When strivings cease Replacing the gospel of self-improvement with the gospel of life-transforming grace
Book - 2021
"Bestselling author, entrepreneur, and speaker Ruth Chou Simons calls women to discover how God's profound gift of grace and favor 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"--
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- Published
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Nashville, Tennessee :
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xix, 235 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234).
- ISBN
- 9781400224999
9781400229987
- Introduction: We're Missing Something (Why We're So Tired. Why We Strive.)
- Part 1. When Striving Isn't Enough
- Chapter 1. Bent and Broken: Striving to Please
- Chapter 2. Unworthy: Striving for Attention
- Chapter 3. Just Amazing Enough to Not Need Grace: Striving to Be Good Enough
- Chapter 4. The Welcome We Long For: Striving for Approval
- Chapter 5. Pressure to Perform: Striving to Save Ourselves Through Perfection
- Chapter 6. The Lunchroom: Striving to Belong
- Chapter 7. Honor and Shame: Striving to Outrun Shame
- Chapter 8. The Gift: Striving to Have It All
- Part 2. When Grace Changes Everything
- Chapter 9. Grace Makes New, Not Better
- Chapter 10. Grace Fuels Good Works
- Chapter 11. Grace Cancels Our Debt, For Real
- Chapter 12. Grace Rewrites Our Stories
- Chapter 13. Grace Replaces Fear with Freedom
- Chapter 14. Grace Makes Forgiveness Possible
- Chapter 15. Grace Is Enough to Hold You Together
- A Close Prayer
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Author