Communion / Lord’s Supper

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… Between now and next month's Communion some of us will, probably, have departed to the Father. Let our eyes be opened to behold, by faith, the Glory …

The Joy of Harvest

… If we try to speak of what communion with Christ is, we fail. Solomon, the wisest of men, when inspired to write of the fellowship of the church …

Early Pastoral Epistles

… This will make it easy work to maintain cordial and joyous communion. " 4. In relation to other churches. Be careful to maintain your orthodoxy, and bear your witness …

What Self Deserves

Ezekiel 36:31

… They come to the communion table, and yet have no part nor lot in the matter. We know of some that have been here Sabbath after Sabbath, and …

Exhortation—"Set Your Heart"

1 Chronicles 22:19

… The elements upon the table cannot help you! The communion will be injurious to you if you are not a true Believer. Examine yourself whether you are in …

Salt For Sacrifice

Leviticus 2:13

… But, secondly, salt is THE TOKEN OF COMMUNION. In the East, especially, it is the token of fellowship. When an Oriental has once eaten a man's salt …

The Poor Man's Prayer

Psalm 106:4

… Oh that I could talk of rapt fellowship and close communion and joy and overflowing bliss! They tell me, some of them, that they sit down on the …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… Lord Jesus, take from us now everything that would hinder the closest communion with God. Any wish or desire that might hamper us in prayer remove, we pray …

A Traveller’s Letters Home

… unhallowed, no scenery to be avoided lest it should turn me away from communion with God. He has sanctified sea and mountain, housetop and street to me; and …

Loved and Loving

… The costly vase, the product of a thousand laborious processes, may be broken in a moment! And so the supreme delight of communion with the Lord Jesus, the …

Unabated Affection between Pastor and People

… Spurgeon when laid aside from active labour for the Lord : — " Very dear and highly-esteemed Pastor, " Meeting around the communion table of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ …

Bringing the King Back

2 Samuel 19:10

… no joy to be found in all this world like that of sweet communion with Christ! I would barter all else there is of Heaven for that! Indeed …

In the Sunny South

… Serene and peaceful as those heavenly days, When souls drawn upward in communion sweet Enjoy the stillness of some close retreat, Discourse as if released, and safe at …

The New Park Street Tracts

… What a marvellous change was thus suddenly brought about by Divine interposition! He who a little while before disbelieved in communion with God and the soul, became as …

Distinguishing Grace

1 Corinthians 4:7

… Who has led you to the stool of the penitent and the table of communion, who hath done it? Beloved, you are not slow to answer, for the …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… We have also tasted of the honey of communion with Jesus: we have not, perhaps, feasted upon handfuls of it, as some of our Samsons have done; but …

Prayer 5 — To The King Eternal

… May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary. O Lord, we do not …

Daniel's Undaunted Courage

Daniel 6:10

… It was his secret communion with God which gave him strength and vigor to push on. Because he was right he found it easier to keep right whatever …

Psalm 15

Psalm 15

… Without the wedding-dress of righteousness in Christ Jesus, we have no right to sit at the banquet of communion. Without uprightness of walk we are not fit …

Goodness Going Before

Psalm 21:3

… Sometimes I have found in my own soul that I have longed to have communion with Christ. I have thought that if I could but get a whisper …

Samuel—an Example of Intercession

1 Samuel 12:23

… Intercessory prayer is an act of communion with Christ, for Jesus pleads for the sons of men. It is a part of His priestly office to make intercession …

The Bed and Its Covering

Isaiah 28:20

… I am perfectly content.” “Well, but is there nothing else you wish for?” “Nothing,” says he, “I have the presence of God; I have delight in communion with …

A Sad Confession

Isaiah 53:3

… And then you return home, far from being eager and anxious for communion with your Lord—so, not seeking His face for yourselves—you do, in effect, hide …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… We have been in the Valley of Fellowship with Christ, walking along the cool vale of communion with our Father who is in Heaven—and behold, it has …

The Light of the World

John 8:12

… Christianity is much debased—there are devout persons who enjoy a share of communion with God and a sense of pardoned sin, though the tone of their thoughts …

Clinging to Christ

John 6:67

… But when he talks about feeding upon Christ, and about communion with Jesus, and about the spiritual separated life, these are things of which we know nothing and …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Concluded)

… Spurgeon's works, — "Till He Come." Communion Meditations and Addresses. It consists very largely of the quiet, homely talks of the Pastor to the little companies of Christians …

The Fullness and the Filling

John 1:16

… careful walking to make room for the Grace of close communion with Christ! The Grace of close communion with the Lord Jesus Christ to make room for the …

Good Cause for Great Zeal

Ezra 4:14

… To allow persons to come to the Communion Table who do not even profess to be born-again is a clear act of treason against the King of …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… Abound in prayer, abide in communion with Christ and let not the prospect of the most glittering life tempt you to turn away even an inch from your …

Love Joying In Love

Solomon 5:1

… to him and will sup with him, and He with me"? The inter-communion is complete—the enjoyment is for both. To make our Lord Jesus happy, we …

Preparing for the Week of Prayer

Revelation 8:3

… The first is the communion of all prayer. What does the angel do with the prayers of all saints? Does he put one of them here and another …

The Family Likeness

Romans 8:14

… and the minutes of the Wesleyan Conference, or some dogma of close communion or open communion of the Baptist Church. To the dogs with it all! What does …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… SPURGEON, AT A COMMUNION SERVICE AT MENTONE, EARLY IN THE YEAR 1880. "He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow …

Fullness of Joy Our Privilege

1 John 1:4

… I have sometimes thought that the raptures of Communion I have known are not altogether so deep—though they may be higher—not, I say, so deep as …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… Dost thou love God, not with lip-language, but with heart-service? Dost thou love to pay him homage? Dost thou love to hold communion with him? Dost …

The Garden Of The Soul

Matthew 26:36

… If you neglect communion with Jesus, if you grow cold or lukewarm in your affections, if you do not live up to your privileges you will become the …

A Vision of the King

Isaiah 33:17

… You are coming with us to the Communion Table and when you leave the assembly of the saints, you will have to go where you will cry with …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… You have gone from page to page of Scripture doctrine and have received it and felt its influence, and yet that best of all enjoyments, communion with the …

Royal Homage

Revelation 4:10

… We are not told anything even about the social communion of Heaven. We do know, or at least we think we have abundant reason for believing, that saints …