Monday Motivation comes from Blanca today, with her song, ‘Even At My Worst.’ Check out the lyric video here!
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Isaiah 40:28-31
Today’s winner: Jeff from Mount Vernon had this question: St. Valentine is not only the patron saint of love, but what other insect-based profession? ANSWER? Beekeeper. Jeff wins a WNZR goodie bag, including a $5 gift certificate to Gospel Christian Life Shop.
Name a tool you might find in a tool box.
Hammer (27)
Screwdriver (25)
Pliers (19)
Wrench (17)
Tape measure (12)
Congratulations to Beth from Mount Vernon, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica.
Praise the Lord it’s Friday! Here are our top ten songs this week:
10. Rachael Lampa f/Andrew Ripp – Somebody to You 9. Patrick Mayberry – Lead on Good Shepherd 8. Brandon Lake – Praise You Anywhere 7. Micah Tyler – Praise the Lord 6.CAIN – Any More 5. Tasha Layton – Never 4. Cody Carnes – Firm Foundation (He Won’t) 3. Phil Wickham – I Believe 2. Housefires & JWLKRS Worship – I Thank God (4 weeks at #1) 1. TobyMac – Faithfully (1st week at #1)
New Music Friday adds this week:
Casting Crowns – All Because of Mercy
Cochren & Co. – Parking Lot
Today’s winners: – Brandon from Mount Vernon answered this question: in 1861, Richard Cadbury began the tradition of giving what gift on Valentine’s Day? ANSWER: Boxes of chocolates. Brandon wins a Date Night Prep Set from Cecelia McClelland (Mary Kay) – Amanda from Mount Vernon answered this question: what do yellow roses symbolize? ANSWER: friendship. Amanda wins a WNZR goodie bag with a $5 gift certificate to Gospel Christian Life Shop.
Today, Mike and Abby recapped the Grammy Award winners. Christian Hip Hop Artist Lecrae took home two awards! He won for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for his song “Your Power” with Tasha Cobbs Leonard as well as Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for Church Clothes 4. You can read more about Lecrae HERE!
Today’s winners: Pam from Fredericktown – she win a $10 gift card to Happy Bean Coffee Shop. David from Fredericktown – he wins a Date Night Prep Set from Cecelia McClelland, independent beauty consultant from Mary Kay Cosmetics
Listen for that Spread the Love cue to call on The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive all this week.
Take my life and let it be Set on fire for all to see Break me down, build me up again Don’t leave me the way I’ve been
The answer? Stars Go Dim ‘Heaven on Earth’
This was a three week stumper – congratulations to Haley from Mount Vernon, who guessed correctly and wins 3 $5 gift cards to Watts Restaurant in Utica!
To start Artist News Day we shared a clip from 20 The Countdown Magazine. William Ryan III talks about what you didn’t see at the Grammy’s with Maverick City and the encouragement that was shared in that space. If you missed on our show the clip is on our SoundCloud here!
Jonathon then continued artist news that Haven Madison, the daughter of Building 429 lead singer Jason Roy, announced on social media that she auditioned for the popular show American Idol. Her audition will be televised on February 19th of American Idol.
MVNU Men’s Volleyball plays tonight vs. Lourdes University in Ariel Arena. Pre-game starts at 6:45pm and the game starts 7:00pm, you can see the live action on wnzr.tv. Don’t forget to check out our Instagram page @Voice of the Cougars and MVNU Men’s volleyball Instagram for fun game day content!
Song Poetry is back! Our lyrics today were, “I was sure by now God, You would have reached down and wiped our tears away stepped in and saved the day.” Those lyrics are from “Praise You In This Storm” by: Casting Crowns. Congrats to Sarah from Mount Vernon, she wins a CeCe Winans CD!
Today I’m (Joe) sharing a wise word from worship pastor Ashley Lassetter. She’s a good friend of our daughter and recently shared this on her Facebook page. It was inspired by this phrase, “The Caller is the Keeper.”
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Following Christ requires a backbone, a strong one. Following Christ is hard. It’s sacrificial. The life you plan and want to live will die. You will make sacrifices that cost more than it feels it’s worth some days.
Your calling won’t be what you imagined it would be. It will be one that requires more than you are willing to give some days, but when it is that costly, do not forget the lives you will impact for the Lord’s glory.
So often we get weak and in our own flesh, we don’t want the life and situations we are dealt. We want a different hand. We get mad because it isn’t what we think it should be.
We get into a victim mindset. We want someone else to do the leg work for that ministry you yourself are pregnant with. We want someone else to do the heavy lifting.
But God has called YOU.
YOU have it in YOU because the LORD placed it there. What will you do with what the Lord has given you?
What will you do with your call? What will you do with the broken place that He wants to use for ministry to others? What will you do?
We must walk this life out in God and through God. We must bring it to him. He never intended for us to carry the heavy weight and cost alone. It will cost you for the anointing, yes. It will cost you to pursue the call of Christ for your life.
It will hurt. It will be hard. It is expensive.
But don’t forget that the result is such a great Glory of God that we can’t even begin to fathom. Earth cannot contain the surface of His glory.
I plead with you to live your life worthy of the calling you have. I call on you, fellow friends, to pursue the life Christ has intended for us, even when we must endure bitter and costly things.
Where can we go from His presence? He is everywhere. Walk in your call. Count the cost and pay for it.
Where will the generation be that stands and pays the cost with a backbone?
The Lord is worth it. He is worth the cost. Pursue Christ. Pursue the calling you have.
If he has called you and placed it in you, He will keep you. It is worth it. Pursue the Caller.
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I don’t know about you, but that MOTIVATES me to keep going because I know I’m never doing this on my own.
Today on the show we shared our devotionals from Our Daily Bread. We also gave away two prizes from our Spread The Love Valentine’s Day Giveaway.
Here is our devotionals from Our Daily Bread:
Jonathon’s devotional is titled, “When The Splendor Is Gone”. You can find the link here.
Dylan’s devotional is titled, “Sweet Sleep”. You can find the link here.
Here are the winners of our Spread The Love Valentine’s Day Giveaway:
Congratulations to Beth and Rendell of Mount Vernon! They are both entered for a chance to win our grand prize drawing of an overnight stay at the Mount Vernon Grand Hotel and 4 hours of housecleaning from Carefree Cleaning Company.
Although today’s show was shortened due to MVNU men’s basketball tonight, we were still able to share some amazing stories from some of your favorite artists.
Perhaps one of our favorite stories ever came today from We Are Messengers. Darren Mulligan, the band’s lead singer, walked away without a scratch from a brutal car accident Friday morning. He shared the experience in detail through the band’s Instagram in this statement:
“I’m okay. I promise. In fact, I’m on an airplane going to our first show of the year in Greeley, Colorado. A couple of hours ago I hit some ice on a bridge on 840 traveling to the airport. My truck lost all traction, slid across both lanes, down through the verge separating east and west highways and began sliding towards another vehicle on the opposite side of the road. I couldn’t bare the thought of someone being hurt so I did everything I could to flip my vehicle off the road and that’s what I did. It is a miracle that I’m alive, I’m a little sore but I walked out of that vehicle without a scratch. 10 seconds before the accident I had been talking with Jesus and I said out loud “my life has always been in your hands and it still is”. I guess God put that to the test and He has once again proved Himself unbelievably Kind. As I scrambled to find my backpack, guitar and phone which had flown out of the vehicle I heard a voice. It was a young man called Efrain who was on his way to work. His was the car that was coming the opposite direction. Efrain was so kind to me, his only thought was to make sure I was ok. He drove me to the airport so I could go about the work God has called this band to. Greeley, Colorado, we are on our way. Expecting big things from the Lord tonight. I am a very grateful man, more than ever and I’m convinced this too is the goodness of God in my life. #ComeWhatMay Darren”
Also in the news, Steven Curtis Chapman will be in Mansfield this! The Christian musician will bring his tour to Crossroads Church Thursday, March 24th starting at 7:00pm thanks to Rise FM.
We also continued our WNZR Spread the Love Giveaway!
Congratulations to Brad of Bellville and Pam of Fredericktown for answering our Valentine’s trivia and earning a chance at our Spread the Love Grand Prizes: An overnight stay at the Mount Vernon Grand Hotel OR 4 hours of housecleaning from Carefree Cleaning Company!
Today Joe and I launched WinterJam 2020 Artist Trivia for your chance to win 2 passes to WinterJam 2020!
Our WinterJam 2020 Artist Trivia question today was:
“What is the name of Crowders most recent album? The Answer ” I Know a Ghost”
Congratulation to John from Belleville who got our Artist Trivia question and is going to WinterJam 2020! If you want to know more about WinterJam, head over to their website jamtour.com!
Driving Notes 