Saturday’s Talk
Tonight I’m speaking at PIB Satelite’s youth group. It’s been a while since I’ve spoken to an actual youth group (I think it was in Cuba), so I’m a little nervous. Here’s what I’ve got so far (in English).
TITLE: Don’t land in the garbage dump.
TEXT: Luke 15:11-32 (Prodigal Son)
INTRODUCTION: I like food. Don’t you? I love going to restaurants to eat good food. My favorite food is steak. A good steak is awesome. Usually, if you go to a fancy place and eat a steak, you feel good after eating. If I have the option of eating a steak, I will eat it.
On the other hand, there are hot dogs. Do you know what a hot dog is made of? All of the left over meat that they have in the meat section. They grind it all up and throw it in a casing. Most hot dogs aren’t even real beef. If you want beef, you would choose a steak over a hot dog every time.
With a good steak you don’t have to put anything on it for it to taste good. It’s just good. You have to put all sorts of stuff on a hot dog to make it taste good. If you’re going to choose, you’re probably going to choose the steak.
We have options between the best stuff and stuff that isn’t so good in life. Most of the time, we choose the worst. Most of the time, we go with the wrong choice. Sure, it feels good for a little while, but it’s not as satisfying as choosing the best for us. There’s a story in Luke 15 that talks about a young man who made a choice.
