Description: Those in ministry can often feel like even their best and most genuine efforts are never enough. What does it look like to break cycles of striving and embrace Christ alone as the source and substance of ministry?

0:00 Intro

4:44 Key Question: As ministry leaders, why do we ‘strive’ so much?

6:00 Defining ‘striving in your own strength’

8:50 Ruth’s background & striving for approval

16:05 Striving began in the garden

21:32 Truth #1 Grace replaces our striving

25:05 Truth #2 God shows his strength in our weakness

33:27 Truth #3 We are His workmanship

45:55 Reading an encouragement from Ruth’s Writing