If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat
Written by John Ortberg
Narrated by Maurice England
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About this audiobook
You're one step away from the adventure of your life. John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone.
Deep within you lies the same faith and longing that sent Peter walking across the wind-swept Sea of Galilee toward Jesus. In what ways is the Lord telling you, as he did Peter, "Come"?
Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change you forever, deepening your character and your trust in God. The experience is terrifying. It's thrilling beyond belief. It's everything you'd expect of someone worthy to be called Lord.
The choice is yours to know him as only a water-walker can, aligning yourself with God’s purpose for your life in the process. There's just one requirement: If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat.
In this Christianity Today Award-winning read, bestselling author John Ortberg pushes you to take the last step that separates you from the adventure of your life. And, as a result, you will learn to:
Recognize God's presence
Discern between faith and foolishness
Not only expect problems, but field them when they come
Reorient your thoughts about failure and see it as an opportunity to grow
Wait on the Lord
And, ultimately, connect more deeply with God
Features discussion questions at the end of each chapter to enhance your reflection and spiritual growth. Also perfect for small group discussion.
John Ortberg
John Ortberg es el pastor principal de la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Menlo Park, en Menlo Park, California, con dependencias en Menlo Park, Mountain View y San Mateo. Ha escrito numerosas obras que han tenido una gran aceptación, como La fe y la duda; El ser que quiero ser; Un amor más allá de la razón; Cuando el juego termina, todo regresa a la caja; La misión fantasma; Dios está más cerca de lo que crees; Todos somos normales hasta que nos conocen; La vida que siempre has querido; Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas, tienes que salir de la barca; Vivamos divinamente la vida, y el plan de estudios multimedia Old Testament Challenge (con la colaboración de Kevin Harney). John y su esposa Nancy tienen tres hijos.
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Reviews for If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of my top 5 books that every follower of Jesus should read. Ortberg brilliantly compels the reader to pursue life with more faith.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Well read.
Challenging and encouraging. This opened yet another door of understanding. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book challenged me in every chapter as to whether I'm inthe boat, thinking of getting out of the boat or am on the water. I'm sure like most I'm safe and sound in the boat ...but praying that this next year i'll beging to experience some walking on water times.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really encourages you to take steps of faith, in a way that is actually encouraging.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A challenging listen. Don't expect to just passively listen. You will be challenged to define your fears and blockers. Scripture based and relevant. Love the idea of being a water walker with all its challenges and gifts.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Makes you think and look at life a little different. I liked it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ortberg has a wonderful grasp on living the true Christian life. Easy to read and yet very compelling and informative. Makes you truly think!!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5John Ortberb, author of 'The Life You've Always Wanted', gets down to the nitty gritty in this great book with one magnificient action that you are required to make to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. You only have to do what he asks you to do. Knowing what he is asking of you is a little harder but with practice and the proper frame of mind it too can be simple. Go to Christ and pray to him. You can pray by just getting in the right frame of mind- you don't even need to use fancy three dollar words- actually yoou can pray to Christ by bowing your head and listen for God's voice to tell you to go and do as he did and he will come again and fulfill his prophecy. Its like this, Peter and his friends got into a little boat one afternoon to cross the Sea of Galilee. Jesus wanted to be alone, so went walking along the shore. Peter liked boats, he had been a fisherman because Christ called him to be a disciple and to catch fish you need to get in the boat and go out to sea. Well a large storm came up and the waves washing over the boat rose higher and higher. The disciples were having trouble keeping the boat upright and then a shadow started moving toward them. The shadow appeared to be human and the human was walking on the water. The disciples thaught he was a ghost. Matthew is telling this story and he says that sometimes your eyes can't tell who the person is, though you know him very well. We are like that, sometimes we can't tell what Jesus wants us to do when he is standing bside us and yelling in our ear. Only one disciple, Peter, detrmined that this was Jesus and he asked, "if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." Ortberg says that Peter reconized it was the Lord, so if he wanted he could just get in the water with Jesus and walk to him. But the moral is more than just risk-taking, it is also about obedience. The story is about extreme discipleship. Jesus tells Peter to get out of the boat and walk to him. Peter gets out of the boat slowly holding on with a firm grip but then he lets go and he too is walking on water, but them he sees the storm and feels the with on his face. Losing his confidence that he can walk on water, Peter begins to sink. You know the rest of the story. The question is can you get up the courage to get out of the boat and go where Jesus asks you to go and can you convince other people that they to can get out of the boat. You can be a disciple to others.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Let us go down to the river
There's a man walking on the water
Come along with me
All I wanna see
is the Man walking on the water
To see the Sea walker
The blindman Healer
The leprous cleansing Man
of Galilee
He's the soul saver
The One who set me free
Take my hand and follow me
I betcha you'll love to sing this song again and again
after reading this book. Fun and wonderful read! - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The author takes us on a path to trusting in God, looking in detail at the Biblical anecdote about Peter walking to Jesus on the water. It's inspirational, encouraging, and helpful. The author uses the passage metaphorically for Christian believers today, in the sense of leaving our comfortable safety zones and walking with God into potentially difficult circumstances.
It's well-written with interesting anecdotes and clear Scriptural references. Re-reading it nearly ten years after the first time, I found it challenging and thought-provoking, yet accessible to anyone. Definitely recommended.