Come to the table
Here are a selection of resources to help you take up Jesus’ invitation to the Table.
Breathe in:
Taste and see
Breathe out:
The Lord is good.
Click on a plate below to get started.
Tools
Simple guides to help you enter into times of contemplation, prayer and refreshing.
Audio & Video
Listen to podcasts or watch videos.
Readings
Simple guides to help you enter into times of contemplation, prayer and refreshing.
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Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
Tools
Examen
An evening meditation.
- Presence
Remind yourself that you are in God’s presence
2. Gratefulness
Call to mind anything for which you’re grateful, then savour it and give thanks
3. Review
The entire day, from start to finish, noticing places of encounter with God – whether in work, family life, friendships, nature, reading…or anything
4. Repent
Ask God for forgiveness for your sins
5. Grace
Ask God for the grace needed for the next day
Communion
Set up a simple loaf and a cup at home, using it as a visual reminder of Jesus’ presence and love.
Some ideas:
- Have it as a table centre over Easter
- Share the Lord’s Supper as a family.
- Set it up in the place where you meet with Jesus
Come to Him, Confess to Him, Celebrate with Him
- Come
See Jesus. You can do this by visualizing yourself going to the cross or by picturing Jesus in the chair next to you.
2. Confess
Confess that ‘at the core of me Jesus, I am not…(eg. a ministry leader, a mother/father, teacher, engineer, …or all the other identities that I cling to in order to give me satisfaction and meaning). I am also not all of the other defeating labels that others have given me or I have given myself (eg. a victim, a failure…)
Surrender all of these to Jesus, ‘I give you anything that would hinder my ability to hear from you today…(eg. my need for others approval, my fears, my anxiety, my shame, my distraction, my drivenness, my need to blame others, my grief, my successes that make me feel good about myself…)
3. Celebrate
Speak out ‘This is my identity: That I am deeply loved, totally accepted, completely forgiven, full pleasing and absolutely complete in Christ. Now Lord enable my to hear you speak.’
A Table Prayer
Father, I come to Your table
Here in all You’ve done
I’m already loved
Find my heart in holy wonder
My name is engraved in all Your wounds
My worth is defined by You
Find me here accepted
Already loved
I am Your child reaching heavenward
As you call me Your beloved
Father, here in all You’ve done
I’m already loved
Take my life as praise to you
Audio & Video
Fight Hustle, End Hurry (Podcast)
For those who find ourselves too busy or overwhelmed to be at the table with Jesus. This series of 10 podcasts with John Mark Comer and Jefferson Bethke helps us rethink our life rhythms in today’s culture. It is highly practical and a great refresher for all who want to accept the invitation to be at the Table with Jesus.
Window of the Soul (Podcast)
A meditative prayer exercise by Strahan Coleman that helps us enter into God’s loving presence.
Readings
Devotional resources
This is a smorgasbord of resources that some of our church family have found helpful in their time with the Lord.
Reclaiming Sabbath as a Gift from God
Here’s a helpful link about Sabbath as a gift from God.
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