JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is Psalm 138:8.

David wrote, “The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever-do not abandon the works of your hands.”

The good News of Jesus fills our lives with purpose.

God has uniquely created us to be in relationship with Him and to grow in His grace so that we might reflect His glory. God can take our ambitions and abilities and then open doors for us to serve Him in productive ways. He took David’s background as a shepherd boy and prepared him to become the king of Israel. God also has an important purpose for us.

Ephesians 2:10 says to followers of Jesus, “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

This Faith-Building Verse inspires us to go on mission with God and and live out His purpose for us in the Year of Relationship.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

It’s Spring! Today’s Praise & Worship Playlist is themed with songs to awaken the heart as we come out of a dark season into one that is filled with light and expectation for growth!

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Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ

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Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6AM
Awakening	Hillsong United	Aftermath	2011
This Is What You Do	William Matthews	For The Sake Of The World	2012
Alive	All Sons & Daughters	Season One	2012
Awaken	Kristene DiMarco	Safe Place	2012
Evergreen	Gable Price and Friends	Fractioned Heart	2020
Seasons	Hillsong Worship	Christmas: The Peace Project	2018
Psalm 96 (Let the Earth Rejoice)	Robbie Seay Band	Psalms LP	2015
Let The Earth Awake	Charlie Hall	The Rising	2010
Into The Light	SisterBrother	TBD	2013
Refresh Me (Live)	Leeland	Christ Be All Around Me – Live	2014
All Things New	Hillsong Worship	No Other Name	2014
Goodness of God	Jenn Johnson	Goodness of God (Studio Version)	2019
Grow	Jason Upton	God Finds Us	2020
7AM
Joyful, Joyful	Casting Crowns	Until The Whole World Hears	2010
Beautiful	Phil Wickham	Cannons	2007
Constant (feat. Leeland)	Andrew Marcus	Constant	2017
In the Garden (There Is None Like You)	Watermark	A Grateful People	2006
Dance With Me (feat. Chris Quilala) [Live]	Jesus Culture	Consumed (Live)	2009
My Awakening (feat. Clay Finnesand)	Canyon Hills Worship	Single	2021
Step Into the Light (feat. Sean Curran)	Passion	Single	2019
Creation Sings	All Sons & Daughters	Poets & Saints (Deluxe Community Edition)	2016
Coming Alive	Phil Wickham	Heaven and Earth	2009
Up & Alive	Luke + Anna Hellebronth	Single	2019
Awake My Soul	Hillsong Worship	Awake	2019
Marvelous Light	Charlie Hall	Flying Into Daybreak	2006
A New Day	Ben Cantelon	Everything in Color	2012
Your Love Awakens Me	Phil Wickham	Children Of God	2016
8AM
Cherry Blossoms	MoveSomebody	MoveSomebody	2020
Garden	NEEDTOBREATHE	The Outsiders (Deluxe Version)	2009
Beautiful Things	Shane & Shane	The Worship Initiative, Vol. 1	2014
Communion (feat. Steffany Gretzinger & Brandon Lake)	Maverick City Music	Maverick City, Vol. 2	2019
Awake Our Souls	Tim Timmons	Awake Our Souls	2016
Here Is Our King	David Crowder Band	A Collision	2005
Let The Light In	Cody Carnes	Run To The Father	2020
New Thing (Live)	Hillsong Young & Free	All of My Best Friends (Live)	2020
Revive Us Again	Phil Wickham	Living Hope (Deluxe)	2018
Brokenness Aside	All Sons & Daughters	Season One	2012
9AM
Resurrecting	Elevation Worship	Here As In Heaven	2018
Desert Song	Hillsong United	Across The Earth – Tear Down The Walls	2009
Old for New (Live)	Hannah McClure	Starlight (Live)	2017
Graves Into Gardens (feat. Brandon Lake)	Elevation Worship	Graves Into Gardens	2020
God of New Seasons (feat. Laura Souguellis)	Christ For The Nations Worship	God of New Seasons	2021
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
Roses	Andrew Ripp	Evergreen	2021
The Garden	Kari Jobe	The Garden (Deluxe Edition)	2017
Springtime	Chris Renzema	Let the Ground Rest	2020
The Way (New Horizon)	Pat Barrett	We Say Yes	2018
What I See (feat. Chris Brown)	Elevation Worship	LION	2022

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OcYzqki7Cpm85JIFeT2Bl?si=981cec30bcf94a4f

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is Ephesians 5:1.

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children, and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

The good news of Jesus fills our lives with love for God and for all kinds of people.

God’s love enables us to walk in love so that we can enjoy a meaningful relationship with Him and with those people that God brings into our lives. This is how we know that God’s love is having an impact on our lives-when we share His love with others simply because we care about them, and we know that God loves them too.

Hebrews 13:6 reminds us, “Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”

This faith-building verse inspires us to walk in the way of God’s love in the Year of Relationship.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Key Element for Thriving Relationships is Compassion.

In Matthew 14:13, Jesus withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Jesus was seeking a quiet place to retreat for a period of time. It is quite likely that He was seeking some private moments in prayer. Jesus often went to lonely places to pray.

In this case, however, a large crowd found him, and came to him with their sickness and brokenness. These are the conditions that touch the heart of God because He is compassionate. This is how we can make the world a better place for others-when compassion moves us to action. There is healing and vibrant ministry that takes place when we reach out to others with the love of God.

Compassion is a key element for thriving relationships that honor God.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verses are First John 1:2 to 4.

“The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete.”

One of the compelling evidences of the Christian faith is the witness of those disciples who walked and talked with Jesus. Before Jesus died on a cross, Peter denied Jesus. Before seeing the nail scars, Thomas doubted Jesus. The Disciples deserted Jesus at the sight of His arrest. But after they were witnesses of His resurrection, they went forward in faith with a fresh new boldness to proclaim the good news of God’s love. As they shared the Gospel, the church grew in size and spread throughout the world.

These faith-building verses inspire us to be bold and credible witnesses for Jesus in the Year of Relationship.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

This week’s playlist has mini-themes of depending on God, holding onto His promises, His ability to do more than we can imagine, celebrating His faithfulness and singing His praise! See the full lineup below, including new songs from Matt Maher (feat. Lizzie Morgan), Benjamin Hastings, Elevation Worship and Watermark Music (feat. Shane & Shane)!

 

Kristi Leigh, WJTL DJ

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Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6AM
Way Maker (Live)	Leeland	Single	2019
Praise Your Name (Live)	Corey Voss & Madison Street Worship	Songs of the House (Live)	2019
Find a Reason (Joyful Joyful) [feat. Brett Stanfill]	North Point Worship	Find a Reason	2020
Reason I Sing	Phil Wickham	Hymn Of Heaven	2021
Awake My Soul	Hillsong Worship	Awake	2019
Let It Be Real (feat. Shane & Shane)	Watermark Music	Sing Hallelujah (Deluxe)	2022
All I Need	Citizens	The Joy of Being	2020
Dancing On The Waves	We The Kingdom	Holy Water	2020
Leaning (feat. Lizzie Morgan)	Matt Maher	Single	2022
Every Hour	David Leonard	Single	2022
Morning By Morning (Live From Worship Together)	Pat Barrett	Morning By Morning (I Will Trust) – EP	2022
7AM
I Still Believe (Faithful Always)	Thrive Worship	A Thousand More	2019
Promises Never Fail (Live)	Bethel Music & Emmy Rose	Victory (Live)	2019
Yes and Amen (feat. Chris McClarney)	Jesus Culture	Living with a Fire	2018
Questions (You Are Faithful)	Matt Redman	Glory Song	2017
Promises	Maverick City Music	Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 2	2021
Immeasurably More	Rend Collective	The Art of Celebration	2014
Abundantly More (feat. Seth Condrey)	North Point InsideOut	Abundantly More – EP	2019
Jireh (feat. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine)	Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music	Old Church Basement	2021
God of Revival	Brian Johnson & Jenn Johnson	Single	2020
LION (feat. Chris Brown & Brandon Lake)	Elevation Worship	LION	2022
8AM
Speak To The Mountains	Chris McClarney	Single	2021
Champion	Dante Bowe	Revivals In The Air (Compliation)	2021
House Of The Lord	Phil Wickham	Hymn Of Heaven	2021
Praise Upon Praise (Live)	Pat Barrett	Canvas and Clay (Live)	2019
Christ Be Magnified	Cody Carnes	Single	2020
A Thousand Hallelujahs (Live)	Brooke Ligertwood	Single	2022
Multiplied (feat.Steve Fee) [Live]	North Point InsideOut	Hear (Live)	2015
Million Little Miracles (feat. Joe L Barnes)	Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music	Old Church Basement	2021
We Are Blessed	All Sons & Daughters	The Longing – EP	2012
Counting Every Blessing	Rend Collective	Good News	2018
Jesus Over Everything (feat. Andrew Holt)	The Belonging Co	See The Light (Live)	2021
Reign Above It All	Paul McClure	Revivals In The Air (Live)	2020
9AM
See A Victory	Elevation Worship	At Midnight – EP	2019
Trouble (feat. The Kingdom Choir)	Martin Smith	Single	2021
Sing Wherever I Go (Live)	We The Kingdom	Live At the Wheelhouse – EP	2019
What a Good God	Paul Baloche	Behold Him	2020
Reason To Praise (feat. Cory Asbury & Naomi Raine)	Bethel Music	Homecoming (Live)	2021
God Really Loves Us (feat. Dante Bowe & Maverick City Music)	Crowder	Milk & Honey	2021
Holy Spirit Come	Patrick Mayberry	Holy Spirit Come – EP	2021
Mention of Your Name	Jenn Johnson	After All These Years	2017
Thats The Power (feat. Benjamin Hastings)	Hillsong Worship	These Same Skies (Live)	2021
Graves Into Gardens (feat. Brandon Lake)	Elevation Worship	LIVE Radio Edit	2020
Beautiful Things	Shane & Shane	The Worship Initiative, Vol. 1	2014
Heaven Invade (Live)	Kari Jobe	The Blessing (Live)	2020

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DnMZRVEswufNxSAuvseKe?si=7c430c3df7e74963

March

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verses are Psalm 19:7 and 8.

“The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.”

God’s Word is a precious gift to us. Some people have described the Bible as God’s love letter to the world. The wisdom of His words teaches us and guides us in the path of God’s will. The encouragement of His words reveals to us that our lives matter to God, and that He dearly loves us. The plan of salvation is revealed in the good news of His Word, which directs us to faith in Jesus Christ. That is where we find forgiveness, true love, certain hope, and eternal life.

These faith-building verses inspire us to spend quality time with God by reading His Word in the Year of Relationship.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com