Preparing Your Heart for the Table
You know what the table remembers and why it is not something you earn. Here is how to actually get ready for it, heart first, and what to expect when you get there.
The Foundation
Examine Yourself, Don't Skip the Table
Make It Right First
Before You Come to the Table
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:23-24, ESV
The Right Posture
A Table of Thanksgiving
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
Psalm 34:8, ESV
The Practical Side
What Actually Happens
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 10:16, ESV
Not a Finish Line
Coming Back Again and Again
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Acts 2:42, ESV
Pause and Think About This