Emmy Warren

And I believe that the Lord has allowed me to go through my testimony of being denied by people who were called to love me in order to share how the Lord has granted me the grace to find forgiveness in those people who hurt me very deeply. and very badly, and a lot of people that I wanted to cast a stone against.

And I believe that the Lord has allowed me to go through my testimony of being denied by people who were called to love me in order to share how the Lord has granted me the grace to find forgiveness in those people who hurt me very deeply. and very badly, and a lot of people that I wanted to cast a stone against.

But God, through His grace and through His mercy, has granted me the ability to forgive and to move forward because the Holy Spirit resides inside of me. And I think when you're going through abuse and you've experienced abandonment or neglect, or you've been in an abusive relationship, whether it was

But God, through His grace and through His mercy, has granted me the ability to forgive and to move forward because the Holy Spirit resides inside of me. And I think when you're going through abuse and you've experienced abandonment or neglect, or you've been in an abusive relationship, whether it was

parental or relational in your family or relational romantically or uh in intimacy somehow it scars a lot of your perception of what love is and it's hard to come out of that when all you know is abuse and when you put the blame of your problems that you're experiencing now on people who have also probably been abused and don't know better and probably aren't in the heart of christ

parental or relational in your family or relational romantically or uh in intimacy somehow it scars a lot of your perception of what love is and it's hard to come out of that when all you know is abuse and when you put the blame of your problems that you're experiencing now on people who have also probably been abused and don't know better and probably aren't in the heart of christ

And so what has really helped me escape the bondage of abandonment, of betrayal, and the collection of sadness, depression is forgiveness. And not just for the sake of the other person, but because it was for the sake of myself. it was more so I was releasing myself more than releasing that person. Like I released myself from bondage by accepting the grace that God has for me and that person.

And so what has really helped me escape the bondage of abandonment, of betrayal, and the collection of sadness, depression is forgiveness. And not just for the sake of the other person, but because it was for the sake of myself. it was more so I was releasing myself more than releasing that person. Like I released myself from bondage by accepting the grace that God has for me and that person.

So it's like when you forgive, you're releasing a person while also releasing yourself simultaneously. And it's just a freedom that you've experienced like never before. And so I want to talk about that today because I think forgiveness is a really hard topic, especially if you've been hurt and abused over and over again.

So it's like when you forgive, you're releasing a person while also releasing yourself simultaneously. And it's just a freedom that you've experienced like never before. And so I want to talk about that today because I think forgiveness is a really hard topic, especially if you've been hurt and abused over and over again.

And I was really deep in my secret space consulting with the Lord what he wanted to do when I first spoke this sermon. And the conference name was called Grace on Fire. And so I kind of meditated on the word fire for a really long time. And I felt like as if the Lord wanted to direct my steps in this sermon somehow with fire. And fires is something that's super common to me.

And I was really deep in my secret space consulting with the Lord what he wanted to do when I first spoke this sermon. And the conference name was called Grace on Fire. And so I kind of meditated on the word fire for a really long time. And I felt like as if the Lord wanted to direct my steps in this sermon somehow with fire. And fires is something that's super common to me.

I feel like I've known a lot about fires in my whole entire life because I live in

I feel like I've known a lot about fires in my whole entire life because I live in

In california i'm born and raised in california and i'm more so in like the central part So there's la there's san francisco and then there's like a whole central valley Which is where i've lived and resided my whole entire life Which is crazy because it's a mix of like country life and then also city life And it's just an accumulation of so many different types of people which has been great but because I live in california because It's so dry out here.

In california i'm born and raised in california and i'm more so in like the central part So there's la there's san francisco and then there's like a whole central valley Which is where i've lived and resided my whole entire life Which is crazy because it's a mix of like country life and then also city life And it's just an accumulation of so many different types of people which has been great but because I live in california because It's so dry out here.

We've experienced so much wildfires and Like, I remember even when I was a kid, seeing on the news, whether it was an hour away from me or all the way in LA, we have a lot of forests, a lot of trees. And so there was a lot of wildfires that would happen just because it gets so hot here and there wasn't a lot of rain. And just because of the economic, not economic, the climate. Yeah, sure.

We've experienced so much wildfires and Like, I remember even when I was a kid, seeing on the news, whether it was an hour away from me or all the way in LA, we have a lot of forests, a lot of trees. And so there was a lot of wildfires that would happen just because it gets so hot here and there wasn't a lot of rain. And just because of the economic, not economic, the climate. Yeah, sure.

Like the, what am I saying? Like the ecosystem of where we're at. That's what I'm trying to say. And so I was meditating on like fires and like how I'm familiar with fires. God, why are you leaning me this way? Because there's fire talks a lot about in scripture.

Like the, what am I saying? Like the ecosystem of where we're at. That's what I'm trying to say. And so I was meditating on like fires and like how I'm familiar with fires. God, why are you leaning me this way? Because there's fire talks a lot about in scripture.