# Fishing for People - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 13 Feb 2024, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 152. Jesus performs amazing miracles, like filling Simon's empty fishing nets with loads of fish, and healing many sick people in Capernaum, showing His great power and love. Astounded by Jesus' teachings and miracles, Simon Peter, along with his friends, decides to leave everything behind and follow Jesus, embarking on an adventure to help others and spread kindness. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, put
[0:03] Speaker 1: out into deep water and let down the nets for
[0:07] Speaker 1: a catch. Simon answered, Master, we've worked hard all night
[0:11] Speaker 1: and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I
[0:15] Speaker 1: will let down the nets. Luke 5, 4 through 5.
[0:20] Speaker 1: Dear God, thank you that you know better than we
[0:24] Speaker 1: do how to help us and what will make us
[0:26] Speaker 1: truly happy. You made us so we can always trust
[0:31] Speaker 1: that you know best. Please use this story today to
[0:35] Speaker 1: help us understand even more about you so we can
[0:39] Speaker 1: tell others how wonderful you are. Thank you for loving
[0:43] Speaker 1: us so much.
[0:44] Speaker 2: We love you too.
[0:46] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:24] Speaker 2: Fishing for People In our last story, Jesus began preaching
[1:30] Speaker 2: about the kingdom of God and was even rejected in
[1:33] Speaker 2: his hometown of Nazareth. In this story, Jesus begins to
[1:39] Speaker 2: call some disciples to be fishers of men and continues
[1:42] Speaker 2: his preaching and healing ministry, as inspired by the Gospels.
[1:51] Speaker 1: Hi again, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffers
[1:55] Speaker 1: Sadler with the Kids Bible in a Year podcast. I
[1:58] Speaker 1: am so excited you're here with me. Today, we're gonna
[2:01] Speaker 1: hear a story about when Jesus tells some fishermen how
[2:05] Speaker 1: to do their job and the amazing things that happens
[2:09] Speaker 1: when they listen. It is such a good story. So
[2:12] Speaker 1: let's dive in.
[2:15] Speaker 2: One day, Jesus was standing by a lake when a
[2:18] Speaker 2: large crowd surrounded him to hear his teachings and see
[2:22] Speaker 2: the miraculous signs they heard about. The crowd got so
[2:26] Speaker 2: big that Jesus got into a nearby fisherman's boat. He
[2:31] Speaker 2: sat down and finished teaching the people from the boat.
[2:35] Speaker 2: The fishermen were cleaning their nets when Jesus told Simon,
[2:40] Speaker 2: Put the boat into the deep water and let down
[2:42] Speaker 2: the net for a big catch. Simon could hardly believe Jesus' request.
[2:48] Speaker 2: He was really tired from a long day of fishing,
[2:52] Speaker 2: and he had not caught.
[2:53] Speaker 4: Anything at all.
[2:55] Speaker 2: Simon said to Jesus, But because you said so, I
[2:59] Speaker 2: will let down the nets. Immediately, they caught a huge
[3:04] Speaker 2: number of fish that the nets began to break. Simon
[3:08] Speaker 2: called for his fisherman friends to come help him. They
[3:11] Speaker 2: helped bring the big loads of fish onto the boat.
[3:16] Speaker 2: They filled both boats, and it was so heavy that
[3:19] Speaker 2: they began to sink. Simon Peter was completely shocked by
[3:24] Speaker 2: this miracle. He fell to the feet of Jesus and said,
[3:28] Speaker 2: Go away, for I am a sinful man. Jesus responded
[3:33] Speaker 2: to Simon Peter, Don't be afraid. From now on, you
[3:38] Speaker 2: will catch men. Simon Peter said, and his fisherman friends
[3:42] Speaker 2: James and John, and Simon Peter's brother Andrew, pulled their
[3:47] Speaker 2: boats to shore, left everything, and followed Jesus. Jesus changed
[3:53] Speaker 2: their lives. Instead of fishing for fish, they were now
[3:58] Speaker 2: going to fish for men. On the Sabbath day, Jesus
[4:03] Speaker 2: traveled to the synagogue in the city of Capernaum to teach.
[4:08] Speaker 2: Many people followed Jesus and were amazed. They had never
[4:12] Speaker 2: seen or heard anyone like him before. He spoke with
[4:16] Speaker 2: so much boldness and authority, unlike the teachers of the law.
[4:21] Speaker 2: Out of nowhere, a man came towards Jesus who was
[4:24] Speaker 2: filled with an evil spirit. He was acting crazy and
[4:29] Speaker 2: yelled out, Hey Jesus, what do you want? I know
[4:34] Speaker 2: you are the Holy One of God. Jesus said, Be quiet.
[4:38] Speaker 2: Come out of him. Right then, the evil spirit shook
[4:43] Speaker 2: the man up. He screamed and the evil spirit left
[4:47] Speaker 2: his body. The man was free. Everyone in the synagogue
[4:52] Speaker 2: could not believe what they had just seen. They all
[4:56] Speaker 2: asked each other, what just happened? He gives orders to
[5:00] Speaker 2: evil spirits and they obey him? They had never seen
[5:03] Speaker 2: anything like it. They were completely amazed at what Jesus
[5:07] Speaker 2: was doing. Everyone was talking about Jesus. His miracles were
[5:13] Speaker 2: the talk of the town and the surrounding cities. Then
[5:17] Speaker 2: Jesus went to the home of Peter and Andrew. There,
[5:21] Speaker 2: Peter's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.
[5:24] Speaker 2: Jesus went to her, held her hand, and helped her
[5:28] Speaker 2: stand up. Instantly, the fever left her. and she was
[5:32] Speaker 2: completely healed. She went about her business around the house
[5:37] Speaker 2: and served all her guests. Later that night, the whole
[5:41] Speaker 2: town crowded around at the door of this house to
[5:44] Speaker 2: receive healing from Jesus. Jesus did it again. He taught
[5:49] Speaker 2: the people and healed many with diseases. Early the next morning,
[5:54] Speaker 2: Jesus woke up before everyone else and left the house.
[5:58] Speaker 2: Before the sun even came up, Jesus walked around and
[6:01] Speaker 2: prayed to his father in heaven. Peter and the other
[6:05] Speaker 2: followers later woke up. Oh no, where is Jesus? They said.
[6:11] Speaker 2: They didn't want to miss out on being with Jesus.
[6:15] Speaker 2: When they finally found him, Jesus led them to different
[6:19] Speaker 2: cities to preach the good news of the kingdom of God.
[6:23] Speaker 2: So he went throughout Galilee preaching in the synagogues and
[6:28] Speaker 2: healing those with evil spirits.
[6:35] Speaker 1: Wow, Jesus is going everywhere, teaching and preaching and doing miracles.
[6:40] Speaker 1: I would have loved to have seen all that, wouldn't you?
[6:42] Speaker 1: I bet for Jesus' followers called the disciples, those were
[6:47] Speaker 1: the best times of their lives. But they almost missed them.
[6:52] Speaker 1: Did you see? One tiny decision changed everything. Let's take
[6:57] Speaker 1: a look at what happened. More and more people were
[7:01] Speaker 1: hearing about Jesus. He was telling the good news of
[7:04] Speaker 1: the kingdom of heaven to everyone. And what was the fabulous, wonderful, spectacular, extraordinary,
[7:11] Speaker 1: exceptionally super tremendous news Jesus was sharing?
[7:15] Speaker 4: It was God's kingdom. The one David sang.
[7:18] Speaker 1: About and Isaiah prophesied about and Daniel dreamed about. The
[7:22] Speaker 1: kingdom every Jew had heard about since they were itty
[7:25] Speaker 1: bitty babies was finally on its way. Even though the
[7:29] Speaker 1: Romans controlled their country and the Lord hadn't spoken through
[7:33] Speaker 1: a prophet like Elijah or Jeremiah for hundreds of years,
[7:37] Speaker 1: God hadn't forgotten about his people. He wanted to rescue them,
[7:42] Speaker 1: and Jesus was showing them how. One morning, so many
[7:47] Speaker 1: people wanted to hear this fabulous, spectacular, extraordinary, exceptionally astonishing
[7:52] Speaker 1: news that Jesus had to find somewhere new to preach.
[7:57] Speaker 1: He had to stand away from the crowd so everyone
[8:00] Speaker 1: could see and hear him. Simon Peter's boat was perfect.
[8:05] Speaker 1: Now that morning, Peter and his friends were tired. They
[8:09] Speaker 1: were professional fishermen, and they had been up all night
[8:13] Speaker 1: working hard. You see, fishing was a big industry in Galilee.
[8:18] Speaker 1: And if you've ever gone out to a pond or
[8:20] Speaker 1: a river with a fishing pole, or you put a
[8:23] Speaker 1: worm on a hook, ew, you've been fishing. But that's
[8:27] Speaker 1: not the way Simon Peter and his brother Andrew went fishing.
[8:32] Speaker 1: Those guys rowed out to the middle of the Sea
[8:34] Speaker 1: of Galilee, dropped huge nets into the water. And when
[8:39] Speaker 1: the fish swam into the net, swoop, those fishermen would
[8:42] Speaker 1: pull the nets in and scoop the fish up. And
[8:45] Speaker 1: to keep all the fish from seeing the nets and
[8:48] Speaker 1: swimming away, they usually worked at night. Experienced fishermen like
[8:54] Speaker 1: Simon Peter and Andrew swam dropped their nets seven to
[8:58] Speaker 1: eight times in one night no wonder they were tired
[9:03] Speaker 1: and no wonder when Jesus asked them to go out
[9:06] Speaker 1: and drop their nets again after a night of not
[9:09] Speaker 1: catching anything Peter was a little reluctant he knew Jesus
[9:15] Speaker 1: was a carpenter and a preacher someone Peter thought didn't
[9:19] Speaker 1: know nearly as much about fishing as the professional fishermen
[9:23] Speaker 1: did Besides, fishing during the day didn't make any sense.
[9:30] Speaker 1: But sometimes God asks us to do things that don't
[9:34] Speaker 1: feel like they make any sense. He might ask you
[9:38] Speaker 1: to show love to a bully or to be kind
[9:41] Speaker 1: to someone who was mean to you or to give
[9:44] Speaker 1: your money away to someone who needs it. God might
[9:48] Speaker 1: ask you to tell someone who says they don't believe
[9:50] Speaker 1: in him the fabulous, wonderful, spectacular, extraordinary, exceptionally stupendous news
[9:56] Speaker 1: about Jesus and his kingdom. And when you do, you'll
[10:01] Speaker 1: learn that Peter and the other disciples learned that morning.
[10:05] Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what you know. God always knows more
[10:10] Speaker 1: and he knows best. You see, the logical thing for
[10:14] Speaker 1: Peter to have done would have been to say, no.
[10:18] Speaker 1: And if he had, he would have missed out on
[10:20] Speaker 1: the best times of his life. Because when Peter said
[10:25] Speaker 1: yes to Jesus, even though what Jesus asked didn't make
[10:29] Speaker 1: any sense to his fisherman's brain, Jesus showed him that
[10:34] Speaker 1: he did know more and he did know best. And
[10:39] Speaker 1: Peter could trust him with everything. And you can too.
[10:45] Speaker 1: No matter what happens in your life, God knows more
[10:48] Speaker 1: about it than you do. You might feel confused, but
[10:53] Speaker 1: God is not.
[10:54] Speaker 4: You might feel scared, but God is not.
[10:58] Speaker 1: And when you trust and follow him, even when you
[11:01] Speaker 1: don't understand, that tiny decision can change everything. And you
[11:07] Speaker 1: just might have the best time of your life. I
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