John Shirk – In the Year of Redemption, today’s Freedom Phrase is based on First Timothy 6:6.

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”

Materialism is not just a spiritual battle in our culture today. It was a struggle in the early church too. Paul the Apostle pointed out that “some people, eager for money, wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” Then he turned to Timothy and said, “But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.”

It will be much harder to say “No” to something that is bad for us unless we say “Yes” to something that is good for us. The pursuit of godliness helps us to overcome an unhealthy attachment for material things. We will learn to find our ultimate joy in knowing Jesus and developing the qualities of His character.

Through Jesus, we are set free from materialism to enjoy godly contentment.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

STACEY GAGNE –  Lisa Landis and Stacey Gagne were honored to attend the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters 2019 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting Luncheon today, held at Hotel Hershey.  Lisa accepted the award for “Outstanding Station Sponsored Event” for Kids Cookie Break Fest 2018.  It is always wonderful to be among so many talented broadcasters from across the state!  Lisa and Stacey enjoyed having lunch with Dennis, Michelle and Billy from FUN101.3 and meeting Kayla Molczan from Butler Radio News.   It was also a privilege to witness Broadcaster of the Year Awards being presented to Harvey Holiday from WOGL FM, Philadelphia and Vernon Odom from ABC Philadelphia. Congratulations to all the winners!

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Happy rainy Sunday!

This morning’s lineup includes brand new songs from Thrive Worship, Hillsong United, Amanda Lindsey Cook, Rivers & Robots (feat. David Brymer!) and Phil Wickham’s Singalong 4 project! Plus, new recordings of classics like “10,000 Reasons”, “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)”, “Pieces” and “Beautiful Things”.

Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ

Kristi@WJTL.com

Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6AM
Pieces (feat. Audrey Assad)	Sarah Kroger	Bloom	2019
More Than Anything (feat. Olivia Calderwood) [Live]	Corey Voss & Madison Street Worship	Songs of the House (Live)	2019
Promises Never Fail (Live)	Bethel Music & Emmy Rose	Victory (Live)	2019
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) [Live]	Shane & Shane	Hymns Live	2019
Rise	Housefires	Housefires II	2014
Stir a Passion	Josh Gauton	O, Peace	2019
Driven by Love	Lindy & The Circuit Riders	Driven by Love (Live)	2019
Awakening	Amanda Lindsey Cook	House on a Hill	2019
Beautiful Things (Live)	Eddie Kirkland & Lizi Bailey	North Point Live: Here + Now	2012
Yet Will I Praise You (feat. Crowder)	Passion	Follow You Anywhere	2019
New Stories (feat. Brandon Lake)	London Gatch	New Stories	2019
7AM
Faith and Wonder (Live)	UPPERROOM	To the One (Live)	2019
Praise Is the Highway (Live)	Bethel Music & Brian Johnson	Victory (Live)	2019
Worthy (feat. Nathan Horst)	Life Center Worship	Debut EP	2019
Sound of Heaven (feat. Chris McClarney)	Tasha Layton	Single	2019
Heaven Fall	Cody Carnes	Heaven Fall – Single	2019
10,000 Reasons (feat. Matt Redman) [Live]	Phil Wickham	Singalong 4	2019
Here’s to the One (Live)	Hillsong UNITED	People (Live)	2019
Endless Alleluia (Live)	Bethel Music & Cory Asbury	Victory (Live)	2019
A Thousand More	Thrive Worship	A Thousand More	2019
God Is Always Good (Live)	Covenant Worship	Covenant Worship Live	2018
Already Done	Free Worship	Already Done	2019
This I Know (feat. Chris Quilala)	Sarah Reeves	My Utmost for His Highest	2017
8AM
Burn for You (feat. David Brymer)	Rivers & Robots	Discovery	2018
Generous Giver (Live) [feat. Brenton Brown & Giorgi Antinori]	Vintage Worship	Heaven All Around Us (Live)	2019
Is He Worthy (Live)	Shane & Shane	Hymns Live	2019
Living Hope (feat. Brian Johnson & Jenn Johnson) [Live]	Phil Wickham	Singalong 4	2019
Heart of God (feat. Chris Tomlin) [Live]	Hillsong Young & Free	III (Live at Hillsong Conference)	2018
Nothing Else	Cody Carnes	Nothing Else – Single	2019
Reckless Love	I AM THEY	Reckless Love – Single	2018
Wont Stop Now	Elevation Worship	Hallelujah Here Below	2018
God Who Moves the Mountains	Corey Voss	Songs of Heaven and Earth	2018
My Hallelujah	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Praise Before My Breakthrough – EP	2018
Faithful	Sarah Reeves	Easy Never Needed You	2018
9AM
Great Things (Live)	Phil Wickham	Singalong 4	2019
Over and Over	Chris McClarney	Breakthrough	2018
Never Stop (feat. Kim Walker-Smith)	Jesus Culture	Love Has a Name (Deluxe)	2017
Hundred Miles (feat. Crowder) [Live]	Passion	Follow You Anywhere (Live)	2019
Grateful	Elevation Worship	There Is a Cloud	2017
You Deserve It All	Josh Baldwin	The War Is Over	2017
As You Find Me (Live)	Hillsong UNITED	As You Find Me (Live) – Single	2019
Defender (feat. Katie Torwalt)	Jesus Culture	Living with a Fire	2018
Tremble // What a Beautiful Name (Live)	Phil Wickham	Singalong 4	2019

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Wisdom from the Red Letters is found in Revelation 1:18.

Jesus said to the Apostle John,  “I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.”

The resurrection of Jesus means that His followers live by faith in a Risen Savior, NOT a dead Christ.

His resurrection means that we can live in relationship with Him today. His word is living and active to guide us in the truth of God’s plan. He is alive and available to hear our prayers.

His resurrection also means that our faith overflows with hope, because Jesus has released His followers from the power of death and hell.

The words of Jesus inspire us to celebrate the miracle of the resurrection in the Year of Redemption.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Redemption, today’s Freedom Phrase is based on Romans 6:13.

“Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.”

By putting our lives in the hands of God, we will become like a useful instrument that expresses praise for God and faith in God. In light of what Jesus did for us at the cross, we can respond to His grace with a grateful heart and offer ourselves to God for His holy purposes. If the church is like an orchestra, then Jesus is the conductor, and each follower has a part to play in God’s musical masterpiece. So, let’s keep our focus on Jesus and take our cues from Him.

Through Jesus, we are set free to offer ourselves to God as instruments of righteousness. 

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6AM
How Great Thou Art (Live)	Shane & Shane	Hymns Live	2019
Is He Worthy? (Live)	Chris Tomlin	Single	2019
Faithful	Sarah Reeves	Easy Never Needed You	2018
Do It Again (feat. Rita Springer)	Mack Brock	Greater Things	2018
Yet Will I Praise You (feat. Crowder)	Passion	Follow You Anywhere	2019
What You Said (Live)	Jon Egan	Unveil (Live)	2019
Praise Your Name (Live)	Corey Voss & Madison Street Worship	Songs of the House (Live)	2019
Victory Is Yours (feat. Bethany Wohrle)	Bethel Music	Victory	2019
All The World (feat. Heath Balltzglier)	North Point InsideOut	All The World (feat. Heath Balltzglier) – Single	2018
Jesus Only You (feat. Elle Limebear) [Live from Bogota, Colombia]	Martin Smith	Love Song for a City (Live)	2018
Covered (feat. London Gatch)	Mack Brock	Covered – EP	2019
7AM
As You Find Me (Live)	Hillsong UNITED	As You Find Me (Live) – Single	2019
Know Your Heart	David Leonard	The Wait	2019
After Your Heart	Vertical Worship	Bright Faith Bold Future	2018
Heart of God (feat. Chris Tomlin) [Live]	Hillsong Young & Free	III (Live at Hillsong Conference)	2018
Faithful to the End (feat. Paul & Hannah McClure)	Bethel Music	Have It All
Great Things	Phil Wickham	Living Hope (The House Sessions)	2019
Driven by Love	Lindy & The Circuit Riders	Driven by Love (Live)	2019
This Is the Sound	Steffany Gretzinger	Blackout	2018
Sound of Heaven (feat. Chris McClarney)	Tasha Layton	Single	2019
Heaven Fall	Cody Carnes	Heaven Fall – Single	2019
My Hallelujah	Pat Barrett	Pat Barrett	2018
8AM
Good Grace (Live)	Hillsong UNITED	Good Grace (Live) – Single	2018
All That I Am	Rend Collective	The Art Of Celebration
Death Was Arrested (feat. Seth Condrey)	North Point	Nothing Ordinary	2017
You Cannot Be Stopped	Phil Wickham & Chris Quilala	You Cannot Be Stopped – Single	2019
Up & Alive	Luke + Anna Hellebronth	Up & Alive – Single	2019
Forever My King (feat. Leeland, Dustin Smith & HopeUC)	Darlene Zschech	Single	2019
Already Done	Free Worship	Already Done	2019
Breath You Gave	Awaken Worship	Won’t Stay Silent	2019
You Are With Me	Seth & Nirva	Never Alone	2016
Nothing Else	Cody Carnes	Nothing Else – Single	2019
Be With Me	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Praise Before My Breakthrough – EP	2018
Another in the Fire (Live)	Hillsong UNITED	People (Live)	2019
9AM
Faith and Wonder (Live)	UPPERROOM	To the One (Live)	2019
Defender (feat. Katie Torwalt)	Jesus Culture	Living with a Fire	2018
Here I Am	Lincoln Brewster	God of the Impossible (Deluxe)	2018
New Stories (feat. Brandon Lake)	London Gatch	New Stories	2019
Greater Things	Mack Brock	Greater Things	2018
Wont Stop Now	Elevation Worship	Hallelujah Here Below	2018
Lift up Jesus (feat. Brett Younker) [Live]	Passion	Follow You Anywhere (Live)	2019
This I Know (feat. Chris Quilala)	Sarah Reeves	My Utmost for His Highest	2017
Take Courage	Kristene DiMarco	Where His Light Was	2017
God Is Always Good (Live)	Covenant Worship	Covenant Worship Live	2018

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Wisdom from the Red Letters is found in Luke 24:44.

Jesus said to His disciples after He rose from the dead, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

Jesus would have had a lot of material available to explain how He was the Messiah to the disciples. There are hundreds of prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament, which is one of the reasons that the Old Testament is so significant for followers of Jesus.

Micah and Isaiah predicted Jesus’ birth. 

Isaiah and David predicted Jesus’ death on a cross. 

And the resurrection of Jesus was mentioned in the Psalms. 

The words of Jesus inspire us to believe in Jesus as the fulfillment of God’s promises in the Year of Redemption.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Redemption, today’s Freedom Phrase is based on Luke 9:16 and 17.

One of Jesus’ miracles involved the feeding of the five thousand from a small amount of food. Good things can happen when we offer to Jesus something that seems small and insignificant to us.

“Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.”

Notice, that Jesus included the disciples in the distribution of the food. In much the same way today, Jesus has abundant grace to pour out on people in need, and works through His followers to reach them.

Through Jesus, we are set free to serve others in ways that meet their needs.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Redemption, today’s Freedom Phrase is based on Philippians 4:8 and 9.

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-thing about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”

Sometimes, we can be disturbed by our thought patterns. Fear and anxiety paralyze us from moving forward in God’s will. Self-righteousness keeps us from loving people. Complaining thought patterns keep us from the joy of thanksgiving. But if we fix our thoughts on Jesus, a new way of thinking will emerge that focuses on the virtuous qualities of the Bible.

Through Jesus, we are set free to focus our thoughts on Jesus and experience His peace.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Wisdom from the Red Letters is found in John 19:30.

From the cross, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

This was not an admission of defeat. It was a statement declaring that His mission was successfully accomplished. The Scripture foretelling the death of Jesus was fulfilled. The price has been paid for our redemption. 

The crucifixion of Jesus is the most vivid example of how God can overcome evil with good. His death was not wasted. His death was the pathway to the resurrection and our lifeline to true and lasting freedom.

The words of Jesus inspire us to embrace the message of the cross as the power of God in the Year of Redemption.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com