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,…
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10 Essentials of Estate Planning: A checklist of things to thinks about when 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…
Planning with God, not apart from God
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…
Preparing For And Winning The Big Game
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…
Understanding Good Faith: The Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
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…
Estate Planning following the example of Jesus: Appointing Guardians for those we Love
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,…
A Faith Based Holistic Approach to your Estate Planning and Business Planning
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…
Estate Planning with a Purpose: Declaring the End from the Beginning
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…
Addressing the State of your Estate
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…
Don’t Procrastinate on your Estate Planning this year
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…
The Good Pleasure of His Will: Getting back to the Garden
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…
The Law of Love: A Key to Success
John 15:12 KJV – This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. I Corin. 13:1-8 AMP – If I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God’s love for and in…
What is your address? It’s more than your residence!
Psalm 91:1-2 – King James Version (KJV): “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and fortress: my God: in him will I trust.” Psalm 91:1-2 – Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) “He who…
Counsel of the Godly: Whose counsel are you seeking?
Psalm 1:1-3 AMP – Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. But…
Where are you now and where do you want to go?
Proverbs 27: 23 KJV – Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. One of the most difficult aspects of planning for some people in getting started with their Estate Planning is knowing just exactly where they are now. Proper Estate Planning will accomplish wonderful things including a great…
The Merger Clause: Protecting us from results of the “Whispering Game”
Revelation 22:18-19 KJV: For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this…
Proverbs 29:18 King James Version (KJV)
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Helen Keller, who was blind, said:” The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision”. After having practiced law for well over a decade, as well as just observing people in general, one…