Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 182
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kari Jobe singing … O The Blood … poignantly singing of how we remember that Jesus shed His blood to save us all from our sin.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Corinthians 11:26 [NLT] …
26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
… Paul shows fellow Christians of the Lord charging born-again believers to remember His bodily sacrifice on the cross by taking Communion as the Lord did on the night before His crucifixion.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Corinthians 11:23-26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul, instructs fellow Christians in the importance of remembering what Christ did for us on the cross by seriously and often celebrating the Lord’s supper. ===============
Reference Passage: … Numbers 10:10 [NLT] …
10 Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind your God of His covenant with you. I am the Lord your God.”
… God, thru Moses, charges His faithful remnant of believers to remember God’s covenant with them thru their feasts and festivals.
Reference Passage: … Luke 22:14-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus in the upper room on Passover, institutes His last supper, changing His disciples (and us) to repeat often the taking of the bread and the wine in remembrance of His new covenant sacrifice to save mankind. .
Reference Passage: … John 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus tells Nicodemus (and us) to remember that The Messiah was sent to die and to save us all.
Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, charges us, as Christ’s disciples, to become living sacrifices in remembrance of His blood sacrifice on the cross.
Reference Passage: … Hebrews 9:22 [NLT] …
22 In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.
… The Author of Hebrews reminds believers in Christ that there is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon … AT THIS LINK … illustrated the importance of remembering our Lord’s sacrifice with communion by the story of Buzz Aldrin quietly taking communion during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon (see photo).
It was our Lord in that upper room Passover supper who instituted His last supper, charging His Disciples to take it often to remember what their Messiah would do, shedding His blood and sacrificing His body to save mankind. And we, as the remnant of His disciples are to remember that sacrifice by take communion, … just like Buzz Aldrin did on the moon.
And I’m praying that we stop for a moment as you take in the linked song and meditate on the Scriptures above, to remember our Lord’s sacrifice by becoming, as God, thru Paul, charged us to become living sacrifices for our God (see Romans 12:1-2).
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … by remembering Your sacrifice often in my retaking my eucharist reminder of what You did for us on the cross.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to remember often Your blood sacrifice to save us by retaking the elements of Your table. … Amen
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