Week One

Part 1: New moves

Conversation starter

What’s your first reaction when somebody tells you that something is ‘new’? Wariness? Excitement? Reservation? Interest? Enthusiasm? Or are you noncommittal?

Read Psalm 30

What are the steps that take us from mourning to dancing? How do we find new joy when we are weighed down by old grief? And how can God help us learn the steps?

Read John 21: 1-6

The disciples out in the boat took the advice of a stranger (it says in verse 4 they didn’t recognise Jesus) who was standing on dry land 'backseat fishing’. They had been out for ages, exhausted, with nothing to show for it and some dude is telling them how to fish in their own boat in their own patch. And yet they listen and then follow his advice.

Why?

Read John 21: 7-19

Every time we start another day and eat our first meal, we can breakfast with Jesus! We can remember this reunion on the beach and take the chance to start anew with Christ.

Tomorrow morning how can you ‘have breakfast with Jesus’? As you eat and drink how can you take some time in the morning to start the day with Christ?