Turning Supper Time into a Super Time

I have heard differing opinions about the Lord's Supper as far as how often it should be taken. I grew up in a Baptist church and I thought there was something extra sacred about the 1st Sunday of each month because that is the only time communion was done. Of course, this was back when I was a young person so I did not partake of the Lord's Supper as I was not yet a child of God. However, I have family that still goes to the same Baptist church and the "tradition" of the 1st Sunday of the month for communion is still in full force.

Since accepting Christ later in life, and now a member of Journey Christian Church, I have taken part in the Lord's Supper every Sunday and many times twice each Sunday (once each service). I can recall wondering if we as a body were doing this too often. I had thoughts that doing this each week might make this Holy time of remembering Christ's death become "routine". While some may fall into the trap of making it routine, it should not be, no matter how often it is observed. This is the individuals responsibility and not the church's.
I personally do not think we can honor Christ too much by taking communion even if it is everyday. We often fail to honor Christ in so many ways (not reading His Word enough, not praying as often as we should, etc) that honoring Him in this way should be something not to ignore. I also believe, based on scripture, that it is biblical to take communion as a church body as often as we meet, whether that be weekly or daily.
Look at the scripture on the Lord's supper found in 1 Corithians 11:23-32

"23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.
30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.
31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

A couple of things stand out to me in these passages.

First is in verse 24.. "Do this in rememberance of me." We can get so caught up in our busy day-to-day lives that we sometimes forget to spend time with God. By setting aside the time each week to take the Lord's Supper it helps our minds to focus on why we are in church in the first place. It brings us closer to our Lord and keeps fresh in our mind the ultimate sacrifice He made for us.

Secondly is in verse 28.. "a man must examine himself." By taking the Lord's supper each week, it forces us to examine where we are spirtually. The bible says in 2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates?"

Thirdly, and it ties in with examining ourselves, is guarding against taking the Lord's supper while there is unconfessed sin in us as this can bring judgment against us. This is found in verse 29 "For he who eats and drinks unworthily drinks judgment to himself". This is not a small matter. For many in Corinth, it was a literal matter of life and death (physical life and death, not spiritual because as believers their spirtual eternal life was already secure). In verse 30 the bible says that many among them became sick and some slept. That didn't mean they were tired so they took a nap. The term sleep is used in the bible when a child of God has physically passed away.

So, why take the Lord's supper every week?

1) To keep our minds in a rememberance state towards Christ
2) It forces us to constantly examine ourselves
3) It forces us to confess sins to God so they we are not found taking the Lord's supper unworthily.

Or an easier way to think of it:

1) Remembering
2) Examining
3) Confessing

When we do all 3, our fellowship with Christ and God the Father stays strong. It sure seems like a wise thing to do doesn't it?