Dear Friend,

Not too long ago, I went to my garage on my way to a meeting. Thinking nothing much of the normal routine I was in, I got in my car and pushed the garage door opener.

Silence. The door stayed down.

So I pushed the garage door opener again. But still nothing happened.

This time I got out of my car and went to the button on the wall. Pushing it over and over again, I looked at the garage door that was now keeping me trapped in my own garage. It sat there closed, as if not wanting to be disturbed from its slumber. Glancing at my watch, I realized that if this garage door didn’t open soon - I would be late. Anyone who knows me at all knows that I don’t ever like to be late.

Emotions of frustration began to build inside of me, as well as feelings of helplessness. The door was too heavy for me to lift, or I would have walked over to it and let myself out. The garage door equipment was too complicated for me to fix, or I would have fixed it. So I walked over to the phone number for the repairman posted next to the garage door. Giving him a call, he asked me to check the two red lights on each side of the door.

“Are they in alignment?” he asked. I checked and quickly discovered they were not. The small box holding the red light on the right-hand side had gotten bumped somehow, and the two lights were no longer communicating with each other. So I got down on my knees. And then I nudged the right box back to where it belonged and pushed the garage door opener again. The door went up.

Friend, unforgiveness is a weight that is too heavy to lift on your own. Likewise, it is too deep and too complicated for you to figure out how to set yourself free. Like a door that won’t go up to let you out, you remain trapped within yourself until you simply do one thing: Get down on your knees before the One who knows you best and align your heart, thoughts, and actions with Him.

Someone else’s sin may have bumped you off the path of alignment with God by arousing within you your own sins of doubt, bitterness, regret, and hate... but if you will kneel before God, confess your sins that have come from a wrong response to what happened to you, and trust that He is sovereign and can use even the negative things in your life to take you to your perfect purpose, He will set you free. The door of doubt will rise, and you will reach your destiny.

We want to help you on your way to freedom through forgiveness this month with a very special booklet I put together that will walk you through the process day by day for 30 days. It’s called 30 Days to Victory Through Forgiveness. It’s yours for your gift to the ministry of any amount. We will also include a new 6-message compilation specifically on this delicate topic of forgiveness called Freedom Through Forgiveness.

Isn’t it time you were set free? Contact us today and request these resources as our way of saying thank you for helping us continue to broadcast the teaching of God’s Word to a world in need.

For the King and His kingdom,

Testimony Time

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“Tony Evans has given me true vision to receive and give love through the many names of God. He is an exemplary teacher that I needed in my hard-knock life. I feel that God has used him as a living vessel to teach me and show me that the love of Christ is real.”   

“The words given to you by our Lord Jesus Christ have truly blessed my family. Thank you for being obedient to the Holy Spirit. God bless you!”