The Principle of Investment

Warm-Up: ~ If given an opportunity to invest, what, where or how will you make your investment? Word:

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ~ Luke 6:38 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
~ Luke 6:31

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
~ 2 Corinthians 9:6 Peoples Mentality of Giving and Investing? 1. Giving scarcity mentality. 2. Investing abundance mentality.

What is the motivation for giving or investing?

self-interest 1. Matthew 7:1 Do not judge or you too will be judged.

2. Matthew 6:19-20 Do not store up for yourselves treasures

on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ~ Luke 6:38

No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
~ Matthew 6:24

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
~ Matthew 6:33

You can serve God with mammon, but you cannot serve God and mammon.
~ E. Stanley Jones Examples of Covetousness in the Bible: 1. David 2. Saul 3. Judas

The Ten Commandments of Investment 1. Recognize that God is the Provider.

2. Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you dont want as long as these are compatible with the Will of God. Job 3:25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded

has happened to me. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
~ 2 Timothy 1:7 3. Invest what you want.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ~ Luke 6:38
4. Invest on the Front End.

Dont be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. ~ 1 Kings 17:13 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food everyday for Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil of did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah. ~ 1 Kings 17:15-16

5. Be patient. 6. Do not be deterred by an occasional crop failure.

7. Put your money were you want your heart to be.

8. Rejoice. There are 2 types of people: a) Thermometer b) Thermostat 9. Expect results.

10. Give God the glory.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. ~ 1 Corinthians
3:7

But, Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.

~ 2 Corinthians 10:17

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
~ Matthew 6:33 There are 2 kinds of people in the world: 1. Investors

2. Takers

Lessons to Learn: 1. 2. 3. 4. Master the meaning of investment. Perceive the right motive of investment. Grasp the importance of investment. And follow the ten commandments for investment.

Excellent companies are close to the customer. Example: 1. Frito Lay

2. John R. Mott: The key: He was an investor. Generous with his concepts, his time, his energy and his money. His secret: His self-giving spirit can be found in the intimate relationship he sustained with the Lord he began each day with an unhurried quiet time of Bible study, prayer and meditation. Jesus was the perfect man, the only perfect man who ever lived.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ~ Luke 6:38
Life Application: ~ What area are you investing in? ~ How do you plan to master the principle of investment and to make giving a habit?