We want to do something physical in order to release the supernatural.
We lift our hands to You, Jesus, in complete surrender.
God, we praise You and exalt You right now.
Praise creates a forcefield around us that the enemy cannot touch.
It lifts us into the heavenly realm.
Worship releases Your manifest Presence into our lives.
We bow down and worship You, Lord.
We speak and declare that:
We desire to diminish the enemy’s plan
We want to launch Your plan, Lord, here, right now, in agreement with Your Word and the Holy Spirit.
We want to release Your kingdom in every area of our lives.
God, Your intention is that we live in Your heartbeat renewed, transformed, empowered, and filled.
We desire to abide and remain in a communal relationship with You.
Thank You, Lord, and Amen.
When we take communion: we are celebrating the finished work of the
Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, together as His body. We are DECLARING AND DECREEING THAT THE CROSS HAS THE FINAL SAY in our lives. What Jesus paid for with His life is ours.
For communion:
- prepare
- worship
- find rest
- find peace
EXCHANGE REALMS.
We separate from the first Adam and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and attach ourselves to the last Adam and the Tree of Life in a covenant relationship with Him.
–Wade Taylor
We are a branch attached to the Vine in a place of abiding and remaining. THEN WE TAKE COMMUNION AS AN ACT OF FAITH.
In the kingdom of God, physical obedience brings spiritual release. Life is released through our obedience.
–Bill Johnson
[We practice the disciplines in faith to bring life to our lives.]
So, what did Jesus say about communion?
Paul writes in I Corinthians 11:23-25,26
Taking communion
POSITION and aligning ourselves.
He said to do it often.
Stand soberly, reverentially, resting and at peace: grateful and celebrating your victory.
How we stand:
- Worship
- Rest
- Peace
Worship – in gratitude, opens the heavens.
Rest creates a relational cycle of constant surrender – We rest in the awareness that God is present.
Peace is a ruling state of being.
“When we take communion, we remember Who He is and What He has done. We agree with what Jesus did for us – we declare and decree in agreement with the power of His crucifixion and resurrection by our actions – celebrating communion with Him.”
–Marie Esposito
Taking His very life (the Bread) and drinking His blood ( the fruit of the vine), we receive.
We agree and announce BY OUR ACTIONS what Jesus did, and we receive empowerment from the spirit realm.
“Communion is the meal of absolute victory; Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross was more than enough to bring healing to our bodies and freedom from sin. Jesus commanded us to take communion in remembrance of Him that we would continually live aware of the victory we walk in.”
–Bill Johnson
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Jesus is the Bread of Life. We are His body. Communion brings His very life into our body.
The law of the Spirit of Life – we are SET FREE FROM THE LAW of sin and death through His Resurrection and Ascension –
WE receive healing, divine health, and longevity of life.
We identify with His Life gift- we are SET FREE by HIS BLOOD
Romans 8
First Adam – a living soul
Last Adam – Quickening Spirit.
LIVING BREAD – LIVING BODY – LIVING BLOOD – LIVING LIFE
WE RECEIVE THE POWER OF AN ENDLESS LIFE. – Hebrews 7:16
We celebrate this when we take communion.