Funeral Planning
Suggested Scripture Readings
Job 19:23-27a
For I know that my Redeemer lives
Isaiah 25:6-9
Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces
Isaiah 61:1-3
The Lord has anointed me… to bind up the brokenhearted
Lamentations 3:22-26, 31-33
He will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love
Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18
The holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom forever
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9
The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God
Old Testament
Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd
Psalm 34:1-10,22
O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in Him
Psalm 42:1-7
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?
Psalm 46:1-7
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 90
Turn, O LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
Psalm 91:9-16
Under his wings you will find refuge
Psalm 118
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his steadfast love endures forever
Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come?
Psalm 130
My soul waits for the LORD, more than those who watch for the morning
Psalm 139:1-12
O LORD, you have searched me and known me… even the darkness is not dark to you
Psalm 143
Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust
Psalm 149
Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2a; or 3:1-8
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
Psalms
Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation
Romans 5:1-11
Reconciled to God by Christ’s death
Romans 5:17-21
Through Adam came sin and through Christ comes justification
Romans 8
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death
Romans 8:31-35, 37-39
Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord
Romans 9
It depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who shows mercy
Romans 14:7-9
None of us lives to ourselves….
1 Corinthians 15:12-26
Christ has been raised, the first fruits of those who have died
1Corinthians 15:51-57 or 55-58
Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Living by faith
Ephesians 1:11-23
God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places
Philippians 3:20-21
Christ will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.
2 Timothy 4:6-7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith
Hebrews 13:6-8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever
Hebrews 13:14-16
We are looking for the city that is to come
1 Peter 1:3-9
New birth into a living hope through the resurrection
1 John 3:1-3
We are God’s children
Revelation 7:9-17
The multitudes of heaven worship the Lamb
Revelation 14:13
Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord
Revelation 21:2-5a or 21:1-7
A new heaven and a new earth
New Testament
Matthew 5:1-12
Blessed are the poor in spirit
Matthew 11:25-30
Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest
Matthew 24:1-13
The one who endures to the end will be saved
Luke 6:20-31
Jesus speaks blessings and woes
Luke 12:35-40
Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat
Luke 23:39-43
Today you will be with me in paradise
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son
John 5:24-29
The hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live
John 6:37-40
All who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day
John 10:1-5
Jesus the Good Shepherd
John 11:21-27
The raising of Lazarus: I am the resurrection and the life
John 11:32-44
The raising of Lazarus
John 12:23-36
Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit
John 14:1-6
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. Christ the way, the truth, and life
Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20
The Resurrection of Jesus