Test It: Discern It

In Week Two of TEST IT, Pastor Jamie Wright explores what biblical discernment really looks like. We are not called to fear the supernatural or blindly accept every spiritual claim. We are invited to know Holy Spirit, test what we hear, recognize the fruit, and hold fast to what is genuinely from God. Discernment begins with relationship, not suspicion.

In Week One of TEST IT, Pastor Jamie Wright challenges us to examine what we really believe about God. Our beliefs can be shaped by tradition, disappointment, fear, and personal experience—but truth must ultimately be tested in the light of Scripture and the person of Jesus. This message invites us to stay open to Holy Spirit, renew our thinking, and hold fast to what is true.

In Week Three of The Seed, we shift our focus from the condition of the soil to the Seed Himself—Jesus. From Eden to Gethsemane, the garden tomb, and the resurrection garden, we see God’s relentless commitment to humanity. The Seed entered the ground, overcame death, and rose again—and now the resurrection life of Christ continues producing a harvest through His people.

In Week Two of The Seed, we look at the things that can quietly crowd our hearts and shape the way we see God. Whether it is worry, achievement, approval, control, or even religious performance, anything can become a thorn when we ask it to give us the life only Christ can provide. Jesus invites us to stop proving, controlling, and striving—and come receive the life He gives.

In Week One of The Seed, we see that the same Jesus meets us in the places where we’ve felt overlooked, silenced, ashamed, or condemned. Through Bartimaeus, the woman brought before Jesus, and the parable of the sower, we’re reminded that Jesus’ character does not change. He meets us with mercy, invites us to receive His Word, and calls us to keep walking with Him.

What does grace do to the way we hold what God has placed in our hands? In Get Back to Giving, Pastor Jamie Wright shows that biblical generosity doesn’t begin with obligation, fear, or a percentage—it begins with the generosity of God revealed in Jesus. When we receive His grace, our hands begin to open, and His generosity can flow through our money, time, homes, gifts, opportunities, and lives.

In Week Four of Back At It, Pastor Jonathan Dupee looks at the man in Matthew 8 who never questioned whether Jesus could heal him—he questioned whether Jesus was willing. Through Jesus’ simple response, “I am willing,” we are invited to examine what we believe not only about the power of God, but about His heart toward us.

The church isn’t simply somewhere we go—it’s a life we share. In Week Three of Back At It, Pastor Jamie Wright explores what it means to move from attendance to belonging and from belonging to participation. Through shared life, shared gifts, and shared responsibility, we discover that everyone has something of Christ worth bringing to the table.

As life gets busy again, the question isn’t whether Jesus is still with us—it’s whether we are paying attention. In Week One of Back At It, Pastor Jamie Wright reminds us to return to the center through attention, awareness, and affection. Jesus is already present in the ordinary places of our lives. We simply need to look again.

As we finish The Journey: Walking with Jesus, Matthew Wright asks a simple but challenging question: What do I actually need to take with me? In Mark 6, Jesus sends His disciples out with very little—teaching them that they had enough to obey, but not enough to become dependent on what they carried. Following Jesus doesn’t require us to have every answer, every resource, or every step figured out before we move. But traveling light doesn’t mean traveling empty. Jesus calls us to take up our cross and follow Him. The goal isn’t to carry nothing; it’s to carry what matters. The challenge may end. The miles may end. The series may end. But the journey doesn’t. So as we keep walking with Jesus, the question remains: What am I carrying that I don’t need? What has Jesus actually asked me to carry? And what do I really need for the next mile? Travel light. Carry what matters. Keep walking with Jesus.