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Day 1

God loves you. He wants the best for you. He wants you to have peace, a peace the world cannot offer.

Our hearts were meant to be open to Him and to others. They were meant for love, joy, and peace. They were meant for freedom, and to bring freedom to our entire being.

So why, for so many of us, do our hearts feel like a locked prison instead of an open door?

Well, our many hurts and wounds batter and warp that door. Eventually, our pain can alter even the shape of the lock until it seems impossible to find the right key. And so our hearts remain closed to the good things of God, closed to freedom. Imprisoned.

And we can forget that freedom is even possible. We forget what our hearts were made for.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

We can all experience God’s gifts and life of peace and promise. All that is required is for each of us to open the door of our heart. When we do, His Word promises that joy, peace, and freedom will flood our entire being. It’s simple. But not easy.

It’s not easy because we often don’t know where to find the key that can fit the lock on our hearts.

But Jesus revealed a key that can revolutionize your life, a powerful key that can unlock the doors of every kind of heart, break the chains of every kind of hurt. Using it will enable you to fling your heart wide open, experiencing the joy, peace, and freedom God made you for—and that He has been longing for you to enjoy to the full.

The key?

Forgiveness.

This is an excerpt from The Freedom Factor: Finding Peace by Forgiving Others… and Yourself, by Dr. Bruce Wilkinson with Mark E. Strong. Used by permission.