Cedar Hills Community Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Come Follow Me: Abiding & PrayerPastor Steve Poole 1. We all abide in something2. Abiding in Jesus means orienting our lives around Jesus the source of life, strength andvitality. • “Just as branches draw life and nourishment from the vine, so believers draw spiritual life, strength andvitality from Christ. He is not an accessory to our lives; He is the source of our life.” (Rev. Kyle Borg, TableTalk) • 2 Peter 1:3-7  3. Two core abiding practices are Bible study and prayer.4. Deeper abiding takes pruning. SCRIPTURE: John 15:1-51 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it i