Through Fire: Healing for Hurting People from Through the Fire Global Ministry

By Marie Of Through Fire

Through Fire is a testimonial manual to help the traumatized understand biblical steps to go through the fire and not get burned (Isa. 43:2).

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jul 23, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973631262

Marie Of Through Fire

Marie was abused as a little girl. The trauma caused her to live with severe headaches while enduring the pain of having to live in the same house with her abuser. Despite the trauma and its toll, she worked hard to get a Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree. She is currently working on her doctorate

Book preview

Copyright © 2018 Marie of Through Fire.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

WestBow Press

A Division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan

1663 Liberty Drive

Bloomington, IN 47403

www.westbowpress.com

1 [phone]

Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

ISBN: 978-1-9736-3127-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9736-3126-2 (e)

WestBow Press rev. date: 06/28/2018

CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

God’s Characteristics

References

Ringofprotection.JPG

CHAPTER 1

Through the Fire builds on an individual’s ‘Me’ Trinity.

39155.png

Abuse—The word itself sounds very harsh and cold. When that word comes upon you in action, it is very harsh, cold as well as devastating. Abuse is real as well as harsh. Three out of four women have felt its harshness.

Abuse is defined: to treat in a harmful and injurious way As a noun abuse is defined: bad or improper treatment, maltreatment

In this evil world, there are many examples of abuse, Through the Fire is a ministry that counsels women biblically who have experienced sexual, physical, psychological as well as emotional abuse.

You understand the definition of abuse fully when you see the effects on the victim. When you see the deep pain from someone else’s actions, only then do you fully understand abuse.

The Bible writes of many cases of abuse but the two that sticks with me are that of Tamar (2 Samual 13) and Jesus (Luke 23:26-43) on the cross. Tamar’s half-brother raped her (2 Samual 13). She was so devastated she asked him to make her his wife because the pain was too unbearable. She would have rather married her abuser than face what she thought would be humiliation.

And she said unto him, there is no cause: this evil in sending me away which is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her."

Then he called his servant who ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

And she had a garment of divers’ colors upon her: for such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgin’s apparel. The servants led brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers’ colors that was on her and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying (2 Samuel 13:16-19). Now you can see the effect of abuse as illustrated in the Bible. The action devastated her so much that she stopped thinking rationally at that very moment requesting that her abuser marry her. The ‘me’ trinity rationalized that marriage would have been better. Her emotions were so raw with pain that the brain could not logically make decisions from facts. Absolom definitely treated her in a harmful way and its devastating effect was immediate.

She referred to his action as vile and that the