12/29 END OF YEAR REFRECTION “COMMUNION”
End of the Year Reflection
“COMMUNION”
December 29, 2024
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 - For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
communion: koinonia (koy-nohn-ee’-ah); participation, sharing, communion.
1 Corinthians 10:16 - Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
THE LORD’S SUPPER
1) REMINDS US TO LOOK
1 Corinthians 11:28-29 - A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.
• What do you see when you look within?
o Have you faithfully followed the prompting of God?
o Do you have a better sense of God’s love?
o Do you enjoy being with the Lord in meditation?
2) REMINDS US TO LOOK
Exodus 12:26-27 - And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”
Luke 22:19b - This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.
o PAST
o PAST
o PAST
3) REMINDS US TO LOOK
1 Corinthians 11:26 - For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
• What are you looking forward to with God?
Matthew 26:29 - Mark my words — I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new with you in my Father’s Kingdom.” NLT