Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson is a brief daily devotional featuring practical life application straight from the Bible. Daily Hope is produced by Connection Pointe Christian Church of Brownsburg, Indiana. Visit us at cp.church!
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Your Worst Failure Isn't the End of Your Story With God (Peter's Charcoal Fire)
In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson reads John 21, where Jesus appears to His discouraged disciples after the resurrection. Peter and the others go fishing and catch nothing all night, echoing the same failed night from when Jesus first called Peter years earlier. Then Jesus calls out from the shore, tells them where to cast their net, and the catch is so large they can barely haul it in. The moment Peter realizes it's Jesus, he doesn't hide in shame, he rushes to get to Him.
Pastor Dickerson points out a detail easy to miss: the last time Peter stood near a charcoal fire, he was denying he even knew Jesus. Now Jesus is standing beside another one, cooking him breakfast. Jesus deliberately recreates the scene of Peter's biggest failure, not to shame him, but to turn it into a place of grace.
If you've failed God in a way that still haunts you, this episode is a picture of how Jesus meets you there too.
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5 Oct 2026
Feel Like You've Given Up on Yourself? Jesus Calls Peter Again
In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson invites you to think of Peter as a model for yourself.
Looking back on Peter's story, from the day Jesus calls him to the day he is named the rock on which the church will be built, Pastor John reminds us that Peter's walk had ups and downs. Some moments were wonderful, and some felt weird and confusing. Some listeners may be right where Peter was later: you have journeyed with Jesus, but you have given up on yourself, and Jesus is recalling you to drop your nets again and go all in.
Pastor John then lets Scripture speak, reading Luke 5. Jesus teaches from Peter's boat on the Sea of Galilee, then tells Peter, who has caught nothing all night, to go out where it is deeper. Peter obeys even though it does not make sense, and the nets fill until they begin to tear. Peter falls to his knees, calling himself a sinful man, and Jesus says do not be afraid, from now on you will be fishing for people. They leave everything and follow him.
Tomorrow, Pastor John reads the bookend passage, Peter's restoration in John 21.
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4 Oct 2026
Do You Love Jesus Imperfectly? Why God Chose Peter, Not the Pharisees
In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson skips ahead from Luke 5 to the end of the gospels, to the moment Jesus restores Peter after Peter denied him three times.
On a seashore, Jesus asks Peter three times, do you love me? It echoes the day Jesus first called Peter from his fishing boat, a poetic set of bookends. Peter, repenting, admits that Jesus knows everything, including how imperfect his love is. Jesus is not choosing Peter because of the quality of his love or faithfulness, but because Jesus loves him, and because Peter makes an effort at consistent love, not perfection.
Then Pastor John traces what happened next: 120 afraid believers praying kingdom prayers and repenting, the Holy Spirit showing up, and a movement growing to thousands and spreading across the earth. Jesus did not choose a religious leader to lead it. The Pharisees saw Jesus raise people from the dead and still missed out, because they thought they were good enough. In Luke 5:32, Jesus says he came for those who know they are sinners and need to repent. That ongoing repentance is a daily posture of humility.
So which are you more like lately, the Pharisee or Peter?
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