Jesus Encounters: The Commissioning of Peter
In his first encounter with Jesus, Peter witnessed a miracle and received a call to be a “fisher of men.”
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR SHEPHERD GROUPS
- What are situations in your life where you feel Satan has an opportune time to tempt you to sin or to doubt God’s goodness?
- Where were you when you first encountered Jesus? Who first told you about Him? Have you told your friends and family about Jesus?
- How would you describe where you are in your journey with Jesus?
- The speaker said that we need to be strong in the Word. What would a practical application look like for you to do that?
- What have you been pondering in your heart as you have been hearing God’s word and seeing God’s work?
- How do you keep yourself from taking God’s blessings and making them all about you?
- How would you evaluate yourself in regards to living with Jesus as your Master, a boss who is superior but with limited authority, or Jesus as your Lord, the one with complete, supreme authority?
- Describe the situations in your life when you felt that you were trying to run from God or avoid Him?
- What does it mean to you that Jesus didn’t come to judge you but to save you, and give you a mission with eternal value?
- What part of your life are you struggling to give up in order to follow Jesus?