Takechance

Mr. Caring, I need help.
When I received Jesus, I quit all my vices except one.

Prompter & Echoes

It has him hooked!

Caring

Drugs?

Takechance

Gambling. Look at these cursed lottery tickets!
I’ll bet on anything! I can’t resist it.

Caring

Yes you can, Mr. Takechance.
Trust the Lord to provide without taking from others.

Takechance

Taking it? I have not stolen anything since I received Christ, Mr. Caring.

Caring

Not directly, but when you win a bet, you take it from someone else. 
You gain, another loses. Your family is lucky; another family lacks.
 Compulsive gambling seeks wealth not by working, but by taking it from others.

Prompter & Echoes

Someone always loses.

Takechance

Yeah, someone always loses and it’s usually me.

Caring

Gambling becomes a form of laziness, Mr. Takechance.
Proverbs 6:6 says, “Go to the ant, O sluggard. Observe
her ways and be wise.”

Takechance

I always hoped to win big, so I would not have to work anymore.
You are right, Mr. Caring. I was lazy. Okay, I’ll be an ant!

Prompter & Echoes

A busy ant!

Caring

2 Thessalonians 3:10-11 says,
“If one is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.
Some among you lead an undisciplined life, doing no work at all.”

Takechance

That me. Yes, I’ve seen gambling plunge addicts’ families into poverty.

Caring

Some men, after losing their family’s life savings, have committed suicide.

Takechance

I’ve thought about it.

Caring

I’ve been praying for you, Mr. Takechance. Now is the time for you to stop idolizing the goddess of luck. Will you trust God? Will you let me hold you accountable as long as you need it?

Takechance

Yes. Each week I’ll report my progress to you. Oh, praise God!

Caring

Then start right now. Here’s a match. Burn those lottery tickets!

Takechance

I’ll do it. Hear they go, up in smoke! Oh! I’ve been unshackled!

Prompter & Echoes

Freedom!