--- product_id: 306476779 title: "When Strivings Cease" price: "B/.57" currency: PAB in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/306476779-when-strivings-cease store_origin: PA region: Panama --- # When Strivings Cease **Price:** B/.57 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** When Strivings Cease - **How much does it cost?** B/.57 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.pa](https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/306476779-when-strivings-cease) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace [Simons, Ruth Chou] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace Review: Who is striving?? What are you striving for? - We are all striving for something, aren't we? Most likely at least ten things pop up in our minds...from the never ceasing "to do" list. Ruth's new book "When Strivings Cease" is in two parts. Within the first eight chapters, we read where we are and what we are without God's amazing Grace. We are bent and broken while striving to please. We are unworthy and striving for attention. We are just amazing enough to not need God's amazing grace, because we are striving to be good enough on our own. We find ourselves striving for approval and looking for that long sought welcome and sense of belonging. We jump in the hamster wheel of performance and the facade of perfection, striving to save ourselves. We join this group or that club hoping this is the place where we meet approval, popularity and belonging. The past catches up intermingling our present worth with those poor choices, failures and shame. We try to outrun the shame and the guilt as we strive to have it all and bury the past. Our striving in and of ourselves will never cease. The game changer- Part two: When Grace Changes Everything!! God's grace makes all things NEW, not better, His grace fuels good works and eliminates the checklists, the self-help books and shame. God's grace cancels our debt, doesn't keep score and rewrites our stories. His grace replaces our fear with freedom, eradicates the lies we feed ourselves. "Satan's very favorite tactic has been to mess with our minds and plant seeds of doubt...doubt of God's goodness, faithfulness, forgiveness and favor." God's grace makes forgiveness possible in our ongoing "graceless narrative". We can accept and receive God's forgiveness and learn to forgive ourselves. God's Grace is enough to hold you together!! God's grace is all the self-help we need. Ruth combines beautiful back stories with scripture truth and old hymn lyrics to show how Grace, Grace God's Grace, Grace that will pardon and cleanse within...Grace that is greater than all our sins. Look up and listen to the lyrics of this beautiful hymn as you enjoy the artwork included in this book. Review: "Grace is counter-cultural" - When Strivings Cease:Replacing The Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace by Ruth Chou Simons In a culture of self help, self improvement, and performance based behavior, this book teaches that the only way to live a joyful life is through the grace of Christ. Ruth is very honest and open about her struggle with performance and the expectations placed on her as an Asian-American. She talks about things from her childhood that shaped her thinking and belief system. "Grace, on the other hand, is counter-cultural with its self sufficiency and its relinquishing power." This book shows how self help is a prison and a never ending cycle; "a hamster wheel of striving." God's grace brings freedom and change. Trying to make ourselves worthy or better does nothing for us. We can never measure up on our own. We need the grace of Jesus and the newness he brings. In Part 1 we learn what happens when striving isn't enough. And part 2 teaches about the change grace brings. My favorite quote in the book is "...we can't know freedom if we expect grace to make us merely better, rather than completely new. Better seeks to measure up; completely new requires a miracle." This is so amazing to me because I too try to be better rather than clinging to the Grace of God to make me completely new. I learned so much and love the message of this book. Having this grace doesn't ensure a perfect life, we will have suffering, but Jesus holds all things together and he is good! We need to be daily reminding ourselves of this free gift of grace helps us live a life of freedom. This book would be amazing for anyone, but specifically anyone who is struggling with being enough, shame, wanting to belong, fear, and forgiveness. It opens our eyes to how grace is enough to changes us. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #20,372 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #326 in Christian Women's Issues #375 in Christian Personal Growth #657 in Christian Spiritual Growth (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,340) | | Dimensions | 5.8 x 0.95 x 8.65 inches | | ISBN-10 | 1400224993 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1400224999 | | Item Weight | 14.4 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 224 pages | | Publication date | October 12, 2021 | | Publisher | Thomas Nelson | ## Images ![When Strivings Cease - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81aKhDTtk8L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Who is striving?? What are you striving for? *by B***3 on October 19, 2021* We are all striving for something, aren't we? Most likely at least ten things pop up in our minds...from the never ceasing "to do" list. Ruth's new book "When Strivings Cease" is in two parts. Within the first eight chapters, we read where we are and what we are without God's amazing Grace. We are bent and broken while striving to please. We are unworthy and striving for attention. We are just amazing enough to not need God's amazing grace, because we are striving to be good enough on our own. We find ourselves striving for approval and looking for that long sought welcome and sense of belonging. We jump in the hamster wheel of performance and the facade of perfection, striving to save ourselves. We join this group or that club hoping this is the place where we meet approval, popularity and belonging. The past catches up intermingling our present worth with those poor choices, failures and shame. We try to outrun the shame and the guilt as we strive to have it all and bury the past. Our striving in and of ourselves will never cease. The game changer- Part two: When Grace Changes Everything!! God's grace makes all things NEW, not better, His grace fuels good works and eliminates the checklists, the self-help books and shame. God's grace cancels our debt, doesn't keep score and rewrites our stories. His grace replaces our fear with freedom, eradicates the lies we feed ourselves. "Satan's very favorite tactic has been to mess with our minds and plant seeds of doubt...doubt of God's goodness, faithfulness, forgiveness and favor." God's grace makes forgiveness possible in our ongoing "graceless narrative". We can accept and receive God's forgiveness and learn to forgive ourselves. God's Grace is enough to hold you together!! God's grace is all the self-help we need. Ruth combines beautiful back stories with scripture truth and old hymn lyrics to show how Grace, Grace God's Grace, Grace that will pardon and cleanse within...Grace that is greater than all our sins. Look up and listen to the lyrics of this beautiful hymn as you enjoy the artwork included in this book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Grace is counter-cultural" *by M***. on October 12, 2021* When Strivings Cease:Replacing The Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace by Ruth Chou Simons In a culture of self help, self improvement, and performance based behavior, this book teaches that the only way to live a joyful life is through the grace of Christ. Ruth is very honest and open about her struggle with performance and the expectations placed on her as an Asian-American. She talks about things from her childhood that shaped her thinking and belief system. "Grace, on the other hand, is counter-cultural with its self sufficiency and its relinquishing power." This book shows how self help is a prison and a never ending cycle; "a hamster wheel of striving." God's grace brings freedom and change. Trying to make ourselves worthy or better does nothing for us. We can never measure up on our own. We need the grace of Jesus and the newness he brings. In Part 1 we learn what happens when striving isn't enough. And part 2 teaches about the change grace brings. My favorite quote in the book is "...we can't know freedom if we expect grace to make us merely better, rather than completely new. Better seeks to measure up; completely new requires a miracle." This is so amazing to me because I too try to be better rather than clinging to the Grace of God to make me completely new. I learned so much and love the message of this book. Having this grace doesn't ensure a perfect life, we will have suffering, but Jesus holds all things together and he is good! We need to be daily reminding ourselves of this free gift of grace helps us live a life of freedom. This book would be amazing for anyone, but specifically anyone who is struggling with being enough, shame, wanting to belong, fear, and forgiveness. It opens our eyes to how grace is enough to changes us. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Give yourself a break. Rest in grace. *by D***K on October 29, 2021* I read this book as I have read other books by Simons (Bible studies) and have enjoyed them. This book did not disappoint, and spoke to my own striving heart. I enjoyed Simons' writing style and artwork. Ruth Chou Simons, in this book, has written a more personal reflection and story of her life growing up in an Asian-American home and the huge pressures of life associated with performing. She begins by pointing the reader to the numerous ways in which our current society (and how hers growing up) pushes us to perform and measure up with those around us. From social media to church performance, the ceaseless striving can drive us to the breaking point. Simons uses personal examples in her life of how this affected her and these strivings can become become relentless in our pursuit to be accepted. She beautifully weaves in her artwork and her lettering art throughout the book, highlighting specific thoughts, scripture, or ideas that resonate deeply. For example, she brings home the truth she narrated about into this artful quote: "Herein lies the whole reason we must cease striving through good works: they do not save". Throughout her story, she shares the ultimate truths that it is only because of the work of Jesus - the Gospel - that we can cease in our own works. He has already done it all for us. We need to rest in that knowledge that even when there was nothing good in us, Jesus Christ, loved us and gave himself fully so that we can rest in him. No useless striving, no trying to perform to be accepted - we already are accepted by the One who made us and loves us. For many, this book will be a breath of fresh air, from her message to rest in the grace of Jesus and in the beauty she creates in her artwork. 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