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JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is James 1:12.
James 1:12 says, “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, because having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.”
To persevere is to persist in something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.
As we follow Jesus, we are going to face difficult days. Our love for God will be tested. It might come through persecution. It might come through disappointments or conflicts that weigh us down. Jesus promised we would have trouble in this life. But He also promised ultimate victory and blessing for those who were faithful to Him. There is reward for faithfulness through times of testing.
This Faith-Building Verse inspires us to stay faithful to Jesus through the trials of life in the Year of Relationship.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
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Faith Building Verses-Philippians 3:13 and 14
john : February 17, 2022 11:14 am : John Shirk, Staff PagesJOHN SHIRK – Todays’ Faith-Building Verses are Philippians 3, verses 13 and 14.
The Apostle Paul wrote, “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
In the Winter Olympics, you will not see a skier looking back as they race down the slope. Looking back would cause them to lose their focus on where they are going and lose their forward momentum.
The Apostle Paul gives us direction for our focus by his example. He did not want to look back on his journey with regrets or with a sense of retreat. He was focused on moving forward with Jesus, step by step. He was on a journey. He had not yet arrived, but he was making good progress.
These faith-building verses inspire us to keep moving forward with our eyes on the prize in the Year of Relationship.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
Key Element for Thriving Relationship-Love
john : February 15, 2022 5:11 pm : John Shirk, Staff PagesJOHN SHIRK – Today’s Key Element for Thriving Relationships is love.
First Corinthians 13 is often cited as the love chapter in the Bible. It gives an in-depth description on the nature of love-what it is, and what it is not. The chapter begins by talking about its importance for the Christian faith.
Verse 1 says, “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”
For all of the ways we can exercise our faith in service and sacrifice, love is the purest motivation and highest expression. Christ died on a cross. His love held Him there, and His love is reliable to save us, transform us, and draw us to a personal relationship with Him.
Love is a key element for thriving relationships that honor God.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
Praise & Worship Playlist: Love Theme
kristi : February 13, 2022 7:35 am : Kristi Leigh, Staff PagesSong Title | Artist | Album | Year |
6AM | |||
When I Look At The Blood | Pat Barrett | Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly | 2021 |
At the Cross (Love Ran Red) [feat. Chris Tomlin] [Live] | Passion | Passion: Take It All (Deluxe Edition / Live) | 2014 |
Love Came Down (feat. Brian Johnson) [Live] | Bethel Live | Be Lifted High (Deluxe Edition) [Live] | 2011 |
I Am Loved + Do It Again (Live) | Mack Brock | Single | 2019 |
Lost in Your Love (feat. Sarah Reeves) | Brandon Lake | House of Miracles (Live) | 2021 |
Your Love Is Extravagant | Casting Crowns | Casting Crowns | 2003 |
Magnificent, Marvelous, Matchless Love | Matt Boswell & Matt Papa | His Mercy Is More: The Hymns of Matt Boswell and Matt Papa | 2019 |
Wondrous Love | Jadon Lavik | Roots Run Deep | 2008 |
Jesus Loves Me | Hillsong Young & Free | III | 2018 |
My Heart Is Yours (feat. Passion) | Kristian Stanfill | Passion: Take It All | 2014 |
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever | Shane & Shane | Vintage | 2020 |
7AM | |||
Healing Is In Your Hands | Christy Nockels | Passion: Awakening | 2010 |
Wide Open Live (feat Clay Finnesand) | North Point InsideOut | Live Single | 2019 |
Orphan (Live) | Andy Cherry | Single | 2021 |
Nothing Can Separate Us | Todd Fields | North Point Live: Awake | 2009 |
No Reason to Hide (Live) | Hillsong Worship | Faith + Hope + Love (Live) | 2009 |
Nothing Can Separate (feat. Matt Redman) | Lucy Grimble | Gods Heart Explodes | 2020 |
True Love | Phil Wickham | Singalong | 2008 |
Reckless Love | Cory Asbury | Reckless Love | 2017 |
How He Loves | John Mark McMillan | The Medicine | 2010 |
O Great Love | Robbie Seay Band | Songs Inspired by “Jesus Calling” | 2011 |
Your Love Is Strong | Jon Foreman | Limbs and Branches | 2008 |
Child Of Love (feat. Bear Rinehart of Needtobreathe) | We The Kingdom | Single | 2021 |
Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) [Live] | Hillsong UNITED | Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) [Live] – Single | 2019 |
8AM | |||
Jesus, We Love You (Live) | Bethel Music & Paul McClure | We Will Not Be Shaken (Live) [Deluxe Edition] | 2015 |
Know Your Heart (Live) | David Leonard | The Wait: Silence the Noise (Live) | 2019 |
Beloved | Leeland | Invisible | 2016 |
Wild Heart (Live) | Kim Walker-Smith | Wild Heart (Live) | 2020 |
Sing to the Lord (Banner) | Pat Barrett | Pat Barrett | 2018 |
Amazing Grace/Jesus Loves Me | Paul Colman | Bridges – Classic Hymns, Modern Worship | 2005 |
First Love (Live) | Kari Jobe | The Blessing (Live) | 2020 |
Heres My Heart | Crowder | Passion: Let The Future Begin | 2013 |
Stand in Your Love (Live) | Bethel Music & Josh Baldwin | Victory (Live) | 2019 |
Love Wont Give Up | Elevation Worship | At Midnight – EP | 2019 |
9AM | |||
Because Of Your Love | Chris Quilala (Of Jesus Culture) | Split The Sky | 2017 |
Need Your Love (Live) | Hillsong Young & Free | All of My Best Friends (Live) | 2020 |
This Beating Heart | Matt Redman | Your Grace Finds Me (Live) | 2013 |
Anything To Bless Your Heart | Crossroads Music | Single | 2021 |
My Soul Sings | Delirious | Kingdom Of Comfort | 2008 |
What Love Looks Like | Elle Limebear | Lost In Wonder | 2020 |
King of My Heart | John Mark & Sarah McMillan | You Are the Avalanche – EP | 2015 |
My Jesus I Love Thee (With Every Breath) [feat. Meredith Andrews] | Worship Circle | Worship Circle Hymns | 2019 |
Ways | Sean Curran | Single | 2021 |
Alabaster Heart (Live) | Kalley | Single | 2019 |
Nobody Loves Me Like You | Chris Tomlin | Holy Roar | 2018 |
God Really Loves Us (feat. Dante Bowe & Maverick City Music) | Crowder | Milk & Honey | 2021 |
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verses are First Peter 1:18 and 19.
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life….., but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
Some of the best athletes in the world are competing for the gold in Beijing. However, there are treasures even more valuable to embrace.
Gold or silver medals are awards, showing the achievements of athletes, but the blood of Jesus shed at the cross reveals His accomplishment to pay the price for our sins.
According to Ephesians 1:7, “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.”
These faith-building verses highlight the value of Christ’s blood to be worth more than gold in the Year of Relationship.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
Friday Time Capsule-Songs from February 9 1998
john : February 11, 2022 1:05 pm : John Shirk, Staff Pageshttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/3SCMY6Eky11jPNVTKluFxH?si=725b4aa442d34911
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verses are First Peter 1, verses 6 and 7.
“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith (of greater worth than gold)…..may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
The Bible talks about certain treasures in our relationship with God that are worth more than gold. One of those treasures is genuine faith.
When trials come into our lives, those are opportunities for our faith to be refined. God works through the circumstances of our lives to speak to us about our need for His grace. He may also speak to us of getting rid of certain practices or attitudes that are unholy.
A genuine faith will shine with godly integrity and reflect God’s glory.
These faith-building verses highlight the precious value of genuine faith to be worth more than gold in the Year of Relationship.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
Song Title | Artist | Album | Year |
6AM | |||
Holy | Matt Gilman | Holy | 2008 |
Exalt | Martin Smith | Iron Lung | 2019 |
Forever | Kari Jobe | Majestic | 2014 |
Sovereign | Chris Tomlin | Burning Lights | 2013 |
Always | Kristian Stanfill | Mountains Move | 2011 |
Magnificent | Matt Redman | 10,000 Reasons | 2011 |
Mighty (Live) | Andy Cherry | Single | 2021 |
Offering | Paul Baloche | Integrity Music i Worship Next | 2004 |
Ways | Sean Curran | Single | 2021 |
P E A C E | Hillsong Young & Free | III | 2018 |
Remember | Passion | Salvations Tide Is Rising | 2016 |
Valley (Live) | Chris McClarney | Single | 2019 |
7AM | |||
Weathered (Live) | Bethel Music, Dante Bowe & The McClures | Homecoming (Live) | 2021 |
Peace (feat. We The Kingdom) | Bethel Music | Peace | 2020 |
Still | Rend Collective | Choose to Worship | 2020 |
Rejoice | Brad+Rebekah | Single | 2019 |
Midnight | Rita Springer | Light | 2020 |
Deliverer (feat. Lauren Lee) | North Point Worship | Single | 2022 |
Egypt | Cory Asbury | Live Edit | 2021 |
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) | Hillsong United | Zion | 2013 |
Tremble | Mosaic Music | Glory & Wonder | 2018 |
Fierce | Jesus Culture | Let It Echo | 2016 |
Furious | Jeremy Riddle | Furious | 2011 |
Champion | Dante Bowe | Revivals In The Air (Compliation) | 2021 |
8AMN | |||
Trouble (feat. The Kingdom Choir) | Martin Smith | Single | 2021 |
Surrounded (Fight My Battles) | Michael W. Smith | Surrounded | 2018 |
Defender | Rita Springer | Battles | 2017 |
Abraham | Josh Baldwin | The War Is Over | 2017 |
Promises | Maverick City Music | Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 2 | 2021 |
Beautiful | Phil Wickham | Cannons | 2007 |
Resurrender (feat. Brooke Ligertwood) | Hillsong Worship | These Same Skies | 2021 |
Gratitude (Live) | Brandon Lake | House of Miracles (Live) | 2021 |
Breathe | Shane & Shane | Vintage | 2020 |
Better (Live) | Pat Barrett | Canvas and Clay (Live) | 2019 |
Enough | Chris Tomlin | Not To Us | 2002 |
9AM | |||
Jireh (feat. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine) | Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music | Old Church Basement | 2021 |
Messiah | Phil Wickham | Phil Wickham | 2006 |
Protector (Live) | Kim Walker-Smith | Wild Heart (Live) | 2020 |
Yahweh | Elevation Worship | Here as in Heaven | 2016 |
Indescribable | Chris Tomlin | Arriving | 2004 |
Homecoming (feat. Cory Asbury, Gable Price) | Bethel Music | Homecoming (Live) | 2021 |
Jubilee (feat. Naomi Raine, Bryan & Katie Torwalt) | Maverick City Music | Jubilee | 2021 |
Heavenly | Pat Barrett | Single | 2020 |
Joy | Rend Collective | The Art of Celebration | 2014 |
RATTLE! (Live) | Elevation Worship | Graves Into Gardens (Deluxe) [Live] | 2020 |
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