Estate Planning Counsel for Christians

from the Bible and the writing of Ellen White

"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings." Prov 22:29

"Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart." Ps 26:2

"Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt 6:32, 33
‍(God should be first in all our thinking and living and planning.)

"...This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." Mark 7:6

"Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful." 1 Cor 4:2

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son." John 3:16
(Our God is an incredible giver. Jesus included us in his will since we are called joint heirs with Christ.)

"For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." 2Cor 8:12

"... Death will not come one day sooner, ... because you have made your will..." 4T482
‍(Don't be afraid to make plans for what happens when you die. In fact many tell us that when their plan is in place, they feel a sense of relief, knowing that things will be cared for according to their wishes if something happens.)

"The offering from the heart that loves, God delights to honor, giving it highest efficiency in service for Him." DA 65

"The Lord would have His followers dispense their means while they can do it themselves." CS 324

"He (the Christian steward) must be careful not to add house to house or land to land. For the possession of these could draw his interests from the heavenly to the earthly and also deprive the Lord's work of needed funds."

"It is utter folly to defer to make a preparation for the future life until nearly the last hour of the present life." CS 325

"Money left to children frequently becomes a root of bitterness... Parents should not seek to have their children encounter the temptations to which they expose them in leaving them means which they themselves have made no effort to earn." CS 331

"Many will to their friends and relatives all except a very small pittance of their property. This they leave for their supreme Friend, who became poor for their sakes, who suffered insult, mockery, and death, that they might become sons and daughters of God. And yet they expect when the righteous dead shall come forth to immortal life that this Friend will take them into His everlasting habitations." 5T 155

"Would you make your property secure? Place it in the hand that bears the nailprint of the crucifixion.

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