Back then in the early church, Christians would meet each other every day, either corporately in the temple or from house to house in smaller groups. And when they met in their homes, the Bible tells us that they would break bread. That’s the Holy Communion, and they took it every day!
Now, I am not saying that you must take the Holy Communion every day. But if you feel led to and you want to, go ahead! The thing about taking the Holy Communion daily is this: If you are sick, you can be made well on a gradual basis. This means that you get healthier and stronger from day to day—first thirtyfold, then sixtyfold, then a hundredfold!
You see, while you can receive healing through the prayer of faith (see Mark 11:24), it sometimes puts pressure on you because it requires you to believe that you receive it all—complete healing—the moment you pray. There is nothing wrong with the prayer of faith, but you may find yourself saying, “I must believe I receive it all, now! I must believe I have it all, now!”
But the Holy Communion allows you to receive a measure of healing every time you partake in faith, so that you get better and better. The more you take it, the better you become. There is no pressure to believe that you receive it all at once. Isn’t God good? He meets you at your level of faith!
Now, there are cases I know of in our church, in my family and in my own life, where the manifestation of healing is immediate and complete. If it happens that way, praise God! But if not, don’t worry. The more you partake, the better you will become.
I know of people who take the Holy Communion three times a day, just like they would medicine! Why not? My friend, if you are very sick and you are diligently taking your medication three times a day, why not give the Lord’s Supper the same amount of attention? Why not boost your recovery rate? And the next time you eat the bread and drink the cup, you may just find your disease totally gone!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
Pastor Prince teaches extensively on the healing power of The Communion. What does the Communion mean? It has to do with the remembrance of our Lord, His broken body and His shed blood for our redemption and salvation. His broken body is His subtitutionary sacrifice to take away our sicknesses and diseases. Jesus could have gone directly to the cross to die for our sins, but He didn't. He could have been stoned to death as was the custom of the Jews, but He wasn't. All that happened to Jesus was for a specific reason, and one reason He took scorn, ridicule and beating, was so we never have to. He died to pay for our sin debt, but He also suffered so we never have to. When He rose from the dead, we rose with Him to the resurrection of life and have been made new creations. There's no magic in the breaking of bread or even in the drinking of the cup. There's power in the truth. The truth doesn't change. The truth never lies. The truth is that Jesus took it all, so we don't have to. The Divine Exchange that happened on the cross was that Jesus took our judgment and we took His righteousness before God. He has given us everything and it cost Him everything. Salvation is a wonderful truth and this truth will (in deed) set you free. Today, pray to God in heaven and thank Him for His Son and His Son's sacrifice on the cross and before the cross and His life of teaching and miracles before that, as well as His everyday and always love for us. Thank God for His amazing grace.
