When Jesus was leaving, one memorable thing he did with the disciples was the last supper, and he commanded us to do this in remembrance of Him. Jesus described the bread they ate as His flesh and the drink as His blood. This is what turns out to be holy communion as we have it today. And it is particularly powerful because we are eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking His blood.
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As we yield to the commandment to it in remembrance of Jesus, it is important to note that it is a sacred activity that must be done with reference and with much expectation. You can’t eat the flesh of my Lord Jesus and be the same. That is if you participate with a clean and expectant heart with reference for it. So, we will be raising prayer points for Holy Communion. That will be done in two categories, please find them below;
Short Prayers before Holy Communion
- Father, I thank you for the opportunity and privilege to be alive for this service. Thank you for the grace you bestowed on me to be a partaker of this service today. I return all glory and adoration on to your holy name in the name of Jesus.
- Father, here I am, I acknowledge my wrongdoings before you today. Please have mercy and forgive my sins, transgressions, and iniquities in the name of Jesus. Lord, wash me that I may be whole and clean to receive your blood and body in the name of Jesus.
- Lord, I pray against every satanic influence and spirit that may want to waste this precious moment in my life in the name of Jesus. Lord, as I take communion, let all forms of distraction whether spiritual or physical be made of no effect in my life in the name of Jesus. Please help me to be focused in the name of Jesus.
- Father, as I come to take part in Holy communion, I ask for the forgiveness of sins, trespasses, and iniquities. The Bible says if I confess my sins that you are faithful to forgive my shortcomings. Therefore, I key into your word for the forgiveness of my sins, iniquities, and trespasses in the name of Jesus.
- Lord, I ask for your sanctification in the name of Jesus. Sanctify my body, spirit, and soul in the name of Jesus. Make me whole from my head to toe, within, and without in the name of Jesus. As I come for holy communion, I ask for spiritual cleansing in the name of Jesus. Clean me oh Lord, and let me be clean indeed in the name of Jesus.
- Father, I place my heart before you, touch my heart and make it worthy before you as I take holy communion in the name of Jesus. Clean my heart from all forms of dirty thoughts and ungodly things in the name of Jesus. Whatever that is not of you in my heart, please cleanse it off my heart. Let my heart be acceptable before you in the name of Jesus.
- Lord Jesus, let my heart be right with you as I take the holy communion. Judas Iscariot’s heart was not right with you when he took the holy communion and he received power through it but used it for something wrong and contrary, please help me Lord, make my heart right before you that I may receive power and use it rightly.
- Father, I come against every form of satanic influence and distraction that may want to make this sacred moment useless in my life in the name of Jesus. I ask in the name of Jesus that such satanic influence and distraction be rendered void over my life in the name of Jesus. Whatever will make me miss this moment of encounter is rendered useless to me in Jesus’ name.
- As I take the holy communion in obedience to your commandment my Lord and Savior, may my life not remain the same in the name of Jesus. Lord, I ask for a divine encounter in the name of Jesus. As I eat your flesh and drink your blood, let me receive encounter from above in the name of Jesus.
- Jesus, I ask that you help my heart to be right with you in all ways. Please help me so that I will not waste away like Judas Iscariot. For Judas Iscariot took your body and blood and then wasted away because he took it with a corrupt heart. Please search my heart and let it be right with you in all ways in Jesus’ name.
- Lord, as we partake of the communion, let every one that will partake be completely free from all ailment and diseases in the name of Jesus. Lord, the entrance of your flesh and blood into our body should drive out all forms of sicknesses in as much as you heal lots of sicknesses while you were here on earth, please heal all in the name of Jesus.
- The Bible says the life of a thing is in its blood, father, as we drink your blood, let your life enter into us afresh in the name of Jesus. Let everyone who partakes in your blood be refreshed in the newness of the life you brought through salvation in the name of Jesus.
- Lord, just as Judas Iscariot received power after the last supper though he used the power for something negative. Lord, as we eat your blood and flesh, give us power in the name of Jesus. Let the entrance of your blood and flesh bring power into our lives in the name of Jesus.
- Father, as we take your body and blood in accordance with your commandment, use this communion to draw our hearts closer to you in the name of Jesus. Let the whole of our being be drawn to you and your purpose for our lives as we partake of your blood and body in the name of Jesus. Let our will be drawn to you in all ways as we eat your body and drink your blood in the name of Jesus.
- Father, I pray that as we eat communion together, let it not be unto death as it is for some people in the scriptures that they ate and died. Let us eat and drink the Lord’s flesh and blood unto life in the name of Jesus. With the communion, I live in the name of Jesus. I will not die but live to declare the works of the Lord.
Prayers after Holy Communion
- Father, I have eaten your flesh and drank your blood, let there be a release of power on my life in the name of Jesus. Lord, your flesh and blood have entered into me, it can not enter just for entering sake. Pour your power on me in the name of Jesus. I want to have the experience of your power resident in your flesh and blood in the name of Jesus.
- Father, with your blood and flesh that I have eaten, let every sickness and disease in my body system disappear in the name of Jesus. Your blood and flesh can not cohabit in my body, therefore sickness and disease must disappear in the name of Jesus. Every sickness and disease leave my body right now in the name of Jesus. I have taken the body and flesh of my Lord Jesus Christ, no place for sickness and diseases in Jesus’ name.
- With the body and blood of Jesus that I have taken, I walk in a new dimension of grace in Jesus’ name. A new dimension of grace opens up unto me in the name of Jesus. A new dimension that goes beyond my reasoning and imagination in the name of Jesus. By the power mighty in the body and blood, I walk in new graces in the name of Jesus. New abilities open up unto me in Jesus’ name.
- By the reason of my participation in this holy communion, I activate every dormant gift in me in the name of Jesus. Every gift of the Holy Spirit in me that has been lying fallow receive activation in the name of Jesus. The body and blood of the Lord that I have taken activate them in the name of Jesus. All the gifts lying fallow receive activation and power in the name of Jesus.
- Father, beyond the gifts, I receive spiritual activations in the name of Jesus. With this Holy communion, I receive spiritual activations for service and exploits in the kingdom in the name of Jesus. I am activated for the next level in my walk with God in Jesus’ name. I receive spiritual activations for new dimensions of power and graces in the name of Jesus. I receive new activations in the name of Jesus!
- Lord, help us to go in the might that we have been empowered by eating your body and drinking your blood in the name of Jesus. Let everything that concerns us be empowered for success due to this communion in the name of Jesus. We cannot partake in this communion without visible evidence in our lives, therefore let testimonies arise in all our lives in Jesus’ name.
- Lord, as we have eaten your flesh and drank your blood in remembrance of you as you commanded, please remember each of us in our in all the situations bringing shame to us in the name of Jesus. As we remember you and honor you with this communion, remember all our pleads and prayers on issues that have been dropping tears in our eyes in the name of Jesus.
- Lord, your word says if I hearken unto you, I will eat the fruit of the land. Father, I have hidden your commandment by taking part in the communion, please let no blessing due to me for this obedience evade me in the name of Jesus. Father, let me reap the fruit of obedience in the name of Jesus.
- Lord Jesus, as I eat your flesh and drank your blood today, I activate all the spiritual gift that has been dormant in my life in the name of Jesus. After all the Bible says the gifting of the Lord is without repentance. I am persuaded that the gifts are not dead therefore I activate them by this communion in the name of Jesus.
- Finally, Jesus, I want an encounter that my life can never recover from in the name of Jesus. Lord, I have eaten your flesh and drank your blood, my life should never remain the same in the name of Jesus. Therefore, I ask for an encounter in the name of Jesus. An encounter that will bring me into a new economy of the spirit of God
- Thank you Jesus for the opportunity to reunite with the covenant that you initiated with us that night you ate the last supper. Thank you for what you have done in our lives with this communion. We give you all the glory for who you are. Thank you, Jesus!
This kind of meeting is a Holy Ghost meeting so we can box God’s ability in a few prayer points. This is a kind of meeting where you flow with the move of the Holy Spirit. If He sings in your spirit, sing-along and if He dances, dance along. Whatever the Holy Spirit does within you, just flow with it. Much more is going on in the spirit realm than you can ever imagine as long as you are flowing with the Holy Spirit.