Notes:

Week 1: Life Changing Conversations - Introduction

Icebreaker:

1. When you were a child, who were your heroes? What made
them heroes to you?

2. Who are significant or inspiring people that you follow??

Introduction:
Tonight we begin a series called “Life-Changing Conversations.”
Each week we will look at an encounter that Jesus had with Peasants – a poor
someone – an encounter that changed their lives in important ways. farmer of low
These meetings are recorded for us in God’s Book, the Bible. social status

Has there ever been a conversation or event that changed your Moral - concerned
with the principles
life?? of right and wrong
behavior and the
Jesus talked with many different kinds of people – men and women, goodness or
rich and poor, educated and unlearned, city people and peasants, badness of human
religious and non-religious, moral and immoral, children, adults and character.
the elderly. They had this in common: they left as changed people.
Immoral - violating
moral principles;
Tonight we’ll look at one of Jesus’ first encounters, where he called not conforming to
some young men to follow after him. We’ll also look at a passage the patterns of
that was written 600 years prior to Jesus’ life, yet reflects much of conduct usually
what Jesus came to do. accepted or
established

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Notes: Week 1: Life Changing Conversation
From the Bible
Mark 1:14-20 – 14 ... Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming
the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” [Jesus] said.
Repent – feel “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good
or express news!” 16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, [Jesus]
sincere regret saw Simon and [Simonʼs] brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for
or remorse they were fishermen. 17 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make
about one's
wrongdoing or
you fishers of men.” 18 At once [Simon and Andrew] left their nets and
sin followed him [Jesus]. 19 When [Jesus] had gone a little farther, he [Jesus]
saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their
nets. 20 Without delay [Jesus] called them, and they left their father
Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed [Jesus].

(Read Jeremiah after you’ve discussed questions 1-5)

Jeremiah 16:16-17 – 16 “But now I will send for many fishermen,”
declares the Lord, “and they will catch them (God’s people). After that I
will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them (God’s people) down
on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks. 17 My eyes
are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin
concealed from my eyes.

Discussion
1. Is there anything that surprises you from this encounter in
Mark?

2. Who has an encounter with Jesus and what is their

occupation?

3. Before Jesus speaks to these men, what has Jesus been

doing? What “good news” do you think Jesus is bringing?

4. What do you think he means by “the kingdom of God”?

5. What does Jesus say to the fishermen? How did they respond?

6. The book of Jeremiah was written to God’s people (Israel) while

they were in exile around 600BC. This is 600 years before
Christ. What similarities do you see between Jeremiah 16 and
Mark 1?

Exile – the
state of being
barred from