Lesson No. ( 35 ) The Lord Calls Peter

References

Luke 5.

Notes for Servants

«         Have you surrendered your life, your heart, your body, your senses and your thoughts to the Lord Jesus Christ?  Do you let Him lead your life according to His Will?

«         Do you obey the commandments of the Lord, even if they are beyond your experience and understanding?  Do you set yourself as an example to your students.

Objectives

General: Obey the Voice of God.

Specific:

The children will be able to...

1. See the power of the Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Find out that if they are with Jesus they will not need anything.
3. Know that if you give God room in your heart, He will give you many blessings.

Bible Verse

                                "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?"

(Acts 9:6)

Teaching Aids

1. Felt figure and flannel board.
2. Video.
3. The picture of Peter catching fish, a net or piece of cloth, and models of fish made of cardboard paper.

Instructions

(1) Review last week's lesson.

(2) Who remembers the verse?

(3) Remind the children about the church occasions for the coming week.

(4) Servant may start with the following questions:   How many disciples did Christ choose?   Such as ...?  Do you know how Peter became Christ's disciple?

(5) Teacher should prepare the appropriate questions to emphasize the objectives during the lesson.

Story Time

St. Peter was a fisherman.  He had a boat and a net.  He went to the lake everyday before sunrise to catch fish.  He could catch a lot of fish in the dark, because the fish cannot see the net and it can be caught easily.  He was catching fish near the shore because the water was calm there and had a lot of fish.

Today, St. Peter threw his net and waited for a long time, then he drew the net but there weren’t any fish.  He threw the net in many times through out the morning, but caught nothing.  He was tired and hopeless, he washed the net and left it to dry.  He thanked the Lord and decided to go home.

St. Peter saw many people coming towards him. He saw the Lord Jesus among them.  The people were very happy, they came to listen to His sweet words.  Some of them were sick, but Peter saw them walking with Him and shouting and they were happy.  Jesus got into St. Peter's boat, and spoke to the people who were very happy to hear Him. St. Peter was happy and desired to follow Jesus.  After the sermon, Jesus said to St. Peter, "Peter," and St. Peter replied, "Yes, Lord."  Jesus said, "Take the boat out further to the deep water and let your nets down for a catch."  Then, he said, "Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing.  But if you say so, I will let down the nets."

St. Peter let the nets down and caught such a large number of fish that the nets were about to break.  He called his partners in the other boat to come and help him.  And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.  When St. Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' feet saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord."

He was astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken.  Jesus said to him, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will catch men." St. Peter said, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?  Would you please let me live with you?"  The Lord Jesus said, "Come and be my disciple." St. Peter left the ship, the nets and everything and became Jesus' disciple.

Discussion

1 - Follow up the story by talking about it with the children.

2 - Continue the discussion while they do the activity.

Learning Activities

Activity Sheet.