9/21/20
God is Good
Psalm 27.13-14
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
God is our Protector
Isaiah 41.10
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
God is our Provider
Psalm 23
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.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Assurance of the Resurrection
2 Corinthians Chapter 5, Verses 1 – 8
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Burial Rite
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Almighty God, who has knit together Your elect in one
communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of Your Son
Christ our Lord: Grant, we beseech You, to Your whole
Church in paradise and on earth, Your light and Your peace.
Amen.
Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ’s death and
resurrection may die to sin and rise to newness of life, and
that through the grave and gate of death we may pass with
Him to our joyful resurrection. Amen.
Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as
yet by faith, that Your Holy Spirit may lead us in holiness and
righteousness all our days. Amen.
Grant to Your faithful people pardon and peace, that we may
be cleansed from all our sins, and serve You with a quiet
mind. Amen.
Grant to all who mourn a sure confidence in Your fatherly
care, that, casting all their grief on You, they may know the
consolation of Your love. Amen.
Give courage and faith to those who are bereaved, that they
may have strength to meet the days ahead in the comfort of a
reasonable and holy hope, in the joyful expectation of eternal
life with those they love. Amen.
Help us, we pray, in the midst of things we cannot understand,
to believe and trust in the communion of saints, the forgiveness
of sins, and the resurrection to life everlasting. Amen.
Grant us grace to entrust David to Your never-failing love; receive
him into the arms of Your mercy, and remember him according
to the favor which You pour out to Your people. Amen.
Grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of You, he may
go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service in
Your heavenly kingdom. Amen.
Grant us, with all who have died in the hope of the
resurrection, to have our consummation and bliss in Your
eternal and everlasting glory, and, with David and
all Your saints, to receive the crown of life which You
promise to all who share in the victory of Your Son Jesus
Christ; who lives and reigns with You and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Please, All Stand to Pray
In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life
through our Lord Jesus Christ, we commend to Almighty
God our brother David; and we commit his body to the ground;
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The Lord bless
him and keep him, the Lord make His face to shine upon him
and be gracious to him, the Lord lift up His countenance
upon him and give him peace. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be Your Name,
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.