Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, 1 Corinthians 1:30-31. In Apostle Paul's letter to the Christians in Corinth, he explains that Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God and has accomplished all the work of salvation for us through His death on the cross. None of us can boast of what we have done to save ourselves as God deserves all the credit. As we partake of the bread and drink the fruit of the vine ...
Aug 23
6 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Psalms 103:13-18. King David is the author of Psalms 103, and he delights in describing the blessings of God. Unique among these descriptions is the phrase, "from everlasting to everlasting." Not only does it describe the everlasting duration of God's love to " those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts," but seems to set aside today, the time b...
Aug 16
7 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Romans 5:1-5. Through faith in Jesus Christ, we have access to God's grace, an imperishable hope, and the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. We are blessed beyond measure as we navigate through this life on Earth. As we partake of the bread and drink the fruit of the vine from the cup, we remember Jesus and His sacrifice for us. He is the source of all our bl...
Aug 9
6 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Psalms 69:13-21. In Psalm 69, King David shares his story, but it is also the story of Jesus and key moments from His ministry on Earth. For our communion meditation today, verses 13-21 give us a glimpse into Jesus' final thoughts as He dies on the cross; His "humanness" is fully revealed. He died for us, and it was His love for us and love of His Father that buoy...
Aug 2
7 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Psalms 45:1-9. In this passage of Scripture, the psalmist is excited to tell us the story of the marriage of Jesus to His bride, the church. She is beautiful, adorned with embroidered garments and the gold of Ophir, having been redeemed by His very own blood. As we partake of the bread and drink the fruit of the vine from the cup, we remember Jesus suffered and di...
Jul 26
8 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Psalms 19:1-4. In this passage of Scripture, David, the psalmist, describes how the sky and heavens declare the glory of God. While they do not speak, their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. Similarly, the bread and the fruit of the vine in the cup we set aside to remember the Lord's Supper speak for themselves and tell the s...
Jul 19
8 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Acts 13:38-41. In this passage of Scripture, we read about how Paul and Barnabas travel to Pisidian Antioch, an important Roman colony that stood at the junction of the Via Sebaste and a major east–west highway across the southern Anatolian Plateau (Turkey), making it a strategic crossroads for travelers, merchants, soldiers, and government officials. As a result ...
Jul 12
7 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Acts 10:43-43. In this passage of Scripture, we read the first sermon preached to a Gentile, Cornelius, a Roman centurion, and are drawn to the Apostle Peter's frank language about Jesus’ death, "They killed him by hanging him on a cross." As we partake of the bread and drink the fruit of the vine from the cup, we are reminded that Jesus allowed Himself to be arre...
Jul 5
6 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Esther 9:20-22. In this passage of Scripture, we learn how Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther established the days of Purim to remember how their people, the Jews, were saved from annihilation from their enemies in the Persian Empire. We, too, as Christians remember a special time, the Lord's Supper, to remember and celebrate how we were saved from our enemies, sin...
Jun 28
6 min
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Ezra 9:3-4. In this passage of Scripture, Ezra the priest is appalled to discover that the Jewish exiles have abandoned the Law of God. This is especially shocking to Ezra and others as they view the ruins of Jerusalem—destroyed by God in the past because the Jews rejected Him and His Law. As we assemble today to partake of the bread and drink from the fruit of th...
Jun 21
6 min
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