1. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
(Part 1)
1 Corinthians 10:16
By David Dann

2. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION

3. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Human beings need communion with God.

4. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Psalm 42:1-2
1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

5. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Isaiah 59:1-2
1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.

6. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Colossians 1:19-22
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight…

7. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Galatians 3:26-27
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

8. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Human beings need communion with God.

9. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Human beings need communion with God.
The Lord’s Supper involves communion between the worshiper and the Lord.

10. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
1 Corinthians 10:16
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

11. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
“Communion” (Gr. koinonia)
“fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation…the share which one has in anything, participation” (J.H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon, 352).

12. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
“Communion” (Gr. koinonia)
“sharing in the realization of the effects of the blood (i.e., the death) of Christ and the body of Christ, as set forth by the emblems in the Lord’s Supper” (W.E. Vine, Expository Dictionary, 115).

13. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Matthew 26:29
29 "But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."

14. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
1 Corinthians 10:16
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

15. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Human beings need communion with God.
The Lord’s Supper involves communion between the worshiper and the Lord.

16. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Human beings need communion with God.
The Lord’s Supper involves communion between the worshiper and the Lord.
Acceptable worship demands prepared hearts.

17. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
1 Samuel 7:3
3 Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."

18. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Psalm 111:1
1 Praise the LORD! I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

19. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Matthew 15:7-8
7 "Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

20. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Human beings need communion with God.
The Lord’s Supper involves communion between the worshiper and the Lord.
Acceptable worship demands prepared hearts.

21. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION

22. Preparation Of The Heart
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart

23. Preparation Of The Heart
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
EQUIPPED

24. Preparation Of The Heart
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
Psalm 119:7
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
EQUIPPED

25. Preparation Of The Heart
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
1 Corinthians 11:23-24
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
EQUIPPED

26. Preparation Of The Heart
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
1 Corinthians 11:25-26
25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes.
EQUIPPED

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Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
Matthew 26:26-27
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."
27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you."
EQUIPPED

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Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
Matthew 26:28-29
28 "For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
29 "But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."
EQUIPPED

29. Preparation Of The Heart
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Preparation Of The Heart
FOCUSED

30. Preparation Of The Heart
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Preparation Of The Heart
Psalm 86:12
12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
FOCUSED

31. Preparation Of The Heart
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
Galatians 2:20
20 "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
FOCUSED

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Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
ENGAGED

33. Preparation Of The Heart
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Preparation Of The Heart
John 4:24
24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
ENGAGED

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Preparation Of The Heart
Hebrews 10:22
22 …let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
ENGAGED

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Preparation Of The Heart
1 Corinthians 11:27-29
27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
ENGAGED

36. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION

37. Why Make Comments At The Table?
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?

38. Why Make Comments At The Table? DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?

39. Why Make Comments At The Table? DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
1 Corinthians 11:23
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread…
DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?

40. Why Make Comments At The Table? DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
1 Corinthians 11:24-25
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?

41. Why Make Comments At The Table? DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
1 Corinthians 14:26
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?

42. Why Make Comments At The Table? VISITORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
VISITORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND

43. Why Make Comments At The Table? VISITORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
1 Timothy 2:3-4
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
VISITORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND

44. Why Make Comments At The Table?
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN

45. Why Make Comments At The Table?
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
2 Timothy 3:14-15
14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN

46. Why Make Comments At The Table? MEMBERS NEED TO BE REMINDED
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
MEMBERS NEED TO BE REMINDED

47. Why Make Comments At The Table? MEMBERS NEED TO BE REMINDED
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Why Make Comments At The Table?
2 Timothy 2:14
14 Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.
MEMBERS NEED TO BE REMINDED

48. Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION

49. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions

50. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
SCRIPTURAL

51. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
John 4:24
24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
SCRIPTURAL

52. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Peter 4:11
11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
SCRIPTURAL

53. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
EDIFYING

54. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Corinthians 14:26
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
EDIFYING

55. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Corinthians 11:24-25
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
EDIFYING

56. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Corinthians 11:28
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
EDIFYING

57. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
APPROPRIATE

58. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Corinthians 10:23-24
23 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.
24 Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's well-being.
APPROPRIATE

59. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Corinthians 11:26
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.
APPROPRIATE

60. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
REVERENT

61. Comments Must Meet Conditions
Preparing Our Hearts For COMMUNION
Comments Must Meet Conditions
Hebrews 12:28-29
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
REVERENT

62. “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!”
(Psalm 119:2).