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Communion: Why The Bread Before The Wine?

We take Communion very ritualistically, but why? Why does it matter if we take the bread before the wine? If we’re running a race, don’t we need liquid before we need food? What was Jesus explaining to us during the Last Supper? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find an answer to these questions.

Luke 2:19-20
Luke 5:37-38
John 3:3

Communion: Why The Bread Before The Wine?

Jesus was very specific in leading the first communion during the Last Supper. He gave the bread before He gave the wine. Paul brings to remembrance this exact event, explaining that we are now declaring the LROD’s death until He returns.

²⁶Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” ²⁷And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, ²⁸for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ²⁹I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
Matthew 26:26-29

²³For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took bread, ²⁴and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁵In the same way also He took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Communion: Why The Flesh & The Blood?

As Christians, we take communion as a ritual, not really understanding the purpose and significance of the bread and the wine. We understand it represents Jesus’ body and His blood, but do we understand the why? Join us as we discuss the meaning of the eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Christ Jesus.

Matthew 26:27-28
Leviticus 17:11
Ephesians 2:4-5
Matthew 15:16-17
Matthew 4:4

Communion: Why The Flesh & The Blood?

Communion is the symbolic ritual of eating bread and drinking wine (or grape juice) in remembrance of Christ. Jesus explained the necessity for communion to the Jews before the Last Supper even took place.

“⁵⁰This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
⁵²The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” ⁵³So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.”
John 6:50-55

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Getting Jesus’ Attention: On Purpose

Do you seek the LORD? Do you seek Jesus? What would you do to meet Jesus? Zacchaeus was a short man who couldn’t see Jesus above the crowds, so he ran ahead of them and climbed a tree. What’s the significance of this or his story at all? Join Reverend Kenny Yates in the final video of this three-part series, as he explains the three main lessons you can learn, from Zacchaeus, to get Jesus’ Attention On Purpose.

Luke 19:1-9
Mark 10:32
Hebrews 11:1
Isaiah 30:18
Isaiah 40:30-31
Luke 19:8
James 4:2b-3

Getting Jesus’ Attention: On Purpose

⁶Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near; ⁷let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:6-7

¹¹For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. ¹²Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. ¹³You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. ¹⁴I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
Jeremiah 29:11-14

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Getting Jesus’ Attention: In The Midst of The Crowd

There’s a magnitude of problems that try to drown you out. Financial. Family. Job-related. Relationships. All of these problems make up the roaring crowd that tries to quiet you and keep you from getting your miracle, getting your prayers answered, receiving that healing. Join Reverend Kenny Yates in his encouraging message to get Jesus’ attention in the midst of the crowd.

Mark 10:46-52
1 Samuel 30:6
Matthew 16:13-30
Hebrews 11:1
Isaiah 37:18-19
Isaiah 37:21
Isaiah 53:5

Getting Jesus’ Attention: In The Midst of The Crowd

⁴⁶And they came to Jericho. And as He (Jesus) was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. ⁴⁷And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
⁴⁸And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁹And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; He is calling you.” ⁵⁰And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.
⁵¹And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to Him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” ⁵²And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed Him on the way.
Mark 10:46-52

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Getting Jesus’ Attention: In The Midst of Your Storm

When the storm comes, it’s easy to feel alone, but if we call out to God, He is faithful to come to rescue us. Join us as Reverend Kenny Yates explains how to find Jesus when the waves are crashing down on you in this powerful sermon, Getting Jesus’ Attention: In The Midst of Your Storm.

Matthew 14:22-33
Mark 6:52 NLT
Mark 6:48
Hebrews 7:25
John 6:5
Jeremiah 29:11
Psalms 37:5 NLT
Psalms 34:19

Getting Jesus’ Attention: In The Midst of Your Storm

How to Get Jesus’ Attention

²²One day He got into a boat with His disciples, and He said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, ²³and as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. ²⁴And they went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. ²⁵He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even winds and water, and they obey Him?”
Luke 8:22-25

¹⁶But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
¹⁷‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; ¹⁸even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
¹⁹And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; ²⁰the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. ²¹And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Acts 2:16-21

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A Lasting Marriage

In today’s world, 50% of marriages end in divorce. Marriage no longer means anything. It has become just a contract that one can null and void if one is unhappy. It’s no longer a covenant relationship that we make with another person. There are no longer any lasting marriages. The author of the song Love Is Not A Fight said,

Love is not a place
To come and go as we please
It’s a house we enter in
And then commit
To never leave
Love is a shelter
In a raging storm
Love is peace
In the middle of a war
If we try to leave
May God send angels
To guard the door
No, love is not a fight
But it’s something worth fighting for

Marriage should be built on the principle of love. And love is not just a word; it’s a way we live. It’s the way we treat our children. It’s the way we treat our friends and family. Most importantly, it’s the way we treat our spouse. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he sends forth the powerful message, A Lasting Marriage, because love is worth fighting for.

Ephesians 5:21-33 NLT
Genesis 2:19-20 NLT
Genesis 2:23 NLT

A Lasting Marriage

³And Pharisees came up to Him and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” ⁴He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, ⁵and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? ⁶So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
⁷They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” ⁸He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. ⁹And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
Matthew 19:3-9