Growing Strong in Christ

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Growing Strong in Christ

Chris Honess, Lead Pastor

September 20, 2026

We have a false image of strength that we’ve inherited:

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

A.) From the world.

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

1 Corinthians 3:3

B.) From our families.

Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek.

Acts 16:1

Ultimate strength is shown in vulnerability and love.

… And yet I will show you the most excellent way … If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

1 Corinthians 12:31b-13:1-2

Vulnerability and love require a different kind of discipleship.

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;

Philippians 2:5-6

Action Step: I will join The Vineyard Church for the Emotionally Healthy Relationships Course.