S5 04: Waiting, Wanting, & Restless for More with Ruth Chou Simons
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Are you waiting for different circumstances to flourish in your faith? You don’t have to wait, because God is at work right where you are. Ruth Chou Simons, author of Now and Not Yet, reminds us that we can deepen our relationship with God even when we’re not yet where we want to be. Tune in for an encouraging discussion on seasons of waiting, freedom from striving, and resting in God’s grace.
Show Notes:
Now and Not Yet: Pressing in When You’re Waiting, Wanting, and Restless for More by Ruth Chou Simons
When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace by Ruth Chou Simons
Future Grace: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God by John Piper
You Are What You Love: the Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith
You Are a Theologian by Jen Wilkin and J.T. English
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| 0:00.0 | On the Strong Women podcast, we love to talk about habits because our habits, our daily habits |
| 0:08.1 | and rhythms are what point us and aim us in a particular direction, either towards Christ, |
| 0:15.0 | towards truth, towards the flourishing life, or away from it. No habit is neutral. |
| 0:22.6 | And because the world practices a rival habit, |
| 0:26.2 | a rival rhythm that directs us away from Christ, |
| 0:30.6 | and it's kind of those assumed habits |
| 0:33.4 | that we just naturally fall into, |
| 0:36.4 | we need to take time to kind of check where our habits are pointing us. |
| 0:41.3 | So, I have good news. |
| 0:43.3 | To help you develop Christ-centered habits, |
| 0:46.3 | grab a copy of our latest Strong Women resource, |
| 0:49.3 | habits that aim our affections. |
| 0:52.3 | My prayer is that it will help you take inventory of your current life rhythms |
| 0:58.0 | and cultivate habits that shape your affection for God and the people that he's placed in your life. |
| 1:04.9 | You can grab your free copy at colsoncenter.org slash habits. |
| 1:23.3 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 1:32.7 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. |
| 1:43.7 | I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. I'm so |
| 1:45.9 | glad you're here. Welcome back to the Strong Women podcast. My guest today is Ruth Joe Simons. |
| 1:58.7 | I'm excited to get to know Ruth along with you all. She loves to use |
| 2:03.7 | her giftings of art and words to share what God is teaching her and to invite those around |
| 2:10.7 | her to join her in pursuing wisdom and God's word. And so I'm really excited to talk to Ruth about how God has led her along the way |
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