Overcoming Overload - Hardcover

Farrar, Steve; Farrar, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159052084X ISBN 13: 9781590520840

Publisher: Multnomah Books, 2003

Synopsis

There is no more room in our lives. Yet every new day brings more commitments demanding to be squeezed in. Overcoming Overload helps frenzied men and women weed out wrong ideas about life and rediscover God's essential principles of balanced living, including:*You Need a Sovereign *You Need to Be out of Your Mind *You Need a Few Good Friends *You Need to Simplify* You Need to Celebrate the Goodness of God. This biblical way of life promises rest, satisfaction, and contentment amidst daily responsibilities. Leave the overwhelmed life and discover the abundant life!

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Farrar is the founder and chairman of Men's Leadership Ministries in Bryan/College Station, Texas, and brings his message to thousands of men each year. He holds a master's degree from Western Seminary and an earned doctorate from Dallas Theological Seminary.

Mary Farrar, author of Choices, served on the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ and has been active in women's ministries. The Farrars are alumni of Western Seminary and Dallas Theological Seminary. They have three grown children and live in suburban Dallas.

From Publishers Weekly:

People today are overloaded, overextended and exhausted, assert husband-and-wife team Steve (founder and chairman of Men's Leadership Ministries in Bryan/College Station, Tex.) and Mary (former staffer of Campus Crusade for Christ) Farrar. And while it's tempting to think we can have it all and do it all-and that we deserve it all-such beliefs are patently unrealistic. What we can have, the Farrars argue, is a rich and balanced life through faith: "God has provided for each of us an unlimited line of credit in His Word. The Bible is not unlike an ATM, accessible 24/7 for us to draw from its rich resources whenever we have need." The authors outline seven crucial needs that modern-day Christians often ignore-a sovereign, a Sabbath, a sanctuary, sustenance, supplication, simplicity and stewardship-and, in warm tones, weave in scripture and examples from modern life to show how meeting these needs will help readers stop feeling so overwhelmed. Although the authors tread familiar territory (the best-selling Ordering Your Private World, by Gordon MacDonald, comes to mind) and tend to criticize modern culture instead of offer solid solutions, Christians should find this a helpful, if slightly preachy, guide for finding breathing room in their busy lives.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Multnomah Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 159052084X
• ISBN 13: 9781590520840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250