Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

At the end of today's post, we will be taking communion.

Please pause and gather your own communion elements so you can join me as we take communion, if possible.

In other words, if you're not driving, your home where you can do so, I'd love for you to join us.

In the scriptures, God used bread to picture his presence.

From the manna in the wilderness to the showbred in the tabernacle of Moses

to Jesus' own declarations of, I am the bread of life,

God and His presence are pictured by bread. Using this allegory, he wants us to know we can partake

of His presence, enjoy his presence, and be carriers of his presence.

And through our union with Christ, God wants to transform our lives into living bread, says Mary Joe Pierce, in order to feed his life and

presence to others. Using her love of baking bread, God taught Mary Joe Pierce volumes about worship, prayer, enjoying his presence, the rhythms of work and rest, and becoming bread for others.

Cece and I have known Mary Jo for many years and have grown to greatly value her walk with the Lord.

When endorsing her book, Let It Rise, I spoke of the difference between head knowledge and experiential knowledge.

Quote, from the endorsement,

some authors and teachers are well-informed,

diligent students,

and therefore can dispense good information.

Then there are those who have actually fleshed out the teaching,

putting their theories to the test

until they are proven and now laced with wisdom.

Mary understands prayer,

not just because she's studied it,

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