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Prayers of confession and humility

Today, we continue sharing devotionals from the book Let’s Pray: Talking to God with the Words of the Bible, by Dr. James Banks, who serves as a pastor at Peace Church in Durham, North Carolina and is a regular writer for Our Daily Bread.

In this short book, we are reminded that the prayers of the Bible are an amazing gift from God and they have so much to teach us.

This is what Alex and Stephen Kendrick talk about in their book The Battle Plan for Prayer in the chapter called ‘Praying the Word.’ In the prayers of scripture, we find words that can help carry our thoughts and emotions to God. He invites us closer to him through the prayers of the Bible.

This week, we continue to share prayers from the Word to confess sin and to humble ourselves.

Dr. Banks writes that of all of Jesus’ names and titles, the one that he likes best is the one that the Pharisees gave him: Friend of Sinners. It may have been one of Jesus’ favorites too, because in Luke 19:10 he said he “came to seek and save those who are lost.” Friend of Sinners best captures the reason He came. Why is that? Because a true friend will love you even when you don’t deserve it and will look for you when you’ve lost your way. Jesus does all of that and more. John 15:13 reminds us that there is “no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

All of us like friendship, but we need to remember that friendship is a two-way street. So as we think of Jesus as our friend, we need to ask ourselves – what kind of friend am I to Jesus? If I’m someone’s friend I’m going to care about our relationship. I’ll be mindful of things that could be hurtful or cause distance between us. Nothing causes Jesus more pain than sin. Remembering how much my sins cost Jesus helps me be a better friend to him. So the Bible’s prayers of confession and humbling ourselves before God also remind us to be a better friend.

Today we’re addressing what we do when we are faced with overwhelming guilt. One verse that we can pray is Psalm 38…

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.
²Your arrows have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
³Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
⁴My guilt has overwhelmed me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.

⁵My wounds fester and are loathsome
    because of my sinful folly.
⁶I am bowed down and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.
⁷My back is filled with searing pain;
    there is no health in my body.
⁸I am feeble and utterly crushed;
    I groan in anguish of heart.

¹⁸I confess my iniquity;
I am troubled by my sin.

Then follow with Psalm 119, verses 169-176:

¹⁶⁹May my cry come before you, Lord;
    give me understanding according to your word.
¹⁷⁰May my supplication come before you;
    deliver me according to your promise.
¹⁷¹May my lips overflow with praise,
    for you teach me your decrees.
¹⁷²May my tongue sing of your word,
    for all your commands are righteous.
¹⁷³May your hand be ready to help me,
    for I have chosen your precepts.
¹⁷⁴I long for your salvation, Lord,
    and your law gives me delight.
¹⁷⁵Let me live that I may praise you,
    and may your laws sustain me.
¹⁷⁶I have strayed like a lost sheep.
    Seek your servant,
    for I have not forgotten your commands.

Thanks for listening!
– Todd and Joe

August 23, 2018 0

Artist Newsday Game-Time Tuesday!

Welcome in to another jam packed Afternoon Drive!
Today, we gave you two more chances to win playing “Song Poetry” and “Name that Tune.” We also added a brand new feature to our show, “Artist NewsDay Tuesday”!

ARTIST NEWSDAY TUESDAY – TAUREN WELLS

It’s already been a busy 2018 for Provident Label Group/Sony Music Entertainment artist Tauren Wells. He kicked off the year with two GRAMMY nominations (adding to his previous two other nominations), he currently has multiple songs on the top of the radio charts, he’s been speaking and leading worship at his home church as well as at Lakewood Church in Houston, and to top of it off Tauren welcomed his third son, Navy Elliott, into their growing family!

The Gospel Music Association (GMA) recently announced the nominees for the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards, revealed exclusively on Facebook Live with the help of Travis Greene and Francesca Battistelli.

So far Tauren Wells leads artist nominations with seven, followed by Zach Williams with six and Cory Asbury, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and TobyMac with five nods each.

ARTIST NEWSDAY TUESDAY: LAUREN DAIGLE

We also have so many of our favorite artists coming out with new music this next month.
On Friday, September 7th, look for a new album from my favorite artist, Lauren Daigle –
Look up Child – a 14 song album which includes the song “You Say” that we have released here on WNZR, a piano version of that song, and the song entitled “Look Up Child”, which is the name of her upcoming tour starting on September 11th. You can learn more about her tour and purchase tickets here!
(And yes, she’s coming to Ohio TWICE on the tour!)

For Song Poetry today, we did an artist that is also up to some pretty exciting things!
Our lyrics were as follows…

“Oh, the God who made the stars
Is the God that made your heart
And He’s holding you right now.”

It’s Plumb and her song “Beautifully Broken”!

Congratulations to Tysha from Mt. Vernon! She guessed correctly!

We chose this one because she released the music video for this song last Friday, and being the huge fan of Alice in Wonderland that I am, I really enjoyed this video.
Check it out here!
If “Beautifully Broken” sounds familiar, it should.
It’s not just a song, it’s also the name of a movie featuring some of our favorite artists including Michael W Smith and TobyMac!
Three families. Two worlds. One incredible true story.
Check out the trailer here!

For Name that Tune, we highlighted one of our Artist NewsDay Tuesday artists – Lauren Daigle! The song we picked was a song that had a prominent theme at our 2018 WNZR Leadership Team retreat, and was the song I actually led for worship in partnership with my devotional. The song? Trust in You.

Congratulations to Grace from Mt. Veron! She guessed correctly!

As always, thanks for tuning in!
– Lilly and Todd

August 21, 2018 0

Radio Day Mystery Monday

August 20th is one of our favorite holidays here at WNZR – yes, it’s National Radio Day!
Firstly, we would like to thank you for your support of this radio station.
We wouldn’t be celebrating today without your financial support, your thoughts, and prayers. SO today we’re celebrating not only the history of radio, but also, of our station.

Here’s some history on the radio itself…
The radio’s inception required an international effort. The research of German Heinrich Hertz proved electrical could be transmitted wirelessly. The multiple patents of the prolific inventor Nikola Tesla provided the radio with the Tesla coil. Born in Croatia, Tesla also contributed many patents involving alternating current advancing the science and production of numerous inventions. When it comes to the first commercially available wireless, Guglielmo Marconi receives the honor.

Before wireless became a function of music and entertainment programs, the wireless radio served more of a military and a regular public service role. Much like the dits and dots of a telegram, the wireless transmitted information. On board the Titanic at the time of its sinking, a Marconi wireless was in use. However, in 1906 The first radio broadcast of voice and music purely for entertainment purposes occurred. Reginald Fessenden transmitted the program from Brant Rock, Massachusetts for the general public to hear.

Radio ownership grew from two out of five homes in 1931 to four out of five homes in 1938.
According to FCC statistics, at the end of 2012, there were more than 15,000 licensed broadcast radio stations in the U.S.
On October 1, 1999, the first satellite radio broadcast occurred. Worldspace aired the broadcast in Africa.

How about our station?
Well, we are a couple of months away from entering our 32nd year of broadcasting!
For Mystery Monday, we asked you this question…
What year and what month did WNZR start broadcasting?

The answer? October of 1986!

Congratulations to Karolyn from Mt. Vernon for guessing correctly.

Our station serves so many purposes, and one of them is to share the message of the gospel with our community, but also to help students of MVNU get real life, hands on experience in the radio field.

WNZR is a group of people who love Jesus Christ, and want to know Him more. As a body of believers, we feel that WNZR is not just a radio station, it is a ministry. We take this calling seriously, and strive to live our lives as we feel Jesus would.

Our Theme Verse: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, he will make your paths straight.” — Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

This was also a verse we talked, at length, about at our WNZR Leadership Team retreat. We’re making it a goal to trust God in every aspect of our lives instead of leaning on our own understanding. That includes on the air, off the air, as individuals, as a WNZR family, as a student, as a person, and as a child of God. We’re trusting that God will work these situations for His glory and in His time.

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Todd

August 20, 2018 0

Prayers of confession

Today, guest hosts Eddie and Cierra continued sharing devotionals from the book Let’s Pray: Talking to God with the Words of the Bible, by Dr. James Banks, who serves as a pastor at Peace Church in Durham, North Carolina and is a regular writer for Our Daily Bread.

In this short book, we are reminded that the prayers of the Bible are an amazing gift from God and they have so much to teach us.

This week, we’re continuing to share prayers from the word to confess sin and to humble ourselves.

Dr. Banks writes that of all of Jesus’ names and titles, the one that he likes best is the one that the Pharisees gave him: Friend of Sinners. It may have been one of Jesus’ favorites too, because in Luke 19:10 he said he “came to seek and save those who are lost.” The title Friend of Sinners captures the reason he came better than any other title. Why is that? Because a true friend will love you even when you don’t deserve it and will look for you when you’ve lost your way. Jesus does all of that and more. John 15:13 reminds us that there is “no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

There is a lot of honesty in these prayers. 2 Samuel 7:20 says, “You know what your servant is really like.” Psalm 19:12 says, “how can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.”

There’s a real humility in these prayers and a description of what sin does to us. In Psalm 31:10 it says, “sin has drained my strength…I am wasting away from within.” Psalm 40 says, “My sins pile up so high I can’t see my way out.”

All of these prayers clearly show God’s holiness, plus a humble admission that his judgment of sin is justified and the discipline he gives is deserved…

But you also find JOY.

Psalm 32 verses 1 through 2 says, “Oh what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven; whose sin is put out of sight. Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt; whose lives are lived in complete honesty.”

Psalm 66 reminds us, “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.” So these prayers are teaching us the best way to pray and mark the path that leads to our Savior’s heart. God has left us these prayers in the word to show us the way back to him.

The Bible reminds us that God knows us completely…yet he still loves us. Our final verse today is 2 Samuel 7:20-22, which says, “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, sovereign Lord. Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant. How great you are, O, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!”

Thanks for listening!
– Joe, Lilly and Todd

August 16, 2018 0

Game Time Tuesday 8/14

Well, we’re welcoming back our WNZR Leadership Team this week, and getting ready to head out for our 5 day Leadership Team retreat! We’ll be starting tomorrow at 2:00pm, so, of course, prayers are much appreciated!

In the mean time and between time, we’re giving you chances to win here on the Afternoon Drive with Game Time Tuesday!

Today, we played Song Poetry and Name That Tune!
Our winner for Song Poetry today was Hayley from
And the song we picked was ‘Eye of the Storm’ from Ryan Stevenson

The lyrics we chose were…
“When my hopes and dreams
are far from me
And I’m runnin’ out of faith,
I see the future I picture
slowly fade away.”

For Name That Tune, our winner was Cheyenne from
And our song was ‘Open up the Heavens’ from Meredith Andrews!

Today, we also shared some uplifting news!
Read the story of Chelsey who gave burritos to California Firefighters!
And this story of a koala that got a little too adventerous and got himself stuck!

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Todd

August 14, 2018 0

Mystery Monday, Bootcamp and the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival

The Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival wrapped up on Sunday so today on the afternoon drive we gave you the rundown of everything that went down!

Thursday kicked off the festival with local favorite Phil Dirt and the Dozers, an oldies style musical group that has been a returning quality performance for years. Other events included the Cheer Competition with both Mt. Vernon Middle and High school placing first in their respective divisions. Finally the TaVaci and TaVci Elites had a chance to strut their stuff and they did not disappoint

Friday was interesting do to an unexpected downpour from 5-7pm. However despite the rain the Mt. Vernon High School marching band gave a great performance. Also a congratulations Jullian Short and Fredi Bockover for their performances in the Knox Idol finals. They placed first in the youth and young adult categories respectively

On Saturday, We got to see Lorrie Morgan Live in concert and even worked on video crew for her. Which was a blessing and great opportunity for the staff here at WNZR.

Sunday we had a lot of fun with our WNZR photo both, be sure to check out all of the photos on our Facebook page! Thanks to everyone who came out to take pictures with us

We wrapped up the show by talking about what we call our Leadership Retreat. From Wednesday Aug 15^th through Sunday 17^th the entire WNZR staff (including those on leadership team for the coming school year) will go on a retreat. There will be devotional time, team bounding and we will set our goals for this coming year.

And before we go a congratulations to Rob from Alexandria. He was our winner the Mystery Monday Mystery Box.

Thanks for listening!
– Todd and Lilly

August 13, 2018 0

NZ Top 10 for 8/10/18

Here’s this week’s countdown:

10. Chris Tomlin – Resurrection Power
9. Lauren Daigle – You Say
8. Zach Williams – Fear is a Liar
7. Ryan Stevenson f/Bart Millard – No Matter What
6. Matthew West – All In
5. For King and Country – Joy
4. Elevation Worship – Do It Again
3. Matt Maher – What a Friend
2. Cory Asbury – Reckless Love
1. MercyMe f/John Reuben – Grace Got You

New Music Friday features:

TobyMac – Everything
click the pictures for the video links!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Lilly

August 10, 2018 0

An #OTRWBB Praise Thursday

Good afternoon! Today, we started our first of four days out at the 2018 Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival! WooHoo! We’re celebrating the legacy, and supporting the local artisans and musicians in the Knox county area.

For more information on the Dan Emmett Festival, visit their website, here.
Or you can visit our website, here!

You can also hear some of our conversations with the people in charge of the highlight events at this years festival by clicking on the links below!
Marty Bell – Knox Idol
Jill Macklin – Cheer Competition
Pat Crow – General Festival Festivities
Susan Kharl – Youth Showcase

Today, for Praise Thursday, we shared a devotional from Jesus Calling, a book from Sarah Young. Here’s what we talked about…

Do not worry about tomorrow! That is not a suggestion, but a command. I divided time into days and nights so that you would have manageable portions of life to handle.
My grace is sufficient for you, but it is sufficient only one day at a time.
When you worry about the future, you heap day upon day of troubles onto your flimsy frame. You stagger under this heavy load, which I never intended you to carry.

Throw off this oppressive burden with one quick ‘thrust of trust’. Anxious thoughts meander about and crisscross in your brain, but trusting Me brings you directly into my presence.
As you affirm your faith, and your trust in Me, the shackles of worry fall off instantly.
Enjoy My presence continually by trusting Me at all times.

Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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.

Psalm 62:8
Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.

Thanks for listening! See you at the Festival!
– Lilly, Todd, Joe and the Big Blue Crew

August 9, 2018 0

#OTRWBB Hartford Fair!

Welcome into the first of 5 straight days ON THE ROAD! Woooo!
Today, we’re at the Hartford Fair, and then, we will be traversing, immediately (and that’s not an exaggeration, by the way) to the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival!

This year’s Dan Emmett Festival will be the 31st annual! Wow!
It’s a great way to celebrate the legacy of Daniel Decatur Emmett, and see the amazing talent that our community has to offer.

Want to hear what’s going on this year?
Be sure to tune into the Morning Thing Thursday & Friday to hear from Jill Macklin, Pat Crow, and Susan Kharl!

Some highlights are Phil Dirt and the Dozers, the Knox Idol Competition, the Cheer Competition, the Youth Showcase, the TaVaci School of Performing Arts Summer, Elite, and Concert students!

Check out their website, here, for more information!

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and the Blue Crew

August 8, 2018 0

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