Bitter and Sweet

O most merciful Father, we pray that You would be pleased in this Supper where we celebrate the bitter death of Jesus, to work in us the sweet fruit of Your Holy Spirit, that we may daily, with more and more confidence, give ourselves wholly to the Lord Jesus, and that we may be truly comforted, fed and strengthened in Him, no longer walking in our former sins but embracing the new life of the Spirit that we have received through Jesus Christ. Amen.