People need to learn and know what to say and what not to say at a home where someone has died. Every time I go to a home where someone has died, I have left a very disappointed man. Why is that? Because some people say or preach messages that are out of place.

If I may remind all of us, here are some of the things that we should bear in mind:

1.Do not go to a bereaved home to eat ,entertain or socialize
2.Be very sensitive in all that comes out of your mouth
3.Speak only words that will console the family
4.Do not give the family false hope. Such phrases as "the Lord decided to take him or her away; he or she is now in heaven with the Lord or he or she has now become an angel ought to be left out. Only God knows the status of those who have died
5. If chosen to preach or speak, be brief and do your best to console the family. All other things must be left out

Let us remind ourselves and others? Shall we?

Pastor Birai