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JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is Psalm 23:3.
With the LORD as my Shepherd, “He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.”
Before knowing Jesus, our heart is polluted and corrupted by sin and wrong motives. But God’s grace is a life-changer. He is able to remove the pollution of our hearts to make them pure. He is able to correct wrong motives and make them rightly motivated by His love.
Charles Spurgeon once said, “For nourishment, comfort, exhilaration, and refreshment, no wine can rival the love of Jesus. Drink deeply.”
This Faith-Building Verse inspires us to find refreshment and direction by following Jesus in the Year of Relationship.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4mcXRE7D3dJGikhtC96gY8?si=b823317420b14e84
Today’s playlist features new music from Cody Carnes, Josh Baldwin, Sovereign Grace Music, We The Kingdom and more. Plus, a Wonderful mini-theme and a lineup of Call-To-Worship songs from Psalm 103 and Psalm 150.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Year |
| 6AM | |||
| Here I Am To Worship | Tim Hughes | Here I Am To Worship | 2002 |
| I See The Light | Josh Baldwin | Where The Glory Is | 2022 |
| A Thousand Shores | Citizens | A Thousand Shores – EP | 2022 |
| Wonderful, Merciful Savior | Michael W. Smith | Hymns | 2014 |
| Wonderful Savior | Tim Reimherr | Unceasing – 10 Years Of Night And Day Worship (Kansas City IHOP) | 2010 |
| Wonderful | Desperation Band | Center Of It All | 2012 |
| Wonderful Things | Highlands Worship | Vol 1: Wonderful Things – EP | 2018 |
| Wonderful Maker | Chris Tomlin | Not To Us | 2002 |
| Wonderful | Phil Wickham | The Ascension | 2013 |
| Wonderful Name | Christy Nockels | Let It Be Jesus | 2015 |
| Wonderful King | David Crowder | Passion: Our Love Is Loud | 2002 |
| Wonderful (Live) | Kristene DiMarco | Mighty (Live) | 2015 |
| The Wonderful Cross | Chris Tomlin | The Noise We Make | 2001 |
| 7AM | |||
| Psalm 139 (Far Too Wonderful) | Shane & Shane | Psalms, Vol. 2 | 2015 |
| Love So Wonderful (feat. William Matthews) | Daniel Bashta | Wave Your Flag | 2021 |
| Indescribable | Chris Tomlin | Arriving | 2004 |
| Indescribable (Live) | Hillsong Young & Free | All of My Best Friends (Live) | 2020 |
| Magnificent, Marvelous, Matchless Love | Matt Boswell & Matt Papa | His Mercy Is More: The Hymns of Matt Boswell and Matt Papa | 2019 |
| How Precious Is The Blood (Live) | Cody Carnes | God Is Good! (Live) | 2022 |
| Son of Suffering | Matt Redman | Son of Suffering – Single | 2022 |
| All Hail King Jesus (Live) | Bethel Music & Bethany Wohrle | Homecoming (Live) | 2021 |
| King Jesus (Live) | Brooke Ligertwood | SEVEN (Live) | 2022 |
| Sing His Praise Again (Oh My Soul) (feat. Jenn Johnson) | Bethel Music | Revivals In The Air (Live) | 2020 |
| His Mercy Is More (Live) | Shane & Shane | Hymns Live | 2019 |
| 8AM | |||
| Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Psalm 103) [Live] | Sovereign Grace Music | Unchanging God: Songs from the Book of Psalms, Vol. 1 (Live) | 2022 |
| Its Time To Worship | Chris McClarney | Speak To The Mountains – EP | 2021 |
| Hallelujahs Song (Psalm 103) (feat. Caleb Chapman) | JUDAH. | 3 + 7 | 2021 |
| Let Everything (Praise the Lord) | Pat Barrett | Canvas and Clay (Live) | 2019 |
| Psalm 150 (Praise The Lord) | Matt Boswell & Matt Papa | Almost Home | 2021 |
| Let All Creation Praise the Lord | Lincoln Brewster | Amazed | 2002 |
| My Heart Is Steadfast (Psalm 103) | Ellie Holcomb | Magnolia | 2011 |
| Alive & Breathing (feat. Elle Limebear) | Matt Maher | Alive & Breathing, Vol. 2 | 2019 |
| Breathe | Maverick City Music | Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition | 2021 |
| Let Everything (Live) | Vertical Worship | Frontiers (Live) | 2016 |
| Holy (Song Of The Ages) (feat. Andrew Holt) | The Belonging Co | Single | 2020 |
| Praise To The Lord | Citizens | Citizens | 2014 |
| To Not Worship You | MercyMe | Always Only Jesus | 2022 |
| 9AM | |||
| Breath You Gave | Awaken Worship | Wont Stay Silent | 2019 |
| Alive in You (feat. Kim Walker-Smith) [Live] | Jesus Culture | Let It Echo (Live) | 2016 |
| I Breathe You In, God | Bryan & Katie Torwalt | Here On Earth | 2011 |
| Live & Breathe | Mia Fieldes | Ashes – EP | 2015 |
| Hallelujah, Our God Reigns (feat. Brett Younker) | Passion | Whole Heart (Live) | 2018 |
| Everything and Nothing Less (feat. Chris McClarney) [Live] | Jesus Culture | Let It Echo (Live) | 2016 |
| Great Are You Lord | All Sons & Daughters | All Sons & Daughters | 2014 |
| Heaven Fall | Cody Carnes | Heaven Fall – Single | 2019 |
| Good Grace | Hillsong United | People | 2019 |
| We Praise You | Brandon Lake | We Praise You (Studio Version) | 2020 |
| Tabernacle | We The Kingdom | We The Kingdom | 2022 |
| Raise a Hallelujah | Jonathan & Melissa Helser | Victory | 2019 |
Key Element for Thriving Relationships-Honoring Parents
john : October 6, 2022 11:15 am : John Shirk, Staff PagesJOHN SHIRK – Today’s Key Element for Thriving Relationships is Honoring our Parents or Guardians.
This is one of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:12, “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.”
Respect for authority starts on the home front. One of the ways we can show respect for Mom and Dad as children is to obey them. The reason for this, according to Ephesians 6:1. is that this is right.
Honoring Mom and Dad expresses gratitude for their sacrifice and support when we were children. First Timothy 5:4 says that “if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family, and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.”
Honoring our Parents or Guardians is a key element for thriving relationships that honor God.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is Psalm 23:1.
David, a man after God’s own heart made this statement about his relationship with God. “The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”
For David, knowing God was the passion of his heart and the fulfillment of his life.
Having a relationship with God does not mean we will gain more of the things that we want in this world, but we will have the grace that is sufficient for our needs. Our greatest need is forgiveness, and when Jesus went to the cross, He was extending His mercy to sinners who desperately need Him.
Jesus said in John 10:14, “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-and I lay down my life for the sheep.” He also said, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”
This Faith-Building Verse inspires us to find fulfillment in knowing Jesus as our Good Shepherd in the Year of Relationship.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is Isaiah 48:17.
This is what the LORD says-your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
The life that God intends for us is to move us toward genuine freedom, complete love, and eternal life.
That is what the grace and truth of Jesus Christ is able to do for us. His commands forbidding certain actions and thoughts are not meant to ruin our fun or make us miserable. God knows how we are wired. He knows how certain behaviors and attitudes can destroy our lives, our relationships, and our freedom. Those behaviors and attitudes also grieve the heart of God and are contrary to His character.
In His wisdom and love, God has revealed His plan for our lives, and that plan is to live by faith in Jesus and love Him with all our being. That plan is life-giving and trustworthy.
This Faith-Building Verse inspires us to be teachable to the way of God in the Year of Relationship.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
Key Element for Thriving Relationships-Testimony
john : October 5, 2022 3:58 pm : John Shirk, Staff PagesJOHN SHIRK – Today’s Key Element for Thriving Relationships is a Testimony of faith.
Everyone has a story. When we come to faith in Christ, that story becomes a redemption story.
Out of the overflow of our heart, the mouth speaks words of praise and gratitude because of what God has done in our lives. By sharing our story with others, we invite others to see the goodness of God.
Not everyone might want to hear our story. There is wisdom in being sensitive to that. But where people are interested in hearing how God has worked in our lives, our story can build the faith of others and open doors of transparency with them.
Psalm 66:16 says, “Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me.”
Sharing our testimony with others is a key element for thriving relationships that honor God.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
Key Element for Thriving Relationships-Sharing God’s Work Among Us
john : October 4, 2022 3:22 pm : John Shirk, Staff PagesJOHN SHIRK – Today’s Key Element for Thriving Relationships is sharing how God is at work among us.
In Acts 14:27, Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch where they had been commissioned for their missionary service.
On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
These kinds of reports encourage others with updates on how God is moving in the world today. Lives are being changed. People are coming to faith. The Gospel is advancing into new territory.
By sharing how we have seen God at work, we can be voices that motivate and mobilize the church into vibrant ministry.
Sharing how God is at work among us is a key element for thriving relationships that honor God.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is Second Corinthians 5:21.
Speaking of Jesus, “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
It is important to point out that in God’s righteous requirements, there is no forgiveness without the shedding of blood. That is what makes the death of Jesus on the cross so incredibly humbling and amazing for us. Jesus died on our behalf so that we might be reconciled to God. He paid the price for our sins. That is the irony of the Gospel. The sinless Son of God died so that sinners like us could be declared “Not guilty” in the eyes of righteous God. Through Jesus, the way has been cleared for us to enjoy God forever.
This miracle of love will be celebrated throughout eternity among the redeemed. The voices of heaven declare, “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”
This Faith-Building Verse inspires us to remember the price that Jesus paid for our redemption in the Year of Relationship.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
Key Element for Thriving Relationships-Sharing Love of Music
john : October 3, 2022 3:05 pm : John Shirk, Staff PagesJOHN SHIRK – Today’s Key Element for Thriving Relationships is Sharing our love of music with others.
We can do this in a number of ways. We can talk about favorite songs that we hear on the radio or share songs with others that we find on social media. We can sing songs together in church, or hear songs together in a concert venue.
Music has a way of bringing people together. In Matthew 26:30, Jesus sung a hymn with His disciples before going out to the Mount of Olives.
Ephesians 5:19 instructs us to speak “to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.”
Sharing our Love of Music with others is a key element for thriving relationships that honor God.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
