Like Jesus

Pete Stearns | January 15, 2022

We hope this guide will help you take the good news you hear today into your daily lives.

Series Overview: Over the next seven weeks, we will be studying the Gospel of Mark and asking ourselves how the good news of Jesus Christ informs the mission, vision and values of St. Mark’s Community Church.

Going Deeper: Praying the Scriptures

This week, spend some time alone with God reflecting on this passage:

As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.

When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Mark 1:16-20

Listen: In a quiet place, read the passage slowly. Pay attention to any words or phrases that jump out. What resonates with you? Is there anything you find yourself resisting?

Locate: Re-read the passage, this time putting yourself in the story. Who are you, or where are you, in the story? What do you experience or sense?

Invitation: As you read the passage a third time, what invitation or challenge do you feel called to respond to?

Reflect: “Jesus’ call and claim disrupt our former allegiances and way of life. He gives us a new vocation, ‘to fish for people,’ as we share in his mission to proclaim the news to all people.” (The Life with God Bible)

In prayer this week, consider asking God to show you some ways you can be further “immersed” in the life-changing love of Jesus Christ in order to become more like Him.