If You Want to Walk on Water- You-ve Got to Get Out of the Boat Description:

If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat review:
4 stars (Learn to trust God...with some smiles (and few yawns) on the way) - John wrote this book to address what each and every believer face daily: fear. He invites us to get out of our comfort zone

and take a bold step in trusting God in every move we do. To better draw his conclusions, he built this book on the scene in

Matthew 14 where Jesus walks on water towards his disciples sitting in a boat : first fear struck them, then Peter had enough faith in Jesus to actually step out of the boat, but again fear struck him when the wind blew and he began to sink.



The author couples humor with sincerity and the love of a true friend while analyzing the subject of Fear vs Trust, in every part of the boat scene. The book challenges you but at the same time instruct you on how to become a better christian, letting go of our fears and placing our mind and heart towards God. I loved that about Mr. Ortberg.



The weak point about it, is that it tends to become a bit boring at times with a redundancy of ideas that get repeated in

different parts of the book. You'll get excited at times, smile with John's humor and yet yawn a few pages along the way.



All in all, important subject presented in a challenging, honest and loving approach.
5 stars (Powerful!) - I love this book! This is a powerful and thought-provoking book....it's helped me tremendously in my walk of faith!
5 stars (If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat) - Good humor. Good wisdom.