Checking In:

1.)   Take this time to check in with everyone in your life group and see how their walk with Christ is currently going.

Getting Started:

2.)   What is your favorite food on a cookout?

Digging Deeper: Read John 21:1-25

3.)   The seven disciples have returned to the Galilee district, about 90 miles from the place Jesus was killed and rose again. What might they have discussed on the way?

4.)   Why did Jesus’ disciples have difficulty recognizing Him after the Resurrection?

5.)   How would you feel if you had been fishing with the disciples all night? How does Jesus’ preparation of breakfast relate to what He did for them in 13:1-17?

6.)   Why do you think Jesus repeated the same question and charge to Peter three times? How is Peter supposed to demonstrate his love and loyalty to Jesus now?

7.)   What did Peter ask about John?

8.)   What is the crucial issue revealed in Jesus’ response to Peter (v.22)? How is this linked with verses 15-17?

Application:

9.)   Where do you go to get away from it all? How does God meet you there?

10.)What is the closest you have come to blowing it so badly that you thought God wasn’t going to speak to you ever again? What did you discover about God in that experience?

11.)When have you compared yourself with someone else and wondered why his or her life was the way it was? How did that affect your desire to do what you were supposed to do?

12.)Whom do you know who needs to feel forgiven by God? What will you do to tell them they are forgiven?

Following the Discussion:

Take time to ask if there are any prayer requests within your group and pray for one another. Also ask if there is anyone in their life that you could be praying for that they may come to Christ.