JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Wisdom from the Red Letters is found in John 15:8.

Jesus
told His followers: “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my disciples.”

This is
a good focus point for 2019, to glorify God with a fruitful witness for Jesus.

The key
to being successful in this endeavor is to stay connected to Jesus. He said in
John 15:5, “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.”

With
Jesus, we have a strong and vibrant testimony. Without Him, we are helpless.

The words of Jesus inspire us to stay close to Jesus and bear fruit for God’s glory in the Year of Redemption.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Freedom Phrase is based on Philippians 3:13 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.”

Paul
had baggage from his past. He had persecuted followers of Jesus. He had done
much harm to the early church. But that was not the end of his story. He
converted to following Christ, and his sins were no longer held against him.
When we follow Jesus, our past does not have to define us, because His
forgiveness frees us from the guilt of our past.

Through Jesus, we are set free to move forward in God’s plan with a clear conscience.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ

Kristi@WJTL.com

Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6AM
Pieces	Amanda Cook	Brave New World	2015
Give Me Jesus	All Sons & Daughters	Prone To Wander: A Collection of Hymns
What a Beautiful Name (Live)	Hillsong Worship	Let There Be Light (Deluxe)	2016
Mention of Your Name	Jenn Johnson	After All These Years	2017
Tremble	Mosaic Music	Glory & Wonder	2018
Back To The Start (Gods Great Dance Floor)	Martin Smith	Gods Great Dance Floor Step 1	2013
Living Hope	Phil Wickham	Living Hope – Single	2018
Resurrecting	Elevation Worship	Here as in Heaven	2016
Yes I Will	Vertical Worship	Bright Faith Bold Future	2018
Yes and Amen (feat. Chris McClarney)	Jesus Culture	Living with a Fire	2018
Build My Life	Housefires	Housefires III	2016
7AM
Hundred Miles (feat. Crowder) [Live]	Passion	Follow You Anywhere (Live)	2019
Be With Me	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Praise Before My Breakthrough – EP	2018
God With Us (You Are Emmanuel) [Live]	Leeland	Christ Be All Around Me – Live	2014
With Me	Chris Tomlin	Hello Love	2008
Nothing to Fear	Andy Cherry	Nothing Left to Fear	2012
By My Side	David Leonard	The Wait	2019
Take Courage (Kristene DiMarco)	Bethel Music	Starlight (Live)	2017
Aint No Grave (feat. Molly Skaggs)	Bethel Music	Victory	2019
Follow You Anywhere (feat. Kristian Stanfill)	Passion	Follow You Anywhere	2019
Im a Lover of Your Presence	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Here On Earth	2011
Jesus Only You	London Gatch	Jesus Only You – Single	2018
Nothing Else	Cody Carnes	Nothing Else – Single	2019
8AM
Yet Will I Praise You (feat. Crowder)	Passion	Follow You Anywhere	2019
While I Wait	Lincoln Brewster	God Of The Impossible	2019
Praise Before My Breakthrough	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Praise Before My Breakthrough – EP	2018
Victory Is Yours (feat. Bethany Wohrle)	Bethel Music	Victory	2019
Defender	Rita Springer	Battles	2017
Mighty God (Another Hallelujah)	Elevation Worship	Hallelujah Here Below	2018
My Victory	Crowder	American Prodigal	2016
I Lift My Hands	Chris Tomlin	And If Our God Is For Us	2010
Welcome the Healer (feat. Sean Curran)	Passion	Follow You Anywhere	2019
Wanderer	David Leonard	The Wait	2019
No Longer Slaves (feat. Jonathan David & Melissa Helser)	Bethel Music	We Will Not Be Shaken (Live) [Deluxe Edition]	2015
All He Says I Am (feat. Kari Jobe)	Cody Carnes	All He Says I Am (feat. Kari Jobe) – Single	2011
9AM
Your Love Is Alive	Housefires	Housefires III	2016
Never Alone (feat. Kirk Franklin)	Tori Kelly	Hiding Place	2018
Echo (feat. Tauren Wells)	Elevation Worship	Hallelujah Here Below	2018
Bigger Than I Thought (feat. Sean Curran)	Passion	Follow You Anywhere	2019
Goodness	Vertical Worship	Bright Faith Bold Future	2018
Goodness of God (Live)	Bethel Music & Jenn Johnson	Victory (Live)	2019
It is Well (feat. Kristene DiMarco)	Bethel Music	You Make Me Brave (Live)	2014
Yours (Glory and Praise)	Elevation Worship	There Is a Cloud	2017
Hallelujah Here Below	Elevation Worship	Hallelujah Here Below	2018
Raise a Hallelujah (feat. Jonathan David Helser & Melissa Helser)	Bethel Music	Victory	2019

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Do you have music you would like considered for airplay on Some Sort of Rock Show?
I have so much respect for artists who are sacrificing to produce hope-filled music and would love to hear it! Some Sort Of Rock Show plays Christian pop rock, hard rock (mostly clean vocals), roots/southern rock, modern rock, alt-rock and some hip-hop.

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Things to know before you submit: 

1. I only have room for about 28 songs each week, so please don’t be offended if your music is not selected. 

2. I receive many submissions and I listen to everything that is sent my way. I can’t always listen immediately, so please be patient.

3. I will get back to you if I have any questions or if I have decided to play your music. If you don’t hear back from me, I will not be playing your music. Try submitting it to other stations. 

4. When I listen to submissions, I am listening purely through the Some Sort of Rock Show grid. So it’s either a yes or a no. I am not the guy you want to get specific advice from. Please don’t ask me for an explanation of why I am not going to play your music or what changes you should make to get airplay on the show. I also do not write reviews. 

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To submit your music please email the following to SomeSortofRockShow@wjtl.com:

1. The song you would like to consider. (mp3 or wav file)

2. Your bio with info on where you are from, how long you’ve been doing music, album info, and the heart behind your music, etc.

3. A photo.

Thank you!
John Staffieri

Abundant blessings to you in 2019,

Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ

Kristi@WJTL.com

Song Title	Artist	Album	Year
6AM
On Fire	Sanctus Real	The Dream	2015
First Love	Jonathan David & Melissa Helser	Beautiful Surrender	2016
Yours (feat. Mike Donehey)	Zealand Worship	My Utmost for His Highest	2017
Once Again	Matt Redman	I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever (Disc 1)	2000
Psalm 27 (One Thing)	Shane & Shane	Psalms, Vol. 2	2015
You Are My One Thing	Bethel Music & Hannah McClure	We Will Not Be Shaken (Live) [Deluxe Edition]	2015
Never Going Back [feat. Brock Human]	United Pursuit	Simple Gospel	2015
Oceans (Where Feet May FaiI)	Rend Collective	Campfire II: Simplicity	2016
More to Come (feat. Kristian Stanfill) [Live]	Passion	Follow You Anywhere (Live)	2019
More Than Anything	All Sons & Daughters	All Sons & Daughters	2014
Take My Life (And Let It Be)	Chris Tomlin	WOW Hymns	2004
7AM
Revive Me (Psalm 119)	Jeremy Camp	Carried Me	2004
Fall Afresh (Live)	Phil Wickham & Jeremy Riddle	Singalong 3 (Live)	2015
Resurrecting	Elevation Worship	Here as in Heaven	2016
Bigger Than I Thought (feat. Sean Curran) [Live]	Passion	Follow You Anywhere (Live)	2019
Live Alive (live)	Rend Collective	Campfire II-Simplicity	2016
Your Love Never Fails	Jesus Culture	Your Love Never Fails	2008
Seasons Change (Live) [feat. Michael Ketterer]	United Pursuit	Simple Gospel (Live)	2015
Seasons	Tori Harper	Seasons EP	2018
Every Season	Nichole Nordeman	The Best	2000
This Is What You Do (feat. William Matthews)	Bethel Live	For The Sake Of The World	2012
Seek First	Jason Upton	A Table Full of Strangers, Vol. 1	2015
Pocketful of Faith	Tim Hughes	Pocketful of Faith	2015
8AM
Surrender All (Give You Everything) [feat. Chris Quilala] [Live]	Jesus Culture	Unstoppable Love (Live)	2015
Alive	All Sons & Daughters	Season One	2012
Revive Us Again	Charlie Hall Band	The Death of Death	2013
Refresh Me (Live)	Leeland	Christ Be All Around Me – Live	2014
Refiners Fire	Brian Doerksen	Songs 4 Worship Ultimate	2011
Set a Fire (feat. Will Reagan)	United Pursuit	Endless Years	2012
This Beating Heart	Matt Redman	Your Grace Finds Me (Live)	2013
Chasing You (feat. Jenn Johnson)	Bethel Music	Tides	2013
Goodness of God (Live)	Bethel Music & Jenn Johnson	Victory (Live)	2019
Running After You (Deep Calls)	Chris McClarney	Everything and Nothing Less	2015
Old for New (Live)	Bethel Music & Hannah McClure	Starlight (Live)	2017
9AM
Do It Again	Elevation Worship	Speak Revival – EP	2016
Whole Again (Come Alive)	Lincoln Brewster	Oxygen	2014
Over and Over	Chris McClarney	Breakthrough	2018
You Are My Vision	Rend Collective	Homemade Worship By Handmade People	2012
The Heart Of Worship (feat. Martin Smith of Delirious)	Matt Redman	I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever	1999
Clear The Stage	Jimmy Needham	Clear The Stage	2012
Build My Life	Housefires	Housefires III	2016
My Heart Is Yours (feat. Passion)	Kristian Stanfill	Passion: Take It All	2014
King of My Heart	John Mark & Sarah McMillan	You Are the Avalanche – EP	2015
O Come to the Altar	Elevation Worship	Here as in Heaven	2016
Full Attention	Jeremy Riddle	Full Attention	2007
I Will Follow	Chris Tomlin	And If Our God Is For Us	2010
Follow You Anywhere (feat. Kristian Stanfill) [Live]	Passion	Follow You Anywhere (Live)	2019

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JOHN SHIRK – 2019 is the Year of Redemption at WJTL. We will examine the wisdom of Jesus’ teachings, which have the power to set us free and the freedom phrases found in the Bible.

Today’s
Freedom Phrase is based on John 8:36.

“So if
the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

Real
and lasting freedom is found in a relationship with Jesus, where we follow Him
as our Savior and Lord.  This means,
taking His teachings seriously and recognizing their value to guide us to an
abundant and eternal life. He gives us direction for life that takes us to
places where we would not have traveled on our own, and enables us to
accomplish things we could not do by ourselves.   

Through Jesus, we are set free to experience a life-changing relationship with God.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

The Full Top 100 is listed on the WJTL facebook page!  Come Visit! Find the complete list of your favorites in 2018 by visiting the WJTL facebook page and tell us about it!  We’d love to hear how this music has impacted you too!  Thank you for your support of great music like these 100 songs and so many more in 2018; let’s do it again next year, shall we!  We look forward to a great ’19 with YOU!  Blessings and Peace to you and your family! – Nik

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Eye on Integrity is based on Isaiah 9:6.

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.”

The birth of Jesus to the world 2,000 years ago means that we were offered a gift. Jesus is God’s gift to the world to free us from the penalty of sin and to give us a new place in His family of believers. Fear of death or the future no longer has to paralyze us from enjoying life today. Eternal life is the promise of hope for everyone who receives the gift that God offered on that first Christmas morning.

Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death….” That is what we deserve by our disobedient actions. But when grace enters the picture, our sins are no longer counted against us. The second part of Romans 6:23 says, “But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Receiving the gift of Jesus as Lord and Savior is a virtue to embrace for our lives in the Year of Integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Eye on Integrity is based on Matthew 1:23.

The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means, “God with us.)

The coming of Jesus to earth as a baby was tangible evidence of God’s love for the world. Knowing that God is with us and NOT against us makes a huge difference in how we approach life.

We can live with courage, knowing that God is with us. The LORD told Joshua, just before taking the Israelites into the Promised Land, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with youwherever you go.”

We can also live with godly contentment, knowing that God is with us. His grace is sufficient for our needs. Hebrews 13:5 says, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Walking in relationship with Jesus is a virtue to embrace for our lives in the Year of Integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Eye on Integrity is based on John 3:16 and 17.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

Jesus came to the world on a rescue mission for souls that were lost without God and were helpless to produce a remedy. Jesus came to be the remedy. He is the gift from God that this world needs for forgiveness and eternal life. We can find a certain hope for our souls by trusting in His grace to save us from our sins. That is the message of the birth of Jesus, His death, and resurrection. Acts 2:21 assures us that “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Trusting in Jesus for salvation is a virtue to embrace for our lives in the Year of Integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com