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Light Reflection-Matthew 2:1 and 2 Worship

December 15th, 2023 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Light Reflection is from Matthew 2:1 and 2.

“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

The light of Christmas leads us to a place of worshipping Jesus. As the Magi brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh for Jesus, they also brought with them their hearts of worship. Their example reveals that Jesus is worthy of our very best that we have to offer Him. After all, God gave His best for us.

Their journey reflects the truth of Jeremiah 29:13, where the LORD says, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

This Light Reflection inspires us to seek Jesus earnestly for the honor of His name in the Year to Shine.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Vital Step to a Radiant Faith-Be in Awe of God

November 13th, 2023 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to be in awe of God.

Many Bible characters were filled with awe in God’s presence.

When Ezekiel saw the glory of the LORD, he fell facedown.

When Moses saw the glory of the LORD at the burning bush, he hid his face.

When Isaiah saw the glory of the LORD, he said, “Woe is me. I am ruined, for I am a man of unclean lips.” These prophets and more were raised up by God to serve their nation in productive ways.

To be in awe of God is to recognize that we are in the Presence of someone greater than ourselves. We have reverence for His name, regard for His power, and respect for His authority. We may feel unworthy in His holy presence, but we are not unloved in His amazing grace. Being in awe of God is being in a place of worship.

Habakkuk 3:2 says, “LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD.”

Being in Awe of God is a vital step to a radiant faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

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Praise & Worship Playlist

November 5th, 2023 No comments

Happy November to you! We’re starting a season of gratitude with Thanksgiving on the way later this month. Sunday mornings on WJTL will continue to bring you playlists packed with songs of praise and worship that celebrate reasons to give thanks. This week the songs especially highlight God’s goodness as the theme! All the details are below.

Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ
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Song Title Artist Album Year
6AM
Forever Reign Kristian Stanfill Passion: Here For You 2011
There You Wait (Goodness & Love) (feat. Point of Grace) Andrew Greer Tune My Heart 2: Songs of Goodness & Love 2021
Valley (Live) Chris McClarney Single 2019
The Goodness of Jesus CityAlight Yet Not I – EP 2018
Goodness Vertical Worship Bright Faith Bold Future 2018
God So Good Life.Church Worship Single 2020
Good The Worship Coalition Single 2020
What a Good God Paul Baloche Behold Him 2020
How Good Is He (Song Session) Vertical Worship & Essential Worship Songs Sessions – EP 2022
God Is Always Good (Live) Covenant Worship Covenant Worship Live 2018
Always Good (feat. Rita Springer) The McClures The Way Home (Deluxe) 2019
Psalm 34 (Taste and See) Shane & Shane Psalms, Vol. 2 2015
7AM
Another In The Fire Hillsong United People (Live) 2020
Evidence Josh Baldwin Evidence 2020
God is So Good (You are Worthy) Daniel Bashta Wave Your Flag 2021
Altogether Good (feat. Sandra McCracken) Citizens Single 2020
A Thousand Thank Yous Sarah Kroger Light 2021
Thank You (Famine Or Feast) Erik Nieder Thank You (Famine Or Feast) – Single 2022
Gratefulness Rend Collective Whosoever 2022
Rejoice Brad & Rebekah Rejoice 2022
The Goodness of the Lord (Live) Travis Ryan Until My Voice Is Gone (Live) 2016
Always So Good Thrive Worship Always So Good 2023
Good Lord (feat. Katy Nichole) David Leonard Good Lord 2022
Meant For Good (feat. JUDAH.) Brandon Lake HELP! 2022
Good News (feat. Todd Galberth) Chandler Moore The Maverick Way 2023
Too Good To Not Believe (feat. Jenn Johnson) Brandon Lake Co-Lab Single 2021
8AM
Grateful Elevation Worship There Is a Cloud 2017
Something Good GATEWAY Greater Than 2018
I Thank God (feat. Ryan Ellis, JWLKRS Worship) Housefires How to Start a Housefire Part 2 2023
He Always Provides (feat. Chandler Moore) ONE HOUSE WORSHIP He Always Provides 2021
Psalm 100 (Give Thanks) (feat. Cheryl Stark) Cross Point Music Single 2023
Promise Keeper  (feat. Joe L Barnes) Skye Reedy Single 2023
So Good to Me Zach Williams Chain Breaker 2016
Gratitude Brandon Lake Gratitude 2022
Goodness, Love And Mercy Chris Tomlin Nobody Loves Me Like You – EP 2018
So Good (feat. Chris McClarney) Rita Springer Light 2020
King of My Heart John Mark & Sarah McMillan You Are the Avalanche – EP 2015
9AM
Psalm 23 (Surely Goodness, Surely Mercy) Shane & Shane Psalms, Vol. 2 2015
Good Good Father Housefires Housefires II 2014
Goodness Goes On And On Daniel Doss Single 2023
Good Plans Red Rocks Worship Ascend 2023
Thank You Life.Church Worship Sing As One 2023
Goodness of God Jenn Johnson Goodness of God (Studio Version) 2019
Good News Bryan & Katie Torwalt Ive Got Good News (Live) 2022
The Little That I Know (Live) David Leonard The Wait: Silence the Noise (Live) 2019
Still God, Still Good (Live) Here Be Lions Still God, Still Good (Live) 2021
Good (Cant Be Anything Else) [Live] Cody Carnes Single 2022
Good Things Futures Worship Hills & Horizons 2022
Jesus, Thank You (Deluxe Version) Katy Nichole, CAIN & David Leonard Jesus, Thank You (Deluxe Version) – Single 2023
Just Like Youve Always Done Mack Brock Single 2023

Light Reflection-Revelation 1:14-16 Brilliance of Jesus

September 19th, 2023 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Light Reflection is from Revelation 1, verses 14 through 16.

John had an encounter with Jesus before he wrote the book of Revelation.  This is part of the description of what he saw.

“The hair on his head was white as wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”

John responded by falling at his feet. The hand of Jesus was on him.  The voice of Jesus spoke to him: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One.”

An encounter with Jesus will lead us to faith, reverence, and worship. We will understand that we are in the Presence of someone greater than ourselves, but we will be truly grateful that we are loved by Him. Our faithful service will lead to the glory of His name and will flow out of a relationship with Jesus.

This Light Reflection inspires us to find love and purpose in the Presence of Jesus in the Year to Shine.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Vital Step to a Radiant Faith-Worship In our Trials

August 2nd, 2023 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to worship God in our trials.

It has been said that “trials are not enemies of faith, but are opportunities to prove God’s faithfulness.”

God can work through our testing of our faith to build our faith to bolder places.

It happened in Acts 16, where Paul and Silas were in jail. About midnight, they were singing hymns to God. Other prisoners were listening to them. Then there was a violent earthquake that shook the foundations of the prison. Everyone’s chains came loose.

This event led to the conversion of the jailer, who asked Paul and Silas, “what must I do to be saved?” They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.” The jailer did believe and was filled with joy.

Worshiping God in our trials is a Vital Step to a Radiant Faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Vital Step to a Radiant Faith-Worship From the Heart

July 27th, 2023 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to worship God from the heart.

Jesus told the woman at the well in John 4:23, “A time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

We might be inclined to associate worship with a church gathering or some of our favorite songs on the radio. While those influences can be part of our worship experience, there is more. Worship is a way of life that is focused on the glory of God. This involves committing our work, our relationships, and our activities to God.

First Corinthians 10:31 says, “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”

Worshiping God from the heart is a Vital Step to a Radiant Faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

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Light Reflections-John 4:23-24 True Worship

July 13th, 2023 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Light Reflection is from John 4:23 and 24.

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman by the well, “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

What does true worship look like? Here are some expressions.

True worship seeks the glory of God rather than glory for ourselves.

True worship celebrates God’s grace with profound gratitude.

True worship seeks to know God personally as He really is.

True worship commits our ways to God’s plan for our lives.

True worship approaches God with humility and reverence.

This Light Reflection inspires us to worship God in the Spirit and in truth in the Year to Shine.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Light Reflection-John 9:35-38-Faith and Worship

May 22nd, 2023 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Light Reflection is from John 9:35 to 38.

“Jesus said to a man whom he healed of blindness, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’

The man asked, ‘Who is he, sir? Tell me so that I may believe in him.’

Jesus said, ‘You have now seen Him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.’

Then the man said, ‘Lord, I believe’, and he worshiped him.”

This man was given sight on two levels. He could see Jesus physically, and then he saw Jesus for who He is spiritually. This led him to faith and worship. That is where we are led when we see Jesus for who He is and follow Him with a willing heart.

This Light Reflection inspires us to reflect the joy of the Lord by faith and in our worship in the Year to Shine.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

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Vital Step to a Radiant Faith-Offer Knees to God

May 17th, 2023 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to offer our knees to God.

When we bend our knees before God, we are acknowledging that we are in the presence of Someone greater than ourselves. We are acknowledging Him as worthy of our worship.

When Daniel prayed to God, it was his practice to get down on his knees.

The Magi bowed down and worshipped Jesus when they came to the house and saw Him.

That invitation is open for us to approach God in humility with prayer and worship.  Psalm 95:6 gives the invitation. “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.”

Offering our knees to God is a vital step to a radiant faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

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Praise & Worship Playlist

March 26th, 2023 No comments

Happy Spring! This week, it’s the Spring Songs edition of the Praise & Worship Program. The playlist is filled with songs that celebrate how God is faithfully working in each season. Plus, a special focus on new growth and awakening in Spring!


Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ
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Song Title Artist Album Year
6:00 A.M.
This Is What You Do William Matthews For The Sake Of The World 2012
Alive All Sons & Daughters Season One 2012
Evergreen Gable Price and Friends Fractioned Heart 2020
Seasons Hillsong Worship Christmas: The Peace Project 2018
Into The Light SisterBrother TBD 2013
Awakening Hillsong United Aftermath 2011
Refresh Me (Live) Leeland Christ Be All Around Me – Live 2014
Dance With Me (feat. Chris Quilala) [Live] Jesus Culture Consumed (Live) 2009
Let The Earth Awake Charlie Hall The Rising 2010
Psalm 96 (Let the Earth Rejoice) Robbie Seay Band Psalms LP 2015
Made New (Live) Life.Church Worship Fully Devoted (Live) 2016
All Things New (Live) Elevation Worship For the Honor (Live) [Deluxe Edition] 2011
7:00 A.M.
Grow Jason Upton God Finds Us 2020
Good Ground Citizens Single 2023
Joy In The Morning Tauren Wells & Elevation Worship Single 2023
Youre Not Done (feat. Charity Gayle) Leeland Single 2023
Goodness of God Jenn Johnson Goodness of God (Studio Version) 2019
Rise And Shine (Live) (feat. Mitch Wong) The Belonging Co Now (Live) 2022
Step Into the Light (feat. Sean Curran) Passion Single 2019
My Awakening (feat. Clay Finnesand) Canyon Hills Worship Single 2021
All Things New Hillsong Worship No Other Name 2014
Joyful, Joyful Casting Crowns Until The Whole World Hears 2010
Beautiful Phil Wickham Cannons 2007
8:00 A.M.
Marvelous Light Charlie Hall Flying Into Daybreak 2006
Awake My Soul Hillsong Worship Awake 2019
Your Love Awakens Me Phil Wickham Children Of God 2016
Up & Alive Luke + Anna Hellebronth Single 2019
Cherry Blossoms MoveSomebody MoveSomebody 2020
Beautiful Things Shane & Shane The Worship Initiative, Vol. 1 2014
In the Garden (There Is None Like You) Watermark A Grateful People 2006
Communion (feat. Steffany Gretzinger & Brandon Lake) Maverick City Music Maverick City, Vol. 2 2019
Graves Into Gardens (feat. Brandon Lake) Elevation Worship Graves Into Gardens 2020
Here Is Our King David Crowder Band A Collision 2005
Let The Light In Cody Carnes Run To The Father 2020
9:00 A.M.
Creation Sings All Sons & Daughters Poets & Saints (Deluxe Community Edition) 2016
Old for New (Live) Hannah McClure Starlight (Live) 2017
Desert Song Hillsong United Across The Earth – Tear Down The Walls 2009
God of New Seasons (feat. Laura Souguellis) Christ For The Nations Worship God of New Seasons 2021
Every Season Canyon Hills Worship Single 2023
What I See (feat. Chris Brown) Elevation Worship LION 2022
Resurrecting Elevation Worship Here As In Heaven 2018
More to Come (feat. Kristian Stanfill) Passion Follow You Anywhere 2019
Fresh Wind (Studio) Hillsong Worship Fresh Wind/What A Beautiful Name (Live) – EP 2021
The Garden Kari Jobe The Garden (Deluxe Edition) 2017
Springtime Chris Renzema Let the Ground Rest 2020
Roses Andrew Ripp Evergreen 2021
Only Good Will Grow (feat. Brian Elmquist) Matt Maher The Stories I Tell Myself 2022

Praise & Worship Playlist

February 26th, 2023 No comments
This week’s playlist is filled with songs of Revival & Awakening! I’ve been encouraged to see Asbury University and a growing number of others in the news lately. Many believers who have been praying for revival for decades are feeling a fresh spark of hope that God is working in people’s hearts and lives. I wanted to put together a lineup of songs that would give us an opportunity to celebrate, sing and pray into a season of revival and declare our anticipation and availability to the Lord.


Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ
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Playlists: Spotify


Song Title Artist Album Year
6AM
See You Move (feat. Lauren Mwonga) Gateway Worship See You Move: Acoustic Sessions, Vol. 2 2020
New Thing (Live) Hillsong Young & Free All of My Best Friends (Live) 2020
Awakening Amanda Lindsey Cook House on a Hill 2019
Monday Morning Faith SEU Worship & Chelsea Plank Heart Cry 2022
Tend Emmy Rose Simple 2022
Come Move in Us Skye Reedy Single 2020
The Commission (feat. Cody Carnes) CAIN Single 2022
Driven by Love Lindy & The Circuit Riders Driven by Love (Live) 2019
World Outside Your Window (Live) Hillsong Young & Free All Of My Best Friends 2021
Heaven Invade (Live) Kari Jobe The Blessing (Live) 2020
This Is a Move Brandon Lake Single 2019
My Hands Are Open (Live) Josh Baldwin Revivals In The Air (Live) 2020
7AM
Up To Something (Live) Gas Street Music Single 2022
Breakthrough Miracle Power Patrick Mayberry Single 2021
Fires Gonna Fall Martin Smith Iron Lung 2019
Waiting Here for You (feat. Robbie Seay) The Worship Initiative The Worship Initiative, Vol. 25 (Live) 2021
Come and Move Bryan & Katie Torwalt Champion 2016
Awakening Chris Tomlin Passion: Awakening 2010
Move (feat. Chris McClarney) Jesus Culture Living with a Fire (Live) 2018
Fall Afresh (feat. Dinah Wright & Robbie Seay) The Worship Initiative The Worship Initiative, Vol. 25 (Live) 2021
Fresh Wind (Studio) Hillsong Worship Fresh Wind/What A Beautiful Name (Live) – EP 2021
Come like the Wind Lifepoint Worship Single 2021
The Dove (feat. Kari Jobe) The Belonging Co. Single 2022
8AM
Rise And Shine (Live) (feat. Mitch Wong) The Belonging Co Now (Live) 2022
Let It Out (Live) Here Be Lions Still God, Still Good (Live) 2021
Ive Witnessed It (feat. Melodie Malone) Passion Live From Passion 2023 – Single 2023
My Testimony (Live) Elevation Worship Graves into Gardens (Live) 2020
Awake My Soul (feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard) Hillsong Worship Single 2020
Feels Like A Blessing Benjamin Hastings & JUDAH. Single 2022
Good News Bryan & Katie Torwalt Ive Got Good News (Live) 2022
God So Loved (feat. Dante Bowe) We The Kingdom Single 2021
Let The Light In Cody Carnes Run To The Father 2020
LION (feat. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake) Elevation Worship LION 2022
Your Love Awakens Me Phil Wickham Children Of God 2016
9AM
Awaken Me Jesus Culture Jesus Culture Awakening: Live From Chicago 2011
Revivals In The Air Melissa Helser Revivals In The Air (Live) 2020
Simple Kingdom (feat. Cody Carnes) Bryan & Katie Torwalt Ive Got Good News (Live) 2022
Lord Send Revival (Live) Hillsong Young & Free All of My Best Friends (Live) 2020
Revive Us Again Phil Wickham Living Hope (Deluxe) 2018
God of Revival (Live) Brian and Jenn Johnson Live Single 2021
Ill Follow Cody Carnes God Is Good! (Live) 2022
Tell All My Friends SEU Worship Single 2022
Shine Like Stars (feat. Brett Younker) Passion Burn Bright – EP 2022
Keep Me Burning Josh Baldwin Where The Glory Is 2022
Bloom (feat. Lindy Cofer) Mitch Wong Bloom – EP 2022
Revival Anthem Rend Collective Single 2019