A Hospice Guide For Christians, He Restores My Soul In my experience, I've observed that when someone discovers they have six months or less to live, several responses can be triggered: Christians will seek affirmation, reaffirmation, and comfort in their relationship with God and others. Emotional pain is often experienced, associated with anticipatory grief with four distinctive feelings of loss. Christians want biblical guidance during emotional pain associated with anticipatory grief. Patients and families seek information about end-of-life physical changes and what to do during the dying person's last hours, including what not to do.