Happy Spring! This week, it’s the Spring Songs edition of the Praise & Worship Program. The playlist is filled with songs that celebrate how God is faithfully working in each season. Plus, a special focus on new growth and awakening in Spring!
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verses are Song of Songs 2:11 through 13.
“See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.”
Spring is a season of beauty. God is the creator of this beauty, which reveals His appreciation for variety, dazzling colors, and pleasing aromas. If we take a walk in woods this spring, we will see nature bursting forth with life, growth, and the hand of God behind it all.
These faith-building verses inspires us to marvel at the variety of God’s creation in the Year of Relationship.
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is Zechariah 10:1.
Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.
Spring is a season for warmer temperatures, planting of crops, and showers of blessing. This verse acknowledges rain as a blessing from God’s hand to provide nourishment for the land and food for the people. This verse also encourages us to turn to God for these blessings in the springtime.
Acts 14:17 says about God, “He has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provided you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
This faith-building verse inspires us to ask God for showers of blessings to provide for our daily needs in the Year of Relationship.
Hi! What a week…I hope you’re doing well. It’s definitely a lot to process, with new things to balance in daily life. I’ve found songs are a big help in steadying my heart on God. Some lyrics are perfect reminders that He is faithful, victorious and dependable. I thought songs for this season were in order for today’s playlist. That goes for our current circumstances, and also the recent end of winter and start of spring! The playlist is below. I pray it encourages you.
JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Exploration, today’s Reason to Believe is the season of spring.
Spring brings warmer temperatures, melting snow, blooming flowers, and a greener landscape. The Song of Solomon describes the spring season like this: “See! The winter is past. The rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.”
Have you noticed the birds chirping with songs of delight?
Spring is a season of new life and so much growth. These dimensions of spring become realities for the person who trusts in the Lord.
Second Corinthians 5:17 says, “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here.”
Spring reminds us of the new life found in Jesus Christ and the nourishing effect of His grace on our soul.
The season of spring is a reason to believe in God’s good news.
You and your friends could celebrate the first day of Spring with a hot air balloon ride from the US Hot Air Balloon Team and Lisa Landis of WJTL’s Get Up & Go Show! Lisa will broadcast live from the balloon!
How To Enter:
-Email Contest@WJTL.com with “Spring Balloon Ride” in the subject line.
-Include your name, address, telephone number and age. (18+ only)
-Entries must be received by 5:00 pm on Thursday, March 14th. Winner will be announced in the 7:00 hour on Friday morning, March 15th.
Rules, etc.:
*Winner will bring 6 friends along for this special hot air balloon ride. (Ages 6 and up.)
*Hot Air Balloon ride will take place on Wednesday, March 20th around 6:30 a.m. and will launch from the grounds of The Junction Center. (Ride time is approx 1 hour; allow 2.5 hours for ride plus travel time back to the Junction Center.)
*One entry per person.
*You must be 18 years of age or older to enter this contest.
*Comments left on this blog will not count as entries into this contest.
*In the case of bad weather, the hot air balloon ride with be rescheduled.
There are two times during the year when it really hits me how fortunate I am to have an office with a view. One of them is in the winter when the snow is falling and the other is in the springtime, when the snow is pink.