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Every morning we wake up and have our morning routine.  Everyone’s is just a little different, but there are similarities that we all share.  We all have something to eat, brush our teeth, and get dressed.  We have done this every day since we were born, although when we were younger, we had help.  It…

Have you ever laughed at a lawyer joke?  Have you ever told one to a friend or a group of people to get a laugh?  If so, you are probably in the majority of people.  However, when one stops to think about the meaning of this seemingly humorous joke, one may come to the conclusion…

Hebrews 11:19 (TPT) – “Abraham’s faith made it logical to him that God could raise Isaac from the dead, and symbolically, that’s exactly what happened.” We need to start thinking differently.  When we define our methods by the world’s standards, we taint our ability to see clearly through eyes of faith.  What we put into…

Waiting Upon the Lord: A Season of Faith and Patience Seasons. There are seasons for almost everything. In Ecclesiastes 3, we find what we know to already be true: “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…(Ecclesiastes 3: 1 KJV)” “Turn! Turn! Turn!” was written by Pete…

When I meet new clients, one of the very first important tasks that I undertake is to educate them about Estate Planning.  I believe that it is important to understand what certain terms mean as well as understand the differences between different types of Estate Planning.  What I will focus on in this article is Estate…

In my Estate Planning practice, I hear people joking about wishing they had a long lost rich uncle that left them a lot of money. The good news is that you don’t have a long lost rich uncle, but you do have a Heavenly Father that has made you His beneficiary. There are several ways…

John 15:13 AMP – No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends. This article is dedicated to Veterans and their spouses for the great service they have given us in defending us and assuring that we can continue to live…

II Corinthians 5:8 AMP – [Yes] we have confident and hopeful courage and are pleased to be away from home out of the body and be at home with the Lord. If you do not plan, then you do still have an Estate Plan, but it may not be what you intended.  In this context, not planning,…

It is extremely important to execute your Estate Plan. Before meeting with an Estate Planning Attorney, it is important to understand what Estate Planning is so that you can be better prepared.  I have provided a checklist of some important concepts to think about and information you will need to gather: You will need to gather your personal information such…

Proverbs 14:12 KJV – There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. We have all been bombarded with invitations to financial and estate planning seminars and have seen an enormous amount of advertising for them. In the financial and estate planning world, we call…

2 Timothy 4:7 KJV – I have fought a good fight,  have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 AMP – I have fought the good (worthy, honorable, and noble) fight, I have finished the race, I have kept (firmly held) the faith. The teams who are playing in the big…

Galatians 3:29 KJV – And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Numbers 23:19 AMP – God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised].  Has He said and shall He…

John 19: 25-27 AMP – But by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.  So Jesus, seeing His mother and the disciple  whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, [Dear] woman, See, [here is] your son!  Then he said to the disciple,…

All people for the most part strive towards progress, but successful progress is almost certainly an unrealistic goal without a holistic approach. Many use the term holistic, but it is important for this discussion to understand the meaning of the term as some only use it but do not follow through on actually practicing in…

Isaiah 46:10-11 AMP – Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure and purpose, Calling a ravenous bird from the east – the man [Cyrus] who executes My counsel from a…

The U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 3, commands the President of the United States as follows: “He shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” This week, President Obama communicated his State of the…

Year after year, about this time, I meet with individuals and couples who have made a list of things they want to accomplish in the new year with either initiating or reviewing their Estate Planning as a high priority. The Byrds made very popular the first part of Ecclesiastes 3.  Verse 1 AMP says, “To…

Ephesians 1:5 KJV – Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will Ephesians 1:9 KJV – Having made known unto us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself For purposes of truly understanding…