Driven by Compassion to Set the Captives Free: A Soul Winner’S Journey from Devastating Pain to Supernatural Power

By Jeanette Simpson

We have all experienced pain in our lives. If we respond properly to our pain, we will discover its ability to drive us to a destination known as change.

In this book, Driven by Compassion to Set the Captives Free, discover how the pain of child abuse altered the landscape of Jeanettes life, causing her to go on a mission in search of love, acceptance, and emotional healing. After experiencing supernatural deliverance from years of trauma, she sets out on a mission to pay it forward by delivering others.

Also learn how God desires to use the everyday, ordinary Christian to do the extraordinary when prompted by the compassion of Jesus.

I invite you to take a journey through the pages of Jeanettes life and discover how God has taken her painful beginning and given her supernatural power to assist in transforming the lives of others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: May 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781490876788

Jeanette Simpson

Jeanette Simpson received Jesus into her life as Lord and savior at the age of eleven and was filled with the Holy Spirit at age sixteen.   After experiencing supernatural healing from trauma caused by years of sexual abuse, Jeanette became driven by compassion to help set others free.   Contact information for Jeanette Simpson:  www.drivenbycompassion.com.

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Endorsements

Jeanette Simpson is a profound, gifted, anointed and inspirational woman of God. In Driven by Compassion-To Set The Captives Free, you will meet the girl, the warrior and the woman of God. This great piece of work will encourage and inspire multitudes with her testimonies and cause many to triumph over tragedy. Simpson has learned principles to help others to be liberated. The pain she experienced has promoted her to walk in integrity, love and compassion for others. For those who have not read this anointed message, you are missing an appointed time of revelation, impartation, and transformation. This book is a treasure trove that can be used for many years to come. I am Prophet Shawn Morris of Shawn Morris International Ministries, and I approve of this message.

Prophet Shawn Morris

Shawn Morris International Ministries

Author of T.A.P. (The Anointed Principles)

I sit with tears in my eyes, sensing the anointing and power of our God, as I read these pages. Jeanette, it is with great joy and honor that I write on this page. You are one with true compassion and real love for the sheep. Through the pages of this book I pray many will come to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. You once told me, The greatest investment a person can make is in the lives of other people. Today you have made that investment.

With Much Love,

Apostle Dianne Simpson

Pastor of Temple Of Restoration Church

Houston, Texas

This is a powerful and inspirational book.

Never have I read such a powerful testimony of overcoming adversity and walking in the call of God for your life.

The transparency of Jeanette’s life will help many readers understand that they too can overcome.

Driven by Compassion is a must-read for every believer.

Jeanette is truly a soul-winner and her story is sure to win souls worldwide.

Pastor Archie Collins

World Changers Church-Houston

If you are experiencing pain of any kind from past abuse and need to be empowered, Driven by Compassion is a phenomenal read. You will know that you can and will overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of your testimony. The purpose of Jeanette’s journey was to perfect the plans that God had for her life. I believe Driven by Compassion is a book that will change lives and set the captives free.

Stephanie Hill

Pastor/Prophetess

Diamonds in the Rough Ministries

Sit back, hold on tight, and fasten your spiritual seatbelts. Author, Jeanette Simpson takes you on an unforgettable journey as she shares with us real and relevant testimonies that are sure to set the captives free. Her writing challenges us to understand the ministry of the Holy Spirit. At the end of this book you will leave knowing how to walk in your God-given Purpose!

Driven By Compassion to Set the Captives Free

is a must-read!

Evangelist Rebecca A. Forun

Missions on the Move Ministries

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A Soul Winner’s Journey from

Devastating Pain to Supernatural Power

JEANETTE SIMPSON

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Copyright © 2015 Jeanette Simpson.

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ISBN: 978-1-4908-7679-5 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015905997

WestBow Press rev. date: 05/21/2015

Contents

Endorsements

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. My Painful Beginning

Chapter 2. From Pain To Power

Chapter 3. Driven By Compassion

Chapter 4. The State of Man

Chapter 5. God Wants to Use You to Win Souls

Chapter 6. Preparing to Win Souls

Chapter 7. Believers Have Power and Authority

Chapter 8. Understanding Spiritual Assignments

Chapter 9. Be a Practicing Christian

Chapter 10. Setting the Captives Free

My Prayer

About the Author

Dedication

In loving memory of my grandfather, the late Reverend Stanford Sanders Sr., who always believed in me and told me that I was going to be somebody when I grew up.

Acknowledgements

First of all, I give all the honor and glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for saving me and setting me free. It’s because of him that I am who I am today.

I would like to acknowledge all those who have inspired and influenced me along my journey.

I thank my husband, Gregory Sam Simpson Sr., for his encouraging words and also for allowing me to resign from my job to complete this book assignment.

I thank my six beautiful children for supporting me while I taught home Bible study and also for allowing me to include their testimonies in my book. Thanks to La Shandra Diane Simpson Stubblefield and her husband Darrion Stubblefield, Gregory Allen Simpson Jr., Charity Simpson Kuykendall, son-n-law Keith Kuykendall, Christopher Simpson, Brandon Simpson, and Cory Simpson.

Thanks to my sister Debra Nickerson, for being there for me in my time of need and for always supporting me in everything I do.

I want to also thank my talented daughter, Charity Kuykendall of Charity K Photography for her spirit of excellence in capturing my photo for the back cover of this book.

To my pastors, Dr. Creflo and Taffi Dollar, pastors of World Changers Church-International, thanks for teaching me the life-changing message of grace. To Pastors Archie and Melissa Collins, facilitators and pastors of World Changers Church-Houston. Pastor Archie thanks for hearing and obeying the voice of God to appoint me as the outreach department leader for World Changers Church-Houston for two years. That experience has helped develop me into the leader I am today and has given me a platform to fulfill my passion of going into the highways and hedges and compelling men to come from darkness into the kingdom of God’s glorious light.

Thanks to Andrew Womack of Andrew Womack Ministries Colorado Springs, Colorado for teaching me the life-changing message of grace through tapes and CDs for more than thirty years. It is because of your teaching that I set out to do the works of Jesus.

I give thanks to my former pastors, Bishop I.V. Hilliard and Pastor Bridgett Hilliard of New Light Christian Center Church-Houston. After being a member of New Light Church for more than twenty years, I have learned how to speak the Word of God to my situations and have experienced many healings in my life and also in the lives of others. Bishop Hilliard, you taught me how to fight the good fight of faith, and for that, I thank you. Pastor Bridgett you taught me how to always win in every area of my life. Thanks for your beauty, grace and also for your spirit of excellence that you bring to the body of Christ.

To my sister-in-law, Pastor Dianne Simpson and my brother-in-law, Pastor Kenneth Simpson, pastors of Temple of Restoration Church in Houston, Texas. Thanks, Pastor Kenneth for encouraging me to be a soul-winner for the Lord and for all the tapes and books you’ve seeded into my life that gave birth to my soul-winning journey. I also want to thank you for giving me a platform to start my first soul winning outreach ministry, Searching For Souls, more than thirty years ago. Pastor Dianne, you were there as we witnessed our very first miracle together. Thanks for also giving me a platform to preach and teach the Word of God. Most importantly, I thank you for seeing the anointing on my life and ordaining me as an evangelist of the gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Thanks to Sr. Pastors Keith Simpson Sr., and First Lady Esther Simpson of True Holiness Pentecostal Church for supporting me in ministry and for all you’ve done for me throughout the years.

I want to also thank my beautiful cousin, Pastor and Prophetess Stephanie Hill of Diamonds in the Rough Ministries-Houston, Texas. Pastor Hill, thanks for encouraging me and giving me a platform to sing, preach, and teach the Word of God and also for allowing me to assist you in helping others to be healed, delivered, and set free in the mighty name of Jesus. Thanks to Pastor Lawrence Driver and First Lady Stacia Driver for your prayers and support for me and my family.

Foreword

Driven by Compassion to Set the Captives Free is real, raw, and relevant! It will have you on the edge of your seat, hands over your mouth, and in tears … all at the same time. It is a must-read for anyone who has suffered a devastating past and doesn’t know exactly what to do, as well as for those who live with or minister to people who are battling an emotional setback due to such experiences.

Author Jeanette Simpson is a woman of great compassion. I have known her for over twenty-five years, and she has been constant in lifting up the