Preparation for the Lord's Supper

Good morning!

 1.   Reverence and attention.

 2.   Discernment of the Lord's Body, a clear understanding of the

       meaning of the Lord's Supper

 3.   Meditation on Christ's death and suffering.

 4.   Self judgment.

 5.   Sorrow for sin.

 6.   Desire for Christ.

 7.   Feeding on Him in faith.

 8.   Trusting in Him.

 9.   Rejoicing in His love.

10. Giving thanks for His grace.

11. Renewing my covenant with God and commitment to Christ.

12. Special love to all Christians. 

--- From the bulletin of Second Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes. Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup (I Corinthians 11:26-27. 

A hymn to read, sing, hum or whistle to the glory of God: Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness. 

Soul, adorn yourself with gladness,
Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness;
Come into the daylight's splendor,
There with joy your praises render
Bless the One whose grace unbounded
This amazing banquet founded.
He, though heav'nly, high, and holy,
Deigns to dwell with you most lowly.



Hasten as a bride to meet Him,
Eagerly and gladly greet him.
There he stands already knocking;
Quickly, now, your gate unlocking.
Open wide the fast-closed portal,
Saying to the Lord immortal:
"Come, and leave your loved one never;
Dwell within my heart forever."


Now in faith I humbly ponder
Over this surpassing wonder
That the bread of life is boundless
Though the souls it feeds are countless;
With the choicest wine of heaven
Christ's own blood to us is given.
Oh, most glorious consolation,
Pledge and seal of my salvation.


Jesus, source of lasting pleasure,
Truest friend and dearest treasure,
Peace beyond all understanding,
Joy into all life expanding:
Humbly now, I bow before you,
Love incarnate, I adore you;
Worthily let me receive you,
And, so favored, never leave you.