How many storage units are there in America?

• As of 2024, the U.S. self-storage industry comprises over 52,300 facilities, that's about 23.5 million individual units

How much money do people store in these storage units?

• Estimate: If each unit contains items valued at $5,000, the total value would be:

23.5 million units × $5,000 = $117.5 Billion

Florida area specifically?

•  3,428 Storage Facilities, 1.5 million units
• Estimated $7.7 Billion worth of goods stored in these units
•  Floridians spend about $185 Million a month in rent for these places

Matthew 6:1 NLT “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.. 

Matthew 6:19-21 NIV  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Wealth in Biblical times- GARMENTS- GRAIN- GOLD (precious stones). 

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

Illustration-  Return On Investment (ROI) since 2001.

AMAZON stock has risen by 40,235% in 23 years.

APPLE stock has risen by 38,099% in 23 years.

TESLA from June 2010 has grown 30,529% in 14 years!

ARC since 2001= $100,000 to $1billion has a 999,900% ROI

HEART FOLLOWS WHAT YOU VALUE

INVEST IN GOD'S KINGDOM, NOT HOARDING 

TRUST HIM, DON'T WORRY

The real question

Isn’t: “How much of my money am I going to give to God?”
The question should be: “How much of God’s money am I going to keep for myself?”

Matthew 6:20-21, 33 NIV  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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

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