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Fisherman Fin loves to fish. He will introduce kids to four stories of Jesus doing miracles at the Sea of Galilee. Kids will hear how God makes anything possible.

WORSHIP

BIBLE VERSE

“… with God all things are possible,” Matthew 19:26.

GROUP Q&A

Fish Questions (for older kids):
1. What book did our story come from? (Bible)
2. Did our story happen on dry land or on a boat? (a boat)
3. Did Jesus tell his friend Simon to try fishing again or to give up? (try fishing again)
4. What did Jesus help his friends catch? (fish)
5. Who can do anything? (Jesus/God)
6. Did Jesus help his friend catch a lot of fish or a little bit of fish? (a lot of fish)
7. Did Jesus’ friend Simon do what Jesus told him to do and try fishing again? (yes)
8. How do you think Simon felt when Jesus helped him catch a lot of fish? (happy/surprised)
9. Did Simon catch any fish the night before without Jesus? (no)
10. Who is Jesus? (God’s son)
11. Can Jesus help you in your life? (yes)
12. What was the name of Jesus’ friend in our story today? (Simon)

Fish Questions (for younger kids):

1. Who makes anything possible? (Jesus/God)
2. Everyone shout, “… with God all things are possible!”
3. Let’s pretend to throw a net to fish.
4. Everyone clap 3 times.
5. Let’s make a fish face.
6. Everyone blink your eyes.
7. Let’s pretend to swim in the water.
8. Let’s hold our hands up as high as the pile of fish.
9. Let’s touch our toes.
10. Everyone clap 4 times.
11. Let’s pretend to row a boat.
12. Everyone wiggle your feet.

PARENT BIBLE STUDY

Read: Luke 5:1-11

It had been a long night of bad fishing and Simon was done. When Jesus asked him to push his boat out a little deeper and throw out his nets again for a catch of fish, Simon was tired. But the Bible tells us that Simon knew Jesus was different. He addressed Jesus as Master and Lord. There was an authority in Jesus that captivated him. He couldn’t ignore it. As much as his weary spirit may have wanted to, he couldn’t say no. The words of Jesus he’d just heard were fresh on his mind, and with a new but wavering faith, Simon did what Jesus asked. The catch of fish that followed nearly sunk his boat. Just like that, Simon decided he was going to follow Jesus. That moment made Simon want to become as much like Jesus as possible.

What was different about that second attempt at catching fish? It was the same boat, the same water, the same Simon, but the presence of Jesus was a total game-changer.

When Jesus is with us, life is going to be different. His presence fills even the emptiest, most hopeless spaces. We may spend long nights in darkness and come up empty more times than we thought we could bear, but the presence of Jesus will sustain us, change us, and fill us with something that will never run out.

God will continue to call us deeper and deeper. We can know that he is near, that he has stepped into our boat, and that changes everything.

Think about a time when the presence of Jesus in your life altered its course.

How has it changed your faith to know that God is near?