To ignore the presence and direct inward leading of the risen Jesus is to grieve God the Holy Spirit. Don’t forget to remember what the living Jesus is doing right now! Learn to live in the glorious moment of ongoing communion with Him.
Jesus said: “Do this in remembrance of Me.” (Luke 22:19) Some churches call it The Lord’s Supper, some The Eucharist, and some Communion. When you consume the bread and the wine (or grape juice) don’t just remember what Jesus did in the past, let it remind you what Jesus is doing now! Learn to experience ongoing koinonia (the Greek word for humble, heart-to-heart fellowship with the living Jesus and with His daily disciples).
- Remember that Jesus is risen from the dead and living right now!
- Remember that He is present wherever you are and knows whatever you are doing.
- Remember that Jesus is speaking directly to you and that you can hear His voice.
- Remember that He wants to daily live in you and lead you from within.
- Remember that Jesus wants to fill you with the fruit of His Spirit and release His spiritual gifts in and through you.
- Remember to always surrender your will and your desires to Him and His will.
- Remember that Christ — literally living in you — is your hope, not only to cope with life, but to experience His glorious presence throughout each day.
- Remember that He wants to empower you to love everybody, even your enemies.
- Remember to never stop communing with the risen Jesus and with His humble obedient followers.
Communion isn’t just swallowing a tiny bit of bread and wine in a religious setting. It is ongoing heart-to-heart community built on the rock of direct revelation from God the Father showing you who God the Son really is.
Communion is humbly sharing your heart, your thoughts, your feelings, and your Spirit-prompted insights with other people and compassionately listening as they share theirs with you. To commune is to get and stay spiritually connected to Christ and to His faithful followers. Communion with Christ and His spiritually hungry followers causes me to feel rivers of invisible water — alive with the Holy Spirit — flowing from deep within me. (John 7:37-39)
Always remember to focus on the risen Jesus. Listen to and obey what He is saying within you every moment! Consistently commune intimately with Christ. People are awed, healed, and transformed when they connect with Christ and His humble, Spirit-led followers! (Unfortunately, self-righteous Christians don’t have the same effect.) It’s not the physical elements. It’s about actually experiencing and surrendering to the presence and power of the living, resurrected Jesus.
(Learn to remember Christ and to literally commune with His presence. There’s a Christ-encounter group at Chile Burrito, 330 Franklin Road, Brentwood, Tennessee 37207. It meets every Saturday morning at 8:30. Come and commune with Jesus and with us.)
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