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Kyle asks us to picture the broken bread that was scattered and gathered into one loaf, and to see ourselves reaching around a heavenly table with brothers and sisters from every tribe and nation. How should those pictures change your motives, your preparation, and the way you treat other Christians the next time you take communion?
Another way to ask: Kyle asks us to picture bread gathered into one loaf and a heavenly table with Christians from every nation. How should those pictures change your motives, how you prepare, and how you treat other Christians at your next communion?

Direct Answer

These pictures should remind you that you are joining the whole church, far beyond your own congregation. That should move you to come in faith, examine yourself, and turn your mind toward unity.

Support from the Message

- Kyle asks us to think of the Didache's prayer the next time we sit for communion and see the bread broken. - As the bread was scattered and made into one loaf, the church is being gathered from the ends of the earth. - He says we are reaching around a heavenly table with brothers and sisters from every tribe and nation. - First Corinthians 10 teaches that though we are many, we are one bread and one body. - Kyle says this should shape our mind to unite, and he says the grace of the meal gives us power to walk in the paths of our king.

Discussion Follow-up

Is there a brother or sister you need to be reconciled to before you next take communion? What habit could help you prepare your heart ahead of time?

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