DestinBeachWorship

10/09/2026

Emergency? Call 911. This page shares church updates. For official alerts, evacuation orders, and shelters, see emergency resources.

10/09/2026

Thanks to an amazing team that showed up today to retreive out chairs and boxes @ the Crab Trap and pack our Disaster Relief trailer with supplies ready to be deployed! Appreciate you all!!!

DestinBeachWorship

10/09/2026

Sunday Worship @ 10:30 am - 200 Beach Dr
(We will not be @ the CrabTrap)

Know someone who needs help:
https://destin-methodist-church-81933.churchcenter.com/people/forms/1341380

Want to help:
https://destin-methodist-church-81933.churchcenter.com/people/forms/1341406

10/07/2026

If anyone is available to help grab chairs off the beach, we are meeting @ the Crab Trap @ 11 am Thursday.

10/07/2026

Praying and preparing in advance of Isaias. We will have an update early tomorrow afternoon regarding weekend worship. Stay tuned!

If you know of any vulnerable in our community needing help, please let me know. Time to practice loving our neighbors!

10/06/2026

GET UP & GO // Tuesday

8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8

Before God ever asks anything of you, He shows you who He is. The cross is God’s clearest demonstration that He doesn’t corner people into obedience—He comes near in mercy, while we’re still broken, skeptical, distracted, or ashamed. Mission begins here: not with your effort, but with God’s love moving toward you first.

If you’ve ever feared that saying yes to God will shrink your life, start by looking at Jesus. His heart, hands, and feet moved toward you—wounded for your rescue, not your burden. When mercy truly reaches you, it doesn’t just change your beliefs; it reshapes your desires and replaces fear with trust.

Today, receive the gospel again: you are loved before you are useful. From that safety, you can begin to ask a new question—not “What will God take from me?” but “What might God share through me?”

Where do you still picture God as demanding rather than demonstrating love? Name that honestly in prayer.

What part of Romans 5:8 is hardest for you to believe personally: “God demonstrates,” “for us,” or “while we were still sinners”? Why?

Write a short statement you can return to this week: “Because Christ came to me, I can ______.”

Identify one area where fear makes you hesitate to respond to God (rejection, inconvenience, feeling unqualified, past hurt).

Take two minutes to quietly thank Jesus for coming to you first; let gratitude, not guilt, set the tone for your week.

10/03/2026

SATURDAY // Mercy Transforms

But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?” - Jonah 4:10-11

God names the lesson plainly: Jonah is deeply concerned about a temporary plant. Yet he has little concern for a city full of people God made and values, many who are morally and spiritually confused. God’s question reframes everything: if Jonah can care that much about something temporary, should God not care about people who matter eternally?

The book ends without Jonah’s answer, leaving space for ours. Will God’s mercy simply get us to “the right places” outwardly, or will it transform us deeply? The final question presses on what we care about—because what we care about reveals our heart, and God wants our hearts to look like His.

The clearest picture of God’s heart is Jesus, the greater Jonah. Jonah went outside the city hoping judgment would fall on his enemies; Jesus went outside the city to bear judgment for His enemies. As you look at the cross, remember: you were not rescued because you deserved it, but because God is merciful. That kind of mercy is powerful enough to re-train what you care about—and to teach you to move toward people with the compassion you have received.

Who is your “Nineveh”—a person or group you find easiest to dismiss, avoid, or secretly hope will face consequences?

What does the cross say about God’s posture toward His enemies, and how does that challenge your posture toward yours?

Where have you been more emotionally invested in comfort or convenience than in people’s flourishing? Be specific.

What is one practical act of mercy you can offer this week (a message, an apology, a meal, a prayer, a conversation, a generous gift)?

Pray: “Jesus, shape my heart to look like Yours.” Then name one step you will take in the next 48 hours toward a difficult person with humility and grace.

10/03/2026

Rain is coming & we're trading in the beach for a roof over our heads! Join us @ 200 Beach Drive on Sunday @ 7:30 for the kickoff of our new series, Get Up & Go!

Share & help us spread the word!!!

10/02/2026

FRIDAY // Mercy Transforms

But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.” - Jonah 4:7-9

God also provides a worm and a scorching wind, and Jonah’s comfort disappears as quickly as it came. The loss reveals how attached Jonah has become—not just to the plant, but to a life organized around personal ease. His reaction is extreme because the plant isn’t creating the problem; it’s exposing it.

This is where mercy becomes confrontational. God’s love is not only rescuing Jonah from drowning; it’s rescuing Jonah from hardness. By removing what Jonah clings to, God surfaces what Jonah refuses to face: his compassion is small, his anger is large, and his heart is far from God’s.

When discomfort comes, it’s tempting to assume God has stopped being kind. But sometimes God’s kindness includes questions, exposure, and disruption—not to harm us, but to heal what we can’t see. Today is an invitation to let God use pressure to reveal priorities, and to respond with humility instead of defensiveness.

What “plant” do you cling to (comfort, control, recognition, routine), and how do you react when it’s threatened?

How have you interpreted recent discomfort—punishment, random bad luck, or possible invitation to growth?

What emotion shows up fastest for you under stress: anger, self-pity, anxiety, withdrawal, or blame? What might that reveal?

Ask God: “What are You trying to expose or heal in me through this season?” Write what comes to mind without editing.

Choose one practice today that softens the heart under pressure (prayer walk, journaling, confession, serving someone). What will you do?

10/01/2026

You can help us meetin needs in our community by helping stock the Harvest House food pantry! Details below 👇

This Sunday is going to be extra special as we celebrate our Tanzania mission team and the work that God did in and through them!

Feeling like you want to "live on mission" too? You can help support our local organization, Harvest House Destin, by bringing food items to the Life Center or to your worship service on Sunday. We will be continuing the food drive through NEXT Sunday, October 11th. Be sure to check out the graphic for the items being collected!