Ordering Your Private World
Written by Gordon MacDonald
Narrated by Maurice England
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About this audiobook
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.
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.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow, what a book. So honest and transparent, while teaching the truth of Gods word. I've learned that God at the center makes a christian the most effective!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brilliant book. Every pastor and Christian leader should definitely read this!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Highly recommended to me...and one I will be passing on in recommendation. I hope I can honour the author and my God and Saviour, by putting into practice what I have learnt.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I read it once years ago and I was drawned to do it again, I must say that it always a blesses me☺️
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Two things for me: I thought the narrator was outstanding. He brought a “weight” to the content. And the content itself speaks to our opportunities to be our best selves. I read this book several years ago. Now I’ve listen to it twice. I need people like this to listen to.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I am doing this book the third time simply because the Wisdom Nuggets in it continue to glitter. Pick up this jewel before you face dark experiences.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I bookmarked several pages because they had practical tips on how to help my over active mind to settle down to concentrate