Discovery Church

08/11/2026 - Matthew Destry 1 Peter 1:1-25 Movement 1: Finding home when you don’t belong (V1-2) It’s something God has created through the blood of Jesus Christ. The church is not a collection of people who happen to agree with each other. It’s a family of people who have been brought together by the grace of God. And perhaps one of the most powerful witnesses we can offer our divided world is no...

01/11/2026 - Matt Robinson Key Scripture: 1 Peter 2 How do we fight back as Christians? Writing to Christians facing persecution and opposition, Peter encourages believers to respond not with anger, retaliation or rebellion against the world, but by living lives that reflect the goodness of God. As followers of Jesus, we are called to a different kind of rebellion. We fight back by living good liv...

25/10/2026 - Vincent Gulay James 1:19–27 | Vincent Gulay OCTOBER 25, 2026 How often do we hear what God is asking of us, but respond with, “God, I will… I’m just…”? James challenges us to move beyond hearing into genuine surrender, aligning our Heart, Hearing and Hands. RECEIVE HUMBLY — The Posture of Surrender James 1:19–21 God cares about the condition of our hearts and our willingness to receiv...

18/10/2026 - Matthew Destry Big idea: The wisest thing you can do is live a life of faith with others —which means that you can’t live a shared faith from a safe distance. James 5:13-19 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in th...

11/10/2026 - Matthew Destry James 5:1-12 a prophetic lament – to encourage the church Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. the destiny of the rich and unrighteous Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up tr...

04/10/2026 - Vincent Gulay James 2:14–23 BIG IDEA: REAL FAITH MOVES FROM BELIEF TO ACTION. Faith — pistis = trust, confidence, belief. Works — erga = deeds, actions, what we actually do. Dead — nekra = lifeless, inactive, unresponsive. James is not saying works save us. He is saying that genuine faith becomes visible through action. James 2:18 — “Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show y...

27/09/2026 - Kyle Hanna James 4:1–12 THE CUP When a cup gets bumped, what’s already inside spills out. Criticism → anger Success of others → jealousy Correction → defensiveness Uncertainty → anxiety Disagreement → pride The bump doesn’t create what’s inside—it reveals it. Question: What’s been spilling out of me lately? 1. THE WAR WITHIN — vv.1–3 James traces external conflict back to “passions at...

20/09/2026 - Beck Lambert Text: James 3 Small things set a direction Your tongue has the power to strengthen or separate relationships; build or damage reputations; foster or destroy trust; create peace or fuel conflict; express love and encouragement or envy and hatred; and end up setting the very direction of our lives, like the rudder of a ship.   The tongue represents your inner world as it be...

13/09/2026 - Matthew Destry My brothers,[a] show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You...

06/09/2026 - Matthew Destry Passage: James 1:1-18 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothin...

30/08/2026 - Matthew Destry The tragedy of wasted potential Samson in 90 seconds The big idea Gifted, but not given. Strong, but not surrendered. Powerful, but not pursuing. The eyes have it Judges 14:1-3 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. 2 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”...

23/08/2026 - Matt Robinson Genesis 37-50 1. An Unlikely Hero Genesis 37:3 Joseph was favoured by his father and given dreams from God about his future. But Joseph wasn’t the obvious choice: He wasn’t the firstborn. He came from a complicated family. His brothers looked down on him. God doesn’t look for what people look for. He looks at the heart. God is a good Father. He gives good gifts, calls th...

16/08/2026 - Matthew Destry Right at the centre of this reluctant prophet’s story, hidden in the darkness of a fish’s belly, we find one of the most beautiful prayers in all of Scripture. Passage: Jonah 2:1-9 “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and th...

09/08/2026 - Vincent Gulay The story of Jonah is not just about a man and a fish. It is a story about the grace of God. God extends grace to Jonah, to the sailors, to Nineveh, and even to a reluctant prophet who keeps getting it wrong. We are all recipients of God’s grace, but we are also called to become carriers of it. The question is: Will we allow God’s grace to flow to us, through us, and to...

02/08/2026 - Matthew Destry Context: The book of Daniel spans almost seventy years. Jerusalem has fallen. The temple has been destroyed. God’s people have been dragged into exile. First came Assyria, swallowing the northern kingdom. Then Babylon conquered Judah. Nebuchadnezzar ruled. Then Belshazzar. Then, almost overnight, another empire arrived. Persia. Daniel 6:1-9 It pleased Darius to set over...

26/07/2026 - Jody Destry Big Idea: The book of Ruth points us to Jesus—our true and eternal Kinsman-Redeemer. Through this beautiful Old Testament story we discover that God is always at work rescuing, redeeming and restoring His people. Key Scriptures Ruth 1:16–18 Ruth 1:20–21 Ruth 2:3 Ruth 3:9 Ruth 4:13–17 The Journey Through Ruth Chapter 1 – The Tragedy Key Point: Our rescue begins when we come...

19/07/2026 - Matthew Destry Many of us have inherited this picture of the Bible… where God is one way in the Old Testament, and another way in the New. Bad Cop, Good Cop: Old Testament – Angry. Violent. Judging. Rules. New Testament – Jesus. Grace. Love. Forgiveness. Luke 24:25-27 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messi...

12/07/2026 - Jacinta Lewis The Life Of David 1. God Has Purposed You to Paint Key Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1–13 Israel wanted a king → Saul anointed, but later rejected (1 Sam 16:1). God sends Samuel to Jesse’s house to anoint the next king. David, the youngest, tending sheep, is seen, called, and anointed by God. Takeaways: You have purpose. God created you with intention. You may feel forgotten or...

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28/06/2026 - Matthew Destry TEXT – Philippians 4:10-20 (ESV) 10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. 11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every cir...

21/06/2026 - Matt Robinson Our community is spiritually hungry and looking for answers. It’s as Jesus said, the harvest is plentiful… it’s up to us to share with them the good news, the message of the one and only way, truth and life that is Jesus. Primary Text: Acts 26:9-23 Here we see Paul stand before a court room and share HIs testimony of how and why he came to believe and follow Christ. He d...

14/06/2026 - Matthew Destry Text 1 – Daniel 10:2-9 (ESV) In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks. 3 I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks. 4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river (that is, the Tigris) 5 I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clo...

07/06/2026 - Matthew Destry Psalm 63:1-8 … A Psalm of David. When he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So...

31/05/2026 -  Matthew Destry The Roman historian Pliny the Younger once wrote to Emperor Trajan trying to explain these Christians. He said  “they were accustomed to meet on a fixed day before dawn and sing responsively a hymn to Christ as to a god, and to bind themselves by oath… the contagion of this superstition has spread not only to the cities but also to the villages and farms.” They spread...

24/05/2026 -  Matthew Destry Joshua 15:16–19 (ESV): “And Caleb said, ‘Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.’ And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her...