Join me on Sunday, November 5th, 2017 from 7-9pm for WJTL Faith & Fun Night at Sky Zone Lancaster!    I will be there to provide the soundtrack for the aerial fun including, Ultimate Dodge Ball, Sky Slam, Foam Zone, and more!  I will also be taking your song request and you enter to win some pretty sweet prizes like concert tickets, t-shirts, & music!   You can bring a friend or a whole group.   Click here for ticket info.

Sky Zone Lancaster is located just off of Route 30.  at 1701 Hempstead Rd #102
Lancaster, PA 17601

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Trust, today’s Focus on God examines His eternal reign.

According to Psalm 90, verse 2, God is God from everlasting to everlasting.

There is never a period of time in which God did not reign as God. He is self-sufficient and self-existent.

This means that the birth of Jesus was not actually the beginning of His existence. He was honored in heaven before He suffered on earth. Before His crucifixion, Jesus prayed in John 17:5, “Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.” In that same prayer, He later said, “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory.”

His request is for His followers to be where He is and to see Him in His glory. This is fulfilled in the book of Revelation, where Jesus reigns for eternity. God’s grace is what makes forever possible for His people.

The eternal reign of Jesus is a reason to trust in God for today and forever.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Trust, today’s Focus on God examines His sympathy to those who are weeping.

To be sympathetic is to express sorrow with someone in the midst of their grief and loss.

Jesus expressed sorrow at the gravesite of his friend Lazarus. He came and was moved by the grief of Lazarus’s sisters-Mary and Martha.

When they greeted Jesus, they said basically the same thing. Lord, if you have been here, my brother would not have died. John 11:33 says that when Jesus saw Mary weeping and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. Verse 35 says, “Jesus wept.”

If Jesus was moved by their raw emotion, we can believe that Jesus is also moved in spirit when we experience a season of sorrow. Jesus is not removed from our suffering. Rather, He stepped right into it when He went to the cross.

The sympathy of Jesus for our tears is a reason to trust in God for today and forever.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Trust, today’s Focus on God examines the comfort of His love.

According to Psalm 34:18, the LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

The comfort of His love can be found in God’s compassion for us in our distress, and God’s capacity to see us through our times of trouble.

For the follower of Jesus, trouble is a season, not our final condition. Verse 15 says that the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry.

Verse 19 says, “The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.”

The comfort of His love is a source of peace, a reason for hope, and an opportunity to grow in our sympathy for others when they experience similar times of trouble.

The comfort of God’s love is a reason to trust in God for today and forever.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ

Kristi@WJTL.com

Five Fun Free Family Things To Do This Weekend
October 27-29, 2017

5 Harvest Fest tomorrow (Saturday October 28) 2-6 pm at Faith Outreach Center between Marietta & Mount Joy. Free candy, games, bounce house, prizes, hayrides and more. More Info: faithoutreachpa.com

4 TRUNK OR TREAT tomorrow (Saturday Oct. 28) 1pm-3pm at Zion of Iona UM Church in Lebanon. Children are invited to come in costume. Candy, Treats, Free Food, Train Rides, Games and more. More Info: www.zioniona.com

3 Harvest Festival tomorrow (Saturday, October 28) 6pm-9pm at Lancaster Bible College. Costumes are encouraged, admission (and candy!) are free, and students at Lancaster Bible College have prepared fun, fall-themed games, bounce houses and more. Registeration and More Info: LBC.edu/Events

2 2017 Petra Fall Fest tomorrow (Saturday, October 28) noon-4pm at Petra Church in New Holland. Carnival games, crafts, inflatables, bonfires, train rides, and a performance by Jesse Rothacker of Forgotten Friend Reptiles. More Info : Petra.Church

1 Fall Fest tonight (Friday, October 27) 6:30pm-8:30pm at Harvest Bible Chapel, Prospect St, Lancaster. Inflatables, Kids Games, Prizes, Candy, Food and more. More Info: HarvestLancaster.org/FallFest

Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ
Kristi@WJTL.com

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Your Handcrafted Playlist for the October 20th/22nd Episode of Some Sort Of Rock Show:

Hour 1

1. The Resistance – Skillet
2. Tear It Up – Skillet
3. Find A Way To Fight – Manafest
4. Without A Fight – Lybecker
5. Bring Me To The Water – Everything New
6. Burn Back The Sun – Decyfer Down
7. Outro – NF
8. Let You Down – NF
9. Secret Weapon – Disciple
10. Lost In The Smoke – Scarlet White
11. Crash – Crossing Fire
12. Troubles – Written In Kings
13. A Different Kind Of Dynamite – Thousand Foot Krutch
14. Let Go – Set For The Fall
15. Underneath – Zahna

Hour 2

1. Know About It – KJ-52
2. Gameface – KJ-52
3. Gone – RED
4. Wash Away – As We Ascend
5. The Last Day I Cared – The Letter Black
6. Never Back Down – Nine Lashes
7. Funky Jesus Music – TobyMac
8. The Sound – Switchfoot
9. Search Lights (Indoor Soccer) – Falling Up
10. Source Of Light – DaysEye
11. Your Love Breaks Every Boundary – Light45
12. Dead In The Water – Army Of Bones
13. Sky Is Falling – Seventh Day Slumber
14. Hurricane – Thrice

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Promise of Hope is based on Titus 1, verses 1 and 2.

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness-in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time.

For the follower of Jesus, our hope for eternal life is not built on an elusive dream or wishful thinking. Our hope is built on the promise of God who tells us the truth. He has a proven track record of keeping His promises so far. One area where this is evident is in the fulfilled prophecies of Jesus Christ to be born of a virgin in Bethlehem, and then as a man to be despised and rejected by men to the degree that Jesus would be pierced for our transgressions. But after His crucifixion, He would see the light of life and be satisfied. Jesus would rise again. His body would not see decay.

These fulfilled promises not only reveal God’s faithfulness in keeping His Word, but also explain why eternal life is possible only through faith in Jesus Christ.

Eternal life is a promise of hope for those who follow Jesus in the Year of Trust.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Five Fun Free Family Things To Do This Weekend
October 20-22, 2017

5 Bellevue Presbyterian Church Fall Festival tonight (Friday, October 20) 5-9pm at the church in Gap. Free Food, games, petting zoo, inflatables, crafts, face painting, candy, a fire truck, food trucks, and much more! Children are invited to dress up but no masks please. More Info: BellevueEPC.org

4 FREE COMMUNITY FUN FEST at St. David’s E.C. Church in Dover tonight (Friday, October 20) 6-9pm. Prizes for many different costume categories like Super-hero, Bible character, Funniest, Most Colorful and more! FUN, FOOD, GAMES, prizes, CANDY, Hayrides, a Bounce House, Obstacle Course & more. More Info: StDavidsECC.com

3 Kids Cookie Break Live at Dutch-Way Farm Market in Gap tomorrow (Saturday Oct. 21) 9am-Noon. Help raise funds for Christiana Fire Company by dropping a donation in the Fireman’s boot. KCB live with FREE goodies, Chick-fil-A chocolate chip cookies, wristbands, pencils & stickers.  Win doors prizes, request songs, play dress up and more.
More Info: KidsCookieBreak.com

2 Conestoga Christian School 44th Annual Benefit Country Auction and Chicken BBQ tonight and tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 20  and Saturday, Oct. 21) at the school near Morgantown . Auction, Chicken Barbecue, Kids Zone, & more. More Info: ConestogaChristian.net

1 Fall Family Fun Day tomorrow (Saturday, October 21), 10am-3pm at Kenbrook Bible Camp, Lebanon. Fishing, Boating, Climbing Tower, GaGa Ball, Apple Press, Nature Shows, Ropes Course and more. More Info: Kenbrook.org