Read: Matthew 26:17-29

This is My body….This is My blood of the new covenant. -Matt. 26:26,28

A young Russian woman had been sent to a hospital in Japan for a rare, life-saving
procedure. After she arrived she couldn’t stop crying. The doctors and nurses, who didn’t
speak Russian, were unable to console her. Finally they decided to call an American
missionary in their town to see if he could help her.

The missionary came to the hospital and tried to comfort her, but he didn’t know
Russian either. When the patient saw his Bible and the communion wafers and juice he had
brought with him, however, she smiled and nodded to indicate her approval. Then, with no
verbal communication at all, this American man and Russian woman shared a common bond in
Christ. He later learned that this fellow believer was encouraged and strengthened as they
shared in remembering the Lord’s death.

I’m not surprised. This experience illustrates the unity we have as believers in
Christ. We celebrate that oneness as together we remember His death and the forgiveness
and new life He has given to us.

Sometimes, as in the case of the American man and the Russian woman, Christian unity
transcends language barriers. Followers of Christ will always experience a common bond in
Him.

-David C. Egner

When Christians join in blessed fellowship

Commemorating Jesus’ sacrifice,

They sense a common bond of unity

Because for every race He paid the price. -Hess

CHRISTIAN UNITY BEGINS AT THE CROSS.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class,

Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.

– Geo –

Edwardsburg, MI