OUR DAILY BREAD : CELEBRATING TOGETHER

[cimi]

October 3
Sunday


CELEBRATING
TOGETHER

READ:
1 Cor. 11:23-26
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For as often as you eat
this bread and drink
this cup, you proclaim
the Lord's death till He
comes. __1 Cor. 11:26
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Many churches celebrate the first Sunday in October as World Communion Sunday. It is a time to observe the Lord's Supper with a special awareness of celebrating together with our brothers and sisters in Christ around the globe. On this day, being with a community of believers has become very meaningful to me.

One year, however, I found myself in an airport with along flight ahead and no opportunity to attend church on that day. Sitting alone, I read the Gospel accounts of the Last Supper, along with the passages describing Jesus' arrest and crucifixion. Then from 1 corinthians 11:23-26, I pondered the words so often read at communion services: "The Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread..." (v.23). With some common elements to represent the bread and the cup, I observed the Lord's death for us, feeling a deep kinship with those followers of Christ in many places who are unable or forbidden to gather with others in worship.

Whatever your location and circumstances today, may you find joy and strength in remembering the Lord's sacrifice on the cross. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes" (v.26). __David McCasland
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````````````````When Christians join in blessed fellowship```````````
````````````````````Commemorating Jesus' sacrifice,``````````````
``````````````````They sense a common bond of unity`````````````
```````````Because for every race He paid the price. __Hess`````````
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Celebrating Christ together brings strength and joy.

**********Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Corinthians 11:23-26**********

23 For I received from the
Lord that which I also
delivered to you: that the
Lord Jesus on the same
night in which He was
betrayed took bread; 24 and
when He had given thanks,
He broke it and said, "Take,
eat; this is My body which
is broken for you; do this in
remembrance of Me." 25 In
the same manner He also
took the cup after supper,
saying. "This cup is the
new covenant in My blood.
This do, as often as you
drink it, in remembrance of
Me."

26 For as often as you eat
this bread and drink this
cup, you proclaim the
Lord's death till He comes.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Paul's echo of the words of Christ from the upper room are both
exhilarating and sobering. They are exhilarating because of the
nature of the remembrance christ has given us--a remembrance
that pictures what He sacrificed to rescue us from our sin and
ourselves. yet that is also what is so sobering about these words.
His body and blood are the cost of our rescue--a cost that reminds
us of how tragic our lost condition was and how vast His love is.
__BILL CROWDER