Ordering Your Private World, Gordon MacDonald
Ordering Your Private World, Gordon MacDonald
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Ordering Your Private World

Author: Gordon MacDonald

Narrator: Maurice England

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 09/05/2017


Synopsis

Does your life feel cluttered? Maybe an overcrowded calendar isn't your only problem! In this updated classic, learn how our technology-focused generation can deal with stress and find balance in life by submitting to God in five areas: motivation, priorities, intellect, spiritual growth, and rest.We have schedule planners, computerized calendars, smart phones, and sticky notes to help us organize our business and social lives every day. But what about organizing the other side of our lives? The spiritual side?In Ordering Your Private World, Gordon MacDonald equips you to live life from the inside out, cultivating the inner victory necessary for effectiveness. Simplifying your external life begins with seeking internal order. In addition to focusing on spiritual and mental disciplines, you’ll discover:The difference between being driven and being calledThe lifelong pursuit of the growth of the mindThe importance of being a listener and readerHow to exercise your soul to keep it in good shapeOur culture encourages us to believe that the busy, publicly active person is also the most spiritual. Our massive responsibilities at home, work, and church have resulted in many of us on the verge of collapse. Learn to take a step back from the outer world and deal with the stress of life by developing your inner world: your soul.

About Gordon MacDonald

Gordon MacDonald has been a pastor and author for more than fifty years.  He serves as Chancellor at Denver Seminary, as editor-at-large for Leadership Journal, and as a speaker at leadership conferences around the world. His books includeBuilding Below the Waterline, Who Stole My Church, A Resilient Life, and Ordering Your Private World.  Gordon and his wife, Gail, live in New Hampshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula on September 22, 2013

The premise of this book is that the pace of modern life is impossible to maintain without getting our spiritual tanks empty. So many people are running on the cheap fuels of talent, natural giftings, momentum and caffeine fixes instead of the depth and energy that comes from a purposeful decision t......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on October 11, 2021

Helpful reminders from an seasoned Christian. I was a little iffy on reading this but I am glad I did. Timely reminders.......more

Goodreads review by Edit on October 26, 2022

Just as I finished reading this book at a café, a man, who was there with his wife and kid, approached me to ask about the book. He had watched me reading it and writing things down, and it had caught his interest. I was glad I could tell him that it was a really good book about “how to maintain the......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on December 14, 2021

Synopsis: Believe it or not, most people give more attention to the public world than their private world. Unfortunately, those who devote too much time to the public world are usually living a wreck. Drawing from various Biblical passages, as well as the writings of Christian thinkers such as C. S.......more

Goodreads review by Jay on April 27, 2013

I reread this book every year. So many things to learn and relearn.......more