This morning’s playlist is filled with songs led by worship leading moms! Moms who know highs and lows, the process of adoption, the journey of infertility, the pain of loss, and delight of many children.  Each one encouraging us to bring our praise in every season.

I recently spoke with Kirby Kaple, who experienced a 7-year infertility journey before her daughter Lollia arrived! She shares her story, and we compare a few notes in the latest Praise & Worship Podcast.

There’s also an episode of the podcast with David Leonard. He and his wife also had a discouraging season involving waiting and miscarriage. He talks about it, and the songs that came out of that experience.

Personally, after a loss this year, I’m feeling like this Mother’s Day is lemon juice on my raw heart. Click here to hear a little more of my story, and my encouragement to you if you’re in the same boat!

Here’s a link to my Spotify Playlist. Songs that really helped me fix my eyes (and heart and hopes) on Jesus through my own journey to becoming a mom.

Our circumstances are extra unusual and discouraging this year, but I hope today is still special and meaningful for you moms!

Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ 
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Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6:00 a.m.
Wonderfully Made	Ellie Holcomb	Red Sea Road	2017
Faithful to the End (feat. Paul & Hannah McClure)	Bethel Music	Have It All
Jesus What a Savior	Housefires	We Say Yes	2017
Forever (Live)	Bethel Music & Kari Jobe	You Make Me Brave (Live)	2014
Forever My King (feat. Leeland & HopeUC)	Darlene Zschech	Single	2019
Mercy|Grace	(the autumn)	Songs of Mercy and Grace	2018
Ever Be (Live)	Bethel Music & Kalley Heiligenthal	We Will Not Be Shaken (Live) [Deluxe Edition]	2015
Driven by Love	Lindy & The Circuit Riders	Driven by Love (Live)	2019
Abide	Providence Worship	Live On The Hill	2020
Be Still (feat. Steffany Frizzell Gretzinger)	Bethel Music	Tides	2013
7:00 a.m.
JOY INVINCIBLE (feat. Jenn Johnson)	Switchfoot	Single	2020
God I Look to You (Feat. Francesca Battistelli)	Bethel Music	Starlight (Live)	2017
Thy Will	Hillary Scott & The Scott Family	Love Remains	2016
Constellations	Ellie Holcomb	Single	2020
I Shall Not Want (feat. Bethany Barnard)	The Worship Initiative	The Worship Initiative, Vol. 17	2019
Sparrow	Audrey Assad	Heart	2011
Soar	Meredith Andrews	Soar	2015
Catch the Wind (feat. Melissa Helser)	Bethel Music	Starlight (Live)	2017
You Cannot Be Stopped	Laura Story	I Give Up	2019
You Make Everything Beautiful	Rebecca St. James	I Will Praise You	2011
Give Thanks to God (feat. Kirby Kaple)	Housefires	We Say Yes	2017
King of My Heart	John Mark & Sarah McMillan	You Are the Avalanche – EP	2015
Goodness of God (Live)	Bethel Music & Jenn Johnson	Victory (Live)	2019
8:00 a.m.
Hes Good	Rachael Lampa	Single	2019
My Delight Is In You	Christy Nockels	Passion: Let The Future Begin	2013
You Delight in Me (Live)	Life Center Worship	Debut EP	2019
Raise a Hallelujah	Jonathan & Melissa Helser	Victory	2019
My Hallelujah	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Praise Before My Breakthrough – EP	2018
Beautiful Things	Gungor	Beautiful Things	2010
The Change in Me	Casting Crowns	Only Jesus	2018
In Christ Alone	Natalie Grant	WOW Worship Aqua	2006
Let Your Kingdom Come	Matt & Kim Goss	The Worship EP	2019
For the King	Paul Baloche	Behold Him	2020
King of Kings (Live)	Hillsong Worship	Single	2019
Ill Give Thanks (feat. Kirby Kaple)	Housefires	Housefires V (Live)	2019
9:00 a.m
Take Courage (Kristene DiMarco)	Bethel Music	Starlight (Live)	2017
Who You Are	JJ Heller	Loved	2013
Defender	Rita Springer	Battles	2017
Praise Before My Breakthrough	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Praise Before My Breakthrough – EP	2018
Awake My Soul	Hillsong Worship	Awake	2019
Faith and Wonder (Live)	Meredith Andrews	Faith and Wonder (Live)	2019
Rejoice	Brad+Rebekah	Single	2019
Glimpse	Kim Walker-Smith	On My Side	2017
Cherry Blossoms	MoveSomebody	Single	2020
In Every Way	Christy Nockels	In Every Way – Single	2019
The Blessing (Live)	Elevation Worship, Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes	Graves Into Gardens (Deluxe) [Live]	2020

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Vision, today’s 20/20 Insight focuses on the nourishment of spring rains and the word of God.

In Isaiah 55:10, the LORD compares the rain cycle with the nourishment of His Word to feed our soul.

From the New Living Translation, “The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.”

Just as the soil needs rain for the crops to grow, so we need God’s Word for our faith to grow. That is one dependable place where we can turn to taste and see that the Lord is good.

Focusing on God’s Word daily gives us greater clarity for living out the Christian life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Episode 11 features special guest, Kirby Kaple of Housefires! I’m truly thrilled to bring you our conversation. Housefires is releasing brand new singles these days, with a very special new studio version of “I’ll Give Thanks”. Kirby co-wrote and sung it while on a 7-year infertility journey, and now is talking about it from the other side. IVF is part of her story, so listen for details on her process. There are also keys here for worship leaders, leading through their own very difficult seasons. And, as Kirby and I are both quarantined at home for this interview, spoiler alert, our kids and dogs adorably interrupt!

Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ
Kristi@WJTL.com
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JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Vision, today’s 20/20 Insight focuses on the beauty of a flower and the brilliance of God’s glory.

Jesus said in Matthew 6:28, “See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.”

Flowers have their season when they burst forth in brilliant color and decorate our world with breathtaking beauty.  But they don’t last forever. Eventually, their beauty fades. That is one of the ways we are similar to a flower. We have a moment on earth that God has given to shine. Our most brilliant moments occur when we are fulfilling our God-given purpose to reflect His glory. This moment is our opportunity. This is our season to shine by sharing His grace, and standing for His truth.

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

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

On the way today: brand new local worship from Providence Worship! Their project, “Live On The Hill” just came out on Friday and all 5 songs are in this morning’s lineup!

I checked in on release day with Providence Worship’s Philip, Holly and Collin (Taco!) Lots of fun to talk and hear stories behind the new songs. Click to watch the video here.

I also wanted to include the post from Rend Collective’s frontman, Chris. I love his balanced perspective on JOY!

Today’s playlist includes Matt Maher’s title track to “Alive & Breathing”, a song–and a project–that we dug into on the P&W Podcast.

Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ
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Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6:00 a.m.
Holy Love	Providence Worship	Live On The Hill	2020
Let There Be Wonder (Live)	Corey Voss & Madison Street Worship	Heaven Come Closer (Live)	2020
Behold Him (feat. Kim Walker Smith)	Paul Baloche	Single	2019
Rejoice	Mission Worship	Mission Worship EP	2019
I Will Sing (Live)	Elevation Worship	Only King Forever (Live)	2014
My Soul Sings (feat. Kirby Kaple & Dante Bowe)	Housefires	Housefires + Friends (Live)	2020
Light Breaking Through (feat. Lauren Lee Anderson)	North Point Worship	Light Breaking Through / Sons And Daughters – EP	2020
Midnight	Rita Springer	Single	2020
Lead Me To The Rock	Providence Worship	Live On The Hill	2020
No One But You (Live)	Hillsong Worship	Awake (Deluxe)	2019
7:00 a.m.
Praise Before My Breakthrough	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Praise Before My Breakthrough – EP	2018
I Choose to Worship	Rend Collective	Choose to Worship	2020
Only Have One	Paul McClure & Hannah McClure	The Way Home (Deluxe)	2019
Never Lost	Elevation Worship	Single	2019
God Is Always Good (Live)	Covenant Worship	Covenant Worship Live	2018
Valley (Live)	Chris McClarney	Single	2019
I Will Trust You	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Kingdom Come	2013
Alive & Breathing	Matt Maher	Alive & Breathing, Vol. 2	2020
Alive	All Sons & Daughters	Season One	2012
Lean Back	Providence Worship	Live On The Hill	2020
Graves Into Gardens (feat. Brandon Lake)	Elevation Worship	Graves Into Garders	2020
Dancing on the Grave (Live)	Corey Voss & Madison Street Worship	Heaven Come Closer (Live)	2020
8:00 a.m.
We Praise You	Brandon Lake	Single	2020
Raise A Hallelujah (feat. Brett Younker)	Passion	Roar (Live From Passion 2020)	2020
Christ Be Magnified (Live)	Cory Asbury	Single	2020
God Moves In A Mysterious Way	Jeremy Riddle	Full Attention	2007
Ill Give Thanks (feat. Kirby Kaple)	Housefires	Single	2020
I Will Wait (Live)	David Leonard	The Wait: Silence the Noise (Live)	2019
Home	Leslie Jordan	Single	2020
Peace (feat. We The Kingdom)	Bethel Music	Peace	2020
SOS	We The Kingdom	Live At the Wheelhouse – EP	2019
10,000 Reasons	Rend Collective Experiment	Campfire	2013
A Million Years	Paul Baloche	Behold Him	2020
Beautiful Things (Live)	Eddie Kirkland & Lizi Bailey	North Point Live: Here + Now	2012
9:00 a.m.
The Fathers House (Acoustic)	Cory Asbury	Single	2020
Abide	Providence Worship	Live On The Hill	2020
With Me	Brad+Rebekah	The Things Of God	2011
Way Maker	Paul McClure	Single	2019
Overwhelmed	Life Center Worship	Single	2020
Let The Light In	Cody Carnes	Run To The Father	2020
How Great Thou Art	David Leonard	Single	2020
The Blessing (Live)	Elevation Worship, Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes	Graves Into Gardens (Deluxe) [Live]	2020
Greatest Love Story	Providence Worship	Live On The Hill	2020

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Vision, today’s 20/20 Insight focuses on the Lord’s strength.

David said in First Chronicles 16:11, “Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.”

A thriving faith is only possible through an ongoing relationship with Jesus. In John 15, He told His followers, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

God invites us to spend time with Him every day and to depend on His grace to live the Christian life. Here are some of the specific practices that can bring greater clarity into our relationship with God. Take time to thank Him for His blessings. Name them one by one. Take time to praise Him for His greatness. Remember the reference points of history that prove His love and power such as the cross, the empty grave, and the day of Pentecost. Take delight in studying His Word. That is where He reveals His grace and guides us in wisdom.

Focusing on the Lord’s strength gives us greater clarity for living out the Christian life.  

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Episode 10 features special guest, Matt Maher! The conversation is centered on his latest project: “Alive & Breathing”, with a definite theme of singing through difficult and uncertain circumstances. Listen for the special story behind the compelling album artwork. And, Matt talks abut how he and his wife are helping kids process life in quarantine. (Bonus content, courtesy of his daughter Rowan!)

Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ
Kristi@WJTL.com
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JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Vision, today’s 20/20 Insight focuses on the search for  meaningful worship.

In Psalm 27:4, David wrote, “One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.”

The temple was known as a place for worship. That is what gave David great delight-dwelling in the house of God and seeing Him in His glory. Churches today are known as houses of worship, but we don’t have to go to church to worship God. We can honor Him right where we are, because the body of the believer is identified as a temple of the Holy Spirit. 

Focusing on God’s glory and grace gives us greater clarity for living out the Christian life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Hello!  I hope you’re doing well.
This morning’s playlist includes songs from Cody Carnes, Rita Springer, Chris Renzema, Martin Smith, Kirby Kaple, Leeland and more!
See the lineup below (and the latest episode of the P&W Podcast below that! It features Cody Carnes. He shares stories behind song on his new album “Run To The Father”, and gives us a glimpse into the writing process of the song “The Blessing”.  

Keep choosing to worship! 🙂
Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ
Kristi@WJTL.com
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Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6:00 a.m.			2011
Midnight	Rita Springer	Single	2020
I Will Wait (Live)	David Leonard	The Wait: Silence the Noise (Live)	2019
Over and Over	Chris McClarney	Breakthrough	2018
Faithful to the End (feat. Paul & Hannah McClure)	Bethel Music	Have It All
Great Grace	The McClures	The Way Home (Deluxe)	2019
From Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology)	Hillsong Worship	Awake	2019
Springtime	Chris Renzema	Let The Ground Rest	2020
Light Breaking Through (feat. Lauren Lee Anderson)	North Point Worship	Light Breaking Through / Sons And Daughters – EP	2020
Step Into the Light (feat. Sean Curran) [Live from Passion 2019]	Passion	Single	2019
Let The Light In	Cody Carnes	Run To The Father	2020
Graves Into Gardens (feat. Brandon Lake)	Elevation Worship	Graves Into Garders	2020
7:00 a.m.			2011
God Is Always Good (Live)	Covenant Worship	Covenant Worship Live	2018
A Million Years	Paul Baloche	Behold Him	2020
God of Revival	Brian Johnson & Jenn Johnson	Single	2020
Awe + Wonder (Live) (feat. Daniella Mason & Andrew Holt)	The Belonging Co	Awe + Wonder (Live)	2019
Let There Be Wonder (Live)	Corey Voss & Madison Street Worship	Heaven Come Closer (Live)	2020
How Great Thou Art	David Leonard	Single	2020
Holy (Song Of The Ages) (feat. Andrew Holt)	The Belonging Co	Single	2020
Egypt (Live)	Cory Asbury	Single	2020
Dancing On the Waves (Live)	We The Kingdom	Single	2019
You Make Me Brave	Amanda Cook	You Make Me Brave (Live)	2014
Oceans (Where Feet May FaiI)	Rend Collective	Campfire II: Simplicity	2016
8:00 a.m.			2011
Spirit Lead Me / Spirit Break Out (feat. Kim Walker-Smith)	Influence Music & Michael Ketterer	REBELS (Deluxe)	2020
Holy Water (Church Sessions) (feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard)	We The Kingdom	Single	2020
Do It Again	Elevation Worship	Speak Revival – EP	2016
Heaven Fall (Live)	The Belonging Co & Henry Seeley	Awe + Wonder (Live)	2019
Run to the Father	Cody Carnes	Single	2019
Good Good Father	Chris Tomlin & Pat Barrett	Single	2018
Overwhelmed	Life Center Worship	Single	2020
Tethered (Live)	Phil Wickham	Singalong 4	2019
Peace (feat. We The Kingdom)	Bethel Music	Peace	2020
9:00 a.m.			2011
His Mercy Is More	Matt Papa	Single	2020
Christ Be Magnified	Cody Carnes	Single	2020
Ill Give Thanks (feat. Kirby Kaple)	Housefires	Single	2020
I Choose to Worship	Rend Collective	Choose to Worship	2020
Raise a Hallelujah (feat. Jonathan  & Melissa Helser)	Bethel Music	Victory	2019
We Praise You	Brandon Lake	Single	2020
I Will Sing	Martin Smith	Exalt – EP	2020
Never Lost	Elevation Worship	Single	2019
Way Maker (Live)	Leeland	Single	2019
The Blessing	Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship	Single	2020

Kristi Leigh · WJTL PRAISE & WORSHIP PODCAST: CODY CARNES

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Good News Focus is on Psalm 90, verse 2.

Before the mountains were born, or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

How do you comprehend an infinite God with a finite mind? We cannot fully grasp His eternal nature, or understand all His ways. He sees reality from a higher perspective, and He also sees reality from an eternal perspective. His view of time is different than ours. Moses wrote that a thousand years in God’s sight are like a day that has just gone by.

Even though we cannot fully comprehend God, He fully understands us. He made us. He has provided a way for us to know Him better and to live in a peaceful relationship with Him forever. Jesus is our way to the Father. 

Jesus is our Source of Good News, leading us to a place of awe-inspiring worship in the Year of Vision. 

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com