THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT (10 OF 18)
by Roger Thomas
Scripture: PHILIPPIANS 4:12
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The Secret of Contentment (10 of 18)
Series: New Testament Sampler
Roger Thomas
Philippians 4:12
Introduction: You can't buy contentment. But you would if you could!
Every parent or grandparent knows that when the final history of the world's wars is written, the greatest battle of all time won't have been fought at Gettysburg, Valley Forge, or Normandy. History's greatest conflict is the Battle of the Golden Arches.
We have all made our stand and lost. It starts when we make the mistake of asking our little ones where they would like to eat. No matter the choices, their answer is always the same--McDonald's! McDonald's may not be our choice, but it is almost always theirs. You didn't really have to ask. What looks like Golden Arches is really a super secret, high-tech "kid-magnet." Every child under ten feels the tug.
You also know what they want once you get to the counter. You only have to ask what kind of "happy meal" to order. It's always a "happy meal." Somewhere along the line some marketing genius figured out a way to convince our little ones and through them their parents and grandparents that the little bag contains more than McNuggets, fries, and a dinosaur stamp. You're not buying a kid's meal. You're buying a happy meal!
You know that once they get their hands on the little plastic thingamajig, they won't touch their meal. Try as you might to convince the kids to skip the cheap little trinket, nothing works. Even if you promise to give them a quarter to buy their own little toy from the bubble gum machine by the door after they eat, they still want "a happy meal." Of course, you give in. What self-respecting adult wants a restaurant full of people craning their necks to look at the tight-fisted, penny-pinching cheapskate who made the little kid cry by denying him a "happy meal?"
Of course, you can't buy happiness in a hamburger sack. The only one that stays happy is McDonald's. That's why Ronald McDonal ...
Series: New Testament Sampler
Roger Thomas
Philippians 4:12
Introduction: You can't buy contentment. But you would if you could!
Every parent or grandparent knows that when the final history of the world's wars is written, the greatest battle of all time won't have been fought at Gettysburg, Valley Forge, or Normandy. History's greatest conflict is the Battle of the Golden Arches.
We have all made our stand and lost. It starts when we make the mistake of asking our little ones where they would like to eat. No matter the choices, their answer is always the same--McDonald's! McDonald's may not be our choice, but it is almost always theirs. You didn't really have to ask. What looks like Golden Arches is really a super secret, high-tech "kid-magnet." Every child under ten feels the tug.
You also know what they want once you get to the counter. You only have to ask what kind of "happy meal" to order. It's always a "happy meal." Somewhere along the line some marketing genius figured out a way to convince our little ones and through them their parents and grandparents that the little bag contains more than McNuggets, fries, and a dinosaur stamp. You're not buying a kid's meal. You're buying a happy meal!
You know that once they get their hands on the little plastic thingamajig, they won't touch their meal. Try as you might to convince the kids to skip the cheap little trinket, nothing works. Even if you promise to give them a quarter to buy their own little toy from the bubble gum machine by the door after they eat, they still want "a happy meal." Of course, you give in. What self-respecting adult wants a restaurant full of people craning their necks to look at the tight-fisted, penny-pinching cheapskate who made the little kid cry by denying him a "happy meal?"
Of course, you can't buy happiness in a hamburger sack. The only one that stays happy is McDonald's. That's why Ronald McDonal ...
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