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NZ Top 10 9/29

What a long week here on the campus of Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, but there’s no better way to end the week than by counting down the top 10 songs in Christian radio!

Here’s this week’s countdown…

10. The Comeback – Danny Gokey
9. Hard Love – NeedToBreathe
8. Bulletproof – Citizen Way
7. Oh My Soul – Casting Crowns
6. Home – Chris Tomlin
5. The Gospel – Ryan Stevenson
4. Broken Things – Matthew West
3. Even If – MercyMe
2. O Come to the Altar – Elevation Worship
1. Old Church Choir – Zach Williams

For our Breakout hit of the week, we heard from Mandisa and her friends TobyMac and Kirk Franklin in their new song. “Bleed the Same”. Check it out here!

Our NZ Back to Back spotlight fell on Kari Jobe this week!
Check out ‘I am not Alone‘ and ‘Heal our Land’

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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The ‘Whatever’ from God

John 15:7 says, “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” What if the Bible said we could ask God for whatever we want, not just for what we need?

IT DOES! God is giving us complete permission to ask “whatever you wish” – is that even possible?  Some people claim that we can only ask God for what we need, not what we want.  That’s actually not biblical. The offer of ‘whatever’ runs throughout the scripture, especially the New Testament.

Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

John 14:13 “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”

I John 3:21-22 “ Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.”

I John 5:15 “And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.”

The noticeable pattern is “whatever.”

We know of course, that God is not Santa Claus, but our relationship creates an open-door atmosphere to ask for good things.
Psalm 103:19 “The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.”
James 4:3 “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.”

There’s something in God’s nature and the kind of relationship He’s made possible with us creates an open-door atmosphere to ask for good things. Our ‘whatever’ requests can be met by a favorable response from Him. Otherwise, He’d never make such an audacious claim. Why would He need to?
The key is, if you are walking with Him, on the path He wants you to walk, and if He’s your first love, and if your heart’s desire is to please Him, then He delights in the granting of your hearts desires. The good ones. Hannah didn’t need as son, but she asked one and God gave her one.
1 Samuel 1:27
 I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.

Jesus didn’t need to curse the Fig bush, but that was what He wanted at the time, and so it happened. Some people describe God like He’s an impoverished distant dad who only lets His kids ask for socks and underwear for Christmas.
When our delight is in Him, when the beat of our hearts is to say ‘Lord, what can I do for you today, Father?” The beat of His kind heart is to say ‘Well, what can I do for you, my child?’

Jesus declared with His mouth and demonstrated with His life that He always does what is pleasing to the Father.
John 8:29
“The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”
The son lives to honor the Father, and the Father delights in blessing the son. And that’s where we can live too.
Psalms 37:4
Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

But the word for ‘desires’ in the original language is ‘petitions’ and that’s where ‘whatever you wish’ becomes not just a pleasant thought, but a powerful prayer strategy.

But in all these ‘whatever’ verses from the bible, God is telling us not just to throw out the legitimate desires of our own hearts, afraid we’re asking too much. Don’t be afraid. Ask Him.  Ruth 3:11
 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.But God wants you experiencing His answers to desires that don’t grow old or out of style.
1 Kings 3:5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream,and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”
And because solomons heart was turned to making the best choice – the one in line with the heart of God – the Lord said: “I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.”

How many of your desires are those that please the Lord when He hears them?
1 Timothy 6:17

17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

He delights in His amazing creation and wants us to fully delight in Him and all the good things He’s made. Think about it. He not only made food necessary and nutritious, but delightful and delicious. He could have made food taste bad or not even made taste buds at all. He not only made the universe functional, but beautiful. He also built us with our eyes and our bodies to experience it all. He could have made seeing or hearing painful to our bodies with every second of sight data taking months to mentally process. Instead, he made it instantons and effortless. The devil wants us to view God as dull and to view sin as delightful, but the truth is, the devil has never created anything good… or anything at all for that matter. Every good and perfect gift you’ve ever enjoyed in life comes to you from God. And because of answered prayer, you haven’t seen the last of these gifts. Not if your delight is in the lord.

Set your heart upon Him. Live to please Him. Acknowledge Him as being everything in your world. Then you’re free to ask Him for the moon knowing He’ll give you that wish, or something even greater… because He delights to give His beloved children the desires of their hearts.

Lord, I am so grateful that You delight in blessing me. And I don’t want to miss a single one of them. Keep me so close to you, Lord that nothing can stand between us. I realize no joy exists any way outside of your will for me, outside of the desires you’ve placed in me for following hard after you. I know I’ll never reach the bottom of your goodness and compassion towards me, and this truth makes me love you from the bottom of my heart.

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Who Knew Wednesday!

Today Lilly and I shared some fun facts about corned beef hash. We shared the that today is in fact corned beef hash day and the background of this delicious breakfast food!  If would like to know more about the background of hash click HERE!

We also talked about some Corned beef hash recipes with you! Here they all are:

Easy corned beef hash 

More corned beef hash 

We also talked a lot about DOGtoberfest! To find out more about one of our favorite events here at WNZR click HERE!

Our word of the day today was:

Disparate
adjective
DISS-puh-rut

Definition

1 : containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements
2 : markedly distinct in quality or character

For more info about is word click HERE

Thanks so much for listening to the Afternoon Drive, have a blessed day! – Hannah 🙂

 

 

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Game Time Tuesday! 9/26

For Game Time Tuesday today, we played Song Poetry and Name that Tune!
Our Song Poetry lyrics for today were…

“Lay down my burdens, I lay down my past
I run to Jesus no turning back
Thank God Almighty I’ll be free at last in heaven”

Our winner was Jennifer from Howard!
The song was Home from Chris Tomlin!

Our winner for Name that Tune was Amy from Mt. Vernon!
The song we played was ‘The Comeback’ from Danny Gokey!

Our word of the day today was…

broadside

noun // BRAWD-syde
meaning…

1 a : a sizable sheet of paper printed on one side; also : a sheet of paper printed on one or both sides and folded (such as for mailing)

b : something (such as a ballad) printed on a broadside

2 : all the guns on one side of a ship; also : their simultaneous discharge

3 : a volley of abuse or denunciation : a strongly worded attack

4 : a broad or unbroken surface

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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Cooking Day Mystery Monday!

Welcoming you back from a longgggg weekend, but let me tell you, it was a good one!

Today on the Afternoon Drive, we recapped Sonfest 2017, and we were so thrilled to be a part of such an incredible event! If you’d like to see pictures and videos from Sonfest, be sure to check out our Facebook page at WNZR 90.9 FM!

Also, today is Cooking Day, and if you know me at all, you know I love to cook, and I also love to eat. This celebration was established to honor and commemorate the joys of home cooking. Often taken for granted or deemed a time-consuming chore, cooking is a part of life we carry out daily to make food more flavorful and presentable, to exchange ideas and traditions, and to express our affection for one another. National Cooking Day’s purpose is to encourage and inspire everyone to discover and experience something new and enjoyable in the kitchen while preparing something extraordinary and delicious for loved ones.
So, because cooking can be a laborious task, I shared a few, simple, one pan meals to make with little preparation and super easy clean up!

Beef Tenderloin

Honey-Soy Glazed Salmon 

Balsamic Chicken

Baked Cod and Chorizo

Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

Shrimp Boil

Turkey and Bean Chili

Congratulations to Heather from Howard who won our Mystery Monday Trivia!
Our question was: What is the most expensive spice?
The answer? Saffron. At $5,000 per pound!

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

 

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NZ Top 10 – 9/22

A wonderfully sunny first day of fall here in Mt. Vernon!
No better way to celebrate than by counting down the top 10 songs in Christian radio!

10 .The Comeback – Danny Gokey
9. The Gospel – Ryan Stevenson
8. Hard Love – NeedtoBreathe
7. Bulletproof – Citizen Way
6. Home – Chris Tomlin
5. Oh My Soul – Casting Crowns
4. Broken Things – Matthew West
3. Even If – MercyMe
2. O Come to the Altar – Elevation Worship
1. Old Church Choir – Zach Williams

For New Music Friday, we brought you three new songs!
Mandisa/TobyMac/Kirk Franklin – Bleed the Same
Blanca – Real Love
Lauren Daigle – O’Lord

Our Back-to-Back artist spotlight fell on Plumb this week!
Check out her songs ‘Exhale‘ and ‘God Help Me‘

Thanks for listening, and we hope to see you at Sonfest 2017!
– Lilly

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Praise Thursday – the Will of God

Battle-Plan-Hero-699x200Today Joe and I shared about the Will of God from our study series  in the book The Battle Plan for Prayer

John 6:38
38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.

1 John 5:14
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

The best place in the world of any of us to be is squarely in the middle of God’s will. It is His perfect that will bring Him the most pleasure. It’s not only what’s best for us, but it’s what will yield God the most glory. He has promised every one of His children that we can live in His will continually. Some people are convinced that God is a mystery, Yet the best strategy to use first of all in beginning to seek Gods will for specific questions is to pray like Jesus did – to pray in surrender to it from the onset. Not my will, but yours be done.

Romans 12:1-2
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
The presentation of ourselves can lead to the revelation of His will.

Second, we should pray in accordance with what we already know to be His will. The chief goal of God’s will is that He will be glorified in all circumstances.
1st Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalm 115:1
Not to us, Lord, not to us
    but to your name be the glory,
    because of your love and faithfulness.
If your desire is for the glory of God to be elevated and made known, be assured His will is going to be accomplished in you.

God’s will is to advance His kingdom – the seen and unseen parts. In Heaven and on Earth.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

As you align your goals with His kingdom goals, He promises to provide everything needed for your life to flourish.

Third, God’s Will is for Christ to be Lord
This is giving Christ all the power and authority in every arena of your life.

So as you follow Christ as Lord, you’re saying with your life (not just your words), that you intend to give Him your full allegiance.

Titus 3:8
This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.
Glory. Kingdom. Lordship. Those are the 3 major components of His overall will for you. He also wants you living a pure, sanctified life.

1 Thessalonians 4:3
It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
These verses are telling us that God wants us to produce fruit no matter where we are in life.

Philippians 2:2
2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

Much of His will, therefore, is readily known. Not only does His word declare it, but the spirit affirms it in your mind and heart. So your quest for Gods will on a specific issue, be it a large one or a small one, it’s not a separate matter from the other elements of His will. They’re all tied together. The heart that isn’t only praying for His will, but is also surrendering to it simultaneously, whatever the Lord reveals His plan to be, will not miss his desires when all is said and done, because He will bail you out when you take a wrong turn.

Proverbs 16:9
In their hearts humans plan their course,
    but the Lord establishes their steps.

The leadership that God gives as you pray your way through hard decisions is not to be evaluated merely by the physical events happening around you. Sometimes the most difficult, painful, fearful, or illogical path is the one that ends up being the open door. The one bearing His fingerprints.

Colossians 3:15
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

This is not just an emotional peace that shows up for a few hours and then morphs into panic and confusion by nightfall. This distinctive ‘peace of Christ’ settles in and is often confirmed by other believers. The enemy may try to agitate you into doubting it. But being reverent and trusting and prayerful will lead you to the right door. And that’s faith. That’s obedience. That’s where His will for you shines and bears fruit. And that’s the kind of praying that leads remarkably to peace.

PRAYER:
“Lord, I know I’m in skillful hands as I pray for You to show me Your will and lead me faithfully into it. I accept from You specific guidance through your word to give me ‘a lamp to my feet and a light to my path’ for this moment. Thank you for being Heaven – and – Earth beyond me in size and scope. Yet, somehow, stooping down to involve Yourself in my details. Tune my heart to the desires of Your heart. Align my mind with your thoughts. Guide my path to the center of Your plans and help me pray and live in accordance with Your will. I love You, and I will follow You. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

We also gave away a pair of Sonfest tickets! Our Sonfest trivia question for today was “What is the name of Sarah Reeves’ husband?” The answer to this question is “Philip Kothlow”

Congratulations to Lisa from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed the answer to our trivia question!

If you would like to know more about Sonfest or to buy tickets click HERE.

Congrats to Maddie from Mount Vernon for being our third caller; she won two tickets to The Lion King Jr. show from MTVarts this weekend!

If you would like to know more about this show are just more about MTVarts click HERE.

Our word of the day today was:

Shofar
SHOH-far

Definition: the horn of an animal (usually a ram) blown as a trumpet by the ancient Hebrews in battle and during religious observances and used in modern Judaism especially during Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur.

Thank you so much for listening to the Afternoon Drive today!
-Hannah Radke

 

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Sonfest Who Knew!

Another very jam-packed day on the Afternoon Drive! Ah!
So today, for Who-Knew Wednesday, we did a very timely ‘who-knew’ topic…
SONFEST!

Sonfest 2017 is coming up very quickly, and we’re getting so excited!
We heard from our Sonfest coordinator, Bharon Hoag, about everything that’s going to be happening on Saturday, and why he’s so excited for Sonfest 2017.

You can check out our conversation with Bharon here!
And if you would like more information about Sonfest, click here!

Our Who Knew Wednesday question today was, of course, Sonfest related!
The Sonfest headliner this year is Plumb, and we had a little bit harder question today for Who Knew Wednesday, as we give away a $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley! Our Plumb related WKW question was…
When was Plumb born? (MM/DD/YY)
The answer is March 9th, 1975!

Congratulations to Wendy from Mount Vernon for correctly answering our trivia question today!

We were so excited to be able to give away another pair of Sonfest tickets today! Our Sonfest Artist Trivia question today was about Johnny Diaz!
Question: Where is Johnny Diaz originally from? (City and state)
Answer: Lakeland, Florida
Congratulations to Amy from Mount Vernon for calling in and correctly guessing!

We would also like to wish congratulations to our Lion King Junior ticket winner Kristen from Mount Vernon . They will be receiving two tickets to the MTVArts, ArtsIQ production of the Lion King Junior! And if you would like more information about MTVArts and their productions, click here!

And who knew that WNZR has been giving you artist interviews all week long?!
We have gotten the chance to talk to a lot of the performing artists coming to Sonfest 2017, and we want to share them with you! Check out the conversations we had with some of your favorite artists by clicking on the links below!

The JJ Weeks Band
Damac
Bonray
Sarah Reeves

Thanks so much for listening, and we hope to see you at Sonfest 2017!
Be one of the 3,000!
-Lilly

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Double Game Time Tuesday!

Today Joe and I had LOTS of prizes to give away to you! We also had some uplifting news and an uplifting devotional…

I shared the September 19th devotional from Sarah Young’s book “Jesus Always”. If you would like to know more about Sarah and her AMAZING devotionals click HERE .

Joe shared a uplifting news story about a Houston couple who were forced to re-schedule their pre-wedding rehearsal dinner due to hurricane Harvey flooding…and decided to lend a helping hand. You can read the whole story HERE.

AD pic 9.19.17

Our first giveaway was Tickets to the MTVarts show ‘Lion King Jr.” coming up this weekend! Congratulation to Saunja from Mount Vernon who was our third caller! Along with her Lion King Jr. tickets she won a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!  If you would like to know more about this show are just more about MTVarts just click HERE. 

Give away #2 was Sonfest Tickets! Our Sonfest trivia question  was “Where did Sarah Reeves record her First album?’

Congrats to Alyssa from Howard, who correctly guessed the answer to our Sonfest trivia question which was ” Sound Cell Studios In Huntsville, Alabama!” She won a pair of Sonfest tickets along with a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Do you want to come to Sonfest? Click HERE find out more!

Our Word of the Day today was :
glabrous (GLAY-brus) Definition-  smooth; especially : having a surface without hairs or projections.

Had a great show today…thanks for tuning in! – Hannah Radke

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