The Gospel of Self-Improvement and the Gospel of Grace (Ft. Ruth Chou Simmons)

SHE with Jordan Lee Dooley

Jordan Lee Dooley

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Women right now have more opportunities and more access to information, encouragement, and self-help tools than ever before… and yet, we’re still exhausted and feel like we don’t measure up. Maybe the reason we’re so exhausted is that we’re striving, fueled by the wrong thing, trying to gain something that we don’t trust God for. In this episode, Jordan talks with author, speaker, and artist Ruth Chou Simons about how to replace the gospel of self-improvement with the gospel of grace, If you’re ready to let go of trying so dang hard and trying to measure up, then this episode will help you find the grace and freedom you need. So make sure you grab a pen and paper (you’re gonna take notes!), and tune in to learn: The difference between striving and being a good steward What the gospel of self-improvement teaches us vs. what the Bible actually says How to recognize when setting goals become the measure of your self-worth The importance of letting go of striving and trusting God with your dreams The role personal growth plays in our faith To learn more from Ruth, visit her at ruthchousimons.com.

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0:00.0	Ultimately, our self prescribed ways in which you're measuring whether your life is fulfilling
0:07.1	or not, it will derail you because your life was never yours.
0:12.3	It was never for you to mold a minute, no matter what some guru has told you, you're
0:19.5	actually not the hero or the actual savior and you're not the actual captain of your own
0:26.3	life.
0:27.3	You're listening to She, with Jordan Lee Dooley, a personal development podcast for the
0:35.5	everyday woman.
0:37.0	Come invited, leave ignited.
0:40.0	Here's your host, Jordan Lee Dooley.
0:42.6	Hey, Ruth, welcome back to the show.
0:56.6	I'm so pumped to have you for a second time on She, welcome back.
0:59.8	Oh, thank you so much, Jordan.
1:01.5	It's so fun to be here.
1:02.5	Oh, you're so welcome.
1:03.5	Well, I was just telling you off air that your new book, When Striving Seas, you had sent
1:08.0	me the manuscript.
1:09.0	I got to write a little endorsement for it, but I got to read even just when I read the
1:13.2	first four pages, I'm like sitting there and tears like, I needed to hear this because
1:17.1	I am a go getter and an achiever.
1:19.7	I think even for those of us who may not describe ourselves that way, I think just because
1:23.6	of the world we live in, we tend to really just start to feel like I got to do this.
1:27.6	I got to hold this together.
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