A Fresh Start Luke 5:1-11

There Are Two Types Of People Here Today: Someone whose life is a wreck and is looking for change... Someone whose life is all together and Jesus is about to shake it up.

The more we focus on making ourselves better, the more frustrated we become when we let ourselves down. We have to learn that WE CAN NOT CHANGE OURSELVES... We can only be TRANSFORMED.

The Story “One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret...”

The Story When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”

Who Was Peter? Likely the oldest disciple He had a prior relationship with Jesus He had a family He had a business...

Who Was Peter? Likely the oldest disciple He had a prior relationship with Jesus He had a family He had a business... It appeared to be in trouble

Jesus Is Patient With Us As We Grow Peter and Jesus had met before, Peter was a disciple of John the Baptist, he heard about Jesus from John. His brother Andrew introduced him to Jesus, and Peter had hosted Jesus in his house...

Jesus Is Patient With Us As We Grow Peter had spent time with Jesus, but he really hadn’t made a firm commitment to follow him.

The Story Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

Jesus Often Chooses To Work Through Brokenness

The Story Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

Jesus Isn’t Done With You Yet!

If your life is a wreck... Jesus wants to draw you close to him, and transform you.

If your life is just the way you like it, But the world around you is changing... Jesus is calling out to you, to step into something new. Future Generations NEED your wisdom and support