Today I shared some Monday Motivation from writer John Blase that fits perfectly into the start of 2021. As we think about what we can do differently this year, it might be wise to take a look at our foundation. What is it we are standing on? What is holding us up?
Today for Praise Thursday we shared benediction verses from the Bible as 2020 comes to a close and 2021 begins. Here are the great and uplifting verses we shared:
Numbers 6:24-26 ESV The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Hebrews 13:20-21 ESV Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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.
2 Corinthians 13:14 ESV The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
James 1:17 ESV Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Philemon 1:25 ESV The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 4:19 ESV And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 ESV And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:23 ESV The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Revelation 7:12 ESV Saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
2 Corinthians 13:11 ESV Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Q: Who was the first person to come upon the injured man in the parable of the Good Samaritan?
Our question for today was a stumper, so we will bring it back for next week’s Bible Trivia game.
The first New Year’s celebration dates back 4,000 years. Julius Caesar, the emperor of Rome, was the first to declare Jan. 1 a national holiday.
Forty-five percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. The top resolutions are: to lose weight, get organized, to spend less and save more, to stay fit and healthy, and to quit smoking.
Eating leafy greens on New Year’s. Tradition says that the more leafy greens a person eats, the more prosperity he or she will experience during the upcoming year. It works great with those resolutions to live a more healthy lifestyle!
(Normally) About 1 million people gather in New York City’s Times Square to watch the ball drop. It will be really interesting to see how they do things differently amidst the year of Covid-19.
Also, a congratulations to Julie from Fredericktown. She was our winner for the Who Knew Wednesday Trivia Question!
Today for Artist Newsday we shared two stories, one about Michael W. Smith and one about Jordan Feliz. TBN will be broadcasting Michael W. Smith’s worship event entitled Surrounded on Wednesday 30/12. Learn more about this event by clicking here.
Jordan Feliz has released another full length album called Say It, which includes his hit single “Glorify”, it also includes a great new song called “Jesus Is Coming Back.” Watch the music video to that song below and learn more about the album by clicking here.
Seen too much to ever doubt it, Feels so good, I wanna shout it, Yeah, when I really think about it, All I wanna do, all I wanna do is
Those lyrics were a stumper, so we will be bringing them back for next week’s game of Song Poetry.
Today we shared some Monday Motivation from Our Daily Bread. A devotional about God showing us the growth and healing that we should celebrate even through the hardest times. Read it by clicking here.
The second devotional talked about God’s beautiful assurance to us and the confidence we can gain by living through him. Read it by clicking here.
Name a mistake that little children make when getting dressed.
Shoes on wrong – (42 votes) Clothes backwards – (35 votes) Button wrong – (8 votes) Inside out – (5 votes) Ties shoes wrong – (4 votes)
Congratulations to Pat of Mount Vernon for correctly guessing the top two answers to our question. She won a $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup!
Today for Artist Newsday we shared two stories. Our first story was about for KING & COUNTRY’s recent Christmas performances, also the news that they have been invited back to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville to perform for Christmas 2021. Read more about this story by clicking here.
We also shared about Hannah Kerr’s upcoming performance and exclusive interview on Christmas Day on The 700 Club. Learn more about this performance by clicking here.
If you told me all about your sorrows, I’d tell you about a cure, If you told me you can’t fight the battle, There’s a baby boy who won the war
Our lyrics were a stumper today.
We do want to congratulate our Christmas Gift Exchange winners: Cameo of Centerburg and Faith of Mount Vernon.
Today’s Monday Motivation continues with a Christmas theme:
The word Immanuel means, as we learn in Matthew 1:23, “God with us.” The coming of the Christ child fulfilled what Isaiah wrote in chapter 7, verse 14: “the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”
In his book Hidden Christmas, Pastor Timothy Keller shares that for centuries, the Jewish religious leaders and scholars had known that prophecy, but did not think that it should be taken literally. They thought it was simply predicting the coming or arrival of some great leader through whose work, God would be present with his people.
However, Matthew writes that this promise is greater than anyone imagined! It did not come true figuratively, but literally. Jesus Christ is “God with us,” because the human life in Mary’s womb was a miracle performed by God himself. Then Jesus, with his life, his claims and his resurrection, convinced his closest followers that he was not just a prophet telling them how to find God, but God himself coming to find us.
Keller writes that this claim, that Jesus is God, gives us the greatest possible hope. Why? Because it means this world is not all that there is…it means that there is life and love after death and it means that evil and suffering will one day end.
And it is not just hope for the world, but hope for you and me personally. A God who was only holy would have not come to us in Jesus. He would have just demanded that we pull ourselves together and be moral and holy enough to be worthy of relationship with him. But our God is fully holy and fully human – so he doesn’t send someone else – he comes himself! Jesus is one of us – and that should give us all hope!
Christmas Gift Exchange winners today: Becky from Howard and Krista from Howard! Remember the grand prize drawing is Thursday morning on The Morning Thing!
Here’s a list of some new 2020 Christmas adds to WNZR! We’re featuring these songs today as a special NZ Christmas Top 10. Each song has a link to a lyric or performance video!
