Ordering Your Private World

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Thomas Nelson, May 20, 2007 - Religion - 256 pages

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.

 

Contents

The Day I Hit the Wall
1
The Sinkhole Syndrome
11
A View from the Bridge
19
Caught in a Golden Cage
28
The Tragic Tale of a Successful Bum
47
Living as a Called Person
57
Has Anyone Seen My Time? Ive Misplaced It
75
Recapturing My Time
87
Order in the Garden
137
No Outer Props Necessary
149
Everything Has to Be Entered
165
Seeing Through Heavens Eyes
172
Rest Beyond Leisure
190
The Spinning Wheel
208
Study Guide
213
Notes
249

The Better Man Lost
103
The Sadness of a Book Never Read
118

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About the author (2007)

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.

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