With personal stories, biblical insights, practical applications, and touches of original artwork by Ruth, this transformational book helps you see the beautiful truth that God's favor is the only currency you need-because in Christ you are enough. let go of trying to rely on your own strength, your own abilities, and your own savvy by truly understanding the freedom Jesus purchased for you.stop seeing God as someone to perform for and start finding delight in responding to his welcome and.find relief in realizing self-help isn't the answer because you can't be so amazing that you won't need grace.confront the ways you look to superficial means of acceptance and belonging Watch the When Strivings Cease Bible Study with Ruth Chou Simons Session One: Favor You Cannot Earn.In When Strivings Cease, Ruth guides you on a journey to find freedom from the never-ending quest for self-improvement.

As a Taiwanese immigrant growing up between two cultures, Ruth was always on a mission to prove her worth, until she came to truly understand the one thing that changes everything: the extravagant, undeserved gift of grace from a merciful God. Ruth Chou Simons knows something about feeling measured by achievement, performance, and the approval of others. As she admits: I’ve spent a good amount of time here sharing glimpses of my history and how I’ve crumbled under the weight of self-inflicted or socially inflicted ideas of performing up to standard. And we end up constantly feeling like we're behind, lacking, and failing-at home, at work, with friends, with God. Ruth Chou’s book When Strivings Cease is largely autobiographical. She shows you how to - confront the ways you look to superficial means of acceptance and belonging - find relief in realizing self-help isn’t the answer because you can’t be so amazing that you won’t need grace - stop. Despite all the affirming memes and self-reflections that dominate social media feeds, approval and worth often seem assigned to what we do rather than who we are. In When Strivings Cease, Ruth guides you on a journey to find freedom from the never-ending quest for self-improvement. In this hustling, image-forward age of opportunity, we feel more anxious than ever.

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