Abide Practicing Kingdom Rhythms in a Consumer Culture

Overview

Bible Study. Prayer. Fasting. Service. These are just a few of the spiritual disciplines of the Christian life. While all who abide in Christ agree about the essential nature of these practices, most of us live with a sense of frustration when it comes to consistently implementing them.

Because we’re living in the middle of a consumer-driven culture, one that is constantly pushing us toward anything that’s quicker, newer, and better, it’s a constant struggle to fit these spiritual disciplines in between everything else grappling for our attention.

But Jesus has a better way.

In Abide, author Jared C. Wilson examines key sections in the Sermon on the Mount, and helps young adults see how these practices subvert the rhythms of culture so deeply ingrained in us. That subversion begins to happen when we stop striving to do a better job at Christianity and start finding the rhythm of truly being a Christian.

Tired of trying and failing? Tired of being driven by performance? Then maybe it’s time to cease striving and start abiding. Maybe it’s time to find some rhythm.

Study Length: 5 Sessions

Samples

• Abide Sample

Playlist

Check out these recommended tracks to accompany your study of Abide. Each of the songs below relate to one of the conversations discussed within Abide. Make these your “soundtrack” for this study.

* = Tracks provided on the Leader Kit for this study

Playlist

Name	Time	Artist	Album	Purchase
Abide *	5:22	Jacob’s Well	You Are Better
Just A Closer Walk With Thee *	4:56	Bart Millard	Hymned No. 1
Be Still My Soul	4:27	Ginny Owens	Say Amen
His Name Shall Be Called *	2:51	Jadon Lavik	Life On The Inside
Daily Bread	3:24	Jill Phillips	Nobody’s Got It All Together
Before The Throne Of God Above *	4:03	Dave Hunt	Shattered
Little Things *	2:58	J. J. Heller	The Pretty And The Plain
My Portion	6:19	Shane And Shane	Everything Is Different
Albertine	3:55	Brooke Fraser	Albertine
Marvelous Light	2:07	Dan Haseltine And Ginny Owens	City On A Hill: The Gathering
By Our Love	3:33	Christy Nockels	Life Light Up

Need an easy way to find all of the songs for this study’s playlist?

Visit the iTunes Store and view the Abide iMix—a one-stop place to find all of the recommended music for Abide! Find more information on the artists/albums/songs, listen to samples, pick & choose which of the songs (or all of them) that you’d like to purchase, & then click to buy!

Jared C. Wilson

Jared C. Wilson is the author of Your Jesus Is Too Safe: Outgrowing a Drive-Thru, Feel-Good Savior as well as articles and essays appearing in numerous publications. He is the pastor of Middletown Church in Middletown Springs, Vermont, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.