If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat Quotes

“Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes. Before Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio that finally worked, he tried two hundred unsuccessful ones. Somebody asked him, “How did it feel to fail two hundred times?” “I never failed two hundred times in my life,” Salk replied. “I was taught not to use the word ‘failure.’ I just discovered two hundred ways how not to vaccinate for polio.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life. And”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“In some ways, “waiting on the Lord” is the hardest part of trusting. It is not the same as “waiting around.” It is putting yourself with utter vulnerability in his hands.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Jesus put it like this: You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. Others have come before you. Others will come after you. But this is your day. If God’s kingdom is to manifest itself right now, it will have to be through you. God himself will not come to take your place. You are on a mission from God.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“What does a mind that is focused on hope look like? I read recently about a woman who had been diagnosed with cancer and was given three months to live. Her doctor told her to make preparations to die, so she contacted her pastor and told him how she wanted things arranged for her funeral service—which songs she wanted to have sung, what Scriptures should be read, what words should be spoken—and that she wanted to be buried with her favorite Bible. But before he left, she called out to him, “One more thing.” “What?” “This is important. I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand.” The pastor did not know what to say. No one had ever made such a request before. So she explained. “In all my years going to church functions, whenever food was involved, my favorite part was when whoever was cleaning dishes of the main course would lean over and say, You can keep your fork. “It was my favorite part because I knew that it meant something great was coming. It wasn’t Jell-O. It was something with substance—cake or pie—biblical food. “So I just want people to see me there in my casket with a fork in my hand, and I want them to wonder, What’s with the fork? Then I want you to tell them, Something better is coming. Keep your fork.” The pastor hugged the woman good-bye. And soon after, she died. At the funeral service people saw the dress she had chosen, saw the Bible she loved, and heard the songs she loved, but they all asked the same question: “What’s with the fork?” The pastor explained that this woman, their friend, wanted them to know that for her—or for anyone who dies in Christ—this is not a day of defeat. It is a day of celebration. The real party is just starting. Something better is coming.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Someone once asked a desert father named Abba Anthony, “What must one do to please God?” The first two pieces of advice were expected: Always be aware of God’s presence, and always obey God’s Word. But the third was surprising: “Wherever you find yourself—do not easily leave.” The idea was that community is hard, authentic friendship is hard, patience in work is hard—so leaving will always look more attractive in the short run. But over the long haul, leaving easily has a tendency to produce people who live in a pattern of giving up. Do not easily leave.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“A career may end with retirement and lots of “toys.” A calling isn’t over until the day you die.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Algunas personas dicen: «Dios nunca me pediría hacer algo que no puedo». He llegado a un punto en mi vida en el que, si la tarea que siento que Dios me está asignando es algo que sé que puedo manejar, quizás no viene de él. El tipo de tareas que él asigna en la Biblia siempre es «tamaño Dios». Y siempre están más allá de lo que puede hacer la gente, porque desea demostrar su naturaleza, su fortaleza, su provisión y su bondad para su pueblo y para un mundo que le observa. Esta es la única forma en la que el mundo lo conocerá.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“Aceptar o permanecer en un puesto al que sabes que no correspondes es incorrecto y pecaminoso. Quizá es una forma de pecar que nunca consideraste: el pecado de estar en el trabajo incorrecto. Pero Dios no te dejó en esta tierra para desperdiciar tu vida en una labor que no usa su diseño o propósito para tu vida, sin importar cuánto es lo que recibes de sueldo.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“Más que escuchar una gran conferencia o leer un buen libro, Dios usa desafíos de la vida real para desarrollar nuestra capacidad de confiar en él.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“El fracaso no es un acontecimiento, sino un juicio acerca de un acontecimiento.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“The kind of assignments God gives in the Bible are always God-sized. They are always beyond what people can do, because he wants to demonstrate his nature, his strength, his provision, and his kindness to his people and to a watching world. This is the only way the world will come to know him.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Watch a marriage that was begun with hope and dreams, but has now plateaued, where affections have cooled and intimacy has faded. Rather than name the problem, face their pain, and ask for help, the couple resign themselves to a life of mediocrity, living together as intimate strangers. See a middle-aged man who spends”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“hope and dreams, but has now plateaued, where affections have cooled and intimacy has faded. Rather than name the problem, face their pain, and ask for help, the couple resign themselves to a life of mediocrity, living together as intimate strangers.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Watch”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Consider the sense of fulfillment in the leaders of a company that is expanding, achieving its mission, giving vocational opportunities to men and women who yesterday didn’t have any. They are watching the miracle”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“The boat is safe, secure, and comfortable. On the other hand, the water is rough. The waves are high. The wind is strong. There’s a storm out there. And if you get out of the boat—whatever your boat might happen to be—there’s a good chance you might sink.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“In any arena where you are concerned about failure, the single most destructive thing you can do is nothing. Psychologist David Burns writes about what he calls the cycle of lethargy: When I’m faced with a challenge and I do nothing, it leads to distorted thoughts—that I am helpless, hopeless, and beyond change. These in turn lead to destructive emotions—loss of energy and motivation, damaged self-esteem, feeling overwhelmed. The end result is self-defeating behavior—procrastination, avoidance, and escapism. These behaviors then reinforce negative thoughts, and the whole cycle spirals downward.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Some forms of waiting—on expressways and in doctor’s offices—are fairly trivial in the overall scheme of things. But there are more serious and difficult kinds of waiting: —The waiting of a single person who hopes God might have marriage in store but is beginning to despair —The waiting of a childless couple who desperately want to start a family —The waiting of Nelson Mandela as he sits in a prison cell for twenty-seven years and wonders if he will ever be free or if his country will ever know justice —The waiting of someone who longs to have work that is meaningful and significant and yet cannot seem to find it —The waiting of a deeply depressed person for a morning when she will wake up wanting to live —The waiting of a child who feels awkward and clumsy and longs for the day when he gets picked first on the playground —The waiting of persons of color for the day when everyone’s children will be judged “not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” —The waiting of an elderly senior citizen in a nursing home—alone, seriously ill, just waiting to die Every one of us, at some junctures of our lives, will have to learn to wait.”
― John Ortberg Jr., If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“A calling is something you discover, not something you choose. The word vocation comes from the Latin word for voice. Discovering it involves very careful listening. People will sometimes speak about "choosing their calling," but a chosen calling is an oxymoron. The whole idea of a calling is taken from Scripture, where time after time God calls someone to do his work. The whole idea of calling is that there is a Call-er and a call-ee.”
― John Ortberg, If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

“Con mi mente fija en Dios, estoy listo para salir de la barca.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“SIEMPRE QUE JESÚS LLAMA A ALGUIEN FUERA DE LA BARCA, LE DA PODER PARA CAMINAR SOBRE EL AGUA.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“—Si no corres, no ganas.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“si camino cerca de Dios y si tengo esa sensación de que está conmigo, los problemas pierden su capacidad de dañar mi espíritu».”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“Si quieres caminar sobre el agua, tienes que estar dispuesto a mojarte los pies primero. Descubrirás entonces que vale la pena el riesgo.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“Salir de la barca fue el gran regalo de Pedro para Jesús; caminar sobre el agua fue el gran regalo de Jesús para Pedro.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“GRAN PARTE DE SEGUIR NUESTRO LLAMADO NO TIENE QUE VER TANTO CON ELEGIR COMO CON ESCUCHAR.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca

“Es el líder que mira a una organización con desafíos morales y limitaciones de recursos y se impacienta por escuchar el sonido de la trompeta para desatar el potencial de la gente.”
― John Ortberg, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas tiene que salir de la barca