Compare Jesus’s calling of Peter in Luke 5:1-11 with his restoration of Peter in John 21:1-14 (What similarities do you notice? What differences?)
Compare Peter’s denial of Jesus in John 18:15-27 with Jesus’s restoration of Peter in John 21:15-17 (What similarities do you notice? What differences?)
A question to pray over, journal about, or reflect on: Where have you felt that your past was bigger than your future? Where shame, guilt, or pain from events in your history define what you think God can bring you into in the years to come? What would it look like to allow Jesus to walk you tenderly into those memories from your past in order for him to speak comfort and redemption, and new hope to you in a way that your past no longer defines you and your future with him becomes bigger than the events of your history?
