This past Sunday, I had the privilege of leading our thoughts around the Lord’s Supper. (Thank you Margaret for contacting me. It’s been on my mind ever since, and I felt compelled to write this as a deeper reflection and maybe a challenge for us all because it’s too easy to go through the motions of it week after week and lay aside the deeper meaning. Here are a few thoughts I’ve had since Sunday.
1. Let’s remember when we come together on Sundays to break bread, we’re not just checking off an act of worship. We’re gathering around the very thing that sets Christianity apart from every other belief – the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He did what no one else could ever do. He conquered death, broke the curse of sin, and rose again on the first day of the week. That first day matters. It’s not just a convenient tradition.
The early church knew this. Acts 20:7 says they came together on the first day to break bread. That was their anchor. They didn’t just show up to hear a sermon; they came together first and foremost to remember Him. That’s the heart of our worship. Preaching, singing, praying, they all matter deeply, but at the center is the meal that reminds us of our Savior’s sacrifice and triumph.
2. Let’s realize that every Sunday is a resurrection day. The fact that He rose on the first day of the week is reason enough for us to meet every first day in His honor. If the early Christians didn’t gather to remember the death and resurrection each Sunday, it would have been unthinkable to them. They knew the power of this simple meal, unleavened bread and a cup of wine share in fellowship, binding them together as one body.
Some today mistake the breaking of bread in Acts 2:46, done daily in homes, for the Lord’s Supper itself. But the Bible makes a clear distinction: the Lord’s Supper was a communal act of worship when the church came together, not just a casual meal. They met in the temple courts daily for teaching, but the first day of the week was special. It was the day they intentionally gathered to remember Christ’s death and celebrate His victory over the grave.
3. Let’s challenge ourselves to view it in a deeper spiritual way. Do we approach the Lord’s supper each week with that kind of awe? Do we see it as the beating heart of our worship? Do we prepare our minds and hearts to remember, rejoice, and proclaim — or do we let it become routine? Are we so deeply moved by the truth that it shapes how we gather, how we worship, how we think, how we live?
When we take the bread and the cup, we are not just remembering the cross; we’re proclaiming to the world that death does not win. Jesus wins. So let’s keep this sacred practice exactly where it belongs: at the very center of our worship every first day of the week, until He comes again.
May we never forget, and may we never take it for granted.
Alex Mills