JOHN SHIRK – This is the Year of Exploration at WJTL. We will explore various questions about the Christian faith and examine daily reasons to believe in the Gospel.
Today’s Reason to Believe is the Big Picture.
From the beginning to end, the Bible outlines human history in a way that reveals Jesus as our only hope for salvation from sin.
The first two chapters in Genesis reveal Creation, where God made the heavens and the earth.
The third chapter of Genesis reveals the fall of Adam and Eve and the consequences of sin.
Much of the Bible covers God’s plan of redemption through the coming of Jesus Christ. The Old Testament anticipates the arrival of the Christ with the law, feasts, and prophecies. The New Testament reveals Jesus as the Christ, who fulfills the law and the prophets.
And the book of Revelation reveals the new heavens and the new earth, where God’s followers are restored to complete fellowship with God.
According to First Peter 3:18, Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.
The big picture of history and God’s plan of redemption is a reason to believe in God’s good news.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Relationship-Building Principle comes from Genesis 50:20.
Joseph was a godly man with great influence in the land of Egypt. His brothers had rejected him when he was a teenage boy. They were jealous of him and would not speak kindly to him. Many years later, they needed his help. When his brothers came to Egypt seeking relief from the famine, they made their appeal to Joseph, who had a choice to make. He could let the past embitter him against his brothers, or he could forgive them and offer them aid.
Joseph returned their hostility with kindness. This is a pattern similar to how God treats a world that has treated Him with hostility because of our sin. He has responded by offering us grace. He sent Jesus to the world, whose sacrifice on the cross overcame evil with good.
Near the end of his life, Joseph could look back and see the wisdom of God’s plan through the good, bad, and the ugly. He said to his brothers, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children. And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.” That is an expression of undeserved grace, the kind of grace that can restore broken relationships.
Overcoming evil with good is a relationship-building principle to take to heart in the Year of Connection.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
Hi everybody,
Long-time Praise & Worship Show listener, Jill, suggested today’s theme: Peace & Reconciliation. Check out the song details below. If there’s a theme you’d like, please feel free to get in touch!
Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ
Kristi@WJTL.com
PEACE & RECONCILIATION THEME |
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6AM |
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Peace To Shine |
LaRue |
Reaching |
2002 |
Lord, I Need You |
Chris Tomlin |
Passion: Here For You |
2011 |
Restore |
Chris August |
The Upside Of Down |
2013 |
Be Still My Soul |
Leigh Nash |
Hymns And Sacred Songs |
2011 |
Beauty For Ashes |
Anthony Skinner |
Forever And A Day |
2004 |
Desert Soul |
Rend Collective |
Homemade Worship By Handmade People |
2012 |
Peace |
Watermark |
Watermark |
1998 |
Restoration |
Phillips, Craig & Dean |
Phillips Craig & Dean Ultimate Collection |
2006 |
Songs of the Redeemed |
Charlie Hall |
Flying Into Daybreak |
2006 |
Redeemed |
Big Daddy Weave |
Love Come To Life |
2012 |
Bring Us Back |
Bellarive |
Before There Was |
2014 |
Peace |
Rich Mullins |
A Liturgy, A Legacy and A Ragamuffin Band |
1993 |
Psalm 23 |
Matt Papa |
You Are Good |
2006 |
7AM |
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The Lord is My Shepherd |
Jeremy Riddle |
Furious |
2011 |
I Lay Me Down |
Michael W. Smith |
Sovereign |
2014 |
A Song Of Peace |
Nichole Nordeman |
Listen To Our Hearts, Vol. 1 |
1998 |
The Purest Place (featuring Tim Hughes) |
Watermark |
The Purest Place |
2004 |
Peace |
Jason Upton |
Open Up the Earth |
2005 |
Spirit of the Living God |
Audrey Assad |
Fortunate Fall |
2013 |
I Turn To You |
Selah |
Hope Of The Broken World |
2012 |
Knees To The Earth |
Christy Nockels |
Passion: Sacred Revolution |
2003 |
The More I Seek You |
Kari Jobe |
Deeper (Integrtity Music) |
2008 |
I Will Give You Peace |
Echoing Angels |
Echoing Angels |
2011 |
Whole World In His Hands |
Matt Redman |
Passion: How Great Is Our God |
2005 |
Sometimes He Calms The Storm |
Scott Krippayne |
Wild Imagination |
1996 |
8AM |
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2011 |
All Things Beautiful |
Shelly Johnson |
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2012 |
We Still Believe |
Kathryn Scott |
Songs 4 Worship Ultimate |
2011 |
Mended |
Watermark |
The Purest Place |
2004 |
Beauty of Your Peace |
Tim Hughes |
When Silence Falls |
2004 |
All The Poor And Powerless |
All Sons & Daughters |
Season One |
2012 |
It is Well (feat. Kristene DiMarco) |
Bethel Music |
You Make Me Brave (Live) |
2014 |
Restoration |
David Brymer |
Unceasing |
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Thrill |
Charlie Hall |
The Bright Sadness |
2008 |
You Are Holy (Prince Of Peace) |
NewSong |
Newsong Rescue – Live Worship |
2005 |
Hostage of Peace |
Tenth Avenue North |
The Struggle |
2012 |
Every Little Thing |
Delirious? |
Now Is the Time – Live At Willow Creek (Bonus Track Version) |
2006 |
9AM |
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Beauty For Ashes |
Shane & Shane |
Carry Away |
2004 |
Be Still And Know |
Steven Curtis Chapman |
Speechless |
1999 |
Captivate Us (feat. Charlie Hall) |
Watermark |
The Purest Place |
2004 |
Keep Me Near |
Rend Collective |
Homemade Worship By Handmade People |
2012 |
Perfect Peace |
Laura Story |
Great God Who Saves |
2008 |
Salvation (Psalm 71) |
Shawn McDonald |
The Message – Psalms |
2005 |
Comfort Me (feat. Brenton Brown) |
Vineyard |
Lord Reign In Me |
2003 |
Peace |
Robbie Seay Band |
10,000 Charms |
2002 |
Grace |
Michael W. Smith |
A New Hallelujah |
2008 |
Peace |
Klaus |
The Invitation |
2007 |
Psalm 23 |
Jason Upton |
Jacobs Dream – EP |
2002 |
I Shall Not Want |
Audrey Assad |
Fortunate Fall |
2013 |
Find You On My Knees |
Kari Jobe |
Where I Find You |
2013 |
Be Still And Know |
Christy Nockels |
Deeper (Integrity Music) |
2008 |
JOHN SHIRK – While physical death is the result of our sin, eternal life is the promise of God for those who receive His grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Revelation 21 pictures a new heaven and a new earth. Life’s harsh realities in our world today will not be present in God’s new world order.
Verse 3 says, “God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
No more funerals, no more brokenness, no more hospitals, no more bad news. This is the picture of God’s restoration when He makes everything new.
The restoration that God has promised for His people is a lesson of faith worth remembering.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com