She’s a truly kind and warm human being and I like her a lot.
If you meet Rachel, you’ll notice right away that she’s blonde and pretty. She’s also deeply in love with Christ and loves nothing more than encouraging women. She’s a speaker, blogger, wife and busy mother of seven. In her new book, One More Step, Rachel (Wojo) Wojnarowski shares the very real truth that life often sends hard things our way, but that hope rises when we find the strength to take just . . .
one more step.
This is an excerpt Rachel shared about her own story in Chapter 1:
Life as an adult offered a wonderful beginning, full of glorious hopes and beautiful dreams. But I soon discovered that no one is exempt from problems, and my wonderful beginning didn’t last long. Things changed drastically in a few short years. I found myself in a place I never dreamed I would be — divorced and a single mom of a child with special needs. Every day for months I felt as though I walked in a fog.
In the midst of my painful circumstances, I still had to maintain a house, care for my little girl, and work a full-time job. I had to figure out details, like how to pay for childcare and which facility could best care for my daughter while I was at work. We lived on a very tight budget, but I still couldn’t pay all the bills.
It seemed that people at church weren’t quite sure how to handle my divorce, and shame cloaked my soul as I felt their disappointment. . .
I began to rethink my purpose in life and redefine my faith. I questioned what I was living for. What did God want to do with a divorced single mom of a child with special needs?
Maybe you identify with Rachel.
Life was supposed to go one way and then it went another.
And you’re praying that God will show you the next step. Rachel believes that sometimes life presents difficult situations that might cause you to question whether you can move forward. She says, “How can we move forward when all we feel is overwhelmed?”
But she also believes this:
The first step forward is often taking a step back.
When Rachel didn’t know where to go, she paused. She took time to voice the hard questions. What she discovered as she took a step back is that God had something else around the bend. She could look ahead to His plan — a plan that included trusting him when it was time to take the next step forward.
I don’t know about you, but I am encouraged when women like Rachel are honest about the struggle. I love it when we don’t paint a pretty picture, but show the hope found in the harder places.
That’s what her new book does. That’s why I’m excited that she’s agreed to give away one copy to one of you.
You’ll find encouragement. She’ll show you how to run to God’s word when discouragement strikes. She’ll reveal that despair isn’t bigger than truth. She points to temptations that make you want to quit but how to find the courage to keep going, one step at a time.
And this is the best part.
She’s walked it. She’s still living it.
Thanks, Rachel, for showing us how to take one more step.
Suzie
If you are asking God the harder questions, Rachel and I’d love to pray with you. We don’t have all the answers, but we know how to come alongside and pray with you.
Share a comment and you’ll be entered to win a copy of Rachel’s new book, One More Step.
I hope you’ll visit Rachel Wojo’s blog and meet this beautiful friend. You’re going to love her a lot.
I could really use this book as my family’s life has been one disappointment after another. All of our dreams and hopes have been crushed. I’m angry, hurt, confused, alone, and feel like there’s no hope or way out.
Sabrina, God is with us, even when we walk the valleys. I’m so sorry to hear of your pain, but He is with you. Praying that you can sense his presence today.
Father, thank you for Sabrina. I pray that today she can pause, take a step back, to get her heart and thoughts that are so tangled and real, out of the way so that she can just breathe. You are with her. You guide her. You are not unaware of how she feels or where You are leading her. I pray that in that pause she finds the next step, and then the next after that, as You walk with her.
Sabrina, praying right now for you. For God to minister right where you are. For supernatural strength. And for healing of brokenness.
Oh goodness I love seeing your post today – I simply adore Rachel and have her book already but wanted to post and encourage other readers to please check it out. You will be so moved by her strength and inspired to take One More Step.
You are so sweet, Kim!
Thank you.
What an amazing story and touching tribute. As a busy working Mom of for homeschooled boys I often find myself telling people and myself to stop and just breathe. Those moments, those pauses, help us not get caught up in the struggle. I am intrigued by the concept behind this book and the woman who is using her strategic breathe moments as game changers. Thanks for sharing.
I love the words, “not to get caught in the struggle.” What a beautiful image of pausing to take in all the other things around you.
Love this!
Loved this…what encouragement! I will be ordering this book…for myself but also for at least a half a dozen women that I know would be blessed by Rachel’s story. I can already tell—this will be a “I need to share this” kind of book!
I don’t want to be entered into the giveaway because I already won it on Rachel’s blog (well an Amazon gift card but what better way to spend it) I do have a prayer request though, my husband is in jail for a crime he didn’t commit for 25 years so my two young kids and I needs lots of prayer.
I’m so sorry, Miranda! Lord, you know and love Miranda, her husband, and their children so very much. They need to feel your presence now more than ever. Cause them to pause and sense Your nearness. Send others into their lives at this difficult time to be Your hands and feet, serving them as they learn how to move forward, not in their own strength, but in Yours. In Jesus’ powerful name, we pray!
Miranda praying for the peace of God to pass all your understanding in the midst of this very difficult circumstance
Rachel is the real deal! Love that girl! Her faith in the midst of daunting circumstances is inspiring. I have “One More Step,” and it is an encouraging and equipping read. At some point, we all struggle with difficult, often seemingly impossible, circumstances. Rachel shows us that with God it is possible to move forward, even when we are at our weakest.
love you Julie!!!
One step at a time had been my motto for years. Especially during struggles in my life. I am very thankful for Christian authors who understand how real the struggle is.
For the last two months, my family and I have barely been putting one foot in front of the other. On August 22, our 10yo son was diagnosed with a life-altering autoimmune disease that requires 24/7 care. Our whole world was turned upside down while we quickly learned everything we needed to know to keep him healthy and alive. We were finally getting to a place of being less paralyzed until this last week. My husband likely has pneumonia. The kids and I ended up stranded on the interstate this past weekend, 120 miles from home, in the middle of the night, when I contracted food poisoning. To say that life has taken some turns we haven’t expected would be a vast understatement. But in all of this, I know that God has a plan for me, my family, and my son. I know that He’s seeking my husband’s heart. I know that we’re not forgotten or forsaken, and so we keep putting one foot in front of the other. Thank you for this encouragement along our way!
Sweet Tammy, praying for you and your family! I admire your attitude and your faith and you are right – God has a plan indeed!
Tammy wow.. so much at once. Praying for you to experience God’s nearness and truth to cling to. What a powerful faith you are shining. Praying that as you feel tired and weary you will mount up on His wings like a eagle and soar. Praying Psalms 91 over you and your family that under His wings you will find refuge!
This book, will give us much encouragement that we do need to learn sometimes we need to take a step back and wait to see what God will do. It is all in His timing – not ours.
My prayer is that this book, will reach the hands that can help change their walk with our Lord!.
God Bless
We all need encouragement and this book will help many. Read it and pass it on. Life is hard. I’m so thankful for my God and Savior. Thanks for the giveaway.
Yes, amen! Love that you mentioned to pass it on… life is hard, and is better when we share in the ups and downs together! Blessings!
Rachel is such an inspiration to all and has truly impacted my life in great ways! Recently, my life has been flipped around and it seems hard to have the strength to keep going when all I want to do is give up. It seems like disappointment always tops another disappointment, causing me to stop trying. Reading her blog posts always encourage me more than I can say. Thank you!
I love her blog too, Gabby! Praying for you today, thanks for stopping by Suzie’s blog!
This is so beautiful! I’m not sure I can even count the number of times life was supposed to go one way and ended up going another. But, I’m so very grateful that God was in those hard places, and I’m even grateful for those hard places today. They’ve taught us so much about trusting in the One who has us in His hands! Thank you for sharing your story, Rachel! I look forward to reading this book. May you be blessed!
PS: BEAUTIFUL family!!!
Thanks so much, Crystal. God is good!! Redeemer!
Love when others use their own stories to encourage others!
This hits home so much! I’ll definitely have to pick up a copy of her book!
Crystal, praying for wherever it is that life has you right now. May God be near to your heart and speak life, hope, trust, and joy into your soul. Blessings!
I am in awe at the beautiful words of encouragement shared. This has improved my outlook on today immensely. Thank you so much!!
D, praying for wherever this season of life may have you, even if it’s a place you never expected to be. May God pour down upon you his love, hope, and joy as you carry on. May He give you the strength to trust and follow His guidance. Blessings!
i need to take a step back in my like and figure out where I should be headed. Need help to move forward.
Praying you lift up those questions to God today, Anne, and I will do the same for you!
Heavenly Father, I pray that you would offer clear direction to Anne right now. Lord guide her into the next step. Speak to her during this waiting place. Show her that you are in the crossroads. Give her courage and strength to move forward as you lead. In Jesus name, Amen.
Praying, Anne, for rest, for wisdom, for clear vision, and for peace. Cover her, Lord, with Your hands of protection. Guide her for the steps ahead. Make her path clear, and give her the courage to step out as You lead and direct in her life. In Jesus name!
I don’t want to be entered into the drawing. I have already purchased the book and am looking forward to reading it. I am here to request your help with prayers. My husband left me and our 3 children about 10 months ago when I was 4 months pregnant. I have tried to be patient and give him space. I’ve prayed harder than I ever have before, but I’m feeling so broken, desperate and lost. I’m afraid I’m beginning to give up. Please pray for my marriage and family to be restored. God bless!
I am sorry for what you are going through. I will be praying for your family, Sara!
Thank you! God bless
Sara..
Praying miracles right now over you. Thankful that God is with you. Jesus please come and move in this situation. Touch Sara. Give her strength. Give her courage. Give her truth to cling to , a lifeline of Hope.
Amen! Thank you!
God bless you
Oh Sara, I am so sorry for your situation. Praying that God would intervene.
Lord, come near to Sara and her family. Speak into the heart of the matter within both her and her husband’s lives. Offer encouragement and strength, surrender and hope. We commit this entire situation into your more than capable hands, and trust that your ways are far greater than what we can see. Bless her, Lord. Bless her babies. Be near. In Jesus name, Amen.
Amen! Thank you. God bless
praying for you right now, Sara!
Thank you for your prayers! God bless
Would love to read this. This season of my life has been one of stepping back as well. Sometimes one more step seems impossible, and yet I know that God has something good for me here.
Holly praying for you as these impossible steps come. Praying you see a big dose of God’s goodness in the midst of the fire.. You are not alone
I understand that Rachel has quite a story to share. I am certain her book will be extremely helpful and encouraging to so many women. Thank you for sharing about her book.
Please pray that I can find God’s goodness again. I just feel so abandoned by Him. I can’t see him in the circumstances that I am in. I honestly don’t know how to step either way. I just feel paralyzed.
Vicki I am praying right now for you. Jesus please show your kindness and love, your presence, your peace in Vicki’s life. God I am grateful that you are a God who we can come with the full range of our emotions. You understand. Lord show how your presence. Show her where you are right now in the midst of her story.
Amen!!
Heavenly Father, show up today for Vicki. Show her exactly where you are, right where she is. Come close, Father… she needs to feel the comfort of your presence now. Show her that you have not abandoned her, that you are working, even and especially in this wilderness. Enable and strengthen her to move forward and surrender. Shower her with love and blessings that are undeniable to her. We love you, Lord, and thank you for meeting us right where we are. Jesus, be near to Vicki.
Thank you for the opportunity. I’ll have to buy this book, it sounds great! 🙂
I am painfully familiar with that dance step. But out of it have also come some of my greatest growth.
Kathryn, ME TOO! I can’t even count the number of times life has gone a different direction than “it was supposed to”…. but I’m so grateful for the lessons I learned there. Praying for you in whatever dance of life you may be in currently 🙂
LOL… Cha-cha, of course. 😉 At the moment, dreadfully backslidden about self-discipline to eat carefully for my somewhat frail health. Not doing as well as I once did with deliberate prayer time and Bible reading either. Need a return to disciplined funtionality!
wonderful book, I have read it and completed all the exercises,really helped in the healing process.My prayers go out to all women who shared their stories here.
I know exactly where Sabrina is right now as I am there, too. Sabrina, you are not alone… My heart is with you and my love,compassion and my prayers. Please give yourself grace and just rest in God right now.
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My story is too long to post here but you can read the posts on my blog: https://masqueradingcrafter.blogspot.com
Praying for you, Karen. Looking forward to reading your blog 🙂
Single mom and a child with special needs. I’ve walked on those hot coals also. I know I’m really going to relate to One Step More!
Jackie, praying for you! I pray for single moms every single day, as I cannot imagine how you do it. Women like you are real-life superheroes! May God wrap you in peace and rest, and offer strength, perseverance, joy, and hope in your days. Blessings!
I’m right there in the thick of it. However I don’t have a special needs child but lots of other circumstances to go along with a divorce. It’s hard. The only reason I’ve made it this far is because of God. That’s the only thing I know for sure!
I’m sorry for what you are walking through, Karla. May God carry you in the comfort of His wings tonight. May you sense His presence, and may His peace and strength envelop you. Trust in His truth… He will not fail you! Praying for someone to come alongside you to offer help where it is needed, encouragement in the hard days, and a shoulder to lean on. Blessings!
Thank you so much for everything, every word of encourgament. I can not wait for One More Step to get to South Africa, so i can order me an copy, because i realy need to take a very big step forward in my life and at this moment i do not know how, i know God will provide and that everthing he has in store for us is for the better, but i still am at a cross road in my life and its hard to take that next step, i am afraid that i will make the wrong choice. It is an hard life and it is so easy to get of track, but thanks to support from women like Rachel, that give us hope, we all can take that one more step, no matter how hard, with support and God on our side, we will be on top in no time again, we much just ask for the courage to take that step, we are so afraid of taking.
Would love to win this. My life seems easy compared to what some are dealing with but it doesn’t hurt to take a look at where you’ve been and where you’re going. I’ve been doing that for a while.
Hi Rachel,I love all the emails I receive from you,they are very profound,meaningful and is so relevant to todays woman
Thank you for the inspiration. Sometimes when we are going through hard times we forget that others have been there before us. So thank you for the inspiration, help and the reminder to be joyful in all that God sends our way!
I love reading Rachael’s emails.
She is so possitive and inspirational. 🙂
I have a prodigal daughter and it is difficult each day to think where she is.
I understand completely – my oldest daughter is in the same boat. Keep praying – and I’ll add you to my prayer list!
I am thankful that God has allowed me to be introduced to Rachel through Prov 31. I am looking forward to encouraging words from a Godly Lady who has walked the rough waters and did not sink. May each of each who are in the (worst )storm, keep our eyes on Jesus and tap into the power of prayer that each of has been given by God.
Thank you for following God’s will for your life to help SO many. You will never know, while on earth, how many lives you’ve saved. Again thank you
I have recently become aquainted with Rachel’s blog and find her writings to be what I need most days to spur me on. I recently made a tough decision to resign a job after becoming hurt on the job and I am learning to wait on the Lord. He has opened the door for a new job that I am both excited and reserved about. I will have to drive farther daily than I would if it were in my town, but God has a reason for opening this door and I know that if He didn’t all the things that need to line up will not so taking a step back is just what I need to do so I can move forward. Thank you for sharing.
I’d love to get a copy of this book! I’m a single mom of 4 on disability a small part time job and living check to check. And I am truly blessed to have all that we do have. But it’s hard when ur kids want to compare themselves to all the other kids in the school who’s parents are loaded with money and have all kinds of things for each of their children. And with the many struggles we face day to day I pray my kids see more of Jesus and less of the world. And sometimes it’s like all they see is world and when will they see Jesus and know to just trust Him. My heart breaks for my kids bc if I had the extra money I’d totally do way so much for them but they know we don’t have a lot of money and I’m paying bills all the time. But God is still good through it all and He will make a way!! I know he will!! Good Luck to everyone who has entered to win. God bless each of u and ur families. Love and hugs from Nc 🙂
Thank you for following God’s will for your life. Yo will never know this side of heaven the lives you’ve saved and changed for him. THANK you.
Wow! Stepping back is an action hard for me…its easy for me to grab hold of “the next step”…but in this past year I am humbly learning what “stepping back” really means – letting the Lord truly lead. His plan is so much greater. I cant claim that I have overcome my natural desire to lead, but I can say I am learning daily to cling to Him.
I have this book on my wish list! One more step seems to describe our relationship with our 16 year old daughter right now! She is not making the best choices and it is scary to think were she could end up. But we gave her to God when she was born 10 weeks early and although I have been tempted to “take her back” I know that she is in the best hands she can be in. I am trusting His plan for her life and even though it is hard and scary, I know He is sovereign and loves her even more than I do.
I have found that it is through our most difficult times that God speaks the loudest to us and helps us to create a sanctuary in the midst of our troubles. I look back on my darkest days with joy as I see (from this side of pain) how God was blessing and keeping me all along. I sometimes find myself missing those dark days just because of how completely I depended on God and how close I felt to Him all the time. Strange, isn’t it? Blessings to all!
Hello,
This book comes at a perfect time for me. I have a chronic illness and I”m only 42. In 2013, the doctor took me out of work because of it. It’s hard to understand sometimes why and it’s hard for others to see my real pain. There are times I drift away but I always seem to come back to God. I have been praying to God to tell me what’s next, but I feel like at times I just don’t listen like I should. Winter months are hard on me – I live in NC and we are having some cool days. Today it’s cool and raining – 2 of the worst things for me. I really needed this today. Thank you for sharing.!
Thank you so much for sharing God in such a way that speaks to what I’m going through right now. I have been listening to Andy Stanley’s In The Meantime and it’s no accident I found this. Just because God is silent, doesn’t mean he’s not there. Just because I don’t know what to do, doesn’t mean the GOD just wants me to trust him and be strong. Just because there are trials and they are hard and sad and hurt, doesn’t mean that GOD is not using them for good… they will be we just don’t know yet. Thank you so much for sharing your heart and words. I need prayer for my situation. God knows.
Reading all of the comments I realize that my situation although is tough I have to be grateful. I pray for all these single Mother’s to give them the strength to continue moving forward. I am a single Mother of three children and it’s not easy to just get by. There is a constant force that pushes me everyday to get up and give it my all. I pray everyday for God to guide me and protect my children. I am grateful for all that he has given me and continues to give me everyday. Without his love I would be lost. All I can say is that everyday there is atleast one thing we can be grateful for, focus on that and keep your head up. Continue to take one step at a time, never give up and know that God has your back.
to believe that god loves me and feel his presence in my life healing from depression and negative self-image and a eating disorder
Would like to have a copy of this book. Always trying to move closer to God’s will for my life.
I have learned my best worship comes through my hardest pain and places!
One more step to meeting whole with God. Being strong with the Lord. Winning this book would be amazing
I found Rachels website a few months ago I was at my lowest point i had ever been to the point of despair and no hope in continuing my life and knew that it was time to bring God into my life after so many years of trying to do it on my own. Her story of her struggles and the uplifting feeling I got was overwhelming. Me and my husband now are going to a wonderful church and I have renewed sense of hope faith and peace. I also started Bible journaling because of Rachel I absolutely love and admire this women. To me is a angel. I hope she will notice this so she is aware she saved me that night. I would love to get all her books eventually and I will in time. I tell my family friends and anyone who will listen to me about this wonderful women. Thank You
I would love a copy of this book and am planning to do Rachel’s Bible reading challenge. I have been separated from my husband since March and even though we are now in marriage counseling I am struggling w/my lack of desire to be with him anymore. There are a lot of painful, extenuating circumstances on both sides that make this even more difficult. I would appreciate prayer that I would stop living in this pit & trust in God who I know is going to take care of me regardless of how all this ends.
As a Christian in a non-believing country I find it sometimes difficult to keep up my faith. When I find these blogs as yours and as Rachels I find my breathing place and a place of peace and a possibility to feel sisterhood.
Thank you for an oppunity to recurve this book. What a great tool to look towards Jesus and take one more step. <3
*opportunity (gotta love spell check)
I have been really encouraged by Rachel’s website and her blog. She has reminded me to live one day at a time. I would love to win her book. Thanks for the opportunity!
This looks like such a good book and one that I need to read!
I love the monthly Bible challenges-I find them very helpful.
Thank you for the opportunity. Rachel is very encouraging!
What an awesome testimony to God Almighty’s glory
I love her blog and would love to read her book!!
I was so excited when I found Rachel’s website and blog. It has been very inspiring and uplifting when I needed it the most. This is my daily seeking “one more step”! Thank you
Rachel Wojo is so inspiring as are you on your website.
It’s obvious why you two are friends and share each others work.
I love the bible challenges on Wojo’s site.
I really have gotten to know the bible so much more with these.
I have been looking forward to this book since I first found out about it. I’ve jumped into a new journey in my life that has been needed for a long time. I have found an abundance of things that I never knew I needed. It’s helped me, my daughters, and my husband take a new outlook on our lives and the people who were in it. We’ve come to discover there were “friends” that were not the type of friends we needed in our lives. I have surrendered to the Lord again. I was baptized in Jr. High but had a very rough few years to follow that so I had given up on faith and hope. Now three kids later, and an amazing husband, I am working to find myself and share my story with others so that maybe I can help them before it’s too late for them like I felt that it was for me.
Just reading that first excerpt tells me that it’s no accident I actually saw this email! God leads us to people and sources that will help us on our path, then we can be a help to others. I would be most blessed to receive this book, and am thankful for the chance. Good bless y’all!
I am now living in a man camp with my husband on a Indian reservation in north dakota. I was so blessed to find Rachaelwojo.com I printed out the free bible studys. I have not found a church yet that is close yet. (Not much of anything out here). I am feeling alone most of the time I did find a female friend but she left Last week. I would love to win her book. Thanks for the opportunity to do so. God bless you.
I looked forward to receiving Rachel’s daily emails. They always are so uplifting. Would love to the opportunity to read her book and to be able to take one more step towards Jesus! Thank you for the opportunity.
Awesome! I would love to read this book!
I love the website and have enjoyed reading it. Very encouraging! !!
Thanks for writing a book that I really need in my life right now. Over the past year I have had to learn how to take One More Step and the journey has been very hard. I have prayed and started a journal to God! I can’t wait to get the book so I can start to see how others find their strength through God to go on. I need God’s help in this struggle because I know he has better things in store for me once I get through this with his help. God has made that promise in his word!!!
I would love to read the book. I am going through some rough places & I do believe God and I will figure it out actually God already knows how everything will turn out I just don’t know it yet. Am trying to dig down and trust in him alone and no on m own. Learning to have more faith & finding it hard in the rough places in my life. It brings me hope to read other people like me that have stories to tell. I am inspired by you.
I read the first chapter of Rachel’s book and I know she empathizes with my pain. I recently lost my Section 8 financing for my home and was evicted from the townhome I have lived on for over twenty-nine years. I believe I will be transitioning to the domiciliary at the VA Hospital were I will share a room, and be surrounded by a larger male population. I am somewhat anxious about this but I am allowed to keep my service dog Hercules, a Pekingese, I need to rededicate myself to the Lord and I will use my time foe this. I believe Rachel’s book, along with my Bible will be a good guidebook.
I was blessed with previewing this book. It was Him using this book and Rachrls wife for the strength I needed to get past my circumstances and remember His faithfulness. I have bought a copy to give a friend who needs these words. I have at least 3 others who will benefit so I am entering this giveaway so I can get copies for these women who need to hear Him speak through the pages of this wonderful book.
This looks like a book I need to read….and one to share with several people that I know.
Yes! Rachel Wojo is just AMAZING! She is ever so inspiring! I love her ideas! I have chapter one of this book and i need this book! Cant wait til i can get my hands on it! Rachel has inspired me to do a prayer notebook and the first thing you see when you open it, is the printout from the journal from this book One More Step. Its has so far been an experience that has improved my prayer life..and i only have the first chapter..it would be nice to win this book..thank you for this wonderful opportunity!
Rachel Wojo is one of my favorite bloggers! Now through her, I have found Suzanne. I love to be encouraged and can’t wait to read her book! I hope to someday be able to encourage wome. That have been through similar struggles as me!
I too want to move forward. Being a servant of God & trying to encourage others.
Looking forward to this book.
Hi –
The past two years have been the roughest ones of my life and there are moments that it hasn’t felt possible to take just one more step – I am looking forward to the encouragement that I am sure is in Rachel’s book:)
I need to read this book and take One More Step…
My husband is working for someone else after years of having his own business. He is fighting to feel worthy, and finances are a little tight as we adjust. We are definately learning to take it day by day.
I look forward to reading this book. As our daughter fights PTSD and depression, I’m currently helping to raise and homeschooling our grandson, who is struggling with Asperger’s. Some days the steps in my life seem dark, but I always find myself encourage by God through others knowing if they can, so can I.
I not only want to read Rachel’s book, but need it, desperately! I have been fighting depression after my husband of 25 years abandoned me and our three sons. I won’t go into all of the trials I’ve been going through, because we are all fighting the enemy of this world, if we are living for Jesus. I love reading Rachel’s blog, and get encouragement from her postings every day.
God bless!
Some days I wonder how can I take one more step. Sometimes I want to just crawl back in bed and veg out in front of the TV. I would love to read this book and find more encouragement through God’s word
I live everyday with chronic pain due to a brain disorder. My life has changed drastically in the last 11 years. Each day is a reminder to take another step and know that God is with me!I am excited to read this book!
Thank you for the opportunity to win this book. God bless!
I’ve found over and over that that one more step leads us to God’s perfect plan – thru miscarriages, death of parents, infertility of one of our children, and a baby born with a horrible disease to our other child we’ve walked thru many trials and heartaches, but have watched God perform miracle after miracle as we took one more step in faith and prayer.
This book sounds awesome!!! Thank you for being an encourager and for motivating me to keep moving. Y’all are both an inspiration to me!
Love Rachel’s strong faith that keeps her going one step at a time, especially when facing life’s biggest challenges. After my husband died (he was only 47), the only way I survived the 1st year without him was one step at a time. Thank you so much for the chance to win a copy of Rachel’s book. One I plan to read regardless.
Thank God I found a place that is about God! I have had a lot of things going on in my life right now, that with out him, I would be so lost! I am a song leader at church and a youth leader! I have 4 children 3 teenage girls and 1 11yr old boy. It is so hard raising them on my own! I pray God would give me strength to do what needs to be done and the answers that I need! I say your sight while just looking through Different websight and I believe that God lead me to you! I had asked him lead me to someone that knew him that knew what it is to go through things that was hard and how to get through it! My Heart is still Heavy But, praying to God and reading his word helps me! Just wanted to say I wanted to THANK YOU for the chance to win your book. Just know that if I was to win I would makesure that the DV group I’m in will get to read it also! We all need encouragement I just wish it was easier!
I don’t want to go into all that i have faced over the past several years. Even though it’s been hard, God has never failed me. He is always by my side, and He is always good. I am facing a most difficult issue at this time that i don’t want to share publicly. But i would certainly appreciate your prayers.
One thing for sure is that He does not fail us, we fail Him however. When I’ve made plans that were not in His will, He quickly showed me a way around if I was willing to accept His plans for me, how Amazing!
I just got my book today and I can’t wait to read it and see the things like the ones I LOVE reading from the daily emails. God Bless You!!!!
Barb
Please keep me and my husband in prayer. He has filed for divorce. I know God “can” restore our marriage; its just hard for me to trust that He “will.” I pray that my husband returns to the Lord and our marriage.
I pre-ordered 5 copies of this book. I wanted one for myself and I had my daughters, plus a couple of friends in mind. After receiving the books last week, one my friend came to mind that I wish I had purchased a copy for. I enjoy Rachel’s website and am looking forward to reading her book.
I just shared a real struggle with the small group of women I meet with weekly.
I was apprehensive at first even if I knew God was leading me to share.
But I stepped into His leading and boldly shared my struggle that I had with some of the people in my group with the people in my group.
By the grace of God I was heard and validated for my bravery and ministered to.
I love these women.
I love the Lord and His Beautiful Wonderous ways!
Thank you for the opportunity to share here!
God Bless You and your Family!