Abide – Living on Purpose

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. - John 15:4-5

BEFORE COMING...

• Take a look at this document that will introduce how we hope to put it all together with a “Rule of Life”.

• Read Chapter 9 “Putting it All Together- Developing a Rule of Life” from Marjorie Thompson’s Soul Feast which we read at the beginning of this experience.

AFTER THE WORKSHOP, CONSIDER USING SOME OF THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES TO HELP YOU IN WRITING YOUR RULE OF LIFE

• A document you may use to fill out your own Rule of Life WORD DOC or PAGES format. You may also just form a list of practices to be enacted Daily / Weekly / Mostly / Annually.

• Mark’s example of his rule of life HERE.

• Listen to Ruth Haley Barton’s podcast on putting together a Rule of Life ONLINE or on a PODCAST.

• Read the article, “Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation” in which Ruth Haley Barton explains the Rule of Life HERE.

• Examples of different people’s Rule of Life HERE.

• Pete Scazzero (author of EHS) writes on the important on the Rule of Life HERE.

• Helpful hints in writing a Rule of Life HERE.