Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro

Caution & Invitation

At the heart of the Christian life is active trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and his sacrificial death for sin.

In this symbolic meal, originating from Jesus’s Last Supper with his disciples, we express and strengthen our trust in him, as we eat and drink with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

The Lord’s Supper is an outward and visible sign of the grace shown to us in the death of our Saviour.

As we share the bread and the wine together, we are invited feed on him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving.

We are faced again with God’s love for the unworthy and are strengthened by faith in the one whose body was given and whose blood was shed for us.

Come then with heartfelt repentance and genuine trust in the Lord Jesus, recognizing the significance of sharing this way.

The Lord’s Supper is food for our soul.

It is a means of God’s grace that provides for us spiritual nourishment and growth.

And it is a covenantal bond of communion with God and with one another, the Local Church, and those who believe.

So with this great thought in mind, I invite those who believe, those who are in fellowship with God through Christ and are baptized members in good standing of this Church or others of like faith and practice.

I invite ou to partake gladly of this body broken for you and blood shed for the salvation of your soul.

And for those who have yet come to faith or are not baptized and members of good standing in a local Church, I ask that you let the elements pass you by.

We pray that in time, through God’s work on your heart, you too would be able to join us at this Table..

If in good conscience it would not be right for you to participate, please use this time to reflect on God’s love for us in Christ.

Prayer

Almighty God, the Table that you have set before us calls us to deepest ongoing remembrance of your death for us.

So now Lord, quiet our hearts, still our souls, remove all distractions, so that when we take the bread we remember your body hanging impaled, writhing in the darkness as you, who knew no sin, became sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God.

And when we take the cup, may we remember that you bled out on the cross for us as the perfect Passover Lamb, paying an infinite price for our sin.

May we partake of the bread and partake of the cup with perpetual, indelible, saving remembrance.

Amen.

Serve the Body

Invitation

INSTRUCTIONS

-Both elements are coming at the same time.

-Hold on to them until we direct you and we will take them together.

In this symbolic meal, originating from Jesus’s Last Supper with his disciples, we express and strengthen our trust in him, as we eat and drink with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

The Lord’s Supper is an outward and visible sign of the grace shown to us in the death of our Saviour.

As we share the bread and the wine together, we are invited feed on him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving.

We are faced again with God’s love for the unworthy and are strengthened by faith in the one whose body was given and whose blood was shed for us.

Come then with heartfelt repentance and genuine trust in the Lord Jesus, recognizing the significance of sharing this way.

heartfelt repentance and genuine trust in the Lord Jesus, recognizing the significance of sharing this way.

If in good conscience it would not be right for you to participate, please use this time to reflect on God’s love for us in Christ.

The Bread

Read

Matthew 26:

Matthew 26:26

1 Corinthians

Prayer for the Bread

Lord Jesus, bread of heaven, as we now partake of the symbol, ravish our hearts and refresh our souls.

Amen.

Directive

Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your heart by faith with thanksgiving.

The Cup

May we partake of the bread and partake of the cup with perpetual, indelible, saving remembrance.

Amen.

Read

Prayer for the Bread

Our dear Lord, as we ponder partaking of the cup, our hearts affirm:

This is all our hope and peace, Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

This is all my righteousness, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Amen.

Directive

Drink this in remembrance that Christ’s blood was shed for you, and be thankful.

-Sing Amazing Grace