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Fearless: Week 2

This week, we continued our 5 week Praise Thursday devotional over a topic that I think hits us all pretty hard. Fear is something almost all of us will battle during our lifetime, trying to paralyze you from truly living life. This devotional will lead you through five choices that will strengthen you and help you be victorious over fear.

Here’s the devotional for week 2:

From our author, he says: “I’ve known the face of fear in my lifetime. As a child, I struggled with being afraid of rejection. It manifested in the form of me believing that if I performed well, then I would be loved more. Later, as an adult, having survived an armed robbery with my young children at home, fear of being attacked again and fear of not being able to protect my children at night reared its ugly head.”
Fear often strikes us when we least expect it.

As we journey to overcome fear, we learn that fear is not of the Lord. He longs for us to live a life free from its grips. Over time and with the grace of the Lord, He has shows us how to overcome fears. Whatever your battle might be, you can overcome it as you place your hope in the saving power of Jesus Christ. You cannot conquer fear in your own strength. Every day, we have to choose hope over despair. Our encouragement to you as you read this devotional is to choose hope.

Hope, by its nature, is future-focused. It has its foundation firmly secure in trusting in God. Hope in your heart can give you the strength you need to conquer your specific fear. In an atmosphere of praise and worship, hope can arise. So, today, if you feel like despairing, don’t give up. Lift your head and worship God. Hope in God will not disappoint you, and hope will give you the courage to continue on the journey of overcoming fear.

Our verses we reflected on today:

Psalm 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Romans 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

As we pray, remember that when fear knocks at your door, let hope answer for you.
Reflect on hope. What do you need to do to let hope arise in your heart?

Our prayer:
“Lord, oh it seems like hope is fading. The fears are closing in and constricting the truths. Show me how to overcome my fears. I know that I can overcome this battle. I can beat this stronghold, but only with your help. I cannot conquer fear through my own strength. When I wake up, Lord, remind me to choose hope over despair, and choose the truth over the lies. Let me build my future firmly trusting and hoping in You and Your power. Give me the determination to not give up. This fight is not easy, but I know you will not give up on me. On the bad days, remind me to lift my head and worship worship You. Continue to give me the courage to continue on the journey of overcoming fear. Amen.”

Thanks for listening!
– Hannah and Lilly

December 6, 2018 0

Who knew Wednesday: Food For the Hungry!

Today Todd and I talked about a very important thing that is happing here in Knox County

Now in its 37th year, Food for the Hungry is an annual drive that collects food and revenue for the Knox County branches of The Salvation Army and Interchurch Social Services. These agencies, in turn, use the donations to help Knox County families with basic necessities throughout the year. 100% of all donations to Food For the Hungry stay in Knox County. The drive culminates in an eight- hour live television, radio, and web broadcast.

Food For The Hungry began as a food and money drive on WMVO radio to benefit Interchurch Social Services and the Salvation Army in 1982. Long-time WMVO morning show host Charlie Kilkenny started the drive with the help of his wife, Carol, and businesses at the Mount Vernon Shopping Plaza (now the Kroger Plaza). Mount Vernon Cablevision joined in sponsoring the drive the next year. The drive grew into a partnership between the radio stations and other media (WNZR, Mount Vernon News) in 1995, and added Mount Vernon Nazarene University (who sponsored a basketball tournament) and the accounting services of Nelson & Nelson one year later.

Drop off location:

APPLE VALLEY:

2 p.m. – 8 p.m. Floral Valley Community Center (collecting until December 31st)

CENTERBURG:

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Dollar General, Hometown Market and the Post Office* (Cash Only)
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Interchurch Office

DANVILLE:

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. First Knox National Bank and Killbuck Savings Bank
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Hometown Market and Interchurch Office
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Danville Family Dollar* (Cash Only, Collecting 12/1 – 12/31)
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Don Leos Market* (Cash Only, Collecting 12/1 – 12/31)
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Danville Post Office* (Cash Only, Collecting 12/1 – 12/31). They will also be open 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. on Saturday 12/8
11 a.m. – 11 p.m. The Hang-Out* (Cash Only, Collecting 12/1 – 12/31)
11 a.m. – 11 p.m. The Bender* (Cash Only, Collecting 12/1 – 12/31)
6 a.m. – 10 p.m. McFadden’s Hot Spot Pizza* (Cash Only, Collecting 12/1 – 12/31)
7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Subway* (Cash Only, Collecting 12/1 – 12/31)

BRINKHAVEN:

12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Brinkhaven Post Office* (Cash Only, Collecting 12/1 – 12/31). They will also be open 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. on Saturday 12/8

FREDERICKTOWN:

9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Interchurch Office and Fredericktown Library

GAMBIER:

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Village Market

HOWARD:

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Dollar General* (Cash only, collecting from 12/1 – 12/31)

MILLWOOD:

7 a.m. – 8 p.m. Spearman’s Restaurant* (Cash only, collecting from 12/1 – 12/31)

MOUNT VERNON:

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Aldi, Kroger, Lanning’s Foods, Baker’s IGA, Rural King and Wal-Mart Supercenter
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Memorial Building

For all of the other information, you can head to any of these sites!

WNZR

foodforthehungrycares.org

Thank you so much for checking out our blog!

Hannah and Todd

December 5, 2018 0

ANGTT 12/4

Welcome into the first Artist Newsday, Gametime Tuesday of December!

Today we shared some artist news and played some games as well!

For news, we shared from our friend Meredith Andrews about her upcoming album!
She will be releasing a new album in March of 2019, it’s called her “Faith and Wonder” EP. Meredith was called away from her major – family and child development – her Junior year at Liberty University while leading worship. “It was like the Lord just dropped something into my spirit saying ‘This is it. This is it! This is what I called you to do.’ I remember thinking, ‘This is the thing that makes me feel most alive.’ It is also the thing I feel like the Lord takes the most delight in, and I feel closest to Him when I’m doing it.”
We’re anticipating new music from this amazing artist!

Our friends Sanctus Real recently sat down with Jesus Freak Hideout and talked about their new album “Changed” which includes the popular song “Confidence”.
Dustin, lead vocalist of Sanctus Real talked about the themes that are present in this new album: “I love talking about God’s love and I feel like it’s deeper a lot of times than we mention it. We kind of make it this emotional thing but it’s the thing that, to me, gives us our value and gives us our worth. It’s so secure and stable and it goes back to the idea of being OK in difficult situations. So I’m probably to blame for a lot of the love talk. But to me the Bible does say, “God is love” and so love kind of is God.”

Congratulations to our Name that Tune winner that is also winning the two tickets to see For King and Country at their “Little Drummer Boy” tour in Columbus!
Debbie from Mt. Vernon correctly guessed that our Name that Tune song was “Hope is what we Crave”! She’ll be seeing For King and Country!

Congrats also to our Song Poetry winner, Maude from Mt. Vernon!
Our lyrics were…
“They’ll beat you up
But don’t let them keep you down
‘Cause you’ll always toughen up
And I’ll always be around”

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Todd

December 4, 2018 0

Mystery Monday 12/3/18 – MYSTERY BOX!

THE BEST TIME OF THE MONTH IS HERE – Mystery Box Monday!

On today’s show, Hannah placed a mystery item into our wonderful Mystery Box, and with your help, I guessed what was inside!

To begin, Hannah had me start off with the sound test. Right off the bat, I guessed it was a necklace by its lightweight feel and rolling sound. It was indeed a necklace, but Hannah wanted a more specific answer, so we continued onto the next sense test!

Next, we moved onto the scent test! After smelling the necklace, I asked “Is this edible?” (NO), and “Does it help you feel calm?” (YES)! Congrats to Amanda from Fredricktown for calling in and correctly guessing the item–Oil Diffusing Necklace! She won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Sticking with our essential oils themed Mystery Box, Hannah and I shared with you some fun, interesting facts about essential oils! Click HERE and RIGHT HERE for all the scentsational information.

We also played a little “Name that Tune” today for your chance to win tickets to the Little Drummer Boy Christmas Tour featuring For King & Country and Zach Williams…

Congrats to Mckensey from Gambier for winning those 2 tickets! She correctly named the tune, “Proof Of Your Love”!

DON’T FORGET FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY IS THIS SATURDAY (12/8)!

Thank you so much for tuning into the Afternoon Drive today. Your support means the absolute world to us!

Love and blessings,

Malisa Simco

December 3, 2018 0

NZ Top 10 11/30

Here’s the countdown for this week!
10. Stand in Your Love – Josh Baldwin
9. Do it Again – Elevation Worship
8. Joy – For King and Country
7. Confidence – Sanctus Real
6. Everything – TobyMac
5. Only Jesus – Casting Crowns
4. Even Then – Micah Tyler
3. Known – Tauren Wells
2. Who You Say I am – Hillsong Worship
1. You Say – Lauren Daigle

Also, check out our new music!
The Prayer – Natalie Grant and Danny Gokey
Somewhere in Your Silent Night – Casting Crowns

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly and Joe

November 30, 2018 0

Fearless: Week 1

This week, we opened a new devotional for Praise Thursday, and this is one that I think hits us all pretty hard. Fear is something almost all of us will battle during our lifetime, trying to paralyze you from truly living life. This devotional will lead you through five choices that will strengthen you and help you be victorious over fear.

Week 1! Here we go!

Fear has been around since the earliest of days. It was one of the first emotions expressed in the Scriptures after the fall of man. Adam said to God, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid’. We humans lean towards being afraid. We read throughout the Scriptures of men and women, like you and I, who were worried or fearful. But, God! God showed them how to overcome their fears, and He is faithful to do that for you as well.

So, what does fear do? Fear prompts us to cover up what we really feel. Think about it for a moment. Whether you face a fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of not being enough, fear of losing control, fear of violence, fear of illness or death, or any kind of phobia, you will end up hiding. Fear causes people to hide by disguising who they really are from others (even from themselves at times) or to pretend to be someone else. Fear leads to people hiding from God much like Adam and Eve did in the Garden of Eden.

If you wrestle with any form of fear, be encouraged in the fact that others have gone before you and have defeated this stronghold. It takes courage to face your fears. Choose today to trust in God to help you by placing your faith in Him. He will empower you with all you need to overcome your fear(s). Faith is something you can choose to exercise as you engage in this battle against fear. Don’t listen to the lie that you cannot defeat. You only need a little amount of faith to move that mountain. Faith will grow as it feeds on the truth of the Word of God. Faith can bring your hope into reality.

Here are the bible verses that we looked at today:
Genesis 3:10
He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Matthew 17:20
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

As we pray today, choose faith over fear. When fear comes knocking, will it find faith standing at the door? How can you choose faith today?
Here’s our prayer:
“Lord, I pray that I don’t let fear disguise who I really am. I don’t want to pretend to be someone else. I am wrestling with fear, and I feel like it’s a battle that I cannot win. Give me the encouragement and courage to defeat this stronghold. Give me the strength today to choose to trust in You. Empower me with everything that I need to overcome my fears. Give me the strength to block out the lies that I cannot defeat. Give me the faith that I need to move this mountain. Bring your hope of defeating this stronghold of fear into reality. I know You are faithful and will help me overcome these fears. Give me the patience and give me the strength as we fight this battle. I will live in the hope that fear will not defeat me. Amen.”

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Hannah

November 29, 2018 0

Who Knew Wednesday: French Toast

Today Todd and I talked about French Toast day!

According to the Apicius, a collection of recipes from the early 5th century AD, the dish we now know as the French toast existed as early as the age of the Roman Empire. In their style of French toast, called Pan Dulcis, Romans would soak bread in milk (and sometimes also egg) mixture, then fry it in oil or butter.

The breakfast favorite French toast goes by many names depending on where it’s being served up – eggy bread, German toast, poor knights’ pudding, Bombay toast – but it’s always made of the same key ingredients. Egg, milk – or cream – and bread. This delicious sweet snack is often served with sugar or syrup and fruit and consists of bread slices fried in a mixture of milk and egg. In France, its name is ‘pain perdu’, which literally means ‘lost bread’, because it would often be made with stale or old bread.

In Italy, there’s a savory version, called ‘mozzarella en Carrozza’, which sees the egg-soaked bread sandwiching slices of mozzarella cheese before it is fried. Its name literally means ‘mozzarella in a carriage’. So you can have eggy bread for your main meal, and your pudding!

Here is our trivia question for today – When did the phrase “French toast” first appeared in print?

Answer: In the Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink in 1871.

Congratulations to Janice from Mount Vernon who guessed our trivia question right! They won a five dollar gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Robert Irvine’s French Toast Recipe

Vanilla French Toast

Ina Garten’s Raspberry Baked French Toast

Food for the hungry is right around the corner! If you want to know more, you can click HERE.

Congratulation to Sonja from Centerburg who won the MVNU messiah tickets! If you want to know more, click HERE.

Thanks so much for listening!

Hannah Radke

November 28, 2018 0

Artist Newsday, Gametime Tuesday 11/27

Our artist news today started with our friends from Unspoken!

Unspoken released their “Just Give Me Jesus” EP last Friday.
“People just relate better to somebody who has been broken and redeemed,” Mike Gomez notes, “than to someone who pretends to have it all together. What we say from the stage and what we say in our songs, they’re not stories from somebody we heard about. Our songs are written out of places we’ve been and places we are.”

David Dunn also released new music last Friday, and of course, it’s not a release day without a Christmas album, and David Dunn delivered.
It’s called the “Star” EP, and it has 5 songs with a mix of originals and classics, including his original song “Star”.

Casting Crowns latest album, “Only Jesus” is making waves in the Christian music scene with very good reviews! Staff reviewer for NewReleaseToday Kevin Davis said This band can really write a hooky and truth-filled chorus, and lead single “Only Jesus” is catchy, relevant and worshipful similar to previous hit songs “Who Am I,” “Voice of Truth” and “East to West.” The song is a great call to worship, and a fresh offering of praise for the Church. The bridge is very stirring and convicting: “Jesus is the only name, Jesus is the only name, Jesus is the only name to remember.”

We also heard the story behind the song “Joy” from Tori Harper herself!

“Joy” is personal to me. I’ve dealt a lot with the Enemy throwing all of the negative things about life and how even when my circumstances didn’t look that great in my face. But, the Lord has been showing me through writing this song that joy is so much deeper than happiness. And, it doesn’t depend on your circumstances. It depends on God. And, he’s constant and faithful and we can depend on Him. We can depend on His faithfulness.

Congrats to our Song Poetry winner today, Theresa from Mt. Vernon!
Our song was “Live like That” from the Sidewalk Prophets!

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Todd

November 27, 2018 0

Mystery Monday

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE– IT IS MYSTERY MONDAY! On today’s show, Joe, Hannah, and I helped you get into the Christmas spirit with a Christmas-themed Mystery Question!

Here it is:

MYSTERY QUESTION

When do people start decorating for Christmas? Give the two most popular answers…

1. The day after Thanksgiving // 56%

2. Early December // 25%

3. Week before Christmas // 9%

4. All year // 5%

5. Christmas Eve // 2%

Congratulations to Sherrisa from Howard for being the first caller to correctly guess the answer to today’s question! She has won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

In case you missed it, Operation Christmas Child called Joe to inform us they had over 6,300 shoe box collections just from our area! How incredible!

With Christmas right around the corner, we also shared with you some fun decorating tips:

1) Add some glitz!

2) Don’t be afraid to use an artificial tree

3) Get quirky with the placement of decorations

4) Use natural/fresh evergreens, citrus, etc.

Click HERE for “20+ Christmas Decorating Ideas for Extra Stylish Season Cheer“!

Thank you for checking out our blog! The Afternoon Drive is thankful for you!(: