For Love's Sake: One Young Woman's Trek With the World's Poor and Your Open Door to a Life of Experiential Love
Only people who have been desert trained, can be true prophets. Only people who have been broken can bring outrageous healing and wholeness. Those who know hiddenness with God, get to revel in Manifest Presence. When you can truly dwell amongst the poorest you can be trusted with Heaven’s riches. Those who suffer at the hands of a sin-sick world can take captivity captive. To become the friends of God we must learn obedience as humble servants.Can you see the pattern of God’s dealings? This is not a “made for TV” spiritual life where everything turns out right between the last set of commercials and the credits. Our passion for God and our compassion for people are tested continuously, so that our identity develops to the same height as the Father’s intentionality. What would it take for you to believe that God is Unceasingly Magnificent to you always, even in the midst of personal pain and tragedy?Jess knows the kiss of God. She has been to hell and prospered. She knows the heights and the depths of God’s love. If you are fortunate enough to be called to an outrageous life of fellowship with God then this is your manual, your journal and the outline to your story. Only the brave will read it!Graham CookeAuthor and Speakerwww.grahamcooke.comThere is much being written on the Love of God these days, and rightly so, it is the desperately needed message of the hour. Jessica’s book is the gripping story of what happens to a human heart once it has been seized by the radical love of God. It will inspire you to lay hold of the Great Commandment and then the Great Commission, so that you too will become a laid down lover for the Kingdom of God.John ArnottFounding Pastor, TACF and Catch the Fire Ministrieswww.tacf.org, www.johnandcarol.org“What an incredible book! “For Love’s Sake” will teach you how to love, with actions way beyond words. There is a depth of love that can only be found by walking through wickedness and hatred, a love that produces freedom only through ultimate surrender. You will be challenged—and changed—by Jessica’s story of learning to love.”Wesley and Stacey CampbellRevivalNOW Ministries; Be A Hero; board members, Iris Ministrieswww.beahero.orgTo truly know Love is then to be love. Jessica is one that has embraced a lifestyle of the heart of Jesus. She is taking the message of loving the widowed, the orphaned and the poor, out of the four walls of the church. She is a voice calling out, “Come, join the laid down lovers of Jesus Christ”.“For Love’s Sake” is not a book for the satisfied, this is a radical look into the sometimes brutal reality of life without hope. Jessica shares her stories across the globe, as she is “compelled by the gaze of Love”. She writes the “chronicles of the nobodies” in the hopes that the reader too, will be captivated by God’s heart and say yes to making a difference. There are great joys, unimaginable heartaches and yet, triumph prevails. I invite you to join the author on this journey of a lifetime.Randy Clark (President)Apostolic Network of Global AwakeningMechanicsburg, PAwww.globalawakening.comListen to a totally surrendered life that captures the attention of Heaven, opening your ears to hear the call of God for the poor of the earth. Step into the journey of abandonment through the prophetic story of Mary -- the mother of Jesus -- together with Jess’ raw missionary experiences. This book will grip your heart for the poor and impart God’s heart cry to you!Chè AhnSenior Pastor, Harvest Rock ChurchPresident and Founder, Harvest International Ministrywww.harvestrockchurch.orgJessica’s book, “For Love’s Sake,” carries the heartbeat of one of those who hungered for faith and found it... one who longed for fulfilled destiny and discovered it... one who longed to fulfill the dream that God had placed in her and is living it! I was moved by the relationship that Jessica placed upon cost and love, suffering and joy! It is evident that the maturity God has grown in Jessica, releases something that we all need to hear and makes this book worthy of the read. I truly am looking forward to hearing of the impact that this book on many lives looking to fulfill the dreams they have too!Danny Steyne, Mountain Of Worshipwww.mountainofworship.orgThe journey that Jessica Orr-Davis bids us—dares us—to join is a journey with Jesus and “the least of these,” who in the Upside-Down Kingdom turn out to be the teachers of those who have ears to hear. Jessica has provided supportive encouragement to us by recounting her own story of God’s miraculous hand in her journeys around the world.For Love’s Sakeis also worth the read just for the imaginative and powerful way Jessica has interwoven the story of Mary, mother of Jesus, throughout her own narrative. Allowing God to overshadow us, as Mary did, is the vital key toreceivingand living the kingdom journey.Dr. John HurtgenDean, School of Theology, Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, Kentucky. USAwww.campbellsville.eduVirgil, one of Rome’s greatest poets said, “Love conquers all”. The Beatles said, “All You Need Is Love”. The ancient Greeks made a practice of analyzing love until it was almost beyond recognition. Shamans, Poets, Philosophers, Preachers, Rabbis and Sages have endeavored to define this mystery for the rest of us. However, when the music is over and the dancing has stopped, when words are powerless and voices of reason are silent, God watches for opportunities to awaken that indescribable force in us… God who is Love, has given Jessica a special grace to remind us all that demonstrations are more powerful than definitions, and that in the end, Love never fails.Ray HughesSelah Ministrieswww.selahministries.com