Week Forty-six of Cultivate Delight, where we are actively planning our spiritual endeavors this coming week with the goal of a consistent time spent engaging our hearts with Christ in his word, in prayer, in reflection, and in music. Below are some starting points for reflection, and I hope you find them helpful. The goal is to not just rush through these and then get on with your day. Take your time and reflect throughout the week on these items.
Christian holiness is an art of doing more than knowing God’s will, remembering it, and temporarily purposing to do it. It is a continual obedience to God’s word and sacraments through repentant faith.
Daniel Burgess – A Biblical Guide to Hearing and Studying the Word of God
Bible Reading
Ezra 3 –
Nehemiah 1
Old Testament
(Two-year plan)
1 Peter 4 –
2 Peter 3
New Testament
(One-year plan)
Liturgy – New City Catechism
Question 46: What is the Lord’s Supper?
Christ commanded all Christians to eat bread and to drink from the cup in thankful remembrance of him and his death. The Lord’s Supper is a celebration of the presence of God in our midst; bringing us into communion with God and with one another; feeding and nourishing our souls. It also anticipates the day when we will eat and drink with Christ in his Father’s kingdom.
1 Corinthians 11:23–26
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, 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.” 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.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Worship
Bread of Life
Bread of life
Truth eternal
Broken now
To set us free
The risen Christ
His saving power
Is here in bread and wine for me
Lord I know
I am not worthy to receive you
You speak the word and I am healed
He at your yable, loves mystery
One bread, one cup, one family
Bread of life
Truth eternal
Broken now
To set us free
The risen Christ
His saving power
Is here in bread and wine for me
Lord my your cross
You reconciled us to the father
We have only to believe
Your sacrifice
Our victory
Now by your blood we are redeemed
Bread of life
Truth eternal
Broken now
To set us free
The risen Christ
His saving power
Is here in bread and wine for me
Lord you gave your people manner in the desert
Still you furfill our every need
Lord when we hunger
Lord when we thirst
We come to you
We come to you
We come to you
And we receive
Bread of life
Truth eternal
Broken now
To set us free
The risen Christ
His saving power
Is here in bread and wine for me