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  • John Hamby avatar

    How To Face Death With Confidence

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 8, 2004
    based on 76 ratings
     | 19,010 views

    Funeral for a saved man with years of service in the local church.

    How to Face Death With Confidence Funeral Service (2 Timothy 4:6-8) We are gathered here this afternoon to celebrate the life of_____________. We also gather with the desire to comfort his family both by our words and by our presence. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rob McQueary avatar

    Consider This

    Contributed by Rob Mcqueary on Mar 18, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 7,122 views

    Times of loss are wonderful opportunities to consider how we stand before Almighty God.

    Consider This Introduction Why do we do this? It is certainly not exclusive to our American culture. Funeral services will take place all over the world today… hundreds upon thousands of them. A thread of similarity will run through each one. Among the many things we do at funerals, perhaps the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Many Children To Glory

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 57 ratings
     | 4,743 views

    Funeral message for Chastine Bailey, whose life had been devoted to children as a mother, grandmother, teacher, Sunday School teacher, and neighborhood "mom".

    If you are in any way involved with children, I have bad news for you. I have somber tidings. If you are involved with children, your work is not complete. It has not been completed, it is not completed, it never will be completed. Anyone who works with children knows that they will never quite ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Our Eternal Home

    Contributed by William Baeta on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 225 ratings
     | 31,304 views

    The Christians real home

    Theme: Our eternal home Text: Psalm 39:4-9, 12; Rev. 21:1-4 Everyone who is born into this world will also have to leave it and for most people their deepest instincts and convictions tell them there is something beyond the grave. Creation teaches us that our instincts point to reality. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    It's Ok To Mourn

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Nov 23, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 5,006 views

    A funeral sermon for a believer

    IT’S OK TO MOURN GENESIS 23:1-2, OTHERS “Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. 2 She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.” I. WE NEED TO MOURN FOR THE DEAD A. ABRAHAM MOURNED FOR SARAH 1) ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Our Place In Heaven

    Contributed by Mark Engler on Dec 7, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,136 views

    Sermon I preached for the funeral of a very faithful woman of God. Can be adapted for any faithful Christian.

    Title: Our Place In Heaven Theme: Heaven Text: John 14:1-6 By: Mark Engler, Mt. Vernon Christian Church, Mt. Vernon, MO INTRODUCTION We’ve come here today with a purpose on our mind, haven’t we? Some may say that the purpose we came with was to bury and pay our final respects to our loved one. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    All Things New

    Contributed by Brian Vickers on Dec 14, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 11,897 views

    Funeral sermon for a believer.

    Revelation 21:1-5 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a beautiful bride prepared for her husband. 3I heard a loud shout from ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Empty Seat

    Contributed by Mike Richardson on May 16, 2001
    based on 131 ratings
     | 13,794 views

    Bro. J D will be missed and his pew, his dinner seat, and his favorite reclining chair shall be empty.

    I Samuel 20:16-18 “The Empty Seat!” Intro: This is to date the hardest sermon I’ve ever had to write! My love and sympathy to Ms. Ruth, and Dan & Mary, and Jody & Michelle. I. THE EMPTY SEAT IN OUR HEARTS! A. Bro. J D reserved a place in our hearts by his: 1) Service – A true ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Way Home

    Contributed by Mike Richardson on May 16, 2001
    based on 328 ratings
     | 46,375 views

    There is only one true way home and that is throught the doorway of death. One day we all must journey home.

    II Cor. 5:1-2, 8 “The Way Home” INTRO: There was a little girl who walked to her house through the cemetery every day after school. She loved to feel the breeze in her hair and to watch the birds. Sometimes she just threw herself on the rich, green grass, and watched the clouds turn into ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Karl Eckhoff avatar

    The Gate Of Heaven

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 12, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 13,903 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
     | 7,832 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
     | 8,805 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

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    They Are In Heaven

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 15, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,658 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
     | 49,035 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

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    On His Majesty's Secret Service

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 27, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,632 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