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  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Eylogy--Lloyd Simmons

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 23, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,123 views

    This is a eulogy for a Christian who died at age 89. He was very active in the life of the church and he loved his family dearly.

    Lloyd Dayton Simmons Sr. January 20, 2004 We sometimes see the greatness and love of our God by the kind of people that He sends into our lives. Who would have thought that little black boy, born under the weight of segregation and racism, working in the cotton fields of Mississippi ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Karl Eckhoff avatar

    The Gate Of Heaven

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 12, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 13,552 views

    Death is viewed a lot of ways by different people, but for us as Christians it is nothing less than the Gate of Heaven.

    Genesis 28:17 The Gate of Heaven 04/12/03 It wasn’t too long ago I was snooping through some boxes that I had long packed away, and found one of those little electronic games I used to play with when I was a teenager. Maybe you had one – a Mattel hand held football or baseball game – with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Stay With Us

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 12, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,562 views

    In death we rest with the assurance that our Lord will stay with us when we pass and with our loved one’s still on earth.

    Luke 24:29 Stay With Us 04/25/03 (Spouse’s name), it was but about 3 weeks ago that I first shared this story of our Lord’s resurrection with you and (name). We sat at your kitchen table and I read from a pamphlet like this one here as it recounted how two disciples of Jesus bid a friend to tarry ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Eulogy Joseph Lanton

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on May 14, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 8,501 views

    This is a eulogy for a 33 year old Christian who was very active in the life of the church and knew Christ greatly. He was a single parent and left a 12 year old son.

    Funeral Joseph Lanton 5/12/2003 by Rick Gillespie-Mobley Brothers and sisters I submit to you tonight, that Joseph Lyle Lanton was specially created by God. God took a little piece of his father Curtis and a part of his mother Oritha and began knitting Joseph together in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Troy Borst avatar

    They Are In Heaven

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 15, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,190 views

    A funeral sermon for a believer

    THEY ARE IN HEAVEN VARIOUS PASSAGES We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of _______________. I want more than anything to comfort you in your grief. I want to encourage you that the Lord is ever so near in your time of tears, pain, and grief. I would like to share one simple phrase ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Karl Eckhoff avatar

    I Will Be With You

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 16, 2003
    based on 304 ratings
     | 48,543 views

    As God promised Joshua after Moses’ passing, so He would promise us in the face of grief and death, "I will be with you."

    Joshua 1:1-9 I Will Be With You! 04/17/03 Dear family and friends of (name), I don’t know if there have ever been 5 more powerful words that have ever been spoken to someone who has survived a loved one’s passing than these five words at the end of Joshua 1:9. “I will be with you.” “I sure hope ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    On His Majesty's Secret Service

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 27, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,397 views

    Funeral sermon for Ruth Gossage, age 97, one of the first female U.S. Secret Service agents.

    But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. Life is mystery. It is not just that life contains mystery, nor that there are so many unsolved questions. It is that life itself is mystery, secret and hidden, as Paul says. It has often been ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Mystery And The Promise

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 9, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 5,261 views

    Funeral sermon for a believer

    THE MYSTERY AND THE PROMISE 1 CORINTHIANS 15:50-58 READ 1 CORINTHIANS 15:50-58 (NIV) I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Walking With The Shepherd Of Your Soul

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 1, 2003
    based on 194 ratings
     | 30,150 views

    Funeral

    FUNERAL SERVICE “Walking with the Shepherd of our Soul” Psalm 23 It has not been my privilege to really be around ______ since he has been an adult. My connection with _________ goes back several years to when _________ attended the children’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Through An Open Window To Life

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 3, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 8,234 views

    Funeral sermon for Cecil Gordon Davison, Jr., Army retiree and U. S. Marshall, member of the church’s Building and Grounds Committee.

    Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him ... The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. My first glimpse of the kind of man Cecil Davison was came just a few feet from where I am standing now. It was over at that window. We had scheduled a workday to get ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Eulogy Rosia Walker

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 5, 2003
    based on 111 ratings
     | 19,376 views

    This is a eulogy for a woman who was not heavily involved in church, but was a pillar of love to her family.

    Rosia Walker In a very small town, in the heart of Alabama, in the year 1909, God sent a little bundle of life and potential to John and Colevia Jeter, and they called that little bundle Rosia. That’s about as close to a rose as you can get. She lived a life with all the beauty ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Hope For Tomorrow, Strength For Today

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 11, 2003
    based on 181 ratings
     | 51,320 views

    A funeral message, explaining what Jesus meant by calling Himself "the resurrection and the life", and how that comforts us in time of loss.

    Opening Remarks: One day a father and his daughter were out for a leisurely drive in the country. It was a hot summer day and the windows were rolled down. Suddenly the daughter began screaming and fidgeting in her seat. A bee had just flown inside the car through the open window. This would not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    On Time At The Door

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 18, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,059 views

    Funeral sermon for Frank W. Jackson, Sr., former church sexton (janitor) and van driver.

    I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness. I Frank Jackson was the very soul of dependability. If he was to be at a certain place at a given time, he was there. He was on time at the door, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Hamby avatar

    God Cares

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 24, 2003
    based on 183 ratings
     | 35,951 views

    Funeral for a Christian man who had lived a full life.

    Funeral for Christian Man "God Cares" It is difficult is to try to sum up in just a few moments a life of ____ years and at the same time offer to the family and friends some words of help and hope. As I sought what I should ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Frank Lay avatar

    Why

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Mar 4, 2005
    based on 36 ratings
     | 7,875 views

    Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, WHY then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of...?" As we reflect upon why bad things happen, I want to make some observations.

    WHY? "Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of...?" Judges 6:13 "WHY?" Have you ever asked that question? Of course you have. In fact many of us have been asking that question during the past few days. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist