STACEY GAGNE – Our Facebook presence is now completely moved to facebook.com/wjtlradio. We have gone in and deactivated our former WJTL “Person” in favor of this new page that gives us more flexibility and allows us to have more friends! So, if it appears that WJTL dropped off your facebook friend list, be sure to like us at facebook.com/wjtlradio.
JOHN SHIRK – Assurance can be described as confidence in a guarantee. To be assured is to be sure and secure. This is what it’s like to be in the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
With assurance, we have the faith to believe that God is true to His word. He fulfills His promises. When He says that He loves us, He means it. They are not just empty words, but are backed up and proven by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
One of the hymn writers captured the awe and wonder of this word in these lyrics: “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine. Oh what a foretaste of glory divine. Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of His Spirit washed in His blood.”
Hebrews 10:19-22 says, “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.”
Assurance is a character quality that enables us to represent Jesus in the world today.
Former frontman for the Newsboys, Peter Furler, just released his new solo project “On Fire.” This week you could win it from WJTL’s Feedback Giveback! Just make sure you leave comments at our staff blogs! All comments left before midnight this Sunday night (July 03) will qualify for this prize. We’ll announce the winner on the radio and contact them by email!
FIVE FUN FREE FAMILY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND!!! June 24, 25 & 26
5) 3rd Annual Leola Community Water Slide Day – tomorrow (Saturday, June 25, 2011) Noon to 4 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church, Leola. Fun, sun, food, and friendship. There will be 4 huge waterslides. Free event. www.zionleola.org
4) Free Drive In Movie, “Despicable Me” at Garden Spot Village – tonite (Friday, June 24) 433 S. Kinzer Ave. New Holland. Gates open at 7, and the movie starts at dusk. 717-355-6000
3) Kim Goss free cd release party concert – Saturday, June 25th, 2011, 8pm at LCBC Church – West Wing Auditorium. kimgoss.net
2)DJ’s Taste of the 50s Sock Hop – Sunday, June 26th (4-7pm) fun, prize, hula hoop, limbo and BAZOOKA bubblegum blowing contests. Find out how many people can fit inside a telephone booth? Lisa Landis will be spinning the 50s favorites! www.djstasteofthe50s.com
1) Celebrate Lancaster – tonite (Friday June 24, 2011) Celebrate the cultural diversity of Lancaster with two stages of entertainment at Binn’s Park and Penn’s Square , local food and fireworks. www.lancastercityevents.com
JOHN SHIRK – Eagerness can be defined as enthusiastic desire or interest.
With eagerness, we want to push ahead with something. We want something to get done or be fulfilled. God’s grace feeds us with eagerness to glorify Him.
There are a number of ways that we can tell if we have truly been set free by the grace and truth of Jesus Christ. We lose interest in the values of the world like getting rich and being famous. We gain interest in the virtues of God’s Kingdom. His priority becomes our pursuit. One of those priorities is to purify our faith, so that we are responsive to His words. Titus 2:14 tells us that Jesus gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Eagerness is one of the ways that God motivates us to get things done.
Eagerness is a character quality that enables us to represent Jesus in the world today.
JOHN SHIRK – Worship comes from an old English word “Worthship”, which indicates the worthiness of the one receiving the special honor or devotion.
Jesus is acknowledged in this way in Revelation 5:12, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise.” He is worthy of our worship.
Sometimes, worship is put into a category limited to a Sunday morning church service or a certain type of music. But in reality, worship is a way of life that seeks to bring glory to God with our daily activity. Warren Wiersbe has defined worship this way:
“Worship is the believer’s response of all that they are-mind, emotions, will, body-to what God is and says and does.” This is what we find in Romans 12:1, “In view of God’s mercy…, offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship.” With words that praise God, hands of service, and a heart of gratitude, we can express our worship for Jesus as Lord and Savior each and every day.
Worship is a character quality that enables us to represent Jesus in the world today.
Our Winning Wednesday prize for June 22, 2011 is a new compilation from Word Records called “Artists In Adoration.” It’s a 15-song worship project featuring artists like Francesca Battistelli, Chris August, Sidewalk Prophets, Christy Nockels and a whole bunch more! Tune in to win!
