Rachel Wojo - One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up

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Rachel Wojo andOne More Step

In One More Step, Rachel Wojo gives permission to women all over the world to grieve, ache, and experience sadness while holding tight to their faith. Its refreshing to find a sister of the soul who doesnt offer platitudes but instead offers real life experience tangled in hope.

S UZANNE E LLER , international speaker, blogger, and author of numerous books including The Mended Heart

Weve all had situations in our lives where we just couldnt see how wed make it through another day. With this book, youll be encouraged and lifted up by Rachel, a friend who understands how to seek Gods strength and healing in the midst of the pain!

L YSA T ER K EURST , New York Times best-selling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries

This book is both personal and practical. Like our heavenly Father, Rachel is fluent in the language of pain. Anyone who has struggled or is struggling will find healing and hope on each page.

J ON W EECE , senior pastor and lead follower at Southland Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, and author of Jesus Prom

When you sit across from Rachel in real life and look in her eyes, you see a woman who wants nothing more than to please and know Jesus and give him away. Her passion for God is as contagious as it is sincere and no doubt built from much time in the trenches of suffering with him.

J ENNIE A LLEN , founder and CEO of IF:Gathering, and author of Restless and Anything

If your life circumstances have ever left you full of fear, dread, or worry, then this book is for you. Rachel is the friend who has been through lifes cruel wringer and knows exactly how you feel. She gently shows you how to let God pull you out of the muck of life and point you back in the rightand righteousdirection. Encouraging and practical. This will be my new go-to book for hurting friends.

K AREN E HMAN , New York Times best-selling author and Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker

Just when you think you cant go on, a friend whos been there offers you her hand. Rachel Wojo is a rare, beautiful writer who gets to the heart of the matter. In One More Step, Rachel writes honestly about pain but points to the beauty God wants to bring out of the broken places in our lives.

J OANNA W EAVER , author of Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World

Rachel Wojos personal journey, insights from her walk with Jesus, and hope-filled words make One More Step an encouraging guide for every heart when lifes path gets rough.

H OLLEY G ERTH , best-selling author of Youre Going to Be Okay and What Your Heart Needs for the Hard Days

Where do you turn when life simply feels too difficult to even keep going? Told with both wisdom and honesty, Rachels story is equal parts heart-wrenching and encouraging. In the end, she offers a strong dose of hope for the hopeless and the strength to take just one more step.

R UTH S OUKUP , New York Times best-selling author of Living Well, Spending Less

With down-to-earth honesty and soul-stirring inspiration, Rachel Wojo points our hearts toward lasting hope. She not only shares biblical truths we need to hear but shows us how to intentionally hold onto Gods promises so we can walk confidently in his plans, no matter how hard life gets!

R ENEE SWOPE , best-selling author of A Confident Heart and radio co-host of Proverbs 31 Ministries Everyday Life with Lysa & Renee

Rachel combines powerful biblical truth with very real everyday life. If youre looking for help to simply take the next step, you will find it here.

S HEILA W ALSH , author of Five Minutes with Jesus

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wojo, Rachel.

One more step : finding strength when you feel like giving up / Rachel Wojo.First Edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-60142-738-0ISBN 978-1-60142-739-7 (electronic) 1. Christian womenReligious life. 2. SufferingReligious aspectsChristianity. 3. EncouragementReligious aspectsChristianity. I. Title.

BV4527.W5675 2015

248.843dc23

2015023682

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Mom,

You took me to the library every week,

bought books for me as gifts upon my request,

and fostered a love for reading and writing.

That was only the beginning.

Cant wait to see you again.

Contents

Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:9