Communion Comments

The brethren come forward then, especially those that are going to play tonight, those that come first.

And again, the Lord will tell you exactly how you can move out there because you have a little method of doing this so that nobody gets crossing each other's path. And then don't forget, right after the service, the ladies can begin going out there. You'll likely get ahead of the men in foot washing, but that's perfectly all right. So let's bow our heads. Gracious Heavenly Father, again we want to commit ourselves unto you and commend ourselves unto the Lord in this service, which is the partaking of the bread and the wine, the emblems, Lord, of your broken body and shed blood. And we are a people here, Lord, as partaking it signifies we're one bread. God, I pray tonight that this will really be so, Lord. There will be a people so united on your word, Lord. Not because I preach it, O God. That's not the point. And I think by now they have to know that. And I'm not zealous for anything I teach, as though they've got to come around and be one Lord. But there has got to be some house, someplace, somewhere, where there is one bread, where there is one people, Lord. Not that we expect this church, Lord, to give them anybody else's. We understand, but what we're talking about, Lord, and I hope that people understand as we talk to you tonight, that we can say, yes, that is the truth, and receive it as the truth, that the anointing may fall upon the people, O God. So that, Lord, your manifestation of what you want in this hour can come forth, such as the sweet spirit in our midst, Lord, and the people being healed, the people being helped, O God. We want that, Lord, because we need help. Lord, we know that you never did say that the saints had a great portion of rough life, like someone might say, hell to go to heaven in. Lord, we believe there is a heaven to go to heaven in. We believe the kingdom of God is real. We believe, Lord, there is a life that is so sanctified, your life, Lord, not ours. but that which is so real and so true that can transcend everything. The Lord, even like the apostle John who stood there where the flames would not touch him, we're not asking for that. We're not asking for Daniel Lyon's men. We're not asking for the Hebrew children. We're not asking for like Polycarp. We're only saying, Lord, tonight there is a place where we can stand with you, where we see the glory of Almighty God, the grace manifested, the sweetness and these things in the divine order of this hour. And, Father, we covet it. Cleanse our hearts tonight, Lord Jesus Christ, we pray. May it be then, Lord, we become one bread and one spirit together in seeking the kingdom of God, in honor of preferring each other, esteeming each other better, walking in the light as you are in the light, having fellowship one with another, the blood of Jesus Christ cleansing us, and above all, that word cutting everything away from our hearts and our minds, so we not only have a pure doctrine, but we have a pure understanding. and we have a pure faith, Lord, and we have a pure love, because having malice toward none, but love, let love be persuasive, O God, in this assembly. The true love coming out of this word, that as we said, Lord, we can have these things in our midst we desire. Father, your people need these things. You've never said we can't have them. We're asking you now, Lord, perhaps putting an emphasis we haven't put before, help us to this end. We'll give you the praise in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Brother Lloyd. Over

here to my left, the very back, they come up down the wall, come over and go back down this aisle over here. It'll be like the third aisle over. And after you've got about the last couple rows left, and Brother Rich will help you get back to your seats because you can come up down that aisle until the very back starts coming into this middle, and then he'll direct you over there so we don't get congested. Then the middle will come up down this aisle, back down this side. We've got the last couple rows here started. We'll start with the side over here. And you come over just to this third aisle over, not to the wall aisle. And then come on through. And if there's enough that everybody's able to go, you can go back down this aisle. If not, just go ahead and go down the wall. And the ladies, just go on out as you take communion. Go on out to the back and start the foot washing then.

We'll start singing from number 84 in the hymns of glorious praise at the cross.

The brethren, just bring out your... Gather in the front. How many seats we got?

Right number. Just take the front seats here.