A NEW INVESTMENT STRATEGY Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

Hanging by a Thread 1. Personal happiness the main goal 2. Marriage for life old- fashioned 3. Traditional roles are confining and outdated

4. Teenagers should make their own choices 5. There is no such thing as absolute morality 6. Question all authority at every opportunity. 7. The influence of Christianity should be eliminated from public life

For they sow the wind and they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up. Hosea 8:7

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. Galatians 6:7

Investment: Putting something you value on the line in hopes of gaining something you value even more.

You will always reap what you sow. You will always reap later than you sow. You will always reap more than you sow.

Investing must be done carefully. Investing must be done consistently.

1)Tenderness A)Say it. B)Show it. C)Sell it.

…for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, Ephesians 5:29

2)Time

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven— Ecclesiastes 3:1

A) Invest time in the Savior. B) Invest time in your spouse. C)Invest time in your children (and Grandchildren).

3)Truth A)Let them see you loving truth. B)Let them see you loving The Truth.

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6

You always reap HOW you sow.

Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6