Ordering Your Private World

by Gordon MacDonald

Overview

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 called
• The lifelong pursuit of the growth of the mind
• The importance of being a listener and reader
• How to exercise your soul to keep it in good shape

Our 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780718088002
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	09/05/2017
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	251,463
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Author's Note ix

Preface: The Day I Hit the Wall xi

1 The Sinkhole Syndrome 1

2 A View from the Bridge 9

3 Caught in a Golden Cage 17

4 The Tragic Tale of a Successful Loser 32

5 Living as a Called Person 43

6 Has Anyone Seen My Time? I've Misplaced It! 62

7 Recapturing My Time 73

8 The Better Man Lost 87

9 The Sadness of a Book Never Read 101

10 Order in the Garden 118

11 No Outer Props Necessary 127

12 Everything Has to Be Entered 143

13 Seeing Through Heaven's Eyes 150

14 Friends 167

15 Rest Beyond Leisure (Sabbathing) 174

Epilogue: Courage, Appreciation, Depth 195

Study Guide 198

Notes 219

About the Author 225

Editorial Reviews

With much enthusiasm I recommend this book to all of you who, like me, need order in your private world.”

Charles Swindoll