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Today we’re here to */formally say good-by to Mildred/*, */not/* good-by */forever/*, we will */see her again/*, but it */may be a long time/* before we */join her/* in Glory.

But we’re also */here to honor her/*, and to */show our respects/*, */but/* we can */also/* be */here to celebration Mildred’s Home Coming/*.

*/Mildred/* is in a */far better place/*, */free/* from all */sickness/* and */pain/*.

She is now */walking on streets of glory/* with the Lord Jesus Christ, */full of joy/*.

With those thoughts in mind I would like to read to you */2 portions of scripture/* both */from/* the book of */JOHN/*.

1st In (*/John 11:25-26/*) Jesus said, */“I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

Believest thou this/*?”

And in (*/John 14:1-6/*) Jesus said, “*/Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me/*.”

*/PRAYER/*:

*/SONG/*:

*/OBITUARY/*:

     */Born/*:

     */Died/*:

     */Mildred is survived/* by her loving */daughter/* */Margaret Bergeron/*.

*/4 grandchildren/*:         */Joseph W. Garrett/*, */Kathryn Garrett/*, */Jeffrey Bergeron/*, and */Gina Silverhult/*

     And by */1 great grandchild/* */Daniel Garrett/*

*/EULOGY/*:

     Mildred was a */loving mother/*, */grandmother/*, */great grandmother/* and */friend/*.

She was */very faithful in church/* for a least the last 12 years and she was */faithful in service to the Lord/*.

She was */very giving/* and a */benevolent/* person.

She */worked in a Thrift Shop/* raising money */for orphanages/*.

She */helped support an orphanage in India.

/*

There were times during the holidays that */she did the cooking to feed the hungry/*.

She did much of the */baking and cooking for/* difference */church functions/*.

She helped out in */sizing and mending/* the */Choir Robes for church/*.

She */belonged to a prayer group/*.

*/When/* different */missionaries/* were */in town/* she would */house them and feed them/*, she would */take them to their meetings/* */or/* drive them to the */airport/*.

She */helped support missionaries/*.

But the */greatest thing/* that */she/* ever */did/* */and/* the */most important/* */was to accept/* */Jesus Christ into her heart/* */and made Him her personal Lord and Saviour/*.

*/Because of that/* */we have the assurance that she is in heaven/*.

*/SONG/*:

*/MESSAGE/*:

     *I.

*I think that one of the */hardest things/* that we have to */face with the death/* of a loved one who really knew the Lord, is the */loss that we feel/*.

*/It’s sad and hard to say good by/* to someone that we love.

*/But/* as I said earlier, */we will see them again/*.

But it’s */also/* */very common/*, when someone goes home to be with the Lord that we* **/feel guilt/*.

We think that you */could have done more/* for them, or you */could have been nicer/* to them, */reaching out/* to them more.

But */we should not feel any sorrow/* */for them/* */or/* */any guilt/* because */they’re in a far better place/*.

*A.

*Paul said in */1 Thessalonians 4:13-18/* “*/But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that /**/ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up /**/together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words/*.”

*1.

/Paul says/* in these Vs that */we do not have to have sorrow/*.

*a.

/Why does he say that/*?

*b.

/1st /*of all */we will be with the Lord forever/*.

*i.

/We don’t need to feel sorrow for any one/* that has */died knowing the Lord/*.

*/They are with the Lord/ **/now and forever/*.

*2.

*The */2nd/* */reason/* why we */should feel no sorrow/* is */because/* we will */be with them again/*.

*a.

/Paul said/* in this *same V* */together we will be with the Lord/*.

*b.

*For */all those that know the Lord/* */will be reunited/*.

*B.

/Not/* */everyone/* will */go to heaven/*.

*1.

*Paul said in */Ephesians 2:8-9/* “*/For by grace are ye saved through faith (through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ); and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast/*.”

*a.

*And in */Romans 10:9-10/* Paul said, “*/That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation/*.”

*i.

/Salvation only comes by accepting Jesus/* */into your heart/*, and */making Him your personal Lord and Saviour/*.

*ii.

/This is something that Mildred did/*.

*b.

/Revelation 14:13/* “*/And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them/*.”

*i.

*Those that have died in the Lord are blessed.

They rest from all the trials and tribulation that we have on earth and they receive rewards for the works that they have done.

*2.

*In */2 Corinthians 5:8/* Paul said.

“*/We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord/*.”

*a.

/For the Christian/* when the */spirit leaves the body/*, they are */present with the Lord/*.

*b.

/1 Thessalonians 5:23/* “*/And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ/*.”

*3.

/Paul said something/ about death which is **/very comforting/*.

*a.

*Paul said in */Philippians 1/* (*/V 21/*) “*/to die is gain/*.”

And in (*/V 23/*) he said, “*/For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better/*:”

                                  *b.

/Paul says/ that **/heaven/ is **/FAR/ **/better/*.

*4.

/2 Timothy 4:7-8/* says, “*/I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing/*.”

*a.

*In (*/Revelation 14:13/*) It says that those that have died in the Lord are blessed.

*/SONG/*:

*/In conclusion/* I want to read to you a */few/* different */passages of scripture/*.

*/1st/* in */Romans 14:7-9/* “*/For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living/*.”

In (*/Matthew 25:14-23/*) Jesus said, “*/For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.