1) Can you take communion at home?
Yes! Taking communion together with your local church body is a big blessing. It’s a powerful time with the Lord. However, Jesus said “as often as you do this” when He administered the first communion. Jesus was encouraging us to remember Him often, and He prescribed the Lord’s Supper as one of the ways to do that.
That’s why we encourage people who are right with God to go ahead and take communion at home, just between you and God. You don’t have to have a group, an audience, or a pastor. You can remember Jesus in this special way that He prescribed, at home.
Gather a cracker or small piece of bread and some fruit juice.
2) How do you take communion at home?
First, get your heart right. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 11:28: 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
Ask the Lord to reveal to you any unconfessed sin before you take communion. If anything comes to mind, repent and ask the Lord to forgive you.
Second, spend some time thanking God. Thank Jesus for his sacrifice on the cross. Thank Him for dying in your place. Thank Him for giving you eternal life through the cross. Thank Him for forgiving you of your sin.
Next, read this scripture out loud from Luke 22:19-20
19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Eat the bread and drink the juice, as you remember what Jesus did for you on the cross.
If you have any questions, please contact a pastor at Erie First Assembly by calling 814.868.4876 or emailing info@eriefirst.org