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Endorsements
My Purple Pants is a
book written from the heart of a woman who
has had a genuine experience with a loving,
joyful but able and delivering powerful God.
What this book portrays is the astonishing
vision of human life and the mystery of it’s
intersection with the life of a triune God.
This book addresses the
strategies of the evil one and the messes we
make of our lives. As a result we carry deep
hurts, rejection, shame and guilt when
coming into a relationship with a loving God
and we need to know we can be healed and set
free.
I believe that in this
book the theology of the good news of the
gospel is accurate and is in keeping with my
understanding of demonization of a persons
life imparting destruction and extreme heart
ache.
The experience of
Samantha are frank, explicitly recorded and
expose the evil one for who he is. However
the book above all glorifies the delivering
and healing, restoring power of an ever
present loving God who Samantha serves.
I should thank her
husband and her children for allowing her to
write her story – so far.
Pastor Bill Wyatt
CEO Cleansing Streams
Australia.
"Samantha's book is
not a comfortable read, for me I guess to
some degree I felt like an Alien. I was
raised in a male household with my Mother
being the only female. A Mother who loved
and spoilt her sons. Therefore an abusive
Mother was never on my radar screen and I
felt a sense of Samantha's vulnerability
both physically and
emotionally. It was an introduction to
a girl's journey which I contrasted to that
of my three daughters. However to read the
wonderful outcomes from such a difficult
beginning in childhood and then in marriage
will bring hope and encouragement to those
on similar journeys. Alien's like me are
reminded to be thankful for having loving,
caring parents as a family heritage."
Colin Bunnett
Executive Board Member
Focus on the Family
Australia
One day some years ago I
received a letter from a woman in Australia
named Samantha.
She introduced herself
and went on to explain why she was writing
to me. Eighteen years prior to writing she
had attended a conference that my husband
Brent had spoken at. She said it had
impacted her life and still impacts her life
today.
My husband had gone to be
with the Lord and I was bought to tears
reading her wonderful words of affirmation
of him and his ministry. Thus began one of
the most precious friendships I have ever
had in this life.
She and Peter invited me
to come and visit them at their expense. I
took them up on the invite and spent two
fantastic weeks in their home with their
five precious children.
Each night as the
children had been tucked in to bed, we sat
up talking way into the night. One night
they shared their story with me. I was
utterly amazed to hear where they had come
from and to see the work of restoration and
healing that had transformed their lives.
I saw the spiritual depth
that suffering had worked into both of them.
There are two stories here; Samantha’s of
being raised in abuse, victimization and
betrayal of so many that she looked to in
the early years of her life. Peter’s for his
sensitivity to the Holy Spirit to be able to
see the healing process through in Samantha
when everything in him wanted to run away
from it all.
Suffering is part of
Gods’ plan for our lives. Those who respond
to suffering with humility and brokenness
usually come through with deep compassion
and empathy for others that are in pain.
Before we come to Christ our usual response
when someone causes us pain is anger,
hostility, bitterness, revenge, un
forgiveness and hate. As we are now
transformed beings we would still be tempted
to resort to those weapons but God has now
called us to love, acceptance and
forgiveness. This is not an easy task and we
need the power of Gods’ love in our lives
daily to show us how to do this.
Samantha and Peter are
living proof of that transforming power.
My prayer is as you read
“My Purple Pants” you will receive hope for
your own life at being healed and
transformed into God’s image.
Thank you Samantha and
Peter for sharing your story. I am forever
blessed by your lives and your example.
Friends forever,
Happy Rue
Wife of the late Brent
Rue
Co-founder of The
Vineyard Church USA
"Samantha Jackel is a brilliant public speaker, sharing her life experience in such a personal and in depth way that her audience can’t help but be moved.
Not holding back on the shocking details of her childhood that most would find difficult to recall let alone retell to a group of listeners.
Praise God that Sam has been able to overcome her trials so she can share her insight and wisdom to others.
I know the women in prison were profoundly affected by her genuineness in relaying her experience of what God has done in her life.
Sam’s message inspires, encourages and brings hope to those broken, those hurting, and anyone on life’s journey. Thanks for your vulnerability in sharing yourself with the women in prison Sam.
They absolutely loved it and were changed because of it.
It was amazing."
Chelsea Leatham
Prison Network Ministries
Samantha Jackel's book "My Purple Pants" had me reading with great interest, unable to put it down. I just had to know what happened to that sad, abused and neglected little girl. When I finished it, I was staying in a caravan park and found myself in an excited conversation, sharing about the amazing book I had just read, with several women that I knew from my tennis club. I decided to try to contact Samantha and invite her along as a guest speaker to the upcoming women's breakfast that I co-ordinate. Sam agreed to speak at the breakfast in July and we negotiated our arrangements.
Two of the women that I had talked with at the caravan park and the mother of another were at that breakfast. They reminded me of my enthusiasm having read the book and that they were keen to hear Sam's story. There were 150 women at the breakfast and they were silent after Sam spoke. I found it difficult to go up to the mike and to speak and break the silence in the room.
There were tears and many hearts touched deeply by Sam's story and her message. Sam has a gift in speaking and her story was delivered with clarity and from her heart. It was moving to hear her speak so warmly of her husband and to observe the deep respect and love that she has for him. Her story is harsh, but it is also a love story and a beautifully told story of family closeness and togetherness.
Sam expertly demonstrated the power of God to redeem, heal and deliver. She also showed us clearly the power of human love for God and obedience to Him to bring deliverance and healing. Samantha Jackel is a beautiful daughter of the Most High God, bought with the precious and powerful blood of Jesus Christ and transformed from a broken girl from a traumatic childhood to a successful author and dynamic speaker by the power of the Holy Spirit. People are raving since hearing her story and hope and inspiration and joy are present in conversations where she has been.
I fully recommend her as the person to book for your next event. Sam does not disappoint. To the contrary, Samantha Jackel delivers a powerful story in a unique and life-changing way. Her encouragement to forgive is very effective as it is supported by her own ability to forgive her mother the severe abuse from her childhood. Samantha and her story are both tremendously inspiring.
Patricia Taylor
Co-ordinator Women's Breakfast
Blackwood Hills Baptist Church
"Samantha came to
speak at our women's night through the
recommendation of a friend. It was such an
honour to have Samantha share her testimony
in such a real but sensitive way - she
shared some of the traumatic events that had
happened in her life with honesty and
integrity. She has a gentle and relaxed way
of communicating with her audience and her
audience really respond to her. There were
women of all ages at this event and each
person I spoke to felt so blessed to have
come along to hear Samantha share.
Samantha's message of healing, grace and
God's amazing love is so evident and
connects with anyone, no matter what their
life may look like. I pray that many women
continue to hear this message from Samantha
and that they come to know God's
faithfulness as Samantha has."
Sonya Bertram
Events and Music Director
Marion Church
of Christ, SA
"Samantha Jackel is evidence that God exists – for only God could bring a woman back from the brink of insanity to the place where she is now - an inspirational speaker, mother of five, wonderful wife and co-founder of “Go The Extra Mile” – a walk for charity that raises funds for the Dalit children of India.
Samantha has overcome unimaginable odds to become a woman who radiates the beauty, presence and peace of God.
I have read Samantha’s book and also had the privilege of hearing her speak whilst I was ministering at the same event. She delivered her testimony with the gentle calmness and assurance of a woman transformed, but at the same time was real and gutsy about her life, telling us of her struggles and also demonstrating that with the love of God a person can overcome anything. As Samantha told stories from her own life and also talked about her relationship with her mother it was clear that no-one is irreparable or unredeemable, and I think many were touched upon hearing her amazing story of reconciliation.
I would not hesitate to recommend Samantha as a speaker who truly does know what it is likely to be given “beauty for ashes”* and it would be a joy to minister with her any time.
*( Isaiah 61)
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Jade Ambroze
Singer/Songwriter
www.jadeambroze.com
"We had the privilege to listen to Mrs Samantha Jackel in Sollentuna, Sweden on October 16 2010. Her talk was very well organized. She told her story in a serious and very disciplined way. The way she listened to the audience was obvious.
Sams testimony is essentially about how God intervenes in a lost and very sad life full of scars from what she has gone through.
But most important is that Samantha talks about God's love and concern.
The strongest point for us was that she testifies that God's work is not a "quick fix" - we need to be patient and loving collaborators to God's will !
Lillemor Hallin & Kerstin Jonsson
* we have both been active in the Swedish part of the internationell organisation Victorious Ministry Through Christ (WMTC) since1975, (www.vmtc.org.au)
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