Kernan Community Groups
Sermon Discussion Guide
August 23, 2026
Next Steps
Discipleship Pathway: Worship
Hebrews 12:28-29
[28] Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, [29] for our God is a consuming fire.
What do these verses say that our motivation for worship should be?
Do you ever struggle to worship out of gratitude? Do you ever feel like your worship is just a routine and not genuine? Why?
How can you grow in gratitude for Jesus and his salvation?
1. Gather for Worship
What are some ways we worship during the Worship Service besides singing and playing music?
Hebrews 10:24-25
[24] And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, [25] not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Why is it important to attend the Worship Service every week?
Alright, nobody is judging here, and we all know we’ve struggled with this at times. But what are some reasons we may want to skip church one week besides sickness or travel?
Ironically, we think skipping church will somehow make us feel better because we get to decompress or relax. But why is this not true?
2. Join a Serve Team
1 Peter 4:10
[10] As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
Serve Teams
First Impressions Team
Worship Team (Band, Audio/Visual, Ushers)
Preschool
Kids
Students
Kernan Safety Awareness Team (KSAT)
Finance Team
Community Group Leaders
Equip Leaders
If you serve on one of these teams, would someone like to share how serving the church in this way has impacted you? How have you been able to make a difference in other people’s lives through your service?
How is serving a part of worship?
3. Practice Biblical Stewardship
God owns everything we have.
1 Chronicles 29:11-12; 14,16
[11] Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. [12] Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.
[14] “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. …. [16] O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.
Why is it hard to admit that we are not the real owners of the things and money we have?
Why is it good for us that God is the true owner of everything?
God has entrusted us to steward his money.
What is a steward?
Matthew 6:19-21
[19] “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, [20] but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. [21] For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
We should see ourselves as stewards of God’s money he has entrusted to us. What does this look like in light of Jesus’ words we just read?
Grace is our motivation for stewardship.
2 Corinthians 8:9
[9] For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
What did Christ have to sacrifice to give us his eternal riches?
How does this motivate you to be a more generous person?
(Rhetorical question!) Think about your own life right now. Are you living in faithful obedience to God through biblical stewardship? If there’s room for improvement, what adjustments can you make right now with your money?
