Verses About Losing a Loved One

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87 Bible Verses about Losing A Loved One

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 496 helpful votes

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 475 helpful votes

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 formerthings have passed away.

John 16:22 ESV / 415 helpful votes

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will

rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

John 14:27-29 ESV / 343 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give

to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me

say to you, I am going away, and I will come to you. If you loved me, you would

have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place

you may believe.

Matthew 5:4 ESV / 324 helpful votes

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Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Colossians 2:5 ESV / 183 helpful votes

For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your

good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 125 helpful votes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Corinthians 1:4-6 ESV / 114 helpful votes

Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those

who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted

by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ weshare abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and

salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience

when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 113 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplicationwith thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of

God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds

in Christ Jesus.

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in

him should not perish but have eternal life.


He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 ESV / 89 helpful votes

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep,

that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe

that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him

those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the

Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not

precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from

heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the

sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we whoare alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet

the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.


Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen

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you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Philippians 1:3 ESV / 69 helpful votes

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,


Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me,

though he die, yet shall he live,

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 53 helpful votes

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 49 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie

down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.

He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 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. You prepare a table before me in the

presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...


But, as it is written, What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man

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imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him

James 1:2-27 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know

that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have

its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of

you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without

reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for

the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the

wind. ...


The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him

will be condemned.


So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the

body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are

of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with

the Lord.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 32 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 ESV / 30 helpful votes

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a

time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is

planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to

build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to

dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time

to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ...


How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the

day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O

Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy

say, I have prevailed over him, lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

Philippians 3:13-14 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do:forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on

toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your

heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.


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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.


Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the

way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the

Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by

streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In

all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the

wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor

sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...


For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing

with the glory that is to be revealed to us.


Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies

and God of all comfort,


Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of yourmind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and

acceptable and perfect.

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1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus,

God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you

by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of

the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will

descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel,

and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the

clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 21 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in

me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved

me and gave himself for me.


No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and

he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will

also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.


If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.


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But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for

us.


Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if

they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and

has not another to lift him up!

1 John 1:9 ESV / 18 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse

us from all unrighteousness.

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 17 helpful votes

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live

to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Philippians 2:1-3:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any

participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being

of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significantthan yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to

the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in

Christ Jesus, ...

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Ecclesiastes 7:17 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?


For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.


Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies

and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be

able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we

ourselves are comforted by God.

Isaiah 51:11 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing;

everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and

sorrow and sighing shall flee away.


Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give

thanks to the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through

it. I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. The

stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's

doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. ...

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Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which youreceived, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast

to the word I preached to youunless you believed in vain. For I delivered to

you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in

accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the

third day in accordance with the Scriptures,


Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my

Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go

to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come

again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you

know the way to where I am going. Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know

where you are going. How can we know the way? ...


The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life

and have it abundantly.

Proverbs 30:5-6 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.

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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the

number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and

abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. The Lord lifts up the

humble; he casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

make melody to our God on the lyre!

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing;

it is the gift of God,


But the words it was counted to him were not written for his sake alone,

Job 1:1-22 ESV / 13 helpful votes

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was

blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There

were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000 sheep,

3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many

servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. His sons

used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would

send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And when the daysof the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he

would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number

of them all. For Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed

God in their hearts. Thus Job did continually. ...

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Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according tothe purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,


Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in

the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Luke 1:1-80 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that

have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were

eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed

good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write

an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may havecertainty concerning the things you have been taught. In the days of Herod, king

of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he

had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ...


The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity ofvanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain

by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a

generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun

goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. ...

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1 John 5:1-5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, andeveryone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we

know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his

commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.

And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born

of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the

worldour faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes

that Jesus is the Son of God?

James 3:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Colossians 1:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.


For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a

building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.


When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said,

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Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since

you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you

have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God,

and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having

accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in

your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. ...

Proverbs 15:13-14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of

fools feed on folly.

Job 42:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes

After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the

Temanite: My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you

have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.


To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God,

and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.


But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from

faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

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Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and

Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: Children have

I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its

owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do

not understand. Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of

evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have

despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be

struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the

whole heart faint. ...


Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is

the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to

eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Though

an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against

me, yet I will be confident. One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek

after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze

upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in

his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;

he will lift me high upon a rock. ...

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter

as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets

omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who

inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the

Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out

before you.

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I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world youwill have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.


To another he said, Follow me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my

father. And Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as

for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God. Yet another said, I will follow you,Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home. Jesus said to him, No

one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.

Isaiah 43:1-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you,

O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you aremine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the

rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be

burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the

Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in

exchange for you. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I

love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not,

for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will

gather you. ...


If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy

gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all

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mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,

but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my

body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind;

love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its

own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...


Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. Martha said to him, I know that

he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. 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?

Jeremiah 17:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.


To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and

known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my

thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are

acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O

Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your

hand upon me. ...

1 Samuel 1:1-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim

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whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of

Zuph, an Ephrathite. He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and

the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had

no children. Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship

and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni

and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord. On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he

would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. But

to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had

closed her womb. ...

3 John 1:1-15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Beloved, I pray that all maygo well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your

soul. For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as

indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my

children are walking in the truth. Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your

efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, ...

James 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 1:1-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the

Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials ofvarious kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete,

lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives

generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...

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To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let menever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! Incline your ear to me;

rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me! For

you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and

guide me; you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my

refuge. Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord,

faithful God. ...

Hebrews 4:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,


But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.


And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for

those who are called according to his purpose.

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2 Samuel 12:1-23:39 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, There20


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were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had

very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe

lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and

with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his

arms, and it was like a daughter to him. Now there came a traveler to the rich

man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the

guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for

the man who had come to him. Then David's anger was greatly kindled against

the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord lives, the man who has done this

deserves to die, ...

2 Samuel 12:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to

him, but he will not return to me.

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Luke 23:34 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they

cast lots to divide his garments.

Revelation 19:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude inheaven, crying out, Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our

God, for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute

who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood

of his servants. Once more they cried out, Hallelujah! The smoke from her

goes up forever and ever. And the twenty-four elders and the four living

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creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying,

Amen. Hallelujah! And from the throne came a voice saying, Praise our God,

all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great. ...

1 John 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.


Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from

the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the

resurrection of Jesus Christ,


Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great

mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the

resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you

received, in which you stand,


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Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?


Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your

heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.


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


But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for

us.


Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.


For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,


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Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.


Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the

Father except through me.


Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me

has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to

life.


Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. And theybegan to accuse him, saying, We found this man misleading our nation and

forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a

king. And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answered

him, You have said so. Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I

find no guilt in this man. But they were urgent, saying, He stirs up the people,

teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place. ...

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his

disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are

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those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they

shall inherit the earth. ...


Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name

Immanuel (which means, God with us).

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.


To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, There is no God. They

are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own

people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

For a Mother with Alzheimer's Disease

"Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding,

my entire will... Give me only your love and your grace and that is enough for

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me." Ignatius of Loyola

Loving God,

Please bless every mother who has Alzheimers disease.

She was with us children as we learned to walk.

-- Guide her uncertain steps today as her balance fails her.

She taught us to cross streets and be safe.

-- Help her not to get lost, even in her familiar surroundings.

She held us close in the terrors of the darkest nightmares.

-- May she not be frightened today by the reality of her life, which is strange and

totally out of her control.

She cooked thousands of meals over decades of time.

-- Please allow her to accept the caring hand that now feeds her.

She changed diapers, Lord, and served you each time she did.

-- Please give her now the humility and grace to be served in this way.

Loving God, the familiar eyes of my mother

now respond with a blank stare.

She is unable to carry on a conversation,

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to ask about her family

or to serve in the central role she has in our family.

Help her accept the surrender of her life these days.

Open her prayerful heart and fading mind

to be aware of your presence with her,

perhaps now closer than ever.

Give us, her family, the patience, courage and acceptance

to love her as she is and to support her in her daily needs.





Loving God,





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-- May she not be frightened today by the reality of her life, which is strange andtotally out of her control.
















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For a Mother who has died

Dear Lord, relying on your promises to us, I turn to you in trust that my mother is

with you and that she is enjoying your loving embrace. You alone know how she

loved the best she could and how she faithfully endured the struggles that she

faced. You know the graces you gave her and you know the grace she was for

me and for so many. For all the ways she truly loved the way you loved her,

please reward her, Lord. May she enjoy the communion of all her family and

friends who are with you.

Lord, I know my mother still loves us who are still here on earth. I ask you that

you might listen to her fervent prayers for us. Help me to grow into a new and

deeper relationship with my mother now, as I long for the day when we will both

meet in your embrace - freed from all that might have hindered our relationship

on earth, knowing and understanding everything we did not know or understand

on this earth.

I ask you this with faith in the resurrection, trusting my mother's love, anddesiring that she know my love for her. Amen.

Received a letter in the mail dated November 16th, 2012 on November 20th,

2012, telling me that my mother had passed away on September 20th, 2012,

until now I did not know she was in her last days nor did the nephew notify me

either did the nursing home that he has residents in since 2001.

It is OK they are forgiven as they will have to be accountable to our heavenly

father for their unfairness and unjust ways they have been acting here on earth

is not for me to criticize or to the judge them I am very sure the heavenly fatherwill deal with them accordingly to his justification.


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Loving God,







-- May she not be frightened today by the reality of her life, which is strange and

totally out of her control.





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In Memory of

Beatrice

Cuthbert

Obituary for Beatrice Cuthbert

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CUTHBERT, Beatrice Bea Peacefully on Thursday September 20, 2012 at

Glen Hill Strathaven Life Care Centre, Bowmanville in her 97th year. Bea,

beloved wife of the late Samuel Cuthbert (1999). Dear aunt of Michael Murdock

and great aunt of Tracy Murdock and Jeff Card. Bea will be fondly rememberedby family and friends. Friends may call at the Armstrong Funeral Home, 124 King

Street East, on Sunday September 23rd from 12 noon to service time at 1pm.

Private interment at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery. Donations to the charity of

choice would be appreciated.

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Proudly Serving the Communities of Whitby, Oshawa, Durham, Courtice, and

Bowmanville in the province of Ontario, Canada

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