If you want to walk on the water, you've got to get out of the boat

ISBN 10: 0310261805 ISBN 13: 9780310261803

Publisher: Zondervan, 2005

Synopsis

Note: This is a DVD and not a book.

In this six-session small group Bible study DVD, If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve got to Get Out of the Boat, by John Ortberg, you’ll learn how to move beyond fear to discover God’s unique calling for your life!

Peter may have been the first one out of the boat, but Jesus’ invitation to walk on water is for you as well. But walk on water? What doe that mean?

If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat helps you answer helps you answer Christ’s call to greater faith, power-filled deeds, and a new way of knowing how to discern God’s call, transcend fear, risk faith, manage failure, and trust God. Relating to the story in Matthew 14 to life today, teacher and bestselling author John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone.

This DVD is designed for use with the companion If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat Participant Guide (sold separately). It features six 10 to15-minute teaching sessions from John Ortberg designed to spark thinking and provoke discussion.

Sessions include:
1. What’s Water Walking?
2. The Tragedy of the Unopened Gift
3. Find Your Calling and Get Your Feet Wet!
4. Facing Our Challenges, Conquering Our Fears
5. Good News for Cave Dwellers
6. Learning to Wait on Our Big God

About this title

From the Author

John Ortberg is a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. Each week he speaks to thousands of people at the church's New Community services. John has written for Christianity Today and is a frequent contributor to Leadership Journal

From the Back Cover

Small group Bible study will never be the same! With ZondervanGroupware Small Group Editions, leaders have interactive DVDs that feature bestselling authors Philip Yancey and John Ortberg to teach a small group Bible study in their own homes. The DVD and 32-page leader's guide provides ease of facilitation for the small group leader. The participant's guide, available separately, provides a book for small group members to follow along with the teaching and record responses to questions.
If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat--Nearly 500,000 books sold
John Ortberg serves as guide and interpretive leader of six DVD small group sessions designed to help people learn to trust God more fully. Using testimonial interviews to illustrate his talks, Ortberg teaches participants the skills essential for “water-walking” in faith with God.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0310261805
• ISBN 13: 9780310261803
• Binding: DVD