5. You don’t have to have sad funerals.
When you know the truth about death, you don’t have to have sad funerals either. I’ve told my daughter, Kellie, that if the Lord doesn’t return in my lifetime, and my body requires a funeral, I want her to sing the song, “Don’t Weep for Me When I’m Gone.”

I’ve told her that I want her to dance and have a good time because, I guarantee you, I’ll be in a far better place. The words to the song say, “Don’t weep for me when I’m gone ’cause I won’t have to leave here alone. Heaven is near and I can’t stay here. Goodbye, world, goodbye!”

It’s time to get free! Hebrews 2:14-15 tells us specifically that Jesus has delivered us from the fear of death: “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”

You don’t have to lie down at night and wonder if you will wake up in the morning, afraid that you might die. You don’t have to live that way. The power of death has been broken over you. You’ve already seen the greater part of your resurrection—the rebirth of your spirit man.

Have the attitude of the Apostle Paul as recorded in Philippians 1:19-21:

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

I’m telling you, there was no greater day than the day you made Jesus the Lord of your life. That is the day you passed from death into life. Ephesians 2:5-6 says it is the day the same life that raised Jesus from the dead came into you and made you alive. It raised you up to sit with Jesus in heavenly places.

The bottom line is that you can’t die, even if you wanted to. You’ve done it. And you only die once!

So take hold of your freedom. Don’t let the devil steal another moment of peace and joy from you. Trust God with your life. Finish the work He’s called you to do in joy. Live out the length of your days in victory over the fear of death. You have everything to live for!