I Hope Your Funeral Can Be A Celebration Of Life!

Your funeral! Eternity is forever, out time on earth is temporary! NeedEncouragement.comPlease contact us if you have questions or if you need some encouragement.

We have to live life with a sense of urgency, understanding that our time on earth is limited. Your funeral can be a real celebration of life, where you leave behind cherished memories instead of regrets. Growing up, I didn’t particularly enjoy attending funerals; they felt somber and dreary to me as a young boy. They gave me an eerie feeling that I couldn’t quite comprehend at the time. However, now as an adult man, my perspective has shifted. I now find peace in attending funerals because they provide an opportunity for families to gather and share their loved one’s journey through captivating photo boards adorned with pictures of deceased individuals. It’s like being able to relive moments from their lives that might otherwise fade away with time. We must remember that this earthly existence is not our true home; it’s merely a temporary dwelling place where we spend anywhere between 70 and more years before passing into eternity.

Let us embrace the idea that we are eternal beings and make conscious choices about how we want to spend eternity – whether it be in heaven alongside God or apart from Him in hell if we haven’t accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior! We have to live life with a sense of urgency. You only live once here on earth. Use your time wisely, and use it to glorify God! Your funeral can be a real celebration of life, not a time of regrets! Growing up, I wouldn’t say I liked going to funerals; I felt that they were dull and depressing. I was just a little boy then, but it gave me a spooky feeling. But now, as an adult man, I like to go to funerals. I like the photo boards when the family gathers photos and puts them on whiteboards to share pictures of the deceased man or woman. It is like, in a small way, being about to relive parts of their life that might not even be around to share. Think of it as we will live for eternity, and we can choose whether we will be in heaven with God or in hell apart from Him if we have never accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior! ~ Bill Greguska

John 10:10  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

 

 

Plan Your Funeral ~ Make It A Celebration Of Life!


 

How Do You Want Others To Remember You?

Your funeral...

Each one of us will die when God decides it is our time. In the meantime, use your life to love God and others!

Plan to have no regrets! Try to follow me; There is a purpose to this reflective exercise question!

Picture yourself being at a funeral. All your friends and family are there. The next thing you realize is that it just happens to be your funeral. In a little while, your loved ones are about to share what they admire the most about you. Your sense of humor, the things you did for them, how you made them feel important, etc.
Now look ahead to today and think about what you want people to say at your funeral. Thinking forward is an excellent way to consider living life with purpose and goals.
What do you want those who attend your funeral to say about you? Now is the time to capture those ideas and start working on your life. Don’t just settle for business as usual. Make your life count.

 


 

 

What Are Others Going To Say At Your Funeral?


 

 

Here’s What I Would Like People To Say About Me!

Your Funeral Can Be A Joyful Time!

Your funeral!

I am sure you hope others say good things about us at your funeral. Start today, and your wish may come true!

(My life reflected the following)

  • He loved God and loved others and did his best.
  • He had a great sense of humor and made people smile and laugh.
  • He was always full of energy, and life, and a little silly.
  • He, with God’s help, turned his life away from drugs and alcohol in 1986.
  • He was always willing to help others when he could.
  • He took care of his 93-year-old mother for the last eight years of her life.
  • He cared for Ben Hersh, who had Cerebral Palsy, for over seven years.
  • He built wheelchair ramps for a ministry called Faith Indeed for ten years.
  • He enjoyed playing basketball for almost 50 years.
  • He was usually a positive person most of the time.
  • He loved helping others through his website Needencouragement.com.

 


 

Plan Your Funeral Ahead Of Time By Living Right!

Right now, it is the fun and insightful part where you write your eulogy to see how you ideally would like your life to turn out and the steps you need to take to get there.

  1. This might be an essential key that will help you improve your life. Here are a couple of questions you can ask yourself.
  2. How did they see you as a person?
  3. Any particular things you wish for them to say about you?
  4. What are some things you want to mention that you have accomplished?
  5. What personal qualities do you want them to remember you for?
  6. The next big question is, what do you need to do today to start becoming that person?

 


What Is The Difference Between Soul And Spirit?


 

 

 

Some Specific Scriptures To Encourage You:

Revelation 21:4 ESV 

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Luke 23:43 ESV 

And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

John 3:16 ESV 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 11:26 ESV 

And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Romans 6:23 ESV 

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 23:4 ESV 

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

John 11:25-26 ESV 

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Matthew 10:28 ESV 

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Hebrews 9:27 ESV 

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.

 


 

 

Tim Hawkins ~ Fun Funeral!


 

 

 

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