Therefore We Do Not Lose Hope: The Funeral Meditation for Patty May Larson

Patty Larson, a 38-year-old wife and mother of four, died during Holy Week 1998 after a long bout with cancer. At her funeral, the day before Easter, John Piper asked the question that was burning in many hearts: "What has God said that would encourage our hearts and strengthen us in view of Patty's great suffering and death. . . especially her suffering at the end of her life?" He answered the question with 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 and 4:15-5:8, the texts Patty had chosen for her funeral sermon. So powerful was this message that, with her husband's permission, we've made an exception to our policy of not making funeral messages public. Includes John Piper's moving 1998 Maundy Thursday Communion Meditation.

• Therefore We Do Not Lose Hope
• 1998 Maundy Thursday Communion Meditation