Wisdom – Week 1 | Two Great Tests

Prosperity can puff you up and suffering can flatten you — and somehow both reveal the same hidden things in your heart. This sermon names that real tension: when life lifts you, do you become self-centered; when life knocks you down, do you turn inward and despair? Using everyday examples and clear illustrations, the message shows how our reactions to success and pain are tests that expose whether we live by wisdom or by folly. The talk argues the surprising solution isn’t better self-discipline but a gospel-shaped reorientation: humility in good times, gospel-shaped comfort in hard times, and practical habits that help you use gifts for others instead of hoarding them. You’ll hear why neither prosperity nor adversity needs to determine you, and how the story of Jesus models passing both tests — an invitation to let your desires be reformed rather than merely your behavior.