Why Invest in the
Philippine Stock Market NOW!?
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Sow in Time of Famine
One day, a man got lost walking in the
desert.
The next day, he was still lost.
After two days under the scorching sun,
he was very thirsty.
All of a sudden, he saw a little wooden
shed.
He ran to it, thinking of only one
thing—water!
When he arrived there, he saw an old,
rusty water pump sticking from the ground. He gripped the handle and began
pumping like a mad man.
But nothing came out.
Disappointed, he stepped back to see how
to make it work.
Looking around, he saw a jug covered
with dust.
When he grabbed it, he saw a piece of
paper stuck on it. The message read, “Open this jug and you’ll find water.
Don’t drink it. Pour it instead on the pump. And you’ll have all the water you
want.”
He popped the cork.
True enough, the jug was filled with
water. Lovely, thirst-quenching, water.
Now imagine you’re that thirsty man.
For two whole days, you haven’t drunk
water. Your mouth is so dry, your tongue is sticking to the roof of your mouth.
You’re literally dying of thirst. And you’re now holding a jug full of water.
But the message says that you should throw it away!
For a moment, your heart is torn.
What if the message was a joke? A cruel
prank? What if you poured the water on that rusty pump and nothing happened?
But the man in our story chose to take
the risk.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath,
and poured the water.
He held the handle and pumped like
crazy.
A few seconds later, torrents of water
gushed out. Indeed, he had more water than he could ever need!
He drank to his heart’s content. He also
found water containers to bring with him in his journey and filled them up to
the brim. But before leaving the place, he filled the jug with water.
And underneath the sign attached to it,
he scribbled, “I tried it. Believe me, it works.”
You
Have a Choice: Drink Now or Drink Forever
This is a great
picture of why people are poor.
The money that you
hold now, no matter how small, is like that jug of water. And you always have a
choice: You can drink now or you can drink forever. You can have money now or
have money forever.How? By investing.
A lot of people don’t
invest.
They spend whatever
they have.
I’ve met people who
earn P10T a month or 50T a month or P500T a month—and they spend everything.
(Yes, I’ve met a lot of high-income poor people!) That’s why their money pump
remains dry. And they’ll remain poor forever. It really doesn’t matter how much
people earn. What matters is how much they invest.
Investment is a crazy
decision.
It’s as crazy as
pouring that last jug of water into the pump.
Friend, you have
money now.
It may be small but
you have it.
And you’re standing
in front of a money pump.
Actually, three money
pumps:
• Business:
Traditional, Franchise, Networking, etc.
• Property:
Rental Property, Buy and Sell, etc.
• Paper:
Stock Market, Mutual Funds, Bonds, etc.
But today, I’d like
to focus on the “Paper” money pump.
Not everyone can
start a business right away.
Not everyone can buy
a property right away.
But almost everyone
can invest in Paper Assets.
Friend, you have a
choice.
Will you simply
consume your little money?
Or will you pour it
into the money pump—so that it produces more money for you?
I
call this sowing in time of famine. For a moment, your heart is torn.
Don’t
Wait for Better Times
Before
You Invest
In the Bible, Isaac sowed in time
of famine.
Crazy, right?
Shouldn’t you keep whatever seeds
you have to eat?
But because he did that, the
Bible says, that year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had sown,
because
the Lord
blessed him. He continued to prosper and became a very rich man.
Wow.
If you want to be rich, you need
to sow in time of famine too.
When you have very little money,
that’s the time to invest.
Here’s a promise: The seeds that
you sow in time of famine will give you your greatest harvest too.
Do you want to prosper?
Here’s a Bible passage that will tell you how.
Invest
When Your Money Is Small
Proverbs 21:20 says, the wise man
saves for the future but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.
Are you wise?
Let me tell you the story of Jack
and Jill.
Jack and Jill went up the hill to
get a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his
crown and Jill came tumbling after. And the people who saw the horrific
accident, they sang and clapped their hands, “Lalalalalala…” (Our nursery
rhymes are very strange.)
If all this time, you’ve always
been wondering what happened to Jack and Jill after their fall, now you’ll know.
Jack had brain surgery and he
recovered.
But he had no health
insurance—and his high medical expenses made Jack’s family very poor. This
experience changed his life. The emotional pain created an inner resolve in
him.
Jack told himself, “When I grow
up, I’ll never be poor!”
At age 15, he started a small
business.
Every day, he sold peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches to his classmates. Every month, he earned P2500, which he invested
in the stock market. His uncle advised him to buy the stocks of strong, solid,
great companies. For the next 5 years, he was faithful with his investments.
When he reached 20 years old, he
volunteered in Anawim, a ministry for the poorest of the poor. He received only
a small allowance and didn’t have
any savings. From then on, he couldn’t add to his investments anymore.
Jill
Saved at Age 27
Jill had a different life story.
The fall from the hill didn’t
affect her too much.
No traumas. Except for a few
scratches, she was okay.
She lived a happy-go-lucky life
and didn’t save at all.
She worked as a mountain climbing
instructor. So her fall from the hill affected her after all, at least
subconsciously.
She made it her lifelong goal to
prevent people from falling.
But she lived like everyone
else—spending her salary on “stuff”. Nothing was left at the end of the month.
But when she was 27 years old,
Jack called up Jill and invited her again to “Go to a prayer gathering called
the Feast.” There, she heard a handsome preacher say that it’s okay to be rich
if your heart is in the right place.
That experience changed her life.
At 27 years old, she began to
save P2500 a month. And like Jack, she also invested it in the stock market—the
same strong, solid, great companies that Jack invested in.
She was so faithful to her investments;
she didn't stop until she reached 65 years old
Happy
Retirement
One day, when they were both 65
years old, Jack and Jill had lunch together after the Feast.
While waiting for their dessert,
Jack said, “My service in Anawim is so happy and fulfilling. But I
guess at my age, I think I’m ready to retire.”
Jill said, “Me too. At 65, it’s
getting a bit difficult to climb mountains.”
That was when Jack touched her
hand said, “Jill, remember that day we went up the hill to fetch a pail of
water?”
“Yes,” Jill said. “You fell down
and broke your crown and I came tumbling after.
How can I forget?”
“Do you know why I fell?”
“Why?”
“Instead of looking at where I
was going, I kept looking at you. I had a big crush on you.”
Jill blushed. “You did? Jack, I
had a big crush on you too!”
For a few minutes, both of them
couldn’t stop laughing.
Jack
Pops the Question
That was when Jack looked at Jill
and said, “I’m 65 years old. I don’t have much time left.” He knelt on the
floor,
held her hand, and asked, “Jill,
will you marry me?”
Tears filled her eyes, and she
said, “Yes!”
After a few hours of celebrating
their old new love, they sat down to discuss their finances.
“How much money did you invest?”
Jill asked.
Jack said, “That was a long time
ago. For five years, from age 15 to 20, I invested a total of P150,000.”
“That small?” Jill looked at him
with pity. She said, “For 38 years, from age 27 to 65, I invested a total of
P1.17M.”
“Wow,” gushed Jack. “I’m marrying
a rich woman.”
“I’ll take care of you,” she
squeezed his hand. “But I wonder how much money we have?”
“Let’s take a look.”
Both of them called up their
stock broker.
Both were totally shocked…
