What if we had more time in a day to git ‘er done, would we?
What if we had one more dime in the parking meter, would we have gotten that parking ticket?
What if we had one more mime on the street corner in July, would we welcome the sound of jackhammers?
What if?

What if we had filled up the tank on the way to work, right before Sheik Abdul sneezed and gas shot up 45 cents a gallon?
What if we had just been cussed out by a guy named Frank, but still gave the cashier a credit card-sized tract which looked like a “Facebook” logo with a Friend Request that reminded her “What a Friend we have in Jesus”?
What if we had just gotten that one last prayer in for uncle Joe, who was in Hospice Care but thinks he was good enough to get into Heaven because he never killed anyone….well except for that bridge he blew up in Viet Nam…and the er…secret mission to Cambodia…???!!!
What if?

You get the point!
Life is sometimes a series of missed opportunities. It happens to everyone at the most crucial moment. How many times have we said “aw man…I should have said…..” or “why didn’t I mention……” or “if I get the chance to tell….I will….” ad nauseum!

2011, THE YEAR THAT’S NO MORE:
This past year was no different. Looking back on what ain’t no more, we see:
– Blizzard on Groundhog Day (February 2, 2011) which shut down the Midwest and took the life of a 55 year old friend of mine, who went shovelling two feet of snow with a bad heart.
– Tidal Wave shown live on worldwide TV in March….as many of us watched in horror as thousands died lost forever to eternity in a split second, because they did not know the One True God.
– A monster mile-wide tornado took out Tuscaloosa, Alabama  in April which they still have not recovered from.
– A similar set of violent tornadoes almost completely destroyed Joplin, Mo, about 6 hours from where we live. But unlike the other natural disasters, we were able to mobilize truckloads of food, water, clothing and money to help love on these dear people, who lost everything except their Hope!
– The St. Louis Cardinals, hot on the heels of one of the biggest Christian Days at the Ball Park in August, win the 2011 Baseball World Series in some of the best baseball ever played.
– Yet we had spectacles of spoiled rich kids armed with Apple iPads, iPhones and more electronics you can shake a stick at, “OCCUPYING” every major city in America, causing havoc, lost of income and disease by living in 1960’s styled communes…complete with illicit sex and violence!

But then we had the Tim Tebow phenomenon!

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Each year, half the civilized world – millions and millions of people – make New Year’s Resolutions…only to break them by February! Yet…folks go right back and do it all over again! This is NOT what God expects from His people, believe it or not!

God is interested in Holiness, without which no one will see Him, period! Does that mean we go live in a tree like a Monk and never watch TV or eat Buffalo Wings??!! NO!! It’s a matter of the Heart.

He gave us the Gift of Christ and we get to go spend eternity with Jesus if we accept Him as Lord and Savior. But He also expects us to live a full life of Peace, Joy, Contentment and Obedience.

I did this show almost three years ago to fill in for a friend on his local TV show and was inspired by the Holy Spirit to share the process to Victorious Living…and it’s perfect to begin a new life or year or ministry with!! I say this with confidence knowing these are not my thoughts or Words and I gave Holy Spirit all the Glory! I go through steps from Repentance that leads to restoration that leads to renewal that leads to revival and rejoicing! Now, let’s be resolved to do these!! AMEN!! (BL)