Celebrating the Passover through communion is rich with history and a gratefulness for God’s provision. The most memorable communion experiences I’ve had have been filled with my thankfulness to God providing a way when there was no way. Humble reflection at communion wiped out my self sufficient t and independent attitude. It’s hard to conceive that Israel forgot God after leaving Egypt, grumbling and complaining on their journey to the promised land. Yet I often find myself being critical, skeptical and grumbling in my journey, forgetting what Christ has done and is doing.
“I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and everything that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Spirit will come and fill every corner of our hearts; but if we are full of pride and conceit, ambition and self-seeking, pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God. I also believe that many a man is praying to God to fill him, when he is full already with something else. Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray that He would empty us. There must be a n emptying before there can be a filling; and when the heart is turned upside down, and everything that is contrary to God is turned out, then the Spirit will come…” - D.L. Moody
“What Jesus did next added to the disciples’ distress. Jesus changed the liturgy used to celebrate the Passover. He changed the focus of the meal from what God had done in Egypt through the angel of death to what God was doing in his own death. Jesus used two of the elements from the meal, the unleavened bread and one of the cups of blessing, to speak of his death.” - Excerpt, Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark by Steve Langford
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