Monday Sept 28, 2011 The Last Supper

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover Lamb had to be sacrificed.

Good Monday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters and being Monday it is the day we pray for our leaders, our troops, our veterans, our police and firefighters, river rescue units, and all others who work so hard to keep us safe. Please keep praying for Dale and Blanch. Please keep praying for "Baby Boy Noah" to be healed from cancer. And this next prayer request, a parent's worst nightmare, losing a child.

This request in from Pastor Phil Enloe. "I am writing to ask for your prayers concerning the news one of our Harvest Chapel families just received. The granddaughter of SABBY & LOUISE CANCEMI passed away last night. The entire family is devastated as expected. Sabby & Louise's son, Pastor John & Betty, have three children and one on the way. Their oldest child, BRENDA was only 14 years old and was on her high school's Soccer Team. As she was walking to the Soccer Field after school she passed out and was taken to the hospital. She passed away at 7.00 P.M. that evening. The exact reason for her death has not yet been established."

The Last Supper: Day one: Luke 22:7 - Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover Lamb had to be sacrificed. (NIV)

This coming Sunday, October 2, 2011, is worldwide communion day. The first Sunday in October to the best of my knowledge has been worldwide communion Sunday since I was a child. I do not know the starting date of this. While a lot of churches have communion on the first Sunday of the month and on other special occasions, this date seems to touch most all Christian Churches. I think I am correct on this, that the Catholic Church has communion service at all Masses. I have dear friends on the line that will let me know and on what other occasions they might have communion.

Anyway, God is leading me to talk to you about this service, this service of communion, where it is found in the Bible, etc., and then on this coming Friday, we will have what I call "on line communion."

"Passover lamb had to be sacrificed on the 14th of Nisan between 2:30 and 5:30 PM on the court of the priests. Thursday of Passion Week." (Source footnotes of my NIV Bible)

The day of the Unleavened Bread... Well I just had to look up Unleavened to get this right for all of you so out came my dictionary. Unleavened bread is bread made without yeast or other products to make bread rise and become lighter. I remember once at communion where Unleavened Bread was used and it did not have much taste or at least to me, one who loves breads, it was not something I would what to toast each day. As heavy as it seemed to me, it would more than likely break the pop up in the pop up toaster.

I want all of you to think about this... Had Jesus not gone to the cross and been sacrificed for us, might we still be sacrificing a lamb on the Altar of our Lord God? Boy, another thing to praise our Lord Jesus for going to the cross for us so that does not need done.

Dear Father in Heaven, thank You for Your Son Jesus and thank You, Jesus, for going to the cross for us, for we who are so unworthy. Lord Jesus, please look over our prayer requests and honor them as per Your Will. Thanks for helping me with the messages, this one, Lord, is not coming easy for me. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

To my online pastor friends, I want as always to get things right, please, please send me things that might help me on this subject. Most often we just break bread, pass out the communion wine or grape juice for the Body of Jesus and the Blood of Jesus and do not look at the last supper.

Now go forth sharing your blessings, sharing your love for Jesus. I love ya, Pastor Dan.