What is your favorite time to listen to WCIF and why do you especially like to tune in at that time?  It is probably that you have discovered something in the music or the teaching programs at that particular time that help carry you through the day.  Like a morning cup of coffee or a brisk walk, it helps give your day a different focus.  You feel like you miss something  if you change your routine.

Speaking of routine. I'd like to challenge you to change yours in a positive way.  I challenge you to increase your listening time.  I know your time is precious and it is hard to take more time for yourself but you may be missing a very special nugget set out for you at a different time of  the day.  That happened to me recently as I listened to Ron Hutchcraft on 'A Word With You'.  It's not easy for me to be listening at that time of the afternoon but I was able to stop long enough to hear his 5-minutes of encouragement.  He gave an illustration about the great Mississippi River that God used as a springboard to increase my awareness of what He is doing in my life.  I would like to share it with you and it may not resemble what Ron said because God had other things to say to me using that same illustration.

For most of its journey the Mississippi can  only be crossed at certain points.  It is so wide and so powerful that great effort has to be made to pass over it.  But at its head water the place where it is only a stream or perhaps a trickle it is easy to cross and difficult to see the potential of miles of travel and the gathering of millions of gallons of water from tributaries. What is the potential of your Christian walk from the meager weak  beginnings we all face?  Might we have the potential similar to that which God has ordained for a river?  Could we bless and benefit others from a small beginning?  God expects us to develop and grow. You can see how this illustration fits our anticipated growth spoken of in 2 Peter 1:3-11. 

3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life 
and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory 
and goodness.  4 Through these He has given us His very great and precious 
promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and 
escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; 
and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to 
self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to 
godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if 
you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from 
being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 9 But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, 
and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and 
election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11 and you 
will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior 
Jesus Christ.

As we enter a season of thanksgiving, start early to praise God for blessings that only come because He sends them.  Everything fits that category, including your opportunity to tune in to WCIF.  I'm thankful for you and hope we are in your life enough for you to be thankful for us.

Lee J. Martinez

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"Their soul shall be as a watered garden." Jeremiah 31:12  Oh, to have one's soul under heavenly cultivation; no longer a wilderness, but a garden of the Lord: Enclosed from the waste, walled around by grace, planted by instruction, visited by love, weeded by heavenly discipline and guarded by divine power, one's favored soul is prepared to yield fruit unto the Lord!! (Charles Spurgeon). One's soul is prepared to THRIVE!

Ladies, join us on November 15th  for a time of worship and learning that will enable your relationships to THRIVE! The THRIVE conference is designed to unlock your God-given potential. Every woman has the ability to impact her relationships and her world through God's Grace. THRIVE is poised to unlock the potential in each of us. The THRIVE conference will inspire each woman to be upwardly focused on Christ and inwardly transformed through the teachings of God's Word.

Our teachers will be brought to us live through a nationwide simulcast. The exciting topics and teachers are as follows:
Michelle Hammond - The Art of Being a Woman
Stormie Omartian - The Power of Praying Together
Jill Briscoe - Pouring Yourself into Others
Florence Littauer - Personalities in Relationships
Kay Arthur - Relationship with the Creator
Gary Smalley - Relating to Men/The Male Tool Box
Delilah - Family Relationships - with Children
John Maxwell - Leadership - Relationships/Business/Ministry

Ladies, don't let the garden of your soul become parched for want of water; COME - have your soul watered by the Holy Spirit, be plentifully and sufficiently refreshed! The THRIVE Simulcast will water your soul, inspire, equip and energize your walk with the Lord.

Who is the Woman who THRIVES?   Yielded Secure Purposeful  She is increasingly yielded. She is secure in the reality. She is purposeful in how she to God, embracing His unique that her identity and pro- thinks, acts and 
relates, vision and calling for her life. tection come from God. positively influencing her world.

Tickets are on sale. The price is $30 ($35 after October 5th) - this  includes lunch, subscription to Today's Christian Woman Magazine ($20 value) and Notebook. Make Checks Payable to: Covenant Presbyterian Church (CPC)
 
 

In your giving please remember the needs of the station.  We have a number of added expenses as the year comes to an end and our only means of meeting these obligations is by coming to you and asking you to be generous.  Will you keep us in your prayers and send a little extra these next few months?  You know what we stand for and that we are very careful with what you send so it will go as far as possible.  The programs you enjoy most are available because we are their avenue to you.
 
 

Melbourne - As part of our outreach program, it is a pleasure to forward to you the enclosed check from the volunteers of our church thrift shop.

Cocoa - You are with me every day on my car radio.

Merritt Island - Thank you for your wonderful Christian programs. The overnight programs are so helpful in these troubled times. May God richly bless you.

Palm Bay - Occasionally I hear you play some Messianic music and I want to thank you for doing so. I would like to hear more especially Paul Wilbur. Thanks, I really appreciate the consistent God honoring music.

Cocoa - It is a privilege to give to WCIF in honor of my son and in honor and obedience to my Savior. Thank you for your faithfulness and high Christian standards in radio broadcasting. Your station is #1 on my preset buttons!

Rockledge -  Thank you so much for your wonderful station.  We really enjoy the worship music and the news from 4-7 A.M.

Carlisle, PA - We will be staying in PA now and not coming to Florida.  We enjoyed your Christian radio station so much when we were in Florida.  We thanked God for your Christian broadcasting. It was uplifting.  Thank you for your ministry.  God bless you all.

Palm Bay - To all the wonderful people at WCIF.  I'm sorry I'm late with my pledge for last month but I had a set back.  Here's last month's pledge and next month.  I'll catch up.  Please keep up the good work on your great station.  There are many blessings received through your broadcast.

Palm Bay - Dear WCIF, My family of God, just to say hello and thanks for always being where I am. When I feel down I just turn the radio volume up higher and pick my feet off the floor and start dancing, then I am okay.  Thank God you are always there.  Please continue to pray for me for health and finances.  God Bless you all.

Sebastian - Thanks so much!  I listen to you all night long and it pleasures me to know God's words and music fill the room I sleep in.  What Peace!

Palm Bay - WCIF is such a blessing in my life.  I pray for you everyday that you will touch and reach many, bringing them to our loving Savior.  What a blessing you and your station are.  God Bless. P.S. You are a wonderful uplift for Christians, too!

Melbourne - The enclosed check is toward my pledge. I have not paid anything since April due to some financial problems. I will try to continue each month to make up the months that I missed.

Palm Bay -  Thanks for your ministry on Radio.  I am praying for you all, trusting God to use your ministry to bring souls into His family.  Enclosed find $ towards Radio ministry.  God Bless.  My wife has Alzheimer's please pray for her and for me, patience to deal with it.  We are 6 years into this disease as of today.

Melbourne -  I recently sold some property that I inherited from my father and in paying the tithe on it we felt that WCIF should receive some of it since your station is such a blessing to us and our whole area.  May He continue to bless your wonderful work.
 

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Key Life (Weekdays 6:15 a.m.)
Steve Brown - During November, we continue with our 'GRACE: Living Free' study as Steve draws our attention to:
(Nov.  5) Remorse and Relinquishment, 
(Nov. 13) Don't Forget Your Fellowship, 
(Nov. 17) What is Grace? , 
(Nov. 19) How Does God See You?

Insight for Living (Weekdays 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.) 
Chuck Swindoll.  The Series Contagious Christianity, a study from I Thessalonians, begins Nov. 5.

Grace to You (Weekdays 11:00 a.m.)
John MacArthur The Series The Believer's Armor continues through Nov. 7  focusing on Ephesians 6:17 - 24.  The 
Series Hard to Believe airs Nov. 10 - 21 from Luke 9:23-26.  November 24 starts the series The Foolishness of God.

In Touch (Weekdays, 2:00 & 9:30 p.m.) 
Charles Stanley
Nov. 3 & 4 - The God of Grace
Nov. 5 & 6 - Saved By Grace
Nov. 7 & 10 - The Riches of the Grace of God
Nov. 11 & 12 - The Grace to Keep Going
Nov. 13  & 14 - His Empowering Presence
Nov. 17 - Making a Lasting Impact
Nov. 18 & 19 - Our Circle of Impact
Nov. 20 - Lessons From My Grandfather
Nov. 21 - Be Careful Who You Listen To
Nov. 24 & 25 - Understanding Those Guilty Feelings
Nov. 26 & 27 - The Key To Giving Thanks in Everything
Nov. 28 - Keep Grace Flowing

Back to the Bible (Weekdays 8:00p.m.)
Dr. Woodrow Kroll
November 3 - 14 - What the Holy Spirit Does for You Series.
Live from the Holy Land is featured November 17 -21.  November 24 - 28 
features the series Words that Make Thanksgiving Special:
Nov. 24 - The Voice, Presence & Prayer of Thanksgiving
Nov. 25 - The Frequency, Scope, & Duration of Thanksgiving
Nov. 26 - The Grace, Sacrifice & Enrichment of Thanksgiving
Nov. 27 - The Abundance, Urgency & Communication of Thanksgiving
Nov. 28 - The Approach & Purpose of Thanksgiving

Focus Radio Theater
(Saturday, 6:30 p.m.)
Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom  continues through Nov. 22.Nov. 29 begins the series Child of Promise:
'The First Chapter of The Luke Reports'.
 

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November 3 - Curt Smith in honor of his sister, Dorothy Curriden on her birthday
November 4 - Anonymous, to the Glory of God
November 7 - Curt Smith in honor of his wife Linda on her birthday
November 12 -John and Billie Norczyk in honor of their grandson Caleb on his seventh birthday
November 13 - Jimmie Vickers to the Glory of God and in  honor of his wife Betty on her birthday
November 23 -  Sherry Woodhouse in honor of her daughter Tammy Woodhouse on her twenty-second birthday
November 25 - Roland and Liz Schlierf in honor of their fifteenth wedding anniversary
November 26 - Jim and Dot Burris in thanksgiving to God and in memory of Ed Glover and Louise Burris
November 27 - Julian and Ina Pharis in honor of their forty-fifth wedding anniversary

Thanks to our Day Sponsors who have underwritten the cost of a broadcast day. If you, your church or business would like information about being a Day Sponsor you can call WCIF at 725-9243 or 1-877-725-9243 (toll-free).   You can also reach us by e-mail at info@wcif.com.

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