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Discovery Church
by Discovery Church
Discovery Church in Melbourne, Australia is a place to belong, be restored and create new life in Jesus. Our vision is Every Heart Found in Jesus' Story.
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A Protest Song
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,...
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Unblock The Wells
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...
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When the Cup Gets Bumped
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...
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BIG little things
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…
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Playing Favourites
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…
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Faith in steel caps
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…
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Strength, not surrendered
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…
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The Journey of Joseph
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…
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When the walls close in
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...
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Grace For Every Heart
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…
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Find Your Voice
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...
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A Rescue Mission - Jody Destry
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...
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Good Cop, Bad Cop
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…
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Prepare To Paint
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...
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Ps Zeke Murley - 05 July
Ps Zeke Murley - 05 July
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What open hands can hold
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…
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Your story is part of God’s story
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…
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When the angel is delayed
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…
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The Dry Country
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,...
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The people the world forgets
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...
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Give me the springs
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,...
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Gifts that flow: Do miracles still happen today?
17/05/2026 - Matthew Destry What is a miracle? A miracle is an act of God that goes beyond ordinary natural explanation and reveals His power, presence, or compassion. Three different views Christians hold Some Christians believe miraculous gifts largely ceased after the apostolic era. This is...
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FORMED ON THE WAY: What the Road Teaches Us.
10/05/2026 - Beck Lambert “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the...
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Temple to Habitation
03/05/2026 - Kyle Hanna A Place – the Temple 2 Chronicles 7:1-3 The purpose of the Temple is two fold: The heart behind the rules Building Priests Sacrifices The narrative of God’s pursuit Eden (Gen 3:8) Wilderness (Exodus 13:21-22) Tabernacle (Exodus 25:8) A Place – Jesus John 2:18-21 Jesus the...
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The Blessing of the Boring
26/04/2026 - Matthew Robinson Psalm 1:1-3: 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree...
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A life of worship: “no altar, no fire”
19/04/2026 - Matthew Destry 1 Kings 18:36–39 (ESV) “At the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, ‘O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these…
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From Ritual To River
12/04/2026 - Matthew Destry John 7:37–39 (ESV) “On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”’ Now this he said...
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Easter Sunday - He is risen indeed!
05/04/2026 - Matthew Destry 1 Thessalonians 1:9–10 (ESV) “For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers…
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Good Friday - Two goats, one Saviour
03/04/2026 - Matthew Destry Leviticus 16:5–10, 20–22, 29–30 And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering… And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel. And Aaron shall present the goat on which...
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Palm Sunday: the crowd and the King
29/03/2026 - Matthew Destry Big idea: Jesus is Lord, but not the kind of Lord the crowd wants. Following Him means moving from crowd enthusiasm to costly allegiance. John 12:12–19 (ESV) The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took...
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The Sinner & The Savior
22/03/2026 - Zeke Murley John 8:1–11 WORD What does the Scripture say? Read John 8:1–11 together. Take time to slowly read the passage aloud as a group. Encourage everyone to notice details in the text before jumping to interpretation. Observation Questions Where does this story take place and…
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Still Thirsty
15/03/2026 - Matthew Destry Text: John 4:1-18, 25-30 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to...
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When The Fog Lifts
08/03/2026 - Kyle Hanna Series: Jesus is Lord Scripture: John 3:1–15 The Setting Nicodemus, a Pharisee and respected teacher of the law, comes to Jesus at night. Though he is moral, religious, and knowledgeable, Jesus tells him something surprising: “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the...
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Come and See
Matt Destry Come and see: how Jesus builds the church Big idea This is the raw, first call of Jesus: come and see. They come. They stay. They bring others. Lordship here is relational before it is institutional. Before Jesus gives them tasks, He gives them: friendship, proximity, shared life. The...
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Follow Jesus
Zeke Murley PASSOVER — EXODUS / MANNA / THE LAMB / BLOOD / DELIVERANCE 1ST MIRACLE : FEEDING OF 5000 — BREAD / PROPHET LIKE MOSES / MAKE HIM KING 15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. John 6:15 ESV...
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The Best People
15/02/2026 - Matthew Destry Big idea The best people in the Kingdom are those who know when to step forward and when to step aside, without losing their joy, their identity, or their faithfulness. Jesus has not come to orbit around us. He has come to be the centre. Not to make us famous, but...
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While the world still stands
08/02/2026 - Matthew Destry While the world still stands: Serving a Lord who stoops to serve Reading – John 13:1–14 (ESV) Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved…
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In the beginning was the King (and he still is)
01/02/2026 - Matthew Destry John 1:1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all...
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In Bloom
25/01/2026 - Vincent Gulay Solomon was the King, but he was under another authority – the God of Israel. He starts his Wisdom literature with Proverbs 1:7 – The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. “Fear” or reverence, and submitting to the Lord is...
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Silver, gold, and the steward’s heart
18/01/2026 - Ps Matthew Destry Proverbs 3:9–10 Honour the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. Thought one: honour comes before abundance Thought two: firstfruits train the heart...
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Vapour and the Vine
11/01/2026 - Matt Robinson Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 and 12:8-13 Point 1: Vapour The word meaningless comes from the hebrew word “Heval” – which means “vapour” Everything under the sun… everything you can see… Solomon is saying that if we look around us and this is all that there is to life,...
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Content creation and the power of speech
04/01/2026 - Ps Matthew Destry Everyone is an influencer; the question is, what are you influencing people toward? “The whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.” 1 Kings 10:24 “The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with...
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Long life, good sleep and a healthy heart
28/12/2025 - Ps Matthew Destry Texts: Proverbs 3:1-8; Ecclesiastes 11:10 “My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your…
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Learning to be Human
21/12/2025 - Matthew Destry Jesus teaches us not only with words, but with his life. Even as a child. Even before the cross. Even before the resurrection. He teaches us how to be human before God. Luke 2:41–52 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when…
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The Light Has Come
14/12/2025 - Zeke Murley 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not...
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Special Announcement Podcast - Matt and Jody Destry
Join our Senior Pastors Matt and Jody Destry as they share some big news for Discovery Church and the wider Churches of Christ VIC TAS movement. You can also watch this podcast online here!
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Going home for Christmas
07/12/2025 - Matthew Destry Going home for Christmas: a meaning worth moving for Read Matthew 2:1–12 ESV (include in full) Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he who has been born king of...
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Driving on the Wrong Side of the Road
30/11/2025 - Beck Lambert Lament: “A passionate expression of grief that names what is wrong and anchors it to God’s truth.” Mark Vroegop – Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your...
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Being Led
23/11/2025 - Vincent Gulay Psalm 23 As the year draws to a close, we reflect on the goals and plans we made. We reflect on the pace of life, and the impact of hurry on ourselves, our relationships – those we love the most. Could the Lord be calling us to a rest that renews our minds, builds our...
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Walk, Don’t Drive
16/11/2025 - Matthew Destry Main text: Psalm 73:12-17 (ESV) Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. If I had said, “I will...
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