Jesus said, I will send you out to fish for people. Matthew chapter 4, verse 19.

Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. Fishing for Friends was written and read by

Kirsten Holmberg. Matthew chapter 4,us 18 through 22

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee

He saw two brothers

Simon called Peter

and his brother Andrew

They were casting a net into the lake

For they were fishermen

Come, follow me, Jesus said.

And I will send you out to fish for people.

At once, they left their nets and followed him.

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their

father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat

and their father and followed him. Fishing for Friends

Patty spent the afternoon on the banks of a local river

using her fishing pole to cast bait into the water.

Having only recently moved to the area,

she wasn't hoping to catch fish.

She was angling for some new friends.

Her line wasn't baited with worms or any other traditional lure. Instead, she used her heavy-duty sturgeon rod to extend packets of cookies

to people who were floating down the river in rafts on a hot summer day. She used this creative way to meet her new neighbors

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