Discovery Community Church - Tacoma

Privileged Persons - May 24, 2026

REAL ID: Discovering the God-made Masterpiece You Really Are Privileged Persons Bobby Humes Today's Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16 NIV   Hebrews 4:14-16 NIV 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priestwho has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priestwho is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.   Romans 8:1-2 NIV Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.   2 Peter 1:5-11 NIV 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control;and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. 10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.   Romans 12:2 NIV 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world,but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.   1) CHRIST CONNECTS John 3:16-18 NIV 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 condemned,but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.   1 John 3:2-3 NIV 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.   2) THE SPIRIT SHIFTS John 14:26-27 NIV 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.   3) PRIVILEGE PRINCESSES AND PRINCES Hebrews 4:16 NIV 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.   1 John 5:14 NIV 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.   Ephesians 3:12 NIV 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.   4) LAND John 15:5-7 NIV 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.   Romans 6:23 NIV 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Responsible - May 17, 2026

REAL ID: Discovering the God-made Masterpiece You Really Are Responsible Jon Fredricks Today's Scripture: Hebrews 3:7-15 NIV   Hebrews 2:1-4 NIV We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. 4 God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.   Romans 3:23 NIV for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,   Hebrews 4:13 NIV 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.   Hebrews 9:27 NIV 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,   2 Corinthians 5:10 NIV 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.   Hebrews 3:7-15 NIV 7 So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, 9 where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did. 10 That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’ 11 So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ” 12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. 15 As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”   1) SOFTEN TO THE WONDER Hebrews 3:8 NIV do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness,   Ephesians 4:18 NIV 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.   Proverbs 28:14 NIV 14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.   2) SEEK GOD'S DESIGN Hebrews 3:10 NIV 10 That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’   Hebrews 2:1 NIV We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.   Micah 6:8 NIV 8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.   Isaiah 48:17 NIV 17 This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.   Proverbs 8:17 NIV 17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.   3) SURRENDER TO HIS SALVATION Hebrews 3:12-14 NIV 12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.   Luke 5:31-32 NIV 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Intrinsically Valued - May 10, 2026

REAL ID: Discovering the God-made Masterpiece You Really Are Intrinsically Valued Jon Fredricks Today's Scripture: Hebrews 2:5-9 NIV   Hebrews 12:1 NIV 12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,   Hebrews 2:5-9 NIV 5 It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6 But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? 7 You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor 8 and put everything under their feet.” In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.   Psalm 8:1-9 NIV Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 5 You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. 6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!   Genesis 1:27 NIV 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.   1) I AM DESIGNED FOR DOMINION Hebrews 2:8 NIV   Psalm 139:14 NIV 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.   Psalm 17:8 NIV 8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings   2 Timothy 1:7 NIV 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.   2) MY DESTINY FEELS HOPELESSLY DISTANT Hebrews 2:8 NIV   Genesis 3:17-19 NIV 17 “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”   Isaiah 64:6 NIV 6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.   Romans 6:23 NIV   3) I AM DELIVERED FROM DEATH Hebrews 2:14-15 NIV 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.   Romans 7:24-25 NIV 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!   Romans 5:6-8 NIV 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.   John 3:14-17 NIV

Work to Bless - May 3, 2026

WORK: A Theology of the Gift of Work Work to Bless Jon Fredricks Today's Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-12 NIV   Proverbs 18:16 NIV 16 A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.   Acts 20:35 NIV 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”   Luke 6:27-31 NIV 27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.   Matthew 6:19 NIV   Matthew 6:20 NIV   2 Corinthians 8:1-12 NIV And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 6 So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. 7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. 8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 10 And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. 11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.   1) IDENTIFY IF YOU WANT TO GIVE 2 Corinthians 8:8-9 NIV   2 Corinthians 8:5 NIV   2) IDENTIFY WHAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE 2 Corinthians 8:12 NIV   Mark 12:41-44 NIV 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”   2 Corinthians 9:8-11 NIV 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.” 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.   3) MAKE A PRAYER-FILLED PLAN 2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV   4) STRETCH IT OUT 2 Corinthians 8:10-11 NIV   2 Corinthians 8:7 NIV   Mark 10:28-31 NIV

Work to Increase - April 26, 2026

WORK: A Theology of the Gift of Work Work to Increase Jon Fredricks Today's Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 NIV   2 Corinthians 9:10-11 NIV 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.   1 Timothy 6:10 NIV 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.   Ephesians 1:3 NIV 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.   James 1:17 NIV 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.   Romans 10:12 NIV 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,   Genesis 1:22 NIV 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”   2 Corinthians 9:10-11 NIV   1) BE FAITHFUL TO WORK 2 Corinthians 9:10 NIV   Ephesians 2:10 NIV 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.   Exodus 16:4-5 NIV 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. 5 On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”   Galatians 6:7-9 LSB 7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.   Colossians 3:23 NIV 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,   2) TRUST THAT HE AND HIS IS ALWAYS ENOUGH 2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT 8 And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.   1 Timothy 6:6-10 NIV 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.   Hebrews 13:5 NIV 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”   3) PRACTICE JOYFUL GRATITUDE Psalm 100:4 NIV 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.   1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.   Luke 22:17 NIV 17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you.   4) LEVERAGE HIS GIFTS FOR HIS KINGDOM Matthew 6:20 NIV 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.   Luke 6:38 NIV 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”