DAILY?READINGS: Deuteronomy 3; Eccl. 3:16 to 4:16; Luke 7:1-29
They continued stedfastly…in breaking of bread. Acts 2:42
One gathering of the early church that bound the disciples together and which they observed continually was the breaking of bread. It was in obedience to the Lord’s command that they did so (1 Cor. 11:25, 26). And we continue to obey His request. The bread we break is the symbol of His body given for us. His back was furrowed (Ps. 129:3); His hands and feet were pierced (Matt. 27:35); and finally He cried, “It is finished” (John 19:30). As we break the bread today, let us remember what our Lord went through for us. He was where we should have been. —K. C. Ung
My broken body thus I give—for you, for all. Take, eat, and live.
And oft the sacred rite renew, that brings My saving love to view.
—John Morrison