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You are also a priest <strong>to</strong> <strong>your</strong> family, <strong>to</strong> <strong>your</strong><br />

children. You have the God-given anointing <strong>and</strong><br />

authority <strong>to</strong> pray for them, <strong>to</strong> bring them up in the<br />

<strong>way</strong>s of God (Prov. 22:6), <strong>and</strong> also <strong>to</strong> minister the<br />

holy Communion <strong>to</strong> them. Jesus paid a heavy price<br />

for you <strong>to</strong> have this position of authority <strong>and</strong><br />

influence, so never apologize for it or take it lightly.<br />

What about partaking of the meal in the comfort<br />

of <strong>your</strong> own home?<br />

Scripture tells us the early church “met in homes<br />

for the Lord’s Supper, <strong>and</strong> shared their meals with<br />

gr<strong>eat</strong> joy <strong>and</strong> generosity” (Acts 2:46 NLT). They<br />

par<strong>to</strong>ok of the Communion in their own homes. If<br />

you think about it, how else were they going <strong>to</strong><br />

partake often as instructed <strong>by</strong> the Lord?<br />

Today many churches have Communion only<br />

once or twice a month or on special occasions like<br />

Good Friday. But how can you partake often if you<br />

are <strong>to</strong> partake only at those times <strong>and</strong> in a church?<br />

Of course you can invite <strong>your</strong> pas<strong>to</strong>r over <strong>to</strong> minister<br />

<strong>to</strong> you the Communion, especially if you are <strong>to</strong>o sick<br />

<strong>to</strong> travel <strong>to</strong> church. However, if you want <strong>to</strong> partake<br />

of the Communion, say two or three times a day<br />

when you take <strong>your</strong> medication, can you see how<br />

impractical it would be if <strong>your</strong> pas<strong>to</strong>r or church

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