Jesus Stories | Peter Restored | He Gets a Do-Over
Part of Message-Based Question
May 4, 2025

GROUP STUDY

Today’s Focus: Peter’s restoration, which reveals God’s desire to restore us.

Getting Started

Describe someone you know (or yourself) who likes to restore old things…furniture, cars, houses, etc. Why do they (you) do it?

Share God Sightings

  1. Have you received any answers to prayer in recent days?
  2. Are you able to identify a specific God-sighting from this past week?

Discussion Thread

Peter had failed Jesus in His greatest hour of need. Figuring that Jesus would “right him off,” Peter returns to his former way of life as a fisherman. He was surprised to discover that Jesus didn’t “right him off,” instead He restores Peter. This restoration story teaches you and me a great deal about God’s desire to retore us.

  1. Have you ever experienced a “do-over?” Discuss a time when you wished you had one or when you were given the opportunity to have one.
  2. Peter was the “G.O.A.T of Failure.” In what way(s) have you experienced God’s restoration in your life?
  3. Of the 5 key insights from Peter’s restoration, which one or two do you most need to hear and embrace as true?
    • Jesus desires to restore broken people.
    • God’s grace is greater than our sin.
    • Restoration begins with repentance.
    • Jesus is most concerned about our love for Him.
    • Jesus has a calling for those He restores.

  4. What do you need Jesus to restore in your life right now?

  5. What is God saying to you and what can you specifically and practically do in response?

Prayer

1- How can we pray for you to respond in obedience these truths?
2- How can we pray for you this week?

Scripture Reading

  1. Identify 3 to 5 stories of restoration found in the pages of the Bible (i.e.: Joseph, Zacchaeus).
  2. Make note of what was broken in each story and what God did to restore the person or people to wholeness.

Leader Zone

There is still time to join us on Friday May 16th at 7 PM for our Group Leader Appreciation Event. Register here:

https://discoveryfl.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2889013