Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Remember?

And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." Luke 22:19
 
The Holy Spirit helps us to recall everything that we are taught by and about Jesus. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. John 14:26. Jesus always gives glory to the Heavenly Father. Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  John 14:13
 
Jesus never calls attention to Himself, but always directs the attention—the focus—to His Father. His purpose is to do the will of the Father, to speak and do just as the Father tells Him, and to glorify the Father. I thought it interesting that in Luke passage…as well as in 1 Corinthians 12…Jesus commands His disciples to partake of the bread during the Passover meal “in remembrance of Me.” He draws His disciples’ focus or attention to Himself. Remember Him--not His Father. He wants them to remember—but He hadn’t “given” His body just yet. After His crucifixion they remembered what He said. The Holy Spirit reminded them. His body was given as a sin offering—for everyone’s sin. When we take the bread during the communion sacrament we remember what Jesus did for us…His sacrifice for our sin.
 
Do you remember what Jesus has done for you?
 
Prayer ~ Holy Spirit, continually bring to our minds the sacrifice Jesus made for us. He loved us enough to die for us—in obedience to His Father. Our Heavenly Father had a plan…Jesus’ gave His body and His blood for us. May we live holy lives purified by the washing of His blood and by the brokenness of His body. Help us to remember.
 
Happy Anniversary, Joe & Deb. May God continue to bless and guide you—with Love and Prayers.
 
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