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"Wonderfully 'What If'" Involves Choosing Choices Determines Destiny!"

By Ramesh C. Reddy
Publisher

Theatrical Release Year:  August 20, 2010

'What If' (2010)

Source: http://www.imdb.com.
The movie is rated PG. The run time is 114 min.

Main Cast:
Kevin Sorbo -  Ben Walker
Kristy Swanson - Wendy Walker
John Ratzenberger - Mike the Angel
Debby Ryan - Kimberly Walker
Taylor Groothuis -  Megan Walker

 Plot Synopsis:
‘What If’ is a story about a guy who gives up his love for ministry and his girlfriend when he is falls into temptation for a lucrative business opportunity.  Fifteen years later, while on a trip, he gets into an accident and relives how his past 15 years would have been like if with the question, "What If'.

 Plot Review:
‘What If’ is an excellently written script about where a person wanted to be, where a person is, where a person could have been, and where the person will be. It wonderfully incorporates elements of 'It's A Wonderful Life!' and 'A Christmas Carol' to tell a powerful story to touch lives.

Content Review:
If you have ever been tempted to put your own desires for a lucrative career above God's will for your life and above the love of your life, then this is the movie to watch. 'What If' is a powerful, touching story of what happens when we decide to make choices of our own, leaving God and His will for our lives out of the picture. It helps us wrestle with the choices we want to make, choices we have made, and the choices that can be made relieving to us how those choices can affect those around us either positively or negatively making us ask the question, 'What If' we followed God's path for our lives instead of our own. It is a story of love, forgiveness, redemption, sacrifice, career, family, and how knowing the God of the Bible and choosing to live for Him changes our lives and those around us.

Questions to Ponder:
1. What character in 'What If' do you most identify with and why?

2. Who or what has influenced you to take the first career path you have taken and why? How is it similar or different from how Ben chose his path? What has been the outcome?

3. Ben thought he was happy in the career path he took on his own until he realized what true happiness is. Who and what revealed true happiness to him? What about you?

4. When have you ever asked yourself the question, 'What If' in your life and what has been the outcome?

5. Where have you found the most happiness: In loving family or loving fortune? Why or why not?

6. In 'What If' what were moments of prayer to the Lord and what did they accomplish? What can you learn from these moments of prayer?

7. What are moments of love you remember from 'What If' and how is it similar or different from the love you display for others?

8. What is a sacrifice you have made to show love to someone and how did it specifically impact the person?

9. In 'What If' 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 is read by a wife to her husband which states, Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.(1 Corinthians 13:4-8). Of the qualities of love, what do you exhibit the most toward your significant other and what quality do you least exhibit?

10. What are moments of Redemption we see from 'What If'? Where do you need Redemption and how can the God of the Bible give you that Redemption?"

11. What does the parable of the Vineyard Workers in Matthew 20:1-15 tell us about God's intervention in our lives?

12. Where do you see moments of forgiveness in 'What If' and where can you apply that in your life?

13. When God calls, He equips, enables, and empowers those He calls to do His will. How is that revealed in the movie especially in the story of Moses that was preached?

14. If you have gone your own way and done your own thing, what is the Good News of the Gospel we learn from 'What If' even though our actions could cause a delay?

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