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Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

“And he took the bread and gave thanks” ([1])

          In His last days on earth, Jesus asked us to partake of the cup and of the bread that expressed His sacrifice--"this cup which is poured out for you is the blood of the new covenant."¹ The Lord’s Supper conveys so much more than words can express. It conveys his greatness of God then, now and forever.

The Bread of Affliction is a souvenir of how God delivered the Israelites from the bitter bondage of slavery, and the blood (wine), a reminder of how God spared them from death. Likewise, the bread and the blood help us to remember the bitter death that Jesus endured and the bitter bondage of sin ([2]).  We remember that we have passed from death unto life ([3]).  And we realize that God will give us eternal life and pass over us in the Day of Judgment ([4]). So the Supper conveys a two fold message of mercy and grace, from death to life ([5]).

Even more, the bread symbolizes the Church or the Body of Christ. Just has the bread was kneaded until it was uniform, so too Christ works in His church to perfect her, to make her one ([6])  The Supper, like all meals in that culture, were an opportunity for fellowship; where others ate together, and shared life together ([7]). The Supper represents the eternal life that we will share together in the unity of love.

Lastly, the Supper calls for us to "give thanks with a grateful heart” ([8]).  The Supper sheds light on the truth of our condition which brings us to say, "Have mercy on me God"([9]). Not that we condemn ourselves, for there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus ([10]).  But what we have in our heart overflows out of our mouth—"glory power and honor belong to you"([11]). So when you we give thanks this November, let us do it out of the overflow of a grateful heart.

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