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FOR King & Country…FOR Free!!

As we prepare for Lifeline 2022, we still have time to share some of your favorite artists who are in the news this week!

FOR KING & COUNTRY will host “What Are We Waiting For? The Worldwide Special”, a FREE livestream on their YouTube page to celebrate the release of the new album. Believe it or not, this event will be held LIVE FROM THE MOJAVE DESERT!!!

The Australian duo is partnering with Convoy of Hope for the livestream in order to support our brothers and sisters through Christ in Ukraine.

Make sure to tune in THIS THURSDAY, March 24th, at 8:00pm ET on FOR KING & COUNTRY’s YouTube page.

Also, congratulations to FOR KING & COUNTRY for hitting #2 on the Billboard Album Chart for ALL GENRES with “What Are We Waiting For?”. God is moving through their music and it has been great to see!

Dan Bremnes announced last week that he is releasing a new album titled Into The Wild on June 17th. You can listen to one of the featured songs titled “Lover Of My Soul.”

His album invites listeners to leave fear behind and allow God to guide. Produced by Mike Wise, Andrew Bergthold, Benjamin Backus, Mark Campbell and Abe Parker, Bremnes’ second full-length project with Curb | Word Entertainment grafts pieces of his global expeditions into a sonic landscape that’s both diverse and accessible. This album describes many emotions including being full of gratitude for the present, adoration for his wife, and hope amidst uncertainty. The album features it’s lead single titled “Hold You Tight” as well as other previously released songs, “Run Away With Me” and Wouldn’t Change A Thing.”

“Lover Of My Soul” marvels at the mystery of a God who stays when we give Him every reason to walk away. Loaded with urgent strings and a high church choir, the heartfelt chorus transitions into a final bridge of total surrender. The album also features Carter Frodge along with former Tenth Avenue North frontman Mike Donehey, who also co-wrote seven of the album’s 10 tracks.

For more information, visit www.danbremnes.com.

We gotta stay awake ’cause nobody knows the day or time,
The trumpet’s gonna blow and the skies are gonna open wide

The song was Jesus is Coming Back from Jordan Feliz!

Congratulations to Brenda of Fredericktown for correctly guessing this week’s trivia and winning a Voice of the Cougars drawstring backpack along with an On the Road with Big Blue t-shirt!

Thanks for listening,

Jonathon & Dylan

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It’s Hope Week!

As we prepare for Lifeline 2022, Joe and I shared our thoughts about this year’s theme: “You Keep Hope Alive”.

Romans 15:13 (ESV) “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”

The world is a fearful and unsatisfying place without the hope of eternal life with Jesus. Apart from the expectation that comes from the hope of heaven, our world can seem to be lacking in peace, celebration, or joy.

There is life in hope. There is joy in hope. There is purpose in hope.

Hope is to be at the foundation of all our decisions, emotions, and pursuits. Hope fills us with joy in the middle of trials and perseverance in the midst of failure. Hope guides us to abundant life.

Our heavenly Father longs to make us a people of hope. He longs for his followers to live a lifestyle that declares to the world, “This life is not all there is.” He longs to fill us with a heavenly perspective that we might throw off pursuits of worldly pleasure and live for eternity with him.

Sometimes we can lose hope. We can get distracted, discouraged and unfocused. Why does this happen?

We fail to embrace to fruits of the spirit – the very things we ask for that we fail to do ourselves.

Do we love well? Or get bogged down in hate?

Do we choose joy? Or choose grumpy?

Do we promote peace? Or spread and promote conflict?

Do we demonstrate patience? Or fly off the handle?

Do we offer kindness? Or are we offering indifference?

Do we seek goodness? Or seeking the negative and critical?

Do we ground ourselves in faith? Or trust our own understanding?

Do we embrace gentleness? Or are we rough around the edges?

Do we embody self-control? Or is it anything goes?

What about things like forgiveness? Think about this: if God forgave you like you forgive others, where would you be?

Is it more about Him? Or more about us?

Name something you pick.
  1. Flowers – 28
  2. Fruit – 25
  3. Nose – 23
  4. Dog/Pet – 6
  5. Teeth – 6

Congratulations to Dallas and Charla of Utica for correctly guessing this week’s Family Feud for a Voice of the Cougars drawstring backpack!

Thanks for listening,

Jonathon & Joe

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NZ Top 10 for 3/18/22

Praise the Lord it’s Friday! Here’s this week’s countdown:

10. MercyMe f/Sam Wesley – On Our Way
9. Micah Tyler – Walking Free
8. Danny Gokey – Stand in Faith
7. We Are Messengers – Come What May
6. Jordan Feliz f/Mandisa – Jesus is Coming Back
5. Ryan Ellis – Heart of the Father
4. TobyMac – Promised Land
3. Sanctus Real -My God is Still the Same
2. Jordan St. Cyr – Weary Traveler
1. Crowder – In The House (4th week at #1)

New Music this week!

Blessing Offor – Brighter Days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNgAtyvrAwU

Anne Wilson – Sunday Sermons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evx-u_rpX70

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Dylan

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Love Over Hate

Today on the show we talked about how Lifeline 2022 is quickly approaching. We also shared some devotionals from Our Daily Bread.

Here are both of our devotionals from Our Daily Bread:

Jonathon’s devotional is titled, “The Perfect Name”. You can find the link here.

Dylan’s devotional is titled, “Stronger Than Hate”. You can find the link here.

Question: Which book did David write the most of?
Answer: Psalms

Congratulations to Mackenzie of Mount Vernon for guessing the correct answer! She wins a 2021 Voice of the Cougars Drawstring Backpack.

Thanks for listening!

-Dylan and Jonathon

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Shoes and sliders?

Did you know…??

Yes! Puma and White Castle are teaming up again for a new slider-themed sneaker. Read the story here on Puma’s website. https://us.puma.com/us/en/collaborations/partnerships/white-castle

WNZR is also giving you a chance to win tickets to see Amy Grant at the Knox Memorial on April 7. Find out more by clicking this link!


I was born today in 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia
I was the oldest of 12 children
I attended college at Princeton, known then as the College of New Jersey
I served as colonel in the Orange County militia and a Virginia congressional delegate
I helped George Washington write his first inaugural address
I eventually became Secretary of State in 1801
I was elected as the country’s 4th president in 1808 and served two terms
I also served ten years as chancellor at the University of Virginia
 
I am.. James Madison! Congratulations to Megan from Mount Vernon, who guessed correctly and wins the WNZR drawstring backpack!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Dylan

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Concerts and Albums

It’s Artist News Day today on the show. I talked about how Lifeline 2022 is coming up. I also shared some artist news about artists related to the station.

Here are both of the stories that I used:

Last week, Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin announced that they are going to tour together. The tour is called the Kingdom Tour which will feature special guests Jonathan McReynolds and Housefires. The tour kicks off June 1st at the FTX Arena in Miami, FL and wraps up in Denver, CO at Ball Arena on July 31st.

They will be in Cleveland on Friday, June 17th at the Blossom Music Center.

They’ll also make an appearance in Columbus on Wednesday, June 22nd at the Schottenstein Center.

Tickets go on sale starting this Friday, March 18th at 10am on Ticketmaster.

This past Friday, Jordan Feliz released his Say It (Deluxe) album. It has 18 tracks in it and it is his third full length album ever. One song that is in it is a song that we play here on WNZR titled “Jesus Is Coming Back” featuring both Mandisa and Jonathon Traylor. “Jesus Is Coming Back” is quickly rising up the charts. As of last week, it was number seven on the Billboard NCA Monitored chart and number four on the AC Indicator Chart.

Here is what Jordan had to say on the song. “‘Jesus Is Coming Back’ is one of my favorite songs…and being able to have Jonathan Traylor and Mandisa sing on this has been massive,” he said. “I’ve known Mandisa for four or five years…she’s just the sweetest human. And I’ve been a fan of Jonathan’s ever since hearing him sing. They are two incredible people and singers, and they brought so much to this song.”

Some other songs in the album include; Glorify, Stained Glass, Next To Me, and many more! There are 18 songs in the album.

We gotta stay awake ’cause nobody knows the day or time, no
The trumpet’s gonna blow and the skies are gonna open wide
Ooh, yeah. He’s coming for us (Yeah, yeah) just like He told us (Yeah, yeah)
It’s been a long wait (Yeah, yeah) but there’s a new day (Yeah, yeah)
And we’re gonna sing Hallelujah when the King arrives (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, you know you gotta

We had a stumper this week! Make sure to tune in next week for a chance to win TWO 2021 Voice of The Cougars drawstring backpacks!

Thanks for listening!

-Dylan

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Hope and Hearing

Today’s Monday Motivation starts with a message about our Lifeline theme, “You Keep Hope Alive.”

Romans 15:13 (ESV) “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”

What is hope? As a noun, hope is: “a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen…“a feeling of trust”…“grounds for believing that something good may happen.”

As a verb, hope or hoping is “wanting something to happen or to be the case…intend to do something; cling to a possibility.”

Romans 15 concludes Paul’s teaching that those strong in faith ought to sacrifice their own desires to live in harmony with other believers. Paul shows that God always planned to welcome the Gentile nations, and his mission is to introduce Gentiles to the message of salvation by faith in Christ. He’s letting all know that the hope God represents is not limited to a certain few; since salvation is for all, then hope is for all.

Why is God the God of hope?  Because of the evidence of Christ’s death and resurrection. His triumph over sin and death. (“You keep hope alive, Jesus, you are alive!) His gift of the Holy Spirit, our advocate, who is with us and allows to always have hope in our future in eternity, with Him. Christ with us and in us IS, as Paul writes in Colossians 1:27, the “hope of glory.”

This is not just a New Testament revelation. Jeremiah 29:11 told us that God’s plans for us are to prosper us and not harm us, to give us a hope and a future.

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Jonathon shared Patricia Raybon’s “Hearing Us from Heaven,” reminding us that our Heavenly Father hears our prayers. Read it by clicking here.

Name something you might rent on a sunny day:
1- Boat (34 votes)
2- Car/Convertible (19)
3- Umbrella (14)
4- Bike (12)
5- Movie (9)
6- Jet Ski (3)

Congratulations to Shanna from Howard, who guessed correctly and wins the WNZR drawstring backpack!

Thanks for listening!

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NZ Top 10 for 3/12/22

Praise the Lord it’s Friday! Here’s this week’s countdown:

10. MercyMe f/Sam Wesley – On Our Way
9. Micah Tyler – Walking Free
8. Jordan Feliz f/Mandisa – Jesus is Coming Back
7. Danny Gokey – Stand in Faith
6. Ryan Ellis – Heart of the Father
5. We Are Messengers – Come What May
4. Jordan St. Cyr – Weary Traveler
3. TobyMac – Promised Land
2. Sanctus Real -My God is Still the Same
1. Crowder – In The House (3rd week at #1)

New Music Friday adds this week:

Blessing Offor – Brighter Days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNgAtyvrAwU

Anne Wilson – Sunday Sermons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evx-u_rpX70

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Dylan

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“Genuine Hope”

Today on the show we shared devotionals from Our Daily Bread. We also had our weekly Bible trivia where one lucky person has a chance to win a Voice of the Cougars Drawstring Backpack.

Here are our devotionals from Our Daily Bread:

Dylan’s devotional is titled, “Genuine Hope”. You can find the link here.

Jonathon’s devotional is titled, “Shining Light”. You can find the link here.

Question: What was the goal of building the Tower of Babel?
Answer: To reach Heaven (God).

Congratulations to Mary Ann of Martinsburg for guessing the correct answer! She wins a 2021 Voice of the Cougars Drawstring Backpack!

Thanks for listening!

-Dylan and Jonathon

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