JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Endurance, today’s Daily Challenge motivates us to look for the evidence of God in the heavens.
Psalm 19:1 tells us that “the heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”
God is the maker of the stars, the sun, and the moon. When it is their turn to shine, they send us a long-distance message that they were created by God. It is believed that there are 100 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy alone.
Isaiah 40:26 tells us to look up and take notice of God’s handiwork:
“Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”
Take the daily challenge to look for the evidence of God in the brilliance of the heavens on the journey of faith.
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Good News Focus is on Acts 17, verses 24 and 25.
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”
God did not create us because He needed us. He was doing fine before He made the world. After He made the world and placed humanity in the Garden of Eden, He delighted in what He made.
He is our Creator. We are His creation. He does not need us, but we certainly do need Him. And He places us where we live at this point in time so that we might seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him. He is not far from any one of us. He is just a prayer away, and is able to give us a new life that is built on the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.
Jesus is our Source of Good News, leading us to a place of depending on Him for life and breath and everything else in the Year of Vision.
Today’s lineup features an excellent variety of ADJECTIVES in the lyrics, describing God in so many ways: Matchless, Wonderful, Extravagant, Amazing, Great, Fascinating, Breathtaking and Indescribable (to name a few).
Yesterday was Earth Day. I thought it would be a good occasion to celebrate this morning, by singing songs of praise to the Lord of all the Earth—the Creator of all things!
Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ
Kristi@WJTL.com
Name
Artist
Album
Year
6:00 a.m.
Heaven Meets Earth
All Sons & Daughters
Poets & Saints
2016
Love Has Found Us
Bellarive
The Heartbeat
2012
Made to Worship
Chris Tomlin
See The Morning
2006
Lord of All
Kristian Stanfill
North Point Live: Louder Than Creation
2007
Since the World Began
Glory Revealed
Glory Revealed 2-What We Proclaim
2009
Planted By Living Water
Katie Bennett
Under The Apple Tree
2008
Wonder of the World
Rush Of Fools
Wonder of the World
2008
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
Delirious
The Cutting Edge
1997
In the River (feat. Kim Walker-Smith) [Live]
Jesus Culture
Let It Echo (Live)
2016
Sky Spills Over
Michael W. Smith
Sovereign
2014
Creations King
Paul Baloche
A Greater Song
2006
The Whole Earth (Psalm 19, 72)
Ross Parsley
I Am Free
2004
7:00 a.m.
How Great Thou Art
Charlie Hall
Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern
2004
In the Garden (There Is None Like You)
Watermark
A Grateful People
2006
Beautiful Things
Shane & Shane
The Worship Initiative, Vol. 1
2014
The Garden
Kari Jobe
The Garden (Deluxe Edition)
2017
My Romance (feat. Melissa How) [Live]
Jesus Culture
We Cry Out (Live)
2007
All The Earth Will Sing Your Praises
Lincoln Brewster
Worship Project H2.14
2005
On Earth As It Is In Heaven (feat. Kim Walker-Smith) [Live]
JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Exploration, today’s Reason to Believe is people all over the world.
Today, there are over 7.1 billion people in the world, and God is the creator of each person who lives on the face of the earth at this time.
Psalm 145, verse 9 tells us that “ the LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.”
The LORD knew about each one of us before we were born, He knew what we needed, and He provided a way for us to live forever with Him when He sent Jesus to the world.
The writer of Psalm 95 acknowledged God as Creator and responded with worship. Verse 6 says, “Come let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God.” Our breathing proves that we exist, but our worship reflects that we thrive for the glory of God.
The people of the world have been made in the image of God, and were made to bring glory to God. The existence of people on the earth is a reason to believe in God’s good news.
