Congratulations on the Lottery
IllustrationStory★★★★THERE was a girl named Maria who had broken up with Jimmy. She told him she simply didn’t want to be with him anymore. But after about a year of being broken up, out of the blue, she wrote Jimmy a letter. She said, “Jimmy, I miss you bad. I think of you all day and all night long. You dominate my mind and I just don’t want to be apart from you anymore. Jimmy, let’s reconnect. P.S. Congratulations on winning the lottery!” It’s amazing how willing people are to do things when there is personal benefit involved.
The point
An ex-girlfriend writes to a man after a year, saying she misses him and wants to reconnect—then adds a P.S. congratulating him on winning the lottery. People are remarkably willing to do things when personal benefit is involved.
Scripture
1 Peter 2:5
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Humorous
To tell aloud
under a minute · 98 words