Overwhelming Pursuit: Stop Chasing Your Life and Live

“Success lets me and everybody else know that I’m important — that I’m worth loving. Success is how I prove my worth in this world.”

That’s what Mark Joseph thought.

He was driven to achieve, and he did. Through his success, he felt loved and respected. He worked night and day to keep feeling important.

But success came at a price.

If you’re overwhelmed, unfulfilled, and running in circles chasing happiness, this is the book for you.

You’ll learn, as Mark did, that the overwhelming pursuit of success stems from our underlying belief that we need to earn love, and that striving for it will somehow cure our lack of self-love. He’ll show you, through his experiences and those of others, that fulfillment has nothing to do with success. It comes from knowing that – despite success or failure – you were created by God for greatness, for love and to be loved.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Joseph is the executive director of the Christian Outreach Office at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He and his team share the love of Christ with tens of thousands of people every year. He blogs, speaks, and helps men and women who feel overwhelmed by life’s struggles to understand that they are made for greatness.

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Overwhelming Pursuit: Stop Chasing Your Life and Live

“Success lets me and everybody else know that I’m important — that I’m worth loving. Success is how I prove my worth in this world.”

That’s what Mark Joseph thought.

He was driven to achieve, and he did. Through his success, he felt loved and respected. He worked night and day to keep feeling important.

But success came at a price.

If you’re overwhelmed, unfulfilled, and running in circles chasing happiness, this is the book for you.

You’ll learn, as Mark did, that the overwhelming pursuit of success stems from our underlying belief that we need to earn love, and that striving for it will somehow cure our lack of self-love. He’ll show you, through his experiences and those of others, that fulfillment has nothing to do with success. It comes from knowing that – despite success or failure – you were created by God for greatness, for love and to be loved.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Joseph is the executive director of the Christian Outreach Office at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He and his team share the love of Christ with tens of thousands of people every year. He blogs, speaks, and helps men and women who feel overwhelmed by life’s struggles to understand that they are made for greatness.

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Overwhelming Pursuit: Stop Chasing Your Life and Live

Overwhelming Pursuit: Stop Chasing Your Life and Live

by Mark Joseph
Overwhelming Pursuit: Stop Chasing Your Life and Live

Overwhelming Pursuit: Stop Chasing Your Life and Live

by Mark Joseph

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Overview

“Success lets me and everybody else know that I’m important — that I’m worth loving. Success is how I prove my worth in this world.”

That’s what Mark Joseph thought.

He was driven to achieve, and he did. Through his success, he felt loved and respected. He worked night and day to keep feeling important.

But success came at a price.

If you’re overwhelmed, unfulfilled, and running in circles chasing happiness, this is the book for you.

You’ll learn, as Mark did, that the overwhelming pursuit of success stems from our underlying belief that we need to earn love, and that striving for it will somehow cure our lack of self-love. He’ll show you, through his experiences and those of others, that fulfillment has nothing to do with success. It comes from knowing that – despite success or failure – you were created by God for greatness, for love and to be loved.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Joseph is the executive director of the Christian Outreach Office at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He and his team share the love of Christ with tens of thousands of people every year. He blogs, speaks, and helps men and women who feel overwhelmed by life’s struggles to understand that they are made for greatness.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681922034
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
Publication date: 07/20/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 817 KB

About the Author

Mark Joseph is executive director of the Christian Outreach Office at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He and his team share the love of Christ with tens of thousands of people every year. He blogs, speaks, and helps men and women who feel overwhelmed by life's struggles to understand that they are made for greatness.

Table of Contents

Author's Note 9

Introduction 11

Part I Overwhelmed

Chapter 1 When Love Feels Conditional 19

Chapter 2 Why We Don't Love Ourselves 27

Chapter 3 Overwhelmed by Fear 37

Chapter 4 False Happiness, False Gods 47

Chapter 5 When Tragedy Strikes 53

Chapter 6 Our Wounds 59

Part II Fulfilled

Chapter 7 Discovering God's Love 67

Chapter 8 Our Need for Healing 75

Chapter 9 Becoming the Best Possible You 87

Chapter 10 Let God In 97

Chapter 11 Walking with Others 105

Chapter 12 Pursuing the Path to Peace 115

Chapter 13 Called to Greatness 123

Conclusion 135

Appendix 1 Prayers 139

Appendix 2 Suggested Reading 141

Acknowledgments 144

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