{"id":223,"date":"2016-07-04T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bgrfinancialcoaching.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2016-07-04T12:46:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T12:46:48","slug":"happy-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bgrfinancialcoaching.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/04\/happy-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Independence Day Celebration<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bgrfinancialcoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Independence-Day-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Independence-Day\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bgrfinancialcoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Independence-Day-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.bgrfinancialcoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Independence-Day-270x270.jpg 270w, http:\/\/www.bgrfinancialcoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Independence-Day-230x230.jpg 230w, http:\/\/www.bgrfinancialcoaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Independence-Day-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>As most Americans will celebrate the Fourth of July better known as Independence Day, very few will take a look at the real meaning of this historic day.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolution\">American Revolution<\/a>, the legal separation of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirteen_Colonies\">Thirteen Colonies<\/a>\u00a0from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Continental_Congress\">Second Continental Congress<\/a>\u00a0voted to approve a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lee_Resolution\">resolution of independence<\/a>\u00a0that had been proposed in June by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Henry_Lee\">Richard Henry Lee<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virginia\">Virginia<\/a>\u00a0declaring the United States independent from Great Britain rule.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independence_Day_(United_States)#cite_note-5\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independence_Day_(United_States)#cite_note-tws20novllpkl-6\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence\">Declaration of Independence<\/a>, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Committee_of_Five\">Committee of Five<\/a>, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Jefferson\">Thomas Jefferson<\/a>\u00a0as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. (Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p>To John Adams, it was to be remembered as a &#8220;Day of Deliverance&#8221; from the control and oppression of tyrants, and it should be marked by acts of devotion to the God who delivers! To Sam Adams, and to his cousin John, the spiritual implications were significant. As God, the author of our liberty has &#8220;declared&#8221; us free from the power, dictates and cruel authority of the arch &#8220;tyrant&#8221;, the colonists were declaring themselves &#8220;free&#8221; to serve the King of Kings, and not an earthly tyrant. Their understanding of the event was theologically based, in a desire to serve the only true &#8220;sovereign&#8221;, Christ Himself. (<em>David Crowe is the Executive Director for Restore America)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BGRFinancialCoaching.com\">BGR Financial Coaching<\/a><em> would like you to also view this day as a day of financial freedom.\u00a0 Freedom from the control and oppression of the credit marketing tyrants: banks, credit card companies, car loans and consumer debt in general.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Start today to truly experience financial freedom by establishing a budget, creating an emergency fund, develop a plan to pay off your debts smallest to largest, fully fund your emergency fund with 3-6 months of your expenses, then start investing in your future through creating a retirement plan, saving for your kids college and funding it; then consider paying your house off early and finally give.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0If financial freedom is what you truly desire <\/em><a href=\"mailto:Boris@BGRFinancialCoaching.com\">contact us<\/a><em>, let us help you achieve your goals<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>-Boris G. Robinson<\/strong> is a serial entrepreneur, disabled veteran with 26 years of military service, financial Coach, and business coach with a passion for getting people out of debt and enjoying financial freedom.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independence Day Celebration As most Americans will celebrate the Fourth of July better known as Independence Day, very few will take a look at the real meaning of this historic day. 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