Restoring Joy

by Gordon MacDonald

There are times when weariness takes over exhaustion and stress makes choices too confusing, goals unattainable, and dreams impossible. A process of renewal is needed to revitalize a numbed sense of purpose. In this collection of three best-selling works, Ordering Your Privat World, Renewing Your Spiritual Passion, and Rebuilding Your Broken World, Gordon MacDonald offers the strength and the compassion of biblical hope to those who struggle with confused goals and shattered ideals. Once you restore the joy to yourself, you can reach out to others in their spiritual need and enlighten them to the promise of renewal from which no one is exempt.

608 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1992

About the author

Gordon MacDonald has been a pastor and author for over forty years. For many years he pastored Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massacusetts and continues to serve as Pastor Emertius. He has also provided leadership to influential ministries such as Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, which he served as President for three years, and World Relief, which he currently serves as Chairman. Gordon’s best-selling books include Ordering Your Private World, Mid-Course Correction and, most recently, A Resilient Life. He also writes and serves as Editor-at-Large for Christianity Today’s Leadership Journal. When not writing, leading or speaking at conferences, Gordon and his wife Gail can be found hiking the trails of New England.

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I don’t agree with every point the author makes, most of the book has good advice on Christian living. He doesn’t quote scripture as much as I expected or hoped, which seems odd at the least; he quotes a lot of people and books instead. A lot like Christian psychology or counseling rather than Biblical commentary on our human condition.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

This should be on every pastors shelf and reviewed regularly. There is hope. You arent the only one. You can move forward. Worth it.