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I Shall Never The First Time That I Was Able To ... PRO
Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Aug 29, 2007 (message contributor)
I shall never the first time that I was able to take communion. For years, I had sat back and took far too much heart and thought into those who took on communion “unworthily.” The first time that I took communion was the Thursday of the preceding Easter Sunday of 1990.
I was at Texas Bible College and the custom then was to take communion prior to Easter Sunday. Honestly, I was nervous about it but we had spent the time leading up to the service in fasting and prayer. I am almost certain that Brother J. R. Ensey preached a message to us on “Loving Much” which was about the alabaster box of ointment that was broken in an act of worship.
After he preached there was a time of prayer and consecration around the altars and then we returned to our seats. I can remember the passing of the broken piece of cracker and the grape juice that accompanied it. Then Brother Ensey began to read the passage from 1 Corinthians 11 and then he went to Isaiah 53 and read that. Needless to say, the whole entire service still means something to me.
There were other times that I have taken Communion that really spoke greatly to me. There was a time on Sunday...
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
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What God Chooses
Contributed by David Rogers on Nov 23, 2004
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A.d. 110. Ignatius, Overseer Of The Church In ...
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 24, 2004
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I Saw A Peanuts Cartoon With Lucy Saying To ... PRO
Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 19, 2005
I saw a Peanuts cartoon with Lucy saying to Charlie Brown, "I hate everything. I hate everybody. I hate the whole wide world!" Charlie Brown says, "But I thought you had inner peace." Lucy replies, "I do have inner peace. But I still have outer obnoxiousness" And ...read more
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There Was A Certain Professor Of Religion Named ... PRO
Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 9, 2004
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