The comfort zone is for those who are exempt from pain but denied progress; protected from failure but held in the grip of mediocrity. Get up and get out of there while you still can.
If you are going to build a bridge, you've got to be comfortable having permanent footings on both sides of the ravine.
I'm tired of getting called out of my comfort zone... I've been known to whine and ask if I can serve God from the safety of my recliner. But that's not God's way
Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy & the adventure lie.
The West is praying for comfort for Chinese Christians; Chinese Christians pray for persecution for the Western Christians.
Which zone do you live in? The challenge zone: 'I attempt to do what I haven't done before.' The comfort zone: 'I only do what I already know I can do.' The coasting zone: 'I don't even do what I've done before.'
The Gospel does two things: It comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.
God's goal is not our comfort; it's producing in us the character of Christ so the world will be drawn to Him.