It’s one of the most obvious investment considerations of all time: Where am I going to get the best return on my investment?
Let’s take a little quiz on your investing savvy. If I gave you some money to invest, and you had to invest it all in just one of these two companies, which would you choose:
- Company A which has only had one profitable year in the past decade.
- Company B which has been profitable for nine of the past 10 years.
There’s really not much to consider here, is there? Even the most novice of investors is going to pick Company B.
In our World Changers group, we have been heartstorming about our role in missions. We’re getting ready to launch Project A1:8. Jesus told His followers to be empowered by the Holy Spirit to be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth. In other words, to use the Holy Spirit’s power to make wise investments in people. One of the wisest investments we can make is where the return on investment potential is the highest… sort of like investing in Company B.
How about this profit potential: 90% of people who accept Jesus as their personal Savior do so before the age of 18. Investing in young people is like investing in Company B that was profitable in nine of the previous 10 years. So that’s what we’ve chosen as our Jerusalem.
It was awesome to see our group of World Changers come alive as one idea after another began to bounce around the room about making the investment into kids.
I’m excited to see the return on investment God will give us!
October 12, 2009 at 6:33 pm
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October 12, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Sarah,
GREAT video! I’m so glad you found this. This makes my case for me! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
–CTO
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October 13, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Actually I found it a long time ago because someone blogged about a blog about this and I ended up following the trail of breadcrumbs, I mean links, and I thought it was cool so I embeded it on my blog. But all this was a couple months ago. Your point just kind of reminded me of it.
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