Vineyard DNA

August 3, 2025

Chris Honess, Lead Pastor

Faith is Spelled R.I.S.K.

1. We stand on the faith of those who have gone before us.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.

Hebrews 11:1-2

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

2 Timothy 1:5

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.

Romans 16:7

2. Faith moves from our heads to our feet.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was

going.

Hebrews 11:8

But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

Matthew 14:27–28

3. Faith is spelled R.I.S.K.

“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

Matthew 14:28