I'm just curious, will there be any service done during their wakes, if so, who will conduct the ceremony and also surely there'll be no prayers... A very scary thought, I would say????
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I don't know. \nI am personally worried about atheists. It shouldn't be happened.\nBut what I can say is - even if the atheist be buried or cremated or thrown away to the jungle, there may be at least one religious person in his immediate family. He will pray or do something according to his own religion. I mean, at least someone from the neighbourhood will pray for his soul.
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O.K. Let me get this straight, I should pray for tim,mzstorm, nice girl, Linda, dallastexas94, vicsiklx, mamabear and seen it all? And of course, all my family, friends and pets......\n\nI pray daily and I guess my prayer list just grew...Oh and I will include the next questioner also.....\n\nGod Bless us All.....Refreshing to read something nice for a change...Thanks tim.\n\n\nI submitted this and when I did I saw a lot of people came in before me. I guess some of the negative ones need a bit more praying from us. That's fine, I will include them too. \nGod figures anyone can use a prayer or a nice gesture.
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YESS!!!...AMEN...lets all get ready, because time is coming to an end....VERY VERY SOON!...im glad you know this...i have it in my heart that He is at the doors....a spiritual sensing....we are told to Watch!..and many have stopped and the love of many has grown cold....and the time and seasons are perfect for His return, im just waiting to hear the trumpet....
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Yes, my uncle needs prayers. He's old with heart problems, skin problems, and arthritise.  He also is an atheisis (cant spell today, non-god beliver). . . so I pray for his spirituality also.\n\nMy step-grandpa needs prayers too. . . We're praying for his perpertual life with God, and rosary 9 more days. He was killed Christmas day in Union City California while sitting under a bus stop (the enclosed ones) and a drunk driver ran into the unit, the unit fell on my step-grandpa and crushed him.  I think he was 88 and very healthy.  His wife & five childreen survive him, so I guess they'll need prayers for strenght. . . but the Bible says that those who grieve will be comforted.  And lastly with this sorryful incident, we need prayers for the guy who was drunk, hit the bus stop and who fled the scene of the crime . . . he's been caught, and I belive it's his third strike. . . he's out.  What a waste. . .anyways it's only proper to pray for him . . . I'm the only one in the family praying for this guy. . . I'm too scared to mention it to the others, they are holding alot of anger toward him. Anyways, its only right to say this for the idiot... "Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy."
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You invite the entire community, as well as the church members. As for the actual ceremony, different religious groups have different ones, talk to your preacher/pastor/etc. He or she will know exactly what is called for.
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Hi! I'm sorry to hear that. 7 Of Spades and I are still praying for her. Are you her sister? I must tell you that I posted many pleas for prayer and I was sure to phrase it in there form of a question and I was STILL reported. Please be careful! If it isn't phrased to everyone's liking, someone will report you. My question was deleted because someone wouldn't show sympathy. Luckily, I posted many qs for her and received lots of answers. Sorry, I misspelled her name. My source was very upset when he typed it and I used what was given.
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Hi Tari,\nI met the ChristopherBetchel once, a few weekends ago. I was walking to the corner market for a loaf of bread when I had to pass by a neighborhood church. I was somewhat acquainted with the structure as it was always mentioned in the newspaper's community section. Known as "The loft," folks would gather there on Thursday evenings for poetry readings.\nHowever, this day happened to be a Saturday afternoon and a pair of gentlemen greeted me as I walked by. They invited me inside to sample an hour of their presentation. Ok, I went inside and found myself to be a prospective new recruit for their brand of religion.\n\nMost of the pews were filled with hooded monks chanting a haunting rhythm. There were others who like me, were wearing their regular denims. The service began like most others that church-goers would be familiar with. A grand master of ceremonies led the group through some songs and gave a sermon. Near the end of the hour it was time for their ritual of "laying on of the hands." Some of the parishioners would come forward and ask for prayers for their ailments or for a sick grand mum who fell down in the tub. All the hooded dudes whose faces could not readily be seen would all place a hand on the person and their combined energies were presumed to have a strength and expedite a solution to the problem.\n\nOK now, there was another new guy in the pews who was watching eagerly. I recognized ChristopherBetchel from a wanted poster viewed earlier at the post office. When he saw a chance, he approached the ring of conspirators and described how he was always moving around and never able to settle down. The hooded goons closed in upon him, all to make a physical connection. The master of ceremonies began a prayer, a dogmatic mix of logic and pure hocus-pocus. I immediately saw the effects of the procedure as the tension went out of ChristopherBetchel's body. When the beseeching was near an end, the master asked, "Are the brothers ready?"\n\nA suspenseful few moments passed until he almost shouted, "NOW!"\n\nOn that cue, the brothers began to pummel their hapless victim. Continually delivering blows over head and to the solar plexus until ChristopherBetchel was down on the floor getting stomped. After another minute, the grand Pooh-Bah decided the treatment administered was sufficient to induce a relaxing calm that would assuage the nervousness of ChristopherBetchel for a long, long time.\n\nI can't say for certain if ChristopherBetchel got the comeuppance he deserved as I had a loaf of bread to buy and some other errands to do that day. I hope for you Tari, that you do find a sense of closure to this difficult episode of life.\n\n-Justin
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I'll take it to the intersessory prayer teem!...You did'nt say whether or not if they were saved!  ..when you pray\nI'm sure God will reveal to you as to what to do!...Keep Your Prayers Going Up To God Also!...I'll be praying for you!...God Bless!
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Yes, my uncle is in the hospital dying of cancer and we have some family members already arguing over who gets what, that is so wrong, I don't want anything, but him to stay here or to be with God so he's no longer in pain, he served time in the army for many years, but has no life insurance and we have no clue how we are going to pay for his funeral when he pass's....this is to much stress ...pray for us...
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They have been answered, just not the way you would have liked for them to have been. He always answers. I'm in the same position now and I thought why doesn't he hear me, why hasn't he answered my prayer. Then I realised he had. It was just that he felt at this time or maybe at no time in the future, that it was the right decision for me. However I am relentless in this prayer and will not give up. His time is not our time. That is so hard to come to terms with, that in a way he has said no. But a wise priest once told me don't ever forget that there is nothing he will not do for his mother, so pray to her for her support in your matter and ask her in her grace to pray to him with you and on your behalf. Between them any miracle can occur and any grace can be bestowed. Have faith. God bless. I will not forget you in my prayers tonight.
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Years back, my mother in law was having her morning devotion.  As she was praying, she prayed that the Lord would send her someone to witness to.  She no more than got up off her knees, and there was a knock on the door.\n\nGuess who???\n\nShe squealed with glee, grabbed their arms, and told them that she had just prayed that the Lord would someone she could witness to.  She pulled them in the house and started sharing.\n\nThereafter, except for training purposes, no Jehovah Witnesses ever came.\n\nLawrence\nhttp://www.truebiblesermons.com\n\nps.  When I said "for training purposes," that was correct.  They would bring new members to her house to learn how to deal with the "hard-core" unchangable person. :)
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Wow, i'm deeply touched. Most times people ask for prayers, this is the first time i've been offered one without asking.\n\nTHANK YOU, please do - i'd be really greatful! Count on my prayers too
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Ask the undertakers/funeral managers...they should know.
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Honestly, that's a really good question. I hadn't thought of that.  Call a pastor and see what they have to say.
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hahahaha. I think people are going to be completely shocked, who they see in heaven  ;)\n\nWooooooo Hooooooooooo.\n\n\n.
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My friend, I agree with you, yet I also see a more pressing matter at hand. What about those persecutors and all the non-believers? If they die, they will not rejoice with all of us in heaven with the Lord God. I will pray for both the believers and the non-believers. There isn't much I can do from my present state but pray and preach the Word, since i'm not in a position to do anything but that. Email me if you have questions or are a fellow believer in Christ at questinchrist@yahoo.com. God bless
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Well it is up to you have active you are in the ceremony, but personally I would not participate actively in something that I did not believe in. It all depends what it is they're doing though. For example if they are praying then I would stay silent and wait for them to finish, but if they wished me to be a godparent then I would probably have to decline because that would involve me saying things that I did not believe. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that. You should just see the baptism for what it is, a way for the parents to celebrate the birth of their new child and introduce him to the community. That something we can all enjoy :-)