P.R.A.Y.E.R Journal for Sunday November 3, 2024 “All Saints Sunday”
Mark 12:28-34”From One Beggar To Another!”
Pray:
Loving God,
We thank You for the gift of Your love, shown so perfectly in Jesus. Today, as we gather around Your table, we remember His sacrifice and the depths of His love for us. We come as those in need of Your grace, humbled by Your mercy, and grateful for this Bread of Life that sustains us.
Lord, help us to love You with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Fill us with Your Spirit so that we may grow in holiness and reflect Your love to others. As we receive this meal, let it be a reminder of our call to love our neighbors as ourselves, to reach out in compassion, and to share the hope we have in You.
Send us from this table, Lord, as Your hands and feet in the world. Let us be, as one beggar telling another where to find food, so that others might find the peace, forgiveness, and life You offer. Shape us into a people who live out Your love in every thought, word, and action, showing the world who You are by the way we love.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Read: Mark 12:28-34
Apply
29 Jesus replied, “The most important one is Israel, listen! Our God is the one Lord, 30 and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your mind, and with all your strength.[d]31 The second is this, You will love your neighbor as yourself.[e] No other commandment is greater than these.”
· What is the meaning of The Great Commandment?
· How will you apply Jesus’s call to love God and to love one another to your life?
Yield:
· How will you invest your time, talents, and treasures to support this Saturday’s Poor Man’s Supper?
Engage:
· How will you love God and love others with all your heart, all your mind, all your soul and all your strength>
Remember:
Today, as we come to this table as beggars in need of God's grace, let us remember that our journey is one we share with others.
Sermon Notes:
There’s a wonderful quote from D.T. Niles that captures the heart of Communion: “Christianity is one beggar telling another beggar where to find food.” Holy Communion is that place where we, hungry and in need, find food for our souls. It’s where we encounter Jesus—the Bread of Life—and find strength, forgiveness, and the sustenance to love God and others fully. As we receive the bread and the cup, we remember that we are not self-sufficient but wholly dependent on Christ’s sacrifice and love. And from this table, we are called to go out and invite others to share in this same feast.
In the Wesleyan tradition, Communion is a “means of grace,” where God’s love meets us and fills us. Each time we come to the table, we encounter the boundless love of God—love that heals us, forgives us, and empowers us to be transformed. And just as Jesus commands, this love is not only for us to keep but to share. When we receive this meal, we are nourished not just for ourselves but to love and serve our neighbors.
Through Holy Communion, we join with all the saints—those in heaven and those on earth—and celebrate the grace that binds us together as the Body of Christ. We are reminded that we are one community, one family, invited by Jesus Himself. And we leave the table as people sent to embody this love in our world, to tell others where to find this Bread of Life.
Today, as we come to this table as beggars in need of God's grace, let us remember that our journey is one we share with others. Just as we come to receive the Bread of Life in Communion, we are invited to extend this sense of community and love by gathering together once again at our upcoming Poor Man's Supper. Again this meal will be Saturday from 4 to 6PM and the cost is $7.00 per person while children under 10 are free. All proceeds will benefit Haywood County Pathways Center to provide food, shelter, and clothing to those in need. Remember meal is an opportunity to live out Jesus' call to love our neighbors, to break bread together, and to share in the fellowship that sustains us.
Amen.
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