What if the barrier to real growth isn’t your effort – but your posture?
In this message, we dig into one of the most overlooked but essential spiritual traits for real growth – humility. Not the kind that’s about being shy or soft-spoken, but the kind that quietly anchors your life when everything else feels like it’s pulling for attention. True humility doesn’t shrink you – it roots you. It doesn’t make you less – it makes space for God to grow something lasting beneath the surface.
As part of our Grounded: Roots Before Fruit series, we’ll look at how humility conditions our hearts like good soil – softening us to the Spirit’s work, helping us stay rooted when things get messy, and shifting the spotlight away from ourselves so others can see Jesus.
If you missed the live service or want to reflect further, you can watch the full message above anytime after. We’ve also included discussion questions to dig deeper into the message and a handout with fill-ins to guide your reflection. You can find the handout by clicking the “Download” button above. Whether you watch this on your own or share it with your small group, we hope this message encourages you.
Discussion Questions
- How do you typically respond when life feels messy or unsettled – do you press in or pull back?
- Why do you think humility is so essential for real spiritual growth?
- Have you ever experienced a season where it looked like nothing was happening on the surface, but God was actually doing something deep in you?
- What’s the difference between being seen and being rooted? Why do you think that distinction matters?
- What kinds of things tend to harden the soil of your heart?
- Why do you think pride sometimes shows up in subtle ways – like comparison or fear – instead of loud arrogance?
- What does it look like to let the Holy Spirit prune something that’s actually been “working” in your life?
- Can you think of a time when God used a disruption or a setback to grow something deeper in you?
- What are some ways humility could show up in your life this week – not just in how you act, but how you think and pray?
- How does it change your perspective to see humility not as the fruit, but as the condition that allows fruit to grow?
