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ROI = Return on Investment
Dare to Be a Disciple
Focus:
ROI = Return on Investment
The Investment Strategy of Jesus
Warren Buffet invested $25 million ($135 million today) to buy See’s Candy in 1972.
Lucy Ricardo might have had trouble at the candy factory, but Warren Buffet had a vision in 1972 that was sweeter than anyone could have expected.
Buffet bought See’s, a family-owned candy company with stores around the American West.
Founded in 1921, the business became, according to an interview with Fortune, one of Warren Buffet’s favorite investments.
For an outlay of $25 million, the return has topped more than $1.35 billion so far, since he still owns the stock.
A sweet return for the company where Lucille Ball trained for her classic “I Love Lucy” candy factory comedy bit.
Maybe you would prefer a ROI of $54 to $1?
Ray Kroc invested $2.7 million ($20.4 million today) in McDonald’s in 1961.
Kroc’s story of seeing the possibility of riches in the California drive-in owned by the brothers McDonald is famous.
After helping the brothers franchise their restaurants for several years, Kroc bought them out.
For his investment, Kroc managed to amass a fortune of $500 million ($1.1 billion today) when he died in 1984.
Or, how about a ROI of $833 to even $1 of investment?
Asa Candler invested $2,300 ($57,875 today) to buy Coca-Cola in 1891.
Coca-Cola is the pause that refreshes, as the slogan used to say.
Before Coke came along, the options for a cold drink on a hot day were far more limited.
But then a Southern pharmacist trying to concoct a headache remedy stumbled upon a very different sort of elixir.
With his personal health problems growing, and Coke not bringing in much revenue, the pharmacist sold off his recipe.
If he had known what was to come, he would have needed that headache remedy.
Lots of it.
Asa Candler scooped up Coke for $2,300 ($58,000) in 1891 and sold it for $25 million ($332 million today) in 1923.
Jesus had some advice that He passed on to the disciples about investments.
The Investment Strategy of Jesus
Matthew 6:19-
1. Go where Jesus goes
The Nature of Kingdom Investments
2. 4 signs of a healthy heart – Spirit led, a diet of God’s Word, don’t tempt God, Worship God only
3. “Desire mercy, not sacrifice
4. TODAY – we will look at the investment strategy of Jesus
Investments in the Kingdom of God return the greatest dividends!
The Nature Kingdom Investments
Have you ever watched a squirrel prepare for winter?
They go out and find acorn after acorn.
They bury it here and there, carry some of them to their nests, and put some of them in your eaves.
It doesn’t seem like they have a plan at all.
And it certainly doesn’t seem like they will find all of their little hiding places.
Fortunately, the investment strategy of Jesus is more manageable and far more profitable!
The Nature Kingdom Investments
Let’s look a little more closely at the passage from the book of Matthew…
Kingdom Investments are Treasures
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body.
If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness.
If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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