Funeral Sermon For Someone Who Committed Suicide

received Jesus as His Savior and was filled with the Holy Spirit in his living room as a child.

He even attended church the weekend before his death. He had his pastor pray for him.

2- I also know that he’s had many setbacks and was dealing with much guilt and condemnation from past events.

3- I know that he loved his family and they were reaching out to him.


I believe in a God of mercy and grace. There is no one in this room who can judge John Doe for his behavior.

I believe that God sees through all that he was going through and that John Doe is in heaven today.

I also believe that the same gracious God will bring comfort to each of you today.

John Doe is not suffering today. He’s thinking more clearly than he has ever thought before.

I think that all of us would agree that John Doe’s death is a tragedy.

I am reminded of a verse from Hebrews:

(Heb 4:16 NLT) "So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it."

All of us need that grace and help today. This can only come from turning our eyes to Jesus Christ.

We must come with confidence and know that God’s grace is all-sufficient and nothing, absolutely nothing, can separate us from the love that God alone offers through His Son, Jesus Christ.

In fact, it was Jesus, himself, who said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted (Matthew 5:4).”

(Rom 8:1-2 NLT) "So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. {2} For the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you through Christ Jesus from the power of sin that leads to death."

(Rom 8:38-39 NLT) "And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away. {39} Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Did you hear it? God withholds his love from no one. He loved John Doe all the days of his life.

And even when John Doe’s days were at their toughest, when the demons of his condition came from all directions, God’s love was still with him.

God’s love was shown through family and friends that kept reaching out to him.

I believe that especially God was extending his arms through his parents and through Randy and Rhonda.
The same God that reached out to John Doe is reaching out to each and every one of you today.

All through the Bible we see people dealing with stress and how they handled it.

David wrote and over and over of being in a state of just being overwhelmed.

One day he came home to find out that his wife and children had been captured and carried away.

The Bible tells us that David “encouraged himself in the Lord.”

The Bible is full of valuable lessons about those who have been under stress and were experiencing depression.

There is a passage in Psalms 40 that tells us how David dealt with stress and how we should also wait.

I think John Doe probably prayed this prayer from Psalm 40…

Psa 40:11 LORD, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me. My only hope is in your unfailing love and faithfulness.