Last weekend I preached on "Fear of Life's Final Moments," borrowing the title from chapter 10 of Max Lucado's book Fearless. You can find a link to the message here.
Toward the end of the message I quote from a book by longtime missionary to India, Amy Carmichael. While the quoted passage is from the Gold Chord, I also commend to your reading A Chance to Die. Amy Carmichael once described missionary life as 'a chance to die.' Elisabeth Elliot borrows that phrase for the title of her biography of Ms. Carmichael.