TEARS OF GRATITUDE - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Tuesday, May 4, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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TEARS OF GRATITUDE

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For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.
-1 Corinthians 11:26

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Kings 16-18
Luke 22:47-71

At a communion service my wife and I attended, the congregation was invited to come forward to receive the bread and cup from one of the pastors or elders. They told each one personally of Jesus' sacrifice for him or her. It was an especially moving experience during what can often become just routine. After we returned to our seats, I watched as others slowly and quietly filed past. It was striking to see how many had tears in their eyes. For me, and for others I talked with later, they were tears of gratitude.
The reason for tears of gratitude is seen in the reason for the communion table itself. Paul, after instructing the church at Corinth about the meaning of the memorial supper, punctuated his comments with these powerful words: "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26). With the elements of communion pointing directly to the cross and the sacrifice of Christ on our behalf, that service was about so much more than ritual - it was about Christ. His love. His sacrifice. His cross. For us.
How inadequate words are to convey the extraordinary worth of Christ! Sometimes tears of gratitude speak what words can't fully express. - Bill Crowder.
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all. - Watts

The love Christ showed for us on the cross is greater than words could ever express.

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