Communion and Unity

When a believer takes communion or the Lord's table do you realize that it is a show of unity with your fellow believers? Not just those you are in fellowship with at your local assembly, but with believers throughout the globe. God wants us to celebrate Him and through the Lord's death and resurrection one is able to do just that. Remember Jesus was the one who started the Lord's Supper the night before He was betrayed by Judas. This is something that is not a church ritual started by men, but something began by the One who went to the cross for us. There is life in the communion cup and bread. There is health and deliverance in the Lord's table. The unity of believers is brought together through this celebration. The body of Christ needs one another. None of us can make this thing happen without one another. Just like ancient Israel which used the Passover as a spring board to freedom from Egyptian bondage Jesus is using the Lord's table to propel us beyond the snare of death, hell and the grave. So the next time you come to take the Lord's table remember that what you are partaking in is not something that is a church ritual, it is something established by the Lord himself on the night of His betrayal. Join yourself to Him. Worship Him in this act and watch as God moves mountains for you.

Why does God show us people's flaws?

Have you ever wondered why God shows us flaws in people?  I was pondering that very question this past week when I began to think about some of the things that God has shown me over the past few months about people of faith that I know.  The enemy of our souls would want us to take the information that we have gathered and begin to use it against those who are in a struggle.  I know that I have tempted and have failed in this venture time and again and when I do fall into the trap of the enemy and start to gossip about that person or persons I feel the Holy Spirit bringing convinction to bear upon me for that action.  I got my answer recently when I was reading a book by pastor Francis Frangipane entitled The Three Battlegrounds. 

In this book pastor Francis talks about the fact that God shows us those areas that believers struggle in so we can pray for them.  It made alot of sense to me and I am now going to lay hold of that and pray for those that God has shown a weakness in that needs to be covered by His grace.  If the Church of Jesus Christ could just get a hold of this principle we could see a revolution break forth as we would truly become one as Jesus prayed for in John 17.  So the next time you see a brother or sister in Christ struggling in an area of life that you know needs to be changed and transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit don't look to critize, look to pray them through expecting that God is able to do a great and mighty work in and through them because of your williness to surrender yourself on their behalf. 

If you are interested in more of Francis Frangipane's materials you can either buy them through my bookstore or you can follow this link to see what he has to offer.