their nets were tearing. they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. they came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking." what gift! what abundance! what prosperity! peter and his friends caught more fish than they'd ever seen. yet what is their response to this material abundance, this gift from god? they leave it behind. "when they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him." praying for god to meet our physical, material needs is not a bad thing! jesus himself includes "give us this day our daily bread" in the prayer he teaches his 