‘Morning Prayer And Praise.’
Psalm 5:3.
a) The Lord should hear our voice in the morning.
b) In the morning we should direct our voice to Him.
c) We will look up to Him in the morning.
(This QT reminds me about Morning Prayer And Praise)
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‘The First Holy Communion.’
Matthew 26:17-30.
a) Matthew 26:17. The Disciples had initiative, they wanted to celebrate the Passover and they asked Jesus what to do.
b) Matthew 26:18. Jesus knew the house in which the Passover was to be celebrated and He sent the Disciples forward to that place.
c) Matthew 26:19. The Disciples obeyed Jesus in this matter.
d) Matthew 26:20. When the evening time to celebrate the Passover arrived Jesus sat down together with the Disciples.
e) Matthew 26:21. Jesus spoke of His betrayal.
f) Matthew 26:22. All the Disciples were sorrowful about the betrayal and asked the Lord if it were them, each one did this.
g) Matthew 26:23. Jesus said that the person who dipped his hand in the dish with Him would be the one who betrayed Him.
h) Matthew 26:24. Jesus spoke about the suffering of His betrayer.
i) Matthew 26:25. Both Judas and Jesus knew that the betrayer was to be Judas.
j) Matthew 26:26. As they were eating the Passover Jesus:-
1- Took bread.
2- Blessed bread.
3- Broke bread.
k) Matthew 26:26. Jesus gave the bread to His Disciples and told them to take it and eat it because it was His Body.
l) Matthew 26:27. He did the same thing with the cup of wine, Jesus gave thanks for it and then gave it to the Disciples, encouraging them all to drink from it.
m) Matthew 26:28. Jesus spoke about the wine being the Blood of the New Covenant which was shed for many people for the remission of sins.
n) Matthew 26:29. Jesus spoke about the next time that the Disciples would share communion with Him being the day when He would drink new wine with them in His Father’s Kingdom.
o) Matthew 26:30. Then they sung a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.
(Through this Second I treasure the meaning of The First Holy Communion and I wish that Holy Communion could be so pure and relevant today)
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Chris.
Jesus Blessed the Bread before they ate it. The communion service is a very special memorial service in which we remember what the Lord Jesus did for us on the Cross. It is truly Bread and Wine that is Blessed by the Lord. We should follow the same style of Holy Communion that the Lord instituted, a Holy and sombre time. We should remember that Jesus allowed Judas to take the Holy Communion. It makes me think why are we so particular about not letting “non Believers” take Holy Communion? Maybe they can even become Believers through the experience.
