Happy Valentine’s Weekend!
Today’s playlist is packed with songs celebrating the true love of God. Plus, the 9:00 hour is filled with songs led by worship leading married couples, including the Torwalts, Helsers, Johnsons, McClures and more.

Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ
Kristi@WJTL.com 
Podcast: Spotify/Apple Podcasts Follow & Friend on Instagram & Facebook 

NIK — NEW AT THE LISTEN TAB on wjtl.com is a motivational interview with recording artist Jason Fowler. Click the link The REQUEST Show Jason Fowler (part 1 and part 2 both available to download)

Hear “Healer” on WJTL or request it on The REQUEST SHOW m-th 8-10 w. Nik (at Night)

NEW on WJTL this week: The weekend Nik Pik from The Top 25 Countdown “Miracles” from Colton Dixon! We’re also spinning the latest song “So Alive” from sibling group The Young Escape, and a Latin number called “Amadeo” from Ryan Stevenson! And…this week our new #1 song features a multi-generational family band!

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Good News Focus is on First Peter 4:8.

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

Love is life-changing. The Gospel is rooted in the love of God for us, and when we receive God’s love and pass it along in our relationships, we have the opportunity to represent Jesus in this world.

Notice, the passage does not call us to love superficially. God calls us to love each other from the heart, not just with our words or going through the motions. This will lead us to generous giving with a grateful heart, rather than fulfilling our duty with a complaining spirit. Then, when love is tested, we will keep reaching out with love and seek God’s best for those people that God has placed in our lives.

Jesus is our source of Good News, leading us to a place of loving people from the heart in the Year of Vision.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Vision, today’s 20/20 Insight focuses on a spiritual metaphor of snow.

It’s found in Isaiah 1:18, where the LORD says, 

“Come now, let us settle the matter. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”

Just as a blanket of snow covers the ground, so the blood of Jesus has the power to cover our sins. His grace is able to make our hearts pure again. 

Repentance is the pathway to forgiveness. That is the picture of turning around from going in the wrong direction to get back on track with God. To a nation whose hands were full of blood, God said, “Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice.” 

In the New Testament, Jesus said, “Repent and believe the good news!”

Focusing on the grace of God to cleanse us from sin gives us greater clarity for living out the Christian life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s 20/20 Insight focuses on the value of God’s love.

In Ephesians 3:19, the Apostle Paul prayed that we might have power together with all the Lord’s holy people to grasp the value of Christ’s love to our lives.

This love surpasses knowledge. A good education can prepare us for a productive career, but the love of God prepares us for a thriving faith and an eternal inheritance in His Kingdom. Jesus has made it possible to know what God’s love is because He demonstrated it when He walked on the earth.

First John 3:16 says, “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”

Focusing on the value of God’s love gives us greater clarity for living out the Christian life. 

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

One of the highlights in yesterday’s Praise & Worship Playlist was a themed grouping of songs, encouraging us to behold God with wonder. I’ve collected that lineup in a Spotify Playlist for you! It includes brand new releases from Matt Redman, Paul Baloche, Belonging Co., Meredith Andrews and more — plus, classics like “Indescribable”, “God of Wonders”, and “Hallelujah Jesus”. I encourage you to take some time to give attention and focus to God in a fresh and intentional way. These songs, led by wonderful leaders, can help!

Today’s playlist has themes of wonder and new mercies every day. Plus, twin spins from Hillsong United, Chris McClarney, David Leonard, and John Mark & Sarah McMillan–and new music from Matt Redman, Brian & Jenn Johnson and MoveSomebody.

Kristi Leigh 
Kristi@WJTL.com
Praise & Worship Podcast: Spotify/Apple Podcasts On Instagram & Facebook

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Vision, today’s 20/20 Insight focuses on the depth of God’s love.

In Ephesians 3:18, The Apostle Paul prayed that we might have power together with all the Lord’s holy people to grasp how deep is the love of Christ.

One of the ways we can tell that someone loves us sincerely is by their willingness to make sacrifices on our behalf. Jesus passes this sincerity test with flying colors.

In John 15:13, Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” That is exactly what Jesus would do less that 24 hours after making this statement.  Because of His sacrifice, we can call on God to save us from our sins, and He will be faithful to hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

Focusing on the depth of God’s love gives us greater clarity for living out the Christian life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Good News Focus is on Titus 3:4 and 5.

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

We can thank God for His mercy. It was God’s mercy that stopped the stoning of a woman who had been caught in adultery. It was God’s mercy that turned a persecutor of the church named Saul into an apostle of the church named Paul. And God’s mercy changes our lives when we see the kindness of God expressed in Christ.

Jesus did not come to a world that had its act together. Rather, He came to a world in a sinful condition. He came because we needed His mercy. That is what He provided for us when He shed His blood at the cross.

Jesus is our source of Good News, leading us to a place of new life in His kindness and mercy in the Year of Vision. 

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

This morning’s playlist includes lots of new songs from Rend Collective, Chris McClarney, MoveSomebody and a bunch from Matt Redman’s new release “Let There Be Wonder”! Plus, clips from my recent conversation with Cory Asbury. (You can hear the whole thing on the Praise & Worship Podcast, Episode 5)! I do have his very latest, the acoustic rendition of “The Father’s House” in today’s lineup.

Plus, some little song sets with encouraging reminders in the lyrics, focusing on God moving even in the winter season of our lives — and his new mercies and great faithfulness.

Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ

Kristi@WJTL.com

On Instagram & Facebook 
Podcast: Spotify/Apple Podcasts