In the church response, instead of "Thanks be to God," I thought it was "Thanks speedy God" because church goers were thanking Him for the reading being over quickly.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I used to think that church songs were pop music. Well, we did sing them in church every week...— Roxy
- My fiance was in church as a kid and he saw the Vicar of the church and asked his Mum if it was God.— Andys fiancee
- when i was little i thought god changed my name the first day i went to church— stephanie
- I thought you were supposed to take money out of the collection at church.— Wangchuk
- I thought that a mosque (a muslim church) was a place where mosquitoes live.Anon
- That the city of Christchurch was a big church which everybody lived in.— Christine