Oct 7, 2026 · 27 min · 12 segments
Estate planning is about so much more than passing on money. Estate attorney Paul Grant shares how a meaningful legacy includes not only your financial resources, but also your faith, values, and…
Paul GrantHost
Mark HollandHost
That is something that maybe we think about most naturally if we think about estate planning, that, uh, the estate plan is supposed to move the money, and so therefore, that is a legacy.
But my proposition is that we need to seek after the heartbeat of God and ask him, "What is it that you desire for me to do with this last act of stewardship? What, where am I supposed to place the finances, and in h- and in what manner are the finances to be distributed?" Whether it's to kids, whether it's to organizations, um, the church, missionaries, uh, th- there's just, uh, so many options across the board.
And w- in looking at the monetary legacy, with that first step of seeking after the heartbeat of God, then the second step would be what, what is the truth about the beneficiary? So in other words, we need to take a moment and pull back the curtain and really evaluate the beneficiaries.
That, again, that may be our children, that may be our church, it may be other individuals.
How do they really manage money, and do they manage it in a way that aligns with the vision and the purposes that God just gave me for stewardship? Um, how much are we to use to build the kingdom with our last act of stewardship versus just giving it to our kids or to our family members? So these are hard wrestling questions.
It takes some work f- um, on our part, and it takes a heart that is open to listening to what God's purposes are, and sometimes those are gonna conflict with our own emotions and with our own thought patterns, right? 'Cause the world's system is just give it to the kids and que sera sera, what- whatever will be, will be.
So therefore, we need to seek after God, we need to, um, look and take an assessment of who is going to receive it, and are those blending together to ensure that legacy will really take place as your heavenly Father gave it to you.
Of course, you can get that podcast and, and that discussion at legacyandfaith.com if you head back to the website.
It's there, so take a peek on what does it mean to leave a monetary legacy that we-
Well, in, uh, wrapping up the monetary legacy discussion, though, what would one thing be that you would tell your kids, your grandchildren, maybe your church, about money?
Yeah, and, and that's really a question that, um, for the listening audience, that, um, when we think through legacy, we need to be thinking about questions beyond who gets the money.
So h- what does it mean to actually leave something about your monetary views? So what is one thing that you would want to tell your kids about managing or, um, or talking about money? See, I know what mine is right out of the gate.
That is something that maybe we think about most naturally if we think about estate planning, that, uh, the estate plan is supposed to move the money, and so therefore, that is a legacy.
But my proposition is that we need to seek after the heartbeat of God and ask him, "What is it that you desire for me to do with this last act of stewardship? What, where am I supposed to place the finances, and in h- and in what manner are the finances to be distributed?" Whether it's to kids, whether it's to organizations, um, the church, missionaries, uh, th- there's just, uh, so many options across the board.
And w- in looking at the monetary legacy, with that first step of seeking after the heartbeat of God, then the second step would be what, what is the truth about the beneficiary? So in other words, we need to take a moment and pull back the curtain and really evaluate the beneficiaries.
That, again, that may be our children, that may be our church, it may be other individuals.
How do they really manage money, and do they manage it in a way that aligns with the vision and the purposes that God just gave me for stewardship? Um, how much are we to use to build the kingdom with our last act of stewardship versus just giving it to our kids or to our family members? So these are hard wrestling questions.
It takes some work f- um, on our part, and it takes a heart that is open to listening to what God's purposes are, and sometimes those are gonna conflict with our own emotions and with our own thought patterns, right? 'Cause the world's system is just give it to the kids and que sera sera, what- whatever will be, will be.
So therefore, we need to seek after God, we need to, um, look and take an assessment of who is going to receive it, and are those blending together to ensure that legacy will really take place as your heavenly Father gave it to you.
Of course, you can get that podcast and, and that discussion at legacyandfaith.com if you head back to the website.
It's there, so take a peek on what does it mean to leave a monetary legacy that we-
Well, in, uh, wrapping up the monetary legacy discussion, though, what would one thing be that you would tell your kids, your grandchildren, maybe your church, about money?
Yeah, and, and that's really a question that, um, for the listening audience, that, um, when we think through legacy, we need to be thinking about questions beyond who gets the money.
So h- what does it mean to actually leave something about your monetary views? So what is one thing that you would want to tell your kids about managing or, um, or talking about money? See, I know what mine is right out of the gate.
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