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National Day of Prayer!

How fitting for the National Day of Prayer to fall on Praise Thursday here on The Afternoon Drive! Today we came together to pray for our families, neighbors, community and nation! Any prayer request can be lifted and heard today, and if you’d like to hear some prayers from our local community leaders and members, check them out here!

Here’s the recap from today:

12:30am – Marcy Rinehart, WNZR Station Manager and President of Knox Network of Christian Ministries shares a prayer.

1:30am – Richard Hite, Pastor of Church on the Rise in Mount Vernon shares a prayer.

2:30am – David Carter with Child Evangelism Fellowship and a former High School Guidance Counselor shares a prayer.

3:30am – Leslie McCann with LifeWise Academy shares a prayer.

4:30am – Thom Collier from e-Merge Real Estate Champions and the Knox County Chaplains shares a prayer.

5:30am – Tim Stickle with Revive Knox County shares a prayer.

6:30am – Troy McNichols, Pastor of New Life Church of the Nazarene in Mount Vernon shares a prayer.

7:30am – Dave Mills, Vice President for Spiritual Life and Church Relations at Mount Vernon Nazarene University shares a prayer.

8:30am – Andy Smith, Pastor of New Life Community Church in Fredericktown shares a prayer.

9:30am – Joe Rinehart, MVNU Assistant Professor of Communication and Department Chair and Director of Broadcasting, WNZR-FM and WNZR.TV shares a prayer.

10:30am – Christopher Liberati, Pastor of Gay Street United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon shares a prayer.

11:30am – Cody Blust, Pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Mount Vernon shares a prayer.

12:30pm – Joe Proudfoot, Pastor of Mount Vernon FirstNaz shares a prayer.

1:30pm – Jess Kirby, Starting Point Pregnancy and Family Resource Center Director of Development shares a prayer.

2:30pm – Kandee Popham, Executive Director for Place 4 Grace shares a prayer.

3:30pm – Amy McDougale, Executive Director for The Least of These Ministry shares a prayer.

4:30pm – Mount Vernon Mayor Dr. Matt Starr shares a prayer.

5:30pm – Dr. Carson Castleman, Mount Vernon Nazarene University President shares a prayer.

6:30pm – Lois Carter with Child Evangelism Fellowship and LifeWise Academy shares a prayer.

7:30pm – Scott Sharpes, Pastor of Lakeholm Church of the Nazarene in Mount Vernon shares a prayer.

8:30pm – Carolyn Fergus, Executive Director for Knox County Interchurch Social Services shares a prayer.

9:30pm – Marvin Haught, Pastor of Brandon Baptist Church shares a prayer.

10:30pm – Debi Fry, Housing Director with the Mount Vernon Georgia’s House for Women and the Mount Vernon Alpha House for Men shares a prayer.  

11:30pm – Jessica Reynolds, Program Director of TouchPointe Marriage & Family Resources and KNCM Board Member shares a prayer.

Today’s track for Name That Tune was “Let It Begin” by Big Daddy Weave! Congratulations to Casey from Mount Vernon for winning the $5 Watts Restaurant Gift Cards!

Thanks for listening!- Judah

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History Lessons: Dove Awards Edition!

Hey there!

Today for Who Knew Wednesday on The Afternoon Drive, we took a trip back in time to the origins of the Dove Awards. The rich history of the Awards show goes back all the way, originally conceptualized by gospel singer-songwriter Bill Gaither. Plus, there some interesting standards back then that qualified a song to be considered ‘gospel’. Apparently, the only qualified music was that sold in Christian Booksellers Association affiliated stores. Nowadays, the standards have changed quite a bit.

–I was born in Oakland, California on September 25, 1951

–I’m a film star, as well as a critically acclaimed voice actor

–I voiced DC supervillain The Joker in the popular “Batman: The Animated Series”

–I got my big break playing Luke Skywalker in the famous film series, “Star Wars”

I am…Mark Hamill!

Congratulations to April from Mount Gilead for naming the right person! She wins a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

Thanks for listening! -Judah

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The Dove Awards Are On The Way!

The Dove Awards are only a week away, and we couldn’t be more excited! For Artist Newsday and Game Time Tuesday, we shared news about song, artist and film nominations for the 55th Annual Dove Awards. Forrest Frank, Anne Wilson, Brandon Lake, For King & Country, CeCe Winans…all of these are nominated artists that we love and play right here on The Lifeline!

Forrest Frank: New Artist of the Year Nominee

Anne Wilson: Artist of the Year Nominee

CeCe Winans: Gospel Recorded Album of the Year Nominee

For King & Country: Artist of the Year Nominee

Brandon Lake: Worship Song of the Year Nominee

It’s also National Day of Student Prayer. In the 5 o’clock hour, we shared a praise from Donna, who praises God for helping us every day in all things! He is still healing and still doing miracles everyday!

We’re also lifting up the families of loved ones struggling with physical and mental health issues. We pray for God’s healing touch upon their lives.

It’s not just a story
It’s a livin’, breathin’, walkin’ testimony
Of a God so good, He’d leave his home in glory
For the world He loved, for the world that He so loved
He’s not just a story

Congratulations to Lydia from Mount Vernon, – she got the song right for Song Poetry – “I Believe It” by Jon Reddick. Lydia wins the $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

Thanks for listening!
– Judah

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The 2022 National Day of Prayer!

Today is the National Day and Prayer! Let’s join together in praying for our country and world.

This year’s theme is Exalt the Lord Who Has Established Us, based in Colossians 2:6-7.

“Therefore, as you have received Christ, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.”

Paul encouraged the Colossian believers to hold on to their devotion to Jesus. When they received Jesus, he became the foundation of their faith…just as roots are to a tree and concrete is to a house. That union with Jesus was to continue to be the basis of their spiritual lives, even though some individuals tried to twist the gospel message.

We also need to be careful that we don’t abandon Jesus for something or someone else. The competition for our attention today is fierce. Opposing philosophies and a corrupt culture constantly try to lure us away from our Savior. Here, Paul calls his readers to sharpen their focus on Jesus; who gives us fullness, and provides us with everything we need.

Brogan shared a devotional from In Touch Ministries today – read it by clicking here.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Praise Thursday – Prayer!

Thanks for joining us today for a very special Afternoon Drive! Today is the National Day of prayer, and today on the show we talked about just how powerful and important prayer really is!

We read from Ephesians 6:10-20, which reminds us that through prayer, we are fearlessly making known the mystery of the gospel! Check it out here!

“Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains.Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.”
-Ephesians 6:19-20

 

We then read from James 5:16-20, which reminds us that prayer is to be used in all circumstances, and that God does truly answer prayer. Read it all here!

“And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
James 5:15-16

In Psalm 23, we are reminded that God is walking side by side with us through our hardest times. God is listening to your prayers. God knows the plans He has for you. If He is walking with you through your darkest valleys, He hears your prayers.

Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
    for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4

Our word of the day today was dendrochronology
And this is the science dealing with the study of the annualrings of trees in determining the dates andchronological order of past events!

Dendrochronology entered English in the 1920s. It is derived from the Greek terms déndron meaning “tree” and chrónos meaning “time.” The combining form -logy is used in the names of sciences.

Thanks for listening!
Have a great evening!
-Lilly

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National Day of Prayer Who Knew!

Good afternoon! It was a nice, sunny day here in Mt. Vernon, and today we brought you ‘who knew’s’ about tomorrow’s event, the National Day of Prayer.

Our National Day of Prayer gathering is going to be tomorrow night, at 7 o’clock.
If it’s raining, this event will be held in Thorne Performance Hall in the Chapel of MVNU.
If it’s not raining, it will be held on the public square in Mt. Vernon.

If you’d like to check out their website, you can do that here!

Here’s some fun facts about the National Day of Prayer!

The mission of the National Day of Prayer Task Force is to mobilize prayer in America and to encourage personal repentance and righteousness in the culture.

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. Our Task Force is a privately funded organization whose purpose is to encourage participation on the National Day of Prayer. It exists to communicate with every individual the need for personal repentance and prayer, to create appropriate materials, and to mobilize the Christian community to intercede for America’s leaders and its families. The Task Force represents a Judeo-Christian expression of the national observance, based on our understanding that this country was birthed in prayer and in reverence for the God of the Bible.

“Fasting and prayer are religious exercises; the enjoining them an act of discipline. Every religious society has a right to determine for itself the time for these exercises, and the objects proper for them, according to their own particular tenets; and right can never be safer than in their hands, where the Constitution has deposited it.” 
—Thomas Jefferson, 1808

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

And in Ephesians 3:20&21, it reminds us of this…
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we askor imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

Our word of the day today was ‘minatory’! 
This is an adjective that means menacing or threatening.

Minatory is from the Latin minārī, which means “to threaten,” Another derivative in Latin is the Late Latin noun minātor, which its’ definition lends itself more to cattle,  and it means: “one whodrives cattle with threats, drover.” This “country” usage persisted in French, in which the verb mener, a direct descendant of Latin minārī, means “to lead.”Minatory entered English in the 16th century.

Now there’s the animal the Minotaur, which you’d think has some roots to the word ‘minatory’, but it actually doesn’t. A minotaur is part bull, and part man. The word Minotaur he term actually finds its roots from the Ancient Greek Μῑνώταυρος, a compound of the name Μίνως, which translates as Minos, and the noun ταύρος, which means “bull“, translated as “(the) Bull of Minos”.  And Minos, in Greek Mythology, was the first King of Crete. And Minos was the son of Zeus and Europa.

You get a little bit of a double dose of definitions and a history lesson today for the Word of the Day, so I hope you enjoyed it 🙂

Thanks for listening, and we hope to see you tomorrow for the National Day of Prayer!
-Lilly
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