Exodus 20:8-10a

8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

1 Chronicles 16:8-12

8 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;

  make known his deeds among the peoples!

9 Sing to him, sing praises to him;

  tell of all his wondrous works!

10 Glory in his holy name;

  let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

11 Seek the Lord and his strength;

  seek his presence continually!

12 Remember the wondrous works that he has done,

  his miracles and the judgments he uttered,

Lamentations 3:21-26

21 But this I call to mind,

  and therefore I have hope:

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;

  his mercies never come to an end;

23 they are new every morning;

  great is your faithfulness.

24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,

  “therefore I will hope in him.”

25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,

  to the soul who seeks him.

26 It is good that one should wait quietly

  for the salvation of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:23-25

23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

I. COMMUNION IS ABOUT REMEMBERING

II. COMMUNION IS A PROCLAMATION

1 Corinthians 11:26

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

III. COMMUNION IS A TIME OF SELF-EXAMINATION

1 Corinthians 11:27-28

27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

• What is my relationship with God?
• Am I living in sin?
• Do I have anything between me and another brother or sister in Christ?
• Am I living for the Lord?

IV. COMMUNION IS ABOUT FELLOWSHIP

1 Corinthians 10:16-17

16 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? 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.

Philippians 2:1-11

1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.