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I pray this will glorify the LORD JESUS.

1Co 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
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Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
1Co 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
1Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
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Heb 2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
Heb 2:14 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;
Heb 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
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" What Is Death? Death is an ugly beast. It comes at us like a fictional dragon with snorting nostrils and blazing breath, intent on devouring us. The Bible speaks of it as the last enemy Christ will destroy (1 Corinthians 15:26). There is no use trying to gloss over its awfulness and unnaturalness. After all, God didn't create man and woman to wear out and be thrown away like broken toys. God made us special....."
--Where Do We Go From Here?
RBC Ministries 1987

Brothers and Sisters in our LORD,

I, who have been so close to death before, and was miraculously healed by our Incomparable and Mighty God, have been troubled by the shame and mockery in death.
The LORD confirms again to me His Word and Truth that Jesus has defeated all enemies and they are under His feet.
When I was so sick before, I knew no terror when I was dying.
There is none for the believer.
The deceiver of all men would have us be troubled, like Bunyan's Christian as he crossed the River with Hopeful at the end of their journey.

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.v.x.html

So, I offer a more excellent sacrifice of Faith to our GOD who Redeems and fails not.
There is an opressive spirit of death in the world which will intensify, but we are called to Testify of the Truth which is in Christ, of Life and Light, and to encourage each other, as you do, as did Hopeful encourage Christian.

Father, I Thank You for your tender Mercies which are new every morning.
Great is Your Faithfulness.
I thank You for all the Testimonies of your Great Grace which we all have from Your Loving Hand.
I pray that you will likewise encourage all those that are sick, or who have loved ones that are ill.
Give your strength again and again.
You are forever Triumphant Precious Jesus.
At the end of days, YOU ARE THERE.
We want to see Jesus.
I thank you for the way in which you will lead us today.
In the Name of Him who Loved us,
Amen.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/o/mornpurp.htm

The morning purples all the sky,
The air with praises rings,
Defeated hell stands sullen by,
The world exulting sings.

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Glory to God! our glad lips cry;
All praise and worship be
On earth, in heaven, to God most high,
For Christ’s great victory,
For Christ’s great victory.

While He, the King all strong to save,
Rends the dark doors away,
And through the breaches of the grave,
Strides forth into the day.

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Death’s captive, in his gloomy prison,
Fast fettered He has lain,
But He has mastered death, is risen,
And death now wears the chain.

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The shining angels cry, “Away
With grief; no spices bring;
Not tears, but songs, this joyful day,
Should greet the rising King!”

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That Thou our Paschal Lamb may’st be,
And endless joy begin.
Jesus, Deliverer, set us free
From the dread death of sin.