We began by reading Matthew 26: verses 17 to 30. This is a summary of what was said.

Communion is often referred to as breaking bread. Breaking bread in Jesus’s time was a daily practice, bread being a staple in their diet. This was akin to breathing.

Jesus chose a practical act that He knew would happen daily [multiple times] and He attached spiritual significance to it. Now our eating in the natural to nourish our bodies would carry a spiritual significance when we attach His death to it. Now it possess the power to resurrect His way in us. Now this eating and drinking would remind us daily of His death and resurrection. Now as we need to eat in the natural to sustain us, we would need to remember His death and resurrection to sustain and grow us spiritually. It is vital if we are to mature spiritually.

The reminder of His sacrifice Jesus is saying should be as common as breaking bread, but we are never to forget that this “remembering” is sacred. Have we just ritualised the act and forgotten the power it holds? Have we diminished its significance?

The word of God is the living word and as with most biblical paradigms, there are layers to it. Breaking bread is no different. Tonight as we lift praise up to Him from a position of surrender and awe, from lives lived as worship, we are praying that God will reignite and establish a Holy reverence for breaking bread.

No longer will it be a ritual but it will be a revelation. Each time we break bread, we should posture our hearts to receive a greater revelation of the cross. We should hunger and thirst for Holy Spirit to impress on us the significance of remembering.

Whether we break bread on our own, in community or whilst feeding the poor, we remember the covenant made to Him and each other, we are one in Christ and one body in Christ.

We ask that you would honour Holy Spirit and ask for the spirit of revelation and the spirit of wisdom. Open your hearts and minds to Holy Spirit, desire revelation about this sacred act.

We are asking for the following: Revelation!! Revelation goes far beyond understanding. Revelation is spirit breath, it carries testimony [they overcame by the blood and the power of their testimony], it is tasting and seeing, it is a deep knowing.

Lord we pray for the following:

1] A deeper revelation of the fact that God the father sent His ONLY son, only son to die on the cross for you and I. We should desire for this revelation to sink so deep that regardless of what life throws at us, we would never question His love for us. There is a simplicity and a complexity to this, but this is foundational. Healthy discipleship is dependant on it.

2] A deeper revelation that there is nothing I/we can do to earn/deserve His love. He has done it all for me despite my unrighteousness. He loves me just as I am BUT He loves me enough to not leave me as I am. He loves me enough to take me through the cross. Mark 8:34-38. This paradigm is difficult for many to understand particularly because we make following Jesus about us. If these two revelations are not embedded healthily, we produce discipleship that looks like faith by works, we strive to earn our way in, we curate performance based cultures, we walk out of fear or shame. We become religious. For many of us if not most of us, a inner healing journey is required for us to begin to understand these revelations the way Jesus intended for them to be revealed.

3] A deeper revelation that His body torn tore the veil. What does this mean? What does this look like? Can i come as sinful as I am ?? The answer is yes! No longer do we need high priest. It is important that we begin to press into this revelation, it is here that the enemy robs many. You don’t deserve to enter, you are not worthy!! Lies!! He tore the veil when His body was broken so that we can all enter the holy of holies. God gives grace to the humble, humble yourself and come.

Click   here   to read a great quick read on the significance of the veil torn!

Man’s default is to re-establish priesthood and we inadvertently prefer to look to priest to lead us and grow us and do the hard yards for us. Jesus is saying you can come, you take responsibility. Read the word for yourself and invite the spirit of God to reveal truth. Don’t be discipled by YouTube and podcast only and never pick up your bible. Pursue intimacy with God for yourself. Yes it’s biblical to have leaders, their role is to point you to Jesus but they cannot lead you into God’s presence, you need to choose to enter. Take responsibility!

4] A deeper revelation of the blood shed. Particularly in relation to the appropriation of the blood over our stuck places [Phillipians 2:12-13] Pray that God will begin to reveal this to you.His desire is that you are not to remain stuck but that you appropriate His blood over the hurt, trauma, unforgiveness and sickness and that you resurrect His way.

There is so much in this. If you are not sure what all this looks like, ask God to reveal and bring disciples around you who understand this. Who carry maturity in this space.

Let’s not diminish the cross by staying stuck.

It is a process. Sometimes it is quick and sometimes it takes years. But the blood speaks a better word over our lives.

Now we are beginning to unveil why we break bread, now His death and resurrection empower us.

Blessings

The Mizpah Collective