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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Welcome

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 1, 2007
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     | 4,391 views

    Memorial service message for James M. Wright, volunteer for a Florida Shriners Hospital. Focus on the welcoming of children meaning the welcoming of Jesus.

    Images cross our television screens, and we turn away instinctively. Photos jump out at us from the newspaper, and we quickly turn the page. Brochures from charities arrive in our mail, and almost automatically we pitch them in the recycle bin. All because the media continue to show pictures of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Passing Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 11, 2007
    based on 128 ratings
     | 63,218 views

    This is a funeral sermon from Psalm 23:4. We all must pass through this valley.

    Passing Through The Valley Of The Shadow of Death “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Mourning Life

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,199 views

    WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE BEFORE THE TRAGEDY.

    MOURNING LIFE 2 SAMUEL 12:19-20 David noticed that his servants were whispering among themselves and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked. “Yes” they replied “he is dead.” Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Hope In Jesus

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 29, 2004
    based on 64 ratings
     | 12,094 views

    Brief message for a memorial service at a funeral home.

    Hope in Jesus John 11:17-27 Introduction On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Tears In A Bottle

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Oct 18, 2006
    based on 80 ratings
     | 22,513 views

    Funeral sermon can be adapted to any funeral, but particularly for a sudden, tragic death. "When you can’t bottle it up inside anymore," God says, "let me put your tears in my bottle."

    I. TODAY IS A DAY FOR TEARS A. Young Man Struck Down Suddenly & Senselessly 1. Senselessly – makes no sense 2. Accident that shouldn’t have happened B. Young Man 1. Who had plans & dreams 2. Good guy who was there for you 3. Who leaves behind a huge family 4. Who leaves behind a ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Good Shepherd

    Contributed by Colin Coombs on Nov 9, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,541 views

    Showing how the Good Shepherd can draw near in a time of grief, bringing comfort and salvation.

    SCRIPTURE READING: JOHN 10:9 – 18 (SELECTED VERSES) 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. 11. "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    My Redeemer Lives Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on May 1, 2007
    based on 66 ratings
     | 36,956 views

    This is a funeral sermon that puts our hope in The Redeemer.

    My Redeemer Lives – A Funeral Service Today is a day of sorrow. Today is a day of grief. I will not say that everything is all right – because it’s not. We hurt. And we know we will hurt for a long time. __________ has died and we feel pain – we feel loss. Those are normal feelings. God ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Teach Us To Number Our Days" Series

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Oct 5, 2006
    based on 21 ratings
     | 34,845 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the grieving parents and family to affirm to others that LIFE IS SHORT, AND WE NEED TO NUMBER OUR DAYS BY TAKING OUR FAITH SERIOUS.

    U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Friendship Baptist Church Anniston Alabama 29 September 2006 Funeral Services for Lynnette Ashley Grant BIG IDEA: BECAUSE LIFE IS SHORT, WE NEED TO NUMBER OUR DAYS BY TAKING OUR FAITH SERIOUS. REFERENCES: Ec.1:4 (One generation goes its way, the next one ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Life's Truths

    Contributed by Joseph Persaud on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,118 views

    Four important truths we need to live by.

    Introduction: There is only one certainty in life and that is the certainty of dying one day. LIFE IS SHORT: Abraham: Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: David: 1 Samuel 20:3 And David sware ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    "How Shall We Live"

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Apr 9, 2007
    based on 49 ratings
     | 15,081 views

    Funeral Sermon For Non - Christian

    Title: “How Then Should We Live?” Text: James 4.13-17 Introduction: As we are gathered here today to pay our respects to a friend and a loved one, we are reminded again of a truth we often try to forget. Today we are once again reminded of the brevity of life and the certainty of death. In light ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Eulogy--Rochelle Noel

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 20, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 11,838 views

    This is a funeral for a woman who grew up in the church but has been away from it for about 25 years. She left 4 children behind.

    Eulogy –Rochelle Noel by Rick Gillespie- Mobley In the year 1961, young people from across the country were beginning to do freedom rides in order to desegregate, the bus terminals throughout the south. Young people were being sent as gifts to make this country more of what it needed ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Giving Thanks Even At A Time Of Grief Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Aug 15, 2007
    based on 76 ratings
     | 53,222 views

    This funeral sermon looks at things that we can be thankful for - even during a time of grief. We can be thankful for 1. Memories 2. Relationships 3. Eternal Life.

    Giving Thanks Even At A Time Of Death I would take nothing away from the grief we feel today. I would not say everything is all right. Because it is not. We hurt. And we know we will hurt for a long time, and our grief is a dark valley we have to trudge through before we feel all right again. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Smith avatar

    Where Is God Amidst The Confusion

    Contributed by David Smith on Feb 1, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 19,412 views

    This is a powerful message of Hope following the tragic, unexpected death of a 16 year old girl named Amanda. Her death sent the entire community into shock. There was almost 600 people present and many students. The message was very well received.

    WHERE IS GOD AMIDST THE CONFUSION? • Rev. Dave Smith (M.Div.) The Bible tells us … apart from Jesus Christ … - the wisest man who ever lived on planet earth … was King Solomon Solomon wrote: KEY " There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. A time to be born ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Rosies Memorial Service 08/17/2013

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Aug 17, 2013
     | 10,697 views

    I ask Rosie about her faith years ago when I visited Clayton in the hospital. She assured me then that her faith was in the Lord Jesus. Clayton also told me the other day that Rosie read her Bible every day for the past few years.

    On behalf of the family of ________…thank everyone for being here. Though today is a difficult day for Clayton, family and friends, the Bible makes this promise: Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, very present help in trouble… ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Grant avatar

    I Go To Prepare A Place For You!

    Contributed by Michael Grant on Nov 1, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 35,208 views

    A funeral sermon from John 14:1-6

    Death is something we try to think very little about and yet unless the Lord returns we will all go by the way of the grave. Death carries for most people the fear of what happens next and there is only one source that reveals the truth about life after death and that source is the Bible, Gods ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational