Driving Notes

Thanks for hanging out with us today for the NZ Top 10!
Here’s this week’s countdown!
10. Grace Got You – MercyMe
9. Do it Again – Elevation Worship
8. Counting Every Blessing – Rend Collective
7. Everything – TobyMac
6. Known – Tauren Wells
5. Even Then – Micah Tyler
4. Confidence – Sanctus Real
3. Joy – For King and Country
2. Who You say I Am – Hillsong Worship
1. You Say – Lauren Daigle

New Music? Yes please!
Check out MercyMe’s “Best News Ever”
And Hillsong United’s new song ”

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Joe

Thanks for tuning in for our second week of Hallelujah Here Below! This devotional is written by the band, Elevation Worship, and each devotional is based on a song from their album of the same name. Today’s devotional was one I certainly needed to hear, and I hope you need to hear it too.

“I’m not enough.”
We’ve all thought it. We’ve all felt it.
Maybe the voice in your head didn’t say, “You’re not enough.” Maybe instead it said, “You’ll never fit in with them,” “You’ll never be a good parent,” or “People won’t accept you because of what you’ve done.”

Our inner voice has a way of being sneaky. It gets in, whispers destructive thoughts, and before we even notice, we start believing them.
But in Christ, we are enough.
The key is that we aren’t enough until we ask Him to meet us where we are. We’ll never feel like we’re enough without Him.

It’s through our weakness that we experience His strength.  So next time the thought “I’m not enough,” creeps into your head or weighs you down, ask God to meet you in that moment. Because the moment we reach for Him, we don’t have to feel like we’re enough. He’s already more than we can ask for or imagine.

2nd Corinthians 12:9
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰ That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Hannah

Today Todd and I shared some more ways to be better than average in less than five minutes!

The first thing we talked about is everyone favorite – weight loss! So, How do we attempt to be better than average? Lose four pounds! The Framingham (FRAM-ing-ham) Heart Study found that those who are overweight who lost as little as a pound a year for 4 years cut their risk of developing high blood pressure by as much as 30%. A little bit of effort can go a long way!

What are some easy ways that we can drop that pound a year? Here is a list of simple, fast and healthy ways to lose weight! Here is the list that we shared from:  How to Lose Weight Fast: 3 Simple Steps, Based on Science 

Next, we shared about how average driving habits are deadly.  Did you know Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average that’s 3,287 deaths a day? How to be better than average? We all need to pay attention while we’re driving. Look both ways at green lights. Running a red light causes more than 75,000 fatal accidents a year, and with the increase in distracted driving caused by texting, these side impact crashes are on the rise.

We talked earlier about how running a red light causes more than 75,000 fatal accidents a year, so we need to be careful as we go through intersections. Another tip when driving to avoid accidents is to flare out your mirrors. Many people have their side mirrors adjusted incorrectly. When you can see the back corner of your car after leaning toward the mirror, it’s adjusted according to the American Automobile Association.

Congratulations to Amy from Mount Vernon who was out caller number three and won two tickets to the new movie “Indivisible”! Click HERE to find out more about the movie!

Do you know that you can nominate your pastor for a WNZR prize package? Click HERE for more information!

Thanks so much for tuning to the Afternoon Drive!

Hannah Radke

Thanks for hanging with us today for Artist Newsday, Gametime Tuesday!
Today on the show, we shared some news from a couple of our core artists, gave you chances to win, and shared some uplifting news! Read on to find out more!

For Games…
Our Song Poetry lyrics for today were…
“I’ve got all these plans piled up sky high.
A thousand dreams on hold and I don’t know why.”
Our winner today was Esther from Mt. Vernon!

Our Name that Tune song today was “Freedom Hymn” from Austin French!
Our winner today? Cheyanne from Mt. Vernon!

Here’s today’s artist news…
Yes! Our girl Francesca Battistelli’s Own It album comes out FRIDAY!
10 tracks. The Breakup Song. Royalty. Steffany Gretzinger. It’s a follow-up to her 2014 Grammy Nominated album, “If We’re Honest”.
“I thought I had a handle on what this album was going to be, but my husband and I prayed before every songwriting session, and God gave me a completely different set of songs than I was expecting,”
Our friend Chris Tomlin is releasing a new album on Friday as well! It’s called “Holy Roar”, and features 12 songs including the title track “Holy Roar’, the already popular “Resurrection Power”, and a song titled “How Sweet it Is” featuring our buddy, Pat Barrett.

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Todd

Today on the Afternoon Drive, we started a new series for Praise Thursday! It’s called “Hallelujah Here Below” and it is written by the members of Elevation Worship.

The devotional is named after Elevation Worship’s latest album of the same name. Elevation Worship is based out of Elevation Church and led by Pastor Steven Furtick. This will be a five week series here on The Drive, and over these next five weeks, we’ll journey through five songs from the album – and how God doesn’t ask for perfect praise –– He wants praise that only we can give Him: broken and imperfect.

Each of the devotionals is based on a song from Elevation Worship’s new album. This first week’s devotional is based on the song “Won’t Stop Now“.
The takeaway line from this song is…
“Your presence is an open door, so come now, Lord, like never before.” 
We encourage you to listen to the song as you read through this week’s blog.

Here’s this week’s devotional content… 

Why don’t we always feel God’s presence? If God’s presence is really an open door, why does the door sometimes feel like it’s been shut?
There are a lot of reasons God could feel far away, but none of those reasons is because God has pulled away from us.

God’s love for us is unchanging, unending, and unconditional. No matter what we do, He will always love us. Romans 5:8 reminds us that while we still sinners, Christ died for us. We see His unchanging and powerful love in the scriptures, but still, we can’t expect God to come into our lives uninvited. He’s not going to overwhelm us with His presence if we haven’t asked for it.

The Bible says to, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7).
God wants participation, not passivity. He isn’t going to knock on the door and drag us through it. His presence is an open door, but it’s up to us to step through it.

Here are a few more Bible verses on this topic, reminding us that we need to walk through the door of God’s presence.
Mark 11:24 – “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
Matthew 21:22 – “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
John 16:24 – “Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”

We look back at our key verse as we wrap up this week’s devotional: Matthew 7:7.
We’ve touched on 7:7, but as we finish, let’s look a little further into the verses in Matthew… This is Matthew 7:7-11.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. ⁹ “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹ If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”

Here’s a prayer for this week…
“Lord, I thank You that You invite me into Your presence. I thank You that Your love for me is unchanging, unending, and unconditional. No matter what I do, You will always love me. I pray that this week, Lord, I will participate in Your unconditional love, and not be passive. Your presence is an open door, Lord, but it’s up to me to step through it. Give me the courage and the strength to step through those doors. I thank You for the good gifts that You give to those who ask. Give me the strength to ask, to seek, and to knock through prayer, and in Your name.
Amen.”

Thanks for listening!
– Hannah and Lilly

It’s the end of fall break here on the campus of MVNU, and we’re already looking forward to Thanksgiving. Today on the show, we shared with you some news from your favorite artists, and gave you 2 chances to win with Game Time Tuesday!

For Artist Newsday Tuesday…
TobyMac- dropped his emotional single “Scars” pre-cursing the drop of his new album, “The Elements”. It’s got 11 tracks including his popular songs “I Just need U” and “Everything”, also featuring a track with popular rap artist, Aaron Cole, “Starts with Me”.

Francesca Battistelli is dropping her “Love Somebody” single this Friday. This is part of her “Own It” album, featuring “The Breakup Song”, “This Could change everything” and “The Very Best”.

BLOG EXCLUSIVE STORY BEHIND THE SONG!
Read the story behind Hillsong Worship’s popular song, ‘Who You Say I Am”
Check it out here!

And finally, we highlighted our friends, Stars Go Dim as they were named the NewReleaseToday artist of the month! Read the whole story here!

For games today, we played Song Poetry!
Our lyrics?

“So when you’re standing in the rain again
You might as well be dancing
Why? ‘Cause there ain’t no storm that can change how this ends”

That’s Grace Got You from MercyMe! Congrats to Clorisha from Mt. Vernon!

Our Name that Tune tune today was Masterpiece from Danny Gokey!
Congrats to Maude from Mt. Vernon for guessing correctly!

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Hannah