Eat This Bread Drink This Cup
The purpose of my podcast is to help individuals, groups and churches observe the Lord's Supper. The podcast includes a relevant portion of Scripture, brief commentary, prayer, and participation in partaking of the bread and drinking from the cup. Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are taken from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language. Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup.
The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Isaiah 52:13-15. Isaiah has much to say about the Lord's Servant, and in this passage of Scripture, he gives us a unique glimpse into the events of Jesus' day of crucifixion. Jesus did suffer for us, and we remember Him as we partake of the bread and drink from the cup. All Scripture quotation...
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup.
The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Hebrews 12: 1-2. The author of Hebrews tells us that as Jesus offered His life on the cross, He was sustained by the joy of knowing that God would give His gift of grace to us. His joy would become our joy; something that can never be taken away from us. All Scripture quotations are from the English St...
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup.
The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Ephesians 1:3-8. In this passage of Scripture, the Apostle Paul describes just how much God loves us and the gifts we have received from Him through His Son, Jesus Christ. We come to understand that God did all of this for us for His great pleasure. All Scripture quotations are from the New Living Trans...
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup.
The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Galatians 1:3-5. In this passage of Scripture, the Apostle Paul asks God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ to give us grace and peace. These two wonderful gifts are available to us through faith in Jesus, who gave His life for our sins. As we partake of the bread and drink wine from the cup, we remem...
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup.
The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10. In this passage of Scripture, the Apostle Paul talks about the fruit of godly sorrow in the life of a Christian. As we partake of the bread and drink the wine from the cup, we remember that God sent Jesus to bring the good news of the gospel to us. He gave His life on a cross that ...
Welcome to Eat This Bread Drink This Cup.
The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, 2 Corinthians 1:8-11. In this passage of Scripture, the Apostle Paul and Timothy, his brother in the Lord, experience a crisis of faith that forces them to abandon their futile human efforts and rely only on God for deliverance. Their unassailable confidence in God was underpinned by knowing He is the G...
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 11:27-34. In this passage of Scripture, the Apostle Paul continues his instruction on the proper way to observe the Lord's Supper. Our full attention to our participation is necessary as God observes and examines us. He takes the death of His Son on the cross and His kingdom very ser...
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 10: 14-22. In this unique passage of Scripture, the Apostle Paul describes the sense of fellowship we experience with Jesus and each other as we drink from the cup and break the bread together. We should cherish this time together; it is so much more than a ritual we observe on the first ...
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 1:26-31. In this passage, the Apostle Paul describes the futility of human wisdom as God has made Jesus to be wisdom itself. Only Jesus can make us pure, holy, and freed from sin, and this is what humankind desperately needs above all else. As we partake of the bread and drink from the cu...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup. The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Psalms 103: 8-18. In this psalm, King David is filled with praise for the LORD for His unfailing love. We should join in praise with King David as we see all of God's promises guaranteed by the blood of His Son, Jesus. All Scripture quotations are from the New Living Translation (NLT) and are ...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Romans 9:30-33. All Scripture quotations are from the New Living Translation and are used with permission.
My Bible reading plan for this week included Psalms 73-89 and Romans 5-10. I was drawn to Romans 9:30-33 because of the powerful imagery used by God to describe His Son, “I am placing a...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. My Bible Reading Plan for this week included Psalms 53-72 and Acts 27:26-Romans 4. I was drawn to Romans 3:23-26 because in these verses, the Apostle Paul describes something very important to humankind, how to be made right with God, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. When we observe the Lord's Supper, we shudder at the suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ endured on the c...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. My Bible Reading Plan for this week included Psalms 34-52 and Acts 22-27:25. I was drawn to Psalms 43:3 because the psalmist pleads with God to send out His light and His truth as they are the only guides for him to go where God is, the source of all his joy. As we partake of the bread and drink from the cup, we remember that God sent Jesus, His Light and His Truth, to save us ...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. My Bible Reading Plan for this week included Psalms 13-33 and Acts 18-21. As is my custom, I first asked God to direct me to the passage of Scripture from these readings that He wanted me to share about Jesus as we assemble to break bread. I was drawn to Psalms 33: 13-22 because the psalmist in these verses addresses a question as old as humanity itself, "Will a person or a...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Acts 16: 6-10. In this passage of Scripture, we discover a change in the author's perspective. Luke is no longer an author who reports on historical facts, he is now both an eyewitness and participant of history in the making. As Christians, we, too, have had a change of perspective. O...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Acts 10: 9-23. In this passage of Scripture, God reveals to the Apostle Peter that the good news of the gospel is intended for both Jews and Gentiles. As a consequence, the Apostle Peter's life was forever changed by this revelation from God. We, too, were unexpectedly uprooted from ou...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Job 9: 32-35. In this passage of Scripture, Job laments that his life would be better if he only had a mediator between himself and God. God knew humankind would require a mediator, and He asked Jesus Christ to be the one to mediate for us. All Scripture quotations are from the New Living T...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, Acts 2:42-47. In this passage of Scripture, the author, Luke, describes the devotion of the new Christians to "the breaking of bread" and other elements of worship. As we share in "the breaking of bread," we are prompted to evaluate our own awe and devotion as we reflect...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament, Ezra 3: 10-13. In this passage of Scripture, the author describes the reaction of the returning Jewish exiles from Babylonian captivity once they completed the foundation of The Second Temple in Jerusalem, and teaches us how to respond to the blessings we receive from God. All Scripture quo...
Welcome to the Eat This Bread Drink This Cup podcast. The communion meditation today is based on a passage of Scripture from the New Testament, John 14: 27-31. This passage of Scripture is part of a larger conversation Jesus has with His apostles, His last words, in the upper room following the Passover meal. Later that evening, He would be arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane. All Scripture quotations are from the New Living Trans...
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