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Go Again - Emma Nicoll | 07 June 2026

In this gathering, we hear from Emma that sometimes the greatest act of faith isn't doing something new — it's simply obeying Jesus enough to go again.


Drawing from three moments in Peter's story, Emma takes us from the shoreline of Luke 5, where an exhausted fisherman hears Jesus say "try again," through to the devastating courtyard denial, and finally to one of the most quietly beautiful restoration scenes in all of Scripture — breakfast on the beach in John 21.


We're reminded that returning to our old boats doesn't mean we've lost our faith; it often just means we don't know what to do with our failure. And yet Jesus doesn't wait for us to find him — he shows up at dawn, standing on the shore, already cooking breakfast, already ready to restore.


The challenge Emma leaves us with is honest and practical: identify the area of your life where you've stopped casting your net, stand up, and go again — his way, not yours.


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📖 BIBLE STUDY

Title: Go Again — Empty Nets and the God Who Restores

Key Passage: John 21:4–7, 15 (NIV)

Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realise it was Jesus. He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?" "No," they answered. He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" … When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."

Context: Peter has denied Jesus three times, watched him die, and now — confused, ashamed, and uncertain — has gone back to the one thing he knew before Jesus: fishing. This scene is Jesus not waiting for Peter to come to him, but going looking for Peter instead.



Discussion Questions:

  1. Can you think of a time you returned to something familiar when life felt uncertain or you'd made a big mistake? What did that look like for you?

  2. Jesus doesn't shame Peter or bring up his failure — he simply asks, "Do you love me?" and then gives him something to do. What does that tell us about how God handles our failures?

  3. Emma described the quiet, everyday ways we deny Jesus — avoiding church in conversation, holding onto offence, letting prayer slip off the to-do list. Which of those lands closest to home for you right now?

  4. Is there an area in your life — a relationship, a habit, a dream, a discipline — where you've quietly stopped casting your net? What would it look like to go again, his way, this week?



Application: Going again doesn't mean mustering up more willpower and trying the same thing harder. It means throwing the net to the right side — doing it Jesus' way, with obedience over effort. This week, pick one specific thing you identified during the message and take one concrete action: send the text, restart the habit, make the call. Not because it feels likely to work, but because he said so.


Takeaway Thought: The same Jesus who met Peter at the shoreline is standing on yours — go again, his way.


Further Reading: Luke 5:1–11 · Luke 22:60–62 · John 21:1–17 · 1 Chronicles 28:20

 
 
 

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