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Communion provides a pause each Lord’s Day to refresh us and to encourage us to run our race faithfully for Jesus “until he comes” (1 Corinthians 11:26).
Pausing to Remember
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Doug Redford
“Mother of All the Living”
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Eve was granted the privilege of living up to her name, for she became “mother of the Living One,” Christ Jesus, who destroyed the devil’s work (1 John 3:8).
Our Opening Day
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It may renew and encourage us when we take Communion to think back to the day of our baptism into Christ, when we came forth from our own tomb and our own record of sins was wiped clean.
The Road Did Not End Here
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Jesus’ body was broken, but by that brokenness the road to the New Jerusalem was completed and the broken bond between God and humanity was repaired.
Two Days, Two Outcomes
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Easter and Christmas are the two most recognized Christian holidays. Consider the different outcomes of Christmas and Easter by reflecting on how Jesus “came out” of, first, the womb of Mary at his birth; and second, the tomb at his resurrection.
Not Filling–But Fulfilling
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Communion is a meal that is not really filling to our bodies (we take just a small piece of bread and a small cup of juice). It is, however, ful-filling.
The State of Our Union
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The observance of Communion each Lord’s Day should remind us that the strength of our union, the glue that holds it together, is not in us—far from it. It’s in Jesus and Jesus alone.
“If I Had a Dollar …”
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Because of The Savior’s all-sufficient sacrifice, we are set for life—eternal life.
Transfer of Power
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Just as the repeating of the presidential oath of office takes only a few seconds, it takes only seconds to take the emblems of Communion and to reaffirm our loyalty to Jesus.