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<h1>Laying Down the Burden of Striving - Steve Porter, Rochester, NY -&nbsp;Nov 16, 2025</h1>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">"So we conclude that there is still a full and complete Sabbath-rest waiting for Believers to experience. As we enter into God's faith-rest life, we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates His finished works and rests in them." (Hebrews 4:9–10 TPT)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let me share with you, dear one, a secret found in His presence. It is not obvious to all. Some never find it. Yet to those who press deeper, those who hunger tenderly after His heart, this truth unfolds like a hidden treasure in the quiet chambers of the soul. It is the truth of striving.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When you begin to walk the narrow road, to truly seek Him, you will meet this unseen adversary... striving. Striving is that inward push to make things happen, to fix it yourself, to manipulate outcomes, to achieve in the flesh what only Heaven can birth. You strive to be closer to Him. You strive to see the dream fulfilled. You strive and strive and strive. You strive to meet every goal by your own timeline, and all the while your weary soul just aches, because striving drains the life out of you.</p>
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