"The things that God allows to go wrong in your yesterdays are things he wants to use to make you better in your tomorrows." Do you believe it?

You will once you've read this book.

If you've bought the lie that it's too late for you to start over, either because of mistakes you've made or because of what others have done to you, Tony Evans is here--with the help of a few friends from Bible times--to prove you wrong.

Through the biblical principles presented within these pages, you'll find that being the man God intended you to be has little to do with your past--and everything to do with the decisions you make today.

You can sit around and never achieve what he wants for you--healthy relationships, a strong character, freedom from your past hurts and mistakes. Or you can stop making excuses and learn how to deal with your history so that your future will be full of hope and good choices. As Evans puts it: "The tragedy is not just that we go through [painful] experiences. The tragedy is that we often go through them without learning from them or realizing that God can make something good out of them."

It's never too late to stop making excuses and start rebuilding your life. But you've got to want a new beginning--and you've got to believe that God will make good on his promise to bring good into your life.

If that's your desire, then this is the place to start. Right here. Right now.

Nothing less will do.

A note to men:

We men look up to the guys who can take a hit and keep going. The fighter who picks himself up off the canvas after a knock-out punch and hangs in until the final bell. The quarterback who gets blindsided but doesn't fumble the ball. Physical toughness like this is admirable.

But it takes more than guts to become the man God made you to be. Especially when it comes to "taking hits" in your personal life. When someone has done us wrong, when we've had career setbacks or financial losses or broken relationships, not all of us bounce right back. Sometimes we don't come back at all. We go on injured reserve instead--not sure if we even want to return to the game. It's too hard. It's not worth it. I don't feel like doing it. I can't help myself.

At those critical points in life, you have a choice:

Either move forward. Or hang around in the past.

Stay down for the count. Or get back up and keep fighting.

Make excuses. Or accept where you're at and start rebuilding your life.

This book by Tony Evans, featured Promise Keepers speaker and best-selling author, challenges you to pick up your life, see what's hiding under it, and deal with whatever you find. Drawing from the lives of biblical men who faced the worst, Evans pulls you out of your brokenness and says, "No more!"

No more of the past getting in your way.

No more excuses to keep you from moving ahead.

No more living short of the kind of relationships and impact you're capable of.

It's time to be the man God intended you to be.