Remembering the Transformative Power of Communion

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "We can have the most significant thing happen in our life, the most life-changing thing happen in our life, the most dynamic thing happen in our life. Yet as time goes by, every one of us, every single one of us, can so easily forget that moment. We can so easily forget the emotion, the feeling, the impact of what that significant moment has done in our life. In thinking about communion, I think it's no different for us as Christians. The most significant thing that's ever happened to us happened at the cross. But we are so fickle. That we can forget that wow moment that impacted us forever." [01:58]( | | )

2. "Definition of familiarity, which is quite humbling. It says it's a silent killer of passion. It doesn't come at us, here I am. It just happens silently over time. What we were once passionate about, appreciative of, can just become in the background rather than at the forefront, of our focus. When something's at the forefront, it's the leading and most important thing. It consumes our very being because it's what we live for." [05:26]( | | )

3. "So why did Jesus think that we would need to take communion regularly? He did it so that we would remember. He said to them, do this. Don't just have a little wafer today. Don't just have a drink of grape juice today, but do this to stop and remember, focus the importance of what you're doing today. He knew that we're susceptible in our humanity to become familiar in the dynamic of what took place on the cross." [07:23]( | | )

4. "He is who he says he is. He's reminding us in these verses that when we remember, in essence, we reenact the power and the significance of what he did. When we reenact something, we bring it into effect. One definition, it said, to reenact is to authorise it again. So today, when we have communion, what we are doing is reauthorising once again the authority of the transforming power of the cross in our lives, in our humanity." [11:27]( | | )

5. "Now I accepted Jesus into my life when I was 18 years old. I had a radical salvation. I passionately fell in love with Jesus. I had a radical salvation. My every waking moment was consumed with wanting to know more about him. He had all my attention all my appreciation all my gratitude and now at 64 years of age which is a long way from 18 I still am deeply grateful. I'm still grateful for my salvation and having the privilege of knowing him and walking with him in the valleys and the mountaintops." [15:30]( | | )

### Quotes for Members

1. "Recently, Paul and I have been going through the edit of a But God book, which is the story of basically the last 32 years. Of our life, and particularly, there's a focus on the more recent years of our medical journey. And it's really surprised us both, as we've been looking back, as we've been remembering the significant times where undeniably we have seen the hand of God. In fact, many times we have seen, and I've heard Jesus say, this is why I died on the cross, to be in this, your now moment, to be in this dark moment, to be in this highlight moment, to be in your every day. This is what I did so that you can be enabled to be strong." [11:27]( | | )

2. "We can all live through things yet easily lose the significance if we're not intentional to remember. Ephesians 1 7 to 10 in the message Bible says because of the sacrifice of the Messiah his blood poured out on the altar of the cross. We are a free people free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds and not just barely free either free. He thought of everything provided for everything we could possibly need letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him everything in deepest heaven everything in planet earth." [13:30]( | | )

3. "Let's never forget that church. Another definition of passion I read said it has to do with our heart. It's an internal fire that motivates us and energises us to fulfil our purpose and do God's will. Do we still have that passion today? That passion that motivates us our every living moment. Becoming familiar isn't something that we intentionally do. Like I said it just happens over time but just because we intentionally don't do it doesn't mean that it stops us from becoming part of our reality." [17:36]( | | )

4. "So how do we stay passionate and not become familiar? Just simply before we have the team lead us and take communion together one way is to stay intentional. How do we stay intentional? We make sure we are the ones that bring something to it. Bring something. to our relationships, bring something to whatever it is. We invest. We spend time communicating. Don't lose that. I remember, not so much these days, but Paul would just say to me, just give me the bullet points. Many years after we were married. Jesus doesn't want just the bullet points. He wants time with us, our communication. As Christians, we call that prayer." [19:51]( | | )

5. "Stay intentional, talking, listening to Him, and then stay inquisitive. When something's new in our life, we ask a lot of questions. Someone's new, a job's new, a new passion that we have. We're inquisitive. We want to know. Let's not let that fizzle out. How we stay inquisitive is we take the time to understand. Again, for us as Christians, it's the Word of God. It's His Word that reveals who He is to us. That'll help us stay passionate and not become familiar. And then stay thankful. Lastly, be verbal with your admirers. I heard at a marriage seminar, I think it is, one of those dad jokes. I told her I loved her when we got married. Why do I need to keep telling it? But be verbal with our admiration. As Christians, that would be in our worship to Him. Because worship is our admiration." [22:01]( | | )