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This Passion Week I have been looking at events that happened each day and using those as a basis for meditation. I really want us to meditate upon what Jesus did for us on the cross. Here is the devotion I wrote for my website today:

I pray that you took some time yesterday to reflect on some things and use Jesus' day of silence to get closer to the Lord. Today, we want to take a look at one of the events prior to Jesus and the disciples heading to the garden at Gethsemane. This event is known to us as "the Last Supper."

There is quite a bit involved in this event, but there is one portion that I want us to focus on today, although I would recommend meditating upon the entire event (Matthew 26:2-35 & John 13-14). The portion that we want to look at is where Jesus breaks bread with the disciples and speaks in symbolic language to where the bread represents His body and the wine His blood. It is from this portion of Scripture where we have our tradition of holy communion.

Today, I want us to take part in this holy communion with one another. Grab a piece of bread and some grace juice (or Kool-Aid if you don't have any juice) and let us remember the sacrifice that has been made for us. If you took heart to everything I've written in the devotions earlier this week, then your heart and spirit should be pure and in right standing to take part in this; because we should not take part in this sacred event if we have unconfessed sin in our hearts.

Let us look at the bread, as it represents the body of our Lord Jesus Christ that was bruised and scarred on our behalf. Take a moment to reflect upon the pain that He suffered and how think about how it should have been all of us in His place. Recognize all of the love that He has for you in order to want to take all the punishment that you deserved into His own body. Break the bread, and then eat it. Next, lift up your cup towards heaven. This represents Jesus' blood that was shed for us. If it weren't for the shedding of blood, there would be no forgiveness of sins. Jesus was willing to do all of this so that we could be forgiven of all our sins. Take joy in the fact that Jesus did this for you so that you could be freed from the bondage of sin and death. Thank Him for His blood and drink.

With that, we have just participated in holy communion. This is something that we should do often in remembrance of the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made on our behalf. My brother in Christ, Mynista, has a video podcast with him observing communion that I recommend you check out (Mynista TV). Now that we've taken part in communion together, take the rest of the day to reflect upon the goodness of God and how He has blessed your life by allowing you to be forgiven of your sins. Amen? Amen.

Here are links to devotions for the rest of the week if you want to read those too:

Monday - Temple Cleansing
Tuesday - It Belongs to Who?
Wednesday - A Day of Silence