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Backwards Day with the Afternoon Drive!

Hello! Or, should I say goodbye? It’s Backward Day!

January 31st honors everything backward.  National Backward Day is an opportunity to reverse our ways, our direction or simply our shirt. There are many ways to celebrate this fun day, so just let your imagination be your guide. This day is very popular with school-aged kids, but there is no age limit on who can participate in all of the backward fun.

Here’s a few fun ways to celebrate!

  • Wear your outfit backwards and if you can, talk and write backwards.
  • Go to bed in the morning and start working in the evening, have dinner in the morning and breakfast in the evening, and have dessert first during all your meals.
  • Talk to people with your back towards them. Just make sure you let them know you are celebrating Backwards Day, so they don’t think you are rude.
  • Say goodbye to people when you meet them, and hello when you depart.
  • Play a board game from the finish line to the start.

Happy National Backward Day!
Thanks for Listening!
– Lilly

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Game Time Tuesday!

Today Joe and I gave you two chances to win a $5 gift card to Troyers of Apple Valley with Song Poetry and Name that Tune!

 

Today’s “Song Poetry” lyrics were:

I’m no stranger to the prison
I’ve worn shackles and chains
But I’ve been freed and forgiven (yes I have)

From the song “All my Hope” By Crowder/ Tauren Wells!

Congratulations to Abby from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed the title of the song and the name(s) of the artist.

Todays “Name the Tune” clip was from “Glow in the Dark” By Jason Gray!

Congrats to Faith from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed this song and artist and won that $5 gift card to Troyer of Apple Valley!

Joe shared two uplifting news stories today from the magazine “The week” from the section “It wasn’t all bad”. The first story was about a police officer’s first day and a life-saving act – Click HERE to read more! The second was about a family’s bakery struggling to get by after hurricane Harvey, but the families teenage daughter changed it all… click HERE to read more.

I also shared a devotional from Sarah Young’s “Jesus Always” about how God will make everything – including you – new! To find out more about Sarah and her awesome devotional click HERE. 

Thank you so much for joining us today! I hope that you had a great Tuesday!!  – Hannah

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NZ Top 10 1/26

Here’s the countdown!
10. Point to You – We Are Messengers
9. Different – Micah Tyler
8. The Gospel – Ryan Stevenson
7. Word of Life – Jeremy Camp
6. O Come to the Altar – Elevation Worship
5. Your Love Defends Me – Matt Maher
4. Broken Things – Matthew West
3. Old Church Choir – Zach Williams
2. Control – Tenth Avenue North
1. O’Lord – Lauren Daigle

For our New Music Friday features check out these new songs!
Walking on Water from NEEDTOBREATHE
and Danny Gokey’s new song Masterpiece.

 

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Spiritual Temperature Test

Another Praise Thursday from the book ‘The Battle Plan for Prayer’!
This week we’re taking you through the spiritual temperature test!
Simply see if you can answer ‘yes’ to any of these following questions!

1. Is your spiritual life joyless and apathetic?
Romans 12:11
“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.”

2. Do you not love and follow God as you once did?
Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”

3. Is there at least one unconfessed sin that you refuse to repent of?
1st John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

4. Is there at least one person who has wronged you that you refuse to forgive?
Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”

5. Are the words of your mouth displeasing to God and dishonorable to others?
Ephesians 4:29 
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”

6. Are you not seeing answers to prayer or seeing God’s power in your life?”
Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
Philippians 4:19 “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”

7. Do you have time for entertainment but not for bible study and prayer?
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

8. Do pride, worry, or fear stop you from obeying what God has told you to do?
John 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

9. Does your family see you behave on way at church and another way at home?
Matthew 23:28 “So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.”

10. Do you enjoy viewing things you know are unholy and displeasing to God?
Leviticus 11:44
“For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.”

11. Are there people who have things against you but you make no effort to reconcile?
2nd Corinthians 5:18
“All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.”

12. Is your worship casual and singing halfhearted?
Isaiah 12:5 “Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.”

13. Is your giving reluctant and calculated rather than extravagant and sacrificial?
2nd Corinthians 9:17 “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

14. Have you been begged to serve in the church?
1st Peter 4:10 “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace”.

15. Are you unresponsive to those around you that will likely die without Christ?
2nd Timothy 4:2
“Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.”

16. Are you blind to your spiritual condition and don’t think you need to change?
2nd Corinthians 4:4
“In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

Thanks for listening!

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Who Knew? Peanut Butter edition…

Today is Peanut Butter Day, so we’re sharing fun facts from the National Peanut Board.

The link to the article is HERE, but some of the highlights include:

  1. It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
  2. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts
  3. The average peanut farm in the U.S. is 100 acres.
  4. Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the USA – Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.
  5. There are six cities in the U.S. named Peanut: Peanut, California; Lower Peanut, Pennsylvania; Upper Peanut, Pennsylvania; Peanut, Pennsylvania, Peanut, Tennessee; and Peanut West Virginia.

Some fun peanut butter questions to ask your friends…

  • crunchy or creamy?
  • what’s your favorite jelly or jam on a PB&J?
  • crust-on or crust-off?
  • white or wheat bread with PB?  Or crackers?  Pretzels?

Today’s trivia question to win the Troyer’s of Apple Valley $5 certificate was:

Where was Thomas Jefferson’s peanut farm?
Answer: Monticello, Virginia

Congratulations to Erinn of Mount Vernon!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Lilly

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Game Time Tuesday!

Today on Game Time Tuesday Joe and I gave you two chances to win a $5 gift card to Troyers of Apple Valley with Song Poetry and Name that Tune!

Todays Song poetry lyrics were:

“Unmatched in all your wisdom
In love and justice you remain
Every knee will bow”
Congrats to Sherrisa from Howard who correctly guessed our Song Poetry song which was “Only King Forever” by Elevation worship ( Here at WNZR we also play the 7eventh Time Down version!)
Today’s Name that Tune song clip was from “Lift Your Head Weary Sinner” By Crowder.
Congratulation to Oliva from Mount Vernon who guessed the name of the artist and the title of the song above and won that $5 gift card to Troyers of Apple Valley!
We also asked that you would pray for the victims of yet another school shooting – Click HERE to read more about the story.
We also shared with you an upcoming date to put down on your calendar! Our annual WNZR 20th Valentines Banquet on February 9th! Click HERE for more info!
Joe shared a great uplifting New story about a very special Walmart Secret Santa – click HERE for the full story!
I shared a devotional from “Jesus Always” by Sarah Young  – to find out more about Sarah and her devotionals click HERE.
Thanks so much for listening! – Hannah Radke
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Mystery Monday…and Malisa!

Mystery Monday

Today we introduced our new Monday co-host for the spring semester of the show…

Malisa (pronounced mah-LEE-sah) Simco is a sophomore double major in Journalism and Media Production/American History from Portsmouth, Ohio.  This is her first semester on WNZR after completing the Introduction to Radio Performance course this fall.  She’ll be pinch-hitting for Lilly, who has two Monday afternoon classes this spring.

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Malisa got right into it today with trying to figure out what was in the Mystery Box ! Our item today was a Gingerbread Cookie K-Cup.  Congratulations to Randy from Centerburg, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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NZ Top 10 1/19

Here’s the countdown for this week!

10. HARD LOVE – NEEDTOBREATHE 9. DIFFERENT – MICAH TYLER
8. THE GOSPEL – RYAN STEVENSON
7. YOUR LOVE DEFENDS ME – MATT MAHER
6. O COME TO THE ALTAR – ELEVATION WORSHIP
5. WORD OF LIFE – JEREMY CAMP
4. CONTROL – TENTH AVENUE NORTH
3. BROKEN THINGS – MATTHEW WEST
2. O’LORD – LAUREN DAIGLE
1. OLD CHURCH CHOIR – ZACH WILLIAMS (2nd week at #1!)

Brand new music this week?
Yes! Check it out below!
‘Freedom Hymn‘ from new artist, Austin French!
and ‘God of All my Days‘ from Casting Crowns!

Thanks for listening!
Have a great weekend!
-Lilly

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Rhythms of Prayer

Good afternoon! Still kicking with the ‘Battle Plan for Prayer’ Praise Thursdays!
Today, we talked about the rhythms of prayer.

The fervent call for revival in the final chapter of the book is not merely wishful thinking. God has poured out his spirit and moved among cities and nations in times passed, stirring up the church, bringing countless thousands to salvation. But you can see that kind of revival right here as well. In your city. And in your country. God works revival on the waves of united, fervent, persistent prayer.  The great, known revivals that have left the most indelible mark on the past generations grew in the fertile soil of prayer closet in prayer groups and playing churches – often few months and years of cultivation among the leaders who refuse to stop believing that God will hear and respond.
 That’s why number of ministries and churches today or championing are united rid of a prayer, inspired by what was known centuries ago as concert of prayer. He’s involve willing individuals and groups would commit to regular cycles of prayer, which would been spread to other places were people were following a similar schedule. God response to the surrendered, repentance, expect a part of his people, and he blesses and moves even more when we’re working together.
 Consider rallying your church to adopt the following rhythm of prayer in the days ahead.
Weekly prayer: individually.
At least once a week, whether alone or in a small group, set aside a particular time to pray specifically for revival and your family, and your church, and spiritual awakening in the nation. Pray for the affected preaching and active listening of the word throughout your city during that week.
Monthly prayer: churchwide
 Preferably as an entire church body, but at least as a whole group, Bible study class, or larger prayer meeting, come together at least once a month and a special meeting for the sole purpose of praying for revival and spiritual awakening.
Quarterly prayer: community
Consider gathering once a quarter with multiple churches in your area, united in prayer for an enormous day, evening, or afternoon, of prayer for the spiritual needs of your city. Even if you’re not able to gather together, in a separate location, all over your community is going to be praying together about the same thing, at the same time, will be a powerful experience and effort.
Yearly prayer: nationally
 The national Day of prayer which is the first Thursday of May, offers an annual opportunity for believers across the country to focus as one on revival and repentance, coast to coast. Don’t let this day slip up on you, or become lost in the days business. Carve out this time to pray for relief with Christians revival and awakening in our land.

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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