Driving Notes

Today on Praise Thursday we continued to discuss the five habits to help us lead like Jesus from the book Lead Like Jesus. We focused on solitude which is being completely alone with God.

Jesus modeled solitude for us:

• When preparing for the tests of leadership and ministry, Jesus spent forty days alone in the desert. (Mathew 4)
• Before Jesus chose His twelve apostles from among His followers He spent the night alone in the desert hills (Luke 6)
• When Jesus received the news of John the Baptist’s death he took a boat to a lonely place. (Mathew 14)
• After the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus went up in the hills by Himself. (Mathew 14)

It was in these times of preparing to lead, making important decisions, handling bad news, and dealing with praise and recognition that Jesus modeled for us the value of spending time alone to seek re-calibration of our spiritual instruments for finding the “true north” of God’s will and pleasure.

Where in the World is Colton Dixon?

Casey Gray found Colton Dixon at the Gazebo, in the Grove on the Mount Vernon Nazarene University Campus.  She has won two tickets to Sonfest 2015 on September 26th!

If you would a chance to win tickets tune in to The Morning Thing 6-9am for a clue every hour also check our social media for a clue during the day! At 4:30pm tune in to the Afternoon Drive to call in guess!

Word of the Day

Vendetta

noun- a prolonged and bitter feud or rival

Today was Game Time Tuesday on the Afternoon Drive and we had 2 rounds of song poetry!

Kristen from Mount Vernon won our first round when she correctly guessed that the lyrics, We’ve been remade by grace/ We’ve all got new names/ And nothing we do could ever change/ What He did that day, belong to Josh Wilson’s song That Was Then, This Is Now.

Our second round of song poetry used these lyrics:

Your presence in this place
Your glory on our face
We’re looking to the sky
Descending like a cloud
You’re standing with us now
Lord, unveil our eyes

Dante from Gambier called in and correctly guessed that those lyrics are from Open Up The Heavens by Meredith Andrews.

We told you about Momentum, the radio conference some of our staff is leaving for tomorrow morning, which includes the Night of Joy music festival on Disney World! You can actually watch part of the Night of Joy festivities over here on Friday and Saturday night.

Our Word of the Day was tortuous, an adjective meaning complicated, or having many twists and turns. You can read more on that here.

Also, make sure you check out the Knox Area Transit information for the Fredericktown Tomato Show. Shuttle service is $5.00 round trip.

Shuttles begin at 4pm tomorrow in Mount Vernon, and run tomorrow, Thursday and Friday as follows…they start at noon Saturday…
PICK UP:
Riverside Park, 4:00 (noon Saturday)
Public Square, 4:07 (12:07)
Columbia School, 4:12 (12:12)
MVHS Stadium, 4:17 (12:17)
Hiawatha Park, 4:29 (12:29)
Dan Emmett Elementary, 4:37 (12:37)
Fredericktown Tomato Show, 5:00 (1:00)

Have a terrific Tuesday evening!

-Jess

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: Even So Come – Passion & Kristian Stanfill

9: Brother – NEEDTOBREATHE

8: At The Cross – Chris Tomlin

7: Drops In The Ocean – Hawk Nelson

6: That Was Then, This Is Now – Josh Wilson

5: Shoulders – For King & Country

4: Touch The Sky – Hillsong United

3: Soul On Fire – Third Day ft. All Sons & Daughters

2: Holy Spirit – Francesca Battistelli

1: Flawless – MercyMe

NEW MUSIC (Click each for video)

Jordan Feliz – The River

Lincoln Brewster – There Is Power

Have a great weekend!

-Jess

Today was Who Knew Wednesday on the Afternoon Drive and we continued our series on Eat This, Not That, and their companion website, eatthis.com.

We shared their list of 10 foods that can help make your heart younger, including dark chocolate, tomatoes, and walnuts. You can find the full list over here.

Our Word of the Day was megillah, a noun meaning a long involved story or account. You can read more on that here.

Don’t forget to head over here to wnzr.tv to watch tonight’s first home athletic event of the school year here at MVNU, as the women’s volleyball team takes on Grace College at 7pm.

Have an awesome Wednesday evening!

-Jess

This week’s NZ Top 10:

10 – Matt Maher, Because He Lives

9 – Danny Gokey, More Than You Think I Am

8 – Needtobreathe, Brother

7 – Building 429, Impossible

6 – Hillsong UNITED, Touch the Sky

5 – Hawk Nelson, Drops in the Ocean

4 – Third Day w/ All Sons & Daughters, Soul on Fire

3 – for King and Country, Shoulders

2 – MercyMe, Flawless

1- Francesca Battistelli, Holy Spirit

New Music Friday – Big Daddy Weave, My Story
Breakout Hit of the Week – Laura Story, ‘Till I Met You CLICK HERE to see the video

WORD OF THE DAY…undertaker – a funeral director or mortician

This week’s NZ Top 10:

10. Matthew West – Day One

9. Big Daddy Weave – Overwhelmed

8. Chris Tomlin – Jesus Loves Me

7. MercyMe – Greater

6. Francesca Battistelli – Holy Spirit

5. Jeremy Camp – He Knows

4. Matt Maher – Because He Lives

3. Hawk Nelson – Drops in the Ocean

2. For King & Country – Shoulders

1. Third Day – Soul on Fire

BREAKOUT HIT OF THE WEEK – I Am They ‘We Are Yours’

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – Love and the Outcome ‘Heart Like You’

Today was Praise Thursday and we talked about the importance of forgiveness.

Joe stressed the fact that we need to forgive others because God has already forgiven us and made the ultimate sacrifice.

We shared Matthew 5:23-26, which you can read here, and 1 John 2:9-11, which you can check out here.

Our word of the day was apple-polish, which means to flatter or kiss up to someone for personal g ain. You can see more on that word over here.

We also talked about SonFest 2015, which can get all of the information on over here.

Have a great Thursday evening and don’t forget to come visit the Big Blue Crew at June First Friday tomorrow!

-Jess