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God Gives Us Wisdom to Handle Trials Pt 2

The book of Job is in the bible to teach us that not even Satan can come against us without going through God first. Job 1-2 reveals that the devil had to check in with God before he could even touch Job.
Satan said that Job had it easy because he had no opposition, and there are several things that are clear in the story of Job.
First, God permitted Job to endure trials more severe than any of us will ever face.
Second, Job’s trials involved the opposition of Satan trying to break his faith and make him turn away from God. Third, everything that touched Job passed through God’s hands FIRST.
God allowed Satan to reach Job because God wanted to test Job for His own purposes. He allowed the devil to bring adverse circumstances into Job’s life. We can be sure the enemy of our souls is lurking somewhere, seeking to turn a legitimate trial into a temptation to disobey God.
The difference in perspective is critical. A trial can become a temptation if we succumb to the pressure and bail out on God. It’s very interesting that in the New Testament, the same Greek word can be translated as ‘trial’ and as ‘temptation’ depending on the context. Satan wants to turn God’s trial into his own temptation, which is why we need divine wisdom to handle it.

Let’s go back to James 1 and revisit this promise: “Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial. For once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.”
This crown is usually understood to be a reward we receive in heaven, but the context in James 1 suggests that this crown is not a reward in heaven but God’s smile of approval on us in history when we endure the trial victoriously and He takes us to the next level of spiritual maturity.

We can see the crown of life being rewarded to Job at the end of his ordeal. Like a good mystery, Job has a surprise ending. God doesn’t answer the burning question of why Job underwent such intense suffering when he had done nothing wrong. Instead of answering the why question, God revealed himself to Job in such an awesome display of His majesty and power that Job fell on his face.

Thanks so much for listening!
-Lilly & Hannah

May 3, 2018 0

NDOP & Senior Who Knews!

One of my favorite ways to kick off summer is to celebrate with the National Day of Prayer. WNZR is helping you celebrate with the Knox Network of Christian Ministries!

Mount Vernon’s National Day of Prayer celebration on Thursday, May 3.

The service will be in a NEW location this year. Join us in Foster Hall, located inside Ariel Arena on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Join us for a time of prayer and praise.

The Race Ministries Band will provide music for the event. Local pastors will pray for our community, our local, state and national government, and our families.
If you can’t join us, listen to the service LIVE on 90.9FM, WNZR.
You can also watch live streaming video of the NDOP service at MVNU.tv!

We also celebrated our 11 WNZR Seniors that will walk across that stage on Saturday!
Mariah Kick – WNZR Graphic Designer
Brooke Schnipke – WNZR News Director
Brooke Bower – WNZR.tv Crew Member
Michaela Hughes – WNZR On-Air DJ & WNZR.tv Crew Member
Dan Monnin – Morning Thing Co-Host & WNZR.tv Sports Broadcaster
Mason Noe – WNZR.tv Crew Member
Tim Tipton – WNZR On-Air DJ
Deonte Cole – WNZR.tv Sports Broadcaster
Torre Massie – WNZR Director of Listener Engagement
Tori Sintz – MVNU Communications Department Assistant
Kelsey Bryte – WNZR Morning Thing Co-Host & WNZR.tv Crew Member

We wish the best of luck to our amazing seniors and we are grateful for all of the hours and effort they have poured into our program.

Listen into the Morning Thing and check out their blog TheMorningThing.Wordpress.com to hear more from our 11 Seniors!

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly & Joe

May 2, 2018 0

NZ Top 10 4/27

Well, it’s rainy and windy here in Mt. Vernon, but we have great music here on the Afternoon Drive that will make your day better regardless of the weather.

Here’s this weeks countdown!

10. Resurection Power – Chris Tomlin
9. Come to the Table – Sidewalk Prophets
8. Witness – Jordan Feliz
7. All My Hope – Crowder ft. Tauren Wells
6. Fear is a Liar – Zach Williams
5. God of all my Days – Casting Crowns
4. Control – Tenth Avenue North
3. When We Pray – Tauren Wells
2. I Just Need U – TobyMac
1. Reckless Love – Cory Asbury

This week, we went back in the WNZR time machine to the year 2005!
Check out Devotion from Newsboys and Your Love Goes on Forever from Sonicflood!

New Music Friday brought us new songs from Ryan Stevenson and Mosaic MSC.
Check out No Matter What from Ryan Stevenson
and Tremble from Mosaic MSC.

Thanks for listening!

April 27, 2018 0

God Gives Us Wisdom to Handle Trials

This week, we continued our series on the book “Can God be Trusted in our Trials?” from Tony Evans. In this section, we talked about God giving us wisdom to handle our trials.

James 1:5 is a great promise that God will supply the wisdom needed to Indore a trial and come out victorious on the other side. The Bible says, “but if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. “

Let’s not miss read this promise. God is saying that he will always answer the ‘why’ question Of your particular trial. Actually, he has already answered it by telling us that our trials are designed for our good and our growth so the wisdom God wants us to ask him for is not the why of the trial but the how of your particular trial. Actually, he has already answered it by telling us that our trials are designed for our good and our growth so the wisdom God wants us to ask him for is not the why of the trial but the how: that is “Lord, I need your wisdom to know how to react to this trial so that I am faithful to you and it’s an experience the growth and blessing you have for me.

Lord, I need your wisdom to know how to react to this trial so that I am faithful to you and had an experience the growth and blessing you have for me. “

Biblically, wisdom is the ability to apply divine truth to the various circumstances of life. What we need to know when I’ll trails is the right life application to make. That’s a tall order. Which is why God promises us not just a trickle of divine wisdom, but an overflow. God promises to answer us generously, which allows us to see the problem or the trail from his perspective and not merely from the physical reality is that we observe around us.

This promise is mind-boggling, but there is a condition attached to it. We may lack wisdom, but that’s no excuse for lack of faith. We read and James 1:6–8, “but he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that men aunt not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double minded man, unstable in all his ways. “

Being double minded means you can’t make up your mind whether you really want God’s wisdom or not. You can’t decide whether you want to hang in there and complete the test or bail out and take the seemingly easy road. I double minded Christian is a schizophrenic saint Who is divided mind and wishy-washy attitude don’t exactly move the Lauren to answer his prayers. Why? Because “without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that he is and he is a rewarder of those who seek him. “God is not fellowship with unbelief.

What happens to often in a trials that we Vacillate from God to man, from the spiritual to the physical, from the human to the divine perspective. This doesn’t mean we should not seek council from spiritually mature people, but when we are double minded we don’t elicit guards response. The reality is that far too many Christians are attempting to live in both worlds, but what they wind up with is only man’s view, because God says a person like this cannot expect anything from him.

This doesn’t mean we should not seek council from spiritually mature people, but when we are double minded we don’t elicit guards response. The reality is that far too many Christians are attempting to live in both worlds, but what they wind up with is only man’s view, because God says a person like this cannot expect anything from him.

You may be saying at this point, “how about a real life illustration of what it means to be a single minded Christian in a trial and see God’s blessing question you may be saying at this point, “how about real life illustration of what it means to be a single minded Christian in a trial and see God‘s blessing?” James took care of that for us in James 1:9–11 with an example we can all identify with money. “The brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; in the rich man is to glory in his humiliation because like flower and grass he will pass away”.

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Hannah

April 26, 2018 0

Real Money, Real World Who Knew!

Today we gave you all the ins, outs, and Who Knew’s about the Real Money, Real World program! The first local simulations was earlier today at the Knox County Career Center, and the second one will be on May 2nd in the Mt. Vernon HS gymnasium from 8:00am – 11:30am.

To hear Hannah Radke’s full conversation with Larry Hall, click here!
To learn more about Real Money, Real World, click here!

Real Money. Real World. (RMRW) is a financial literacy program for youth from Ohio State University Extension. It can be used with youth ages 12 – 18 but is ideally suited for youth ages 13-16. This curriculum is time tested and has been highly successful because of the creative community efforts of Extension educators, local school teachers, and community volunteers.

Real Money. Real World. is fun and distinctive because it includes an interactive spending simulation that provides the opportunity to make lifestyle and budget choices similar to those made by 27-year-old adults. As a program of Ohio State University Extension, the most preferred and successful RMRW programs are partnerships of the county OSU Extension office, the school, and the business community.

RMRW Goals

Real Money. Real World. has three primary goals:

To increase participants’ awareness of how education level and corresponding career choice influence personal income and financial security.
To increase the students’ knowledge of money management tools used in daily spending for cost-of-living decisions.
To increase participants’ awareness of how income and lifestyle choices affect the amount of money available for discretionary spending.

RMRW Overarching Objectives

RMRW is designed to increase participant awareness related to:

How the type of job affects how much income can be earned.
The level of education needed to get the job desired.
The amount of money deducted from paychecks for taxes, other withholdings, health insurance, and retirement.
How financial institutions help with personal money management.
What it costs to maintain a household.
What it costs to care for a child.
How every spending decision affects other spending opportunities.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Lilly

April 25, 2018 0

NZ Top 10 for 4/20/18

There’s a new #1 this week on the countdown…maybe the image above gave you a hint…
Here’s the list:

10. Micah Tyler – Different
9. Jordan Feliz – Witness
8. Zach Williams – Fear is a Liar
7. Sidewalk Prophets – Come to the Table
6. Casting Crowns – God of All My Days
5. All My Hope – Crowder w/Tauren Wells
4. Tauren Wells – When We Pray
3. Tenth Avenue North – Control
2. Cory Asbury – Reckless Love
and…
1. TobyMac – I Just Need U

This week’s New Music Friday features:
Rend Collective – Counting Every Blessing – VIDEO link in the title

Matt Redman f/Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Gracefully Broken

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

April 20, 2018 0

Praise Thursday!

Today Lilly and I jumped back into chapter one of “Can God be Trusted In Our Trials?” By Tony Evans.

Today we talked about “Adding It Up” and “This Will Be On The Test” sections of Chapter One.

Adding it up was digging into what some of the specific words in our ” Theme verses” for basically this whole book.

James 1:2-4 – “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

That word “consider” is a divine mathematical term for adding up what your trials are doing and come up with the true answer, which is “all joy”.

We also talked about the word “encounter” in this verse and how it means to run into something, not something to bring you down on your own head.

Overall, in this section, we learned that we will encounter trials just by being alive. In fact, Jesus said in John 16:33 “In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world”

This will be on the test was about how God uses trials like tests in school to help us prepare for the next spiritual level! God is taking the time to grow us into who he wants us to be!

Today we gave away not one, not two, but THREE sets (That is six tickets) to the MVNU spring musical “Leader of the Pack” with there opening night being – well tonight!

Congratulations to Saunja from Mount Vernon, Doug from Mount Vernon and Monica from monica who won the tickets to “Leader Of the Pack”!!

April 19, 2018 0

Game Time and Inspiration!

Today’s first Game Time contest featured these lyrics for Song Poetry:

When the sun won’t shine and you don’t know why
Look into the eyes of the broken-hearted…

The song was “Speak Life” by TobyMac – congratulations to Tanya of Howard who won the $5 gift certificate from Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

We also gave away tickets to the Outcry Worship Tour – congratulations to Bernalle of Mount Vernon who was our 5th caller…to our cue to call song “No Longer Slaves” by Bethel Music.

Hannah also shared a devotional from the Outcry speaker, Christine Caine. Here’s the link to the devotional Faithfulness leads to Fruitfulness!

The Spelling EEB topic was orchestra, but we didn’t have a winner…so it’s a stumper for next week!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

April 17, 2018 0

The NZ Top 10 4/13

It’s a beautiful day for a countdown!

10. Fear is a Liar – Zach Williams
9. O’Lord – Lauren Daigle
8. Different – Micah Tyler
7. God of All My Days – Casting Crowns
6. Come to the Table – Sidewalk Prophets
5. Reckless Love – Cory Asbury
4. All My Hope – Crowder ft. Tauren Wells
3. I Just Need U – TobyMac
2. When We Pray – Tauren Wells
1. Control (Somehow You Want Me) – Tenth Avenue North

New Music Friday brought us two new songs!
Check out Gracefully Broken from Matt Redman and Tasha Cobbs.
Also check out Do It Again from Elevation Worship.

Our NZ Rewind took us back to 2007!
Let Sanctus Real take you back with “We Need Each Other”
Also, Chris Tomlin with “How Can I Keep from Singing“.

Our Behind the Mic Feature today came courtesy of Family Force 5!
Hear their song ‘Let it be Love” and the story behind it!

Finally, the NZ Top 10 Back to Back spotlight fell on For King and Country.
Listen to their songs “Fix My Eyes” and “O God Forgive Us” featuring KB.