When Strivings Cease (Study Guide)

Rith Chou Simons

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Description: Bestselling author, entrepreneur, and speaker Ruth Chou Simons calls women to discover how God's profound gift of grace and favour invites them to rest from chasing approval and earning love, and instead discover the freedom of true belonging and worth that doesn't depend on them.

In this hustling, image-forward age of opportunity, women are more anxious than ever. 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. And we end up constantly feeling behind, lacking, and like we're failing - at home, at work, with friends, with God.

Ruth Chou Simons knows something of feeling measured by achievement, performance, and the approval of others. 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.

In this six-session Bible study, Ruth guides us all on a journey to find freedom from the never-ending quest for approval and affirmation. She shows us how to:

* confront the ways we look to superficial means of acceptance and belonging, and find relief in realising we can't be so amazing that we won't need grace

* stop seeing God as someone we perform for and start finding delight in responding to God's welcome

* find relief from running the hamster wheel of relying on our own strength, our own abilities, and our own savvy - and always coming up short - by truly understanding the freedom Jesus purchased

God's favour is the only currency we need, because in Christ we are enough.

This Study Guide includes:

Discussion and reflection questions with video notes
Personal study between sessions
Leader's Guide

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About The Author: Ruth Chou Simons is an artist, writer, entrepreneur, and speaker. As author of the bestselling book GraceLaced and creator of the popular GraceLaced online shoppe, blog, and Instagram community, she shares scriptural truths daily through her hand-painted artwork and words. Ruth and her husband, Troy, live on the western slope of Colorado and are grateful parents to six sons - their greatest adventure. Ruth's first book, GraceLaced, won a 2018 Christian Book Award.

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Pages: 128

Publication Date: November 2021