Today we shared some Monday Motivation inspired by a documentary about a sloth and Nehemiah 9:17. Sound like a weird combination? Read Mart DeHaan’s devotional called ‘Slow for a Reason’ by clicking here.
Name something the family takes turns using. The top 6 answers: 1. Bathroom 2. Car 3. Phone 4. Computer 5. TV/Remote Control 6. Soap
Congratulations to Ben from Mount Vernon who guessed the top two answers and wins the WNZR GameOn t-shirt.
10. Matt Maher f/Elle Limebear – Alive and Breathing 9. Cochren & Co. – One Day 8. Elevation Worship – See A Victory 7. Micah Tyler – AMEN 6. Matthew West – The God Who Stays 5. Michael W. Smith f/Vanessa Campagna – Waymaker 4. We The Kingdom – Holy Water 3. Big Daddy Weave – I Know 2. Cory Asbury – The Father’s House 1. MercyMe – Almost Home (3rd week at #1)
New Music Friday adds this week – click the album art for video links:
Today Todd and I shared two more devotionals from Our Daily Bread, giving us encouragement for the road ahead. Click the titles for links to the devotionals!
The Afters are offering listeners a free download of their current single “I Will Fear No More”. Many people are struggling in the grip of unemployment, self-isolation, and COVID-19, and feel overwhelmed in a constant news-cycle where uncertainty and panic is a headline. “I Will Fear No More” is an invitation to declare victory against these feelings of fear, worry, and anxiety. The “I Will Fear No More” download, along with videos and extra resources, can be found at freeccm.com/fearrnoore
Chris Tomlin was joined by Max Lucado, Pat Barrett, Matt Maher, and We the Kingdom for a special Good Friday Service. You can watch it HERE.
There’s gotta be so much more to life than this, A higher calling that I missed, I want my life to count, every breath…
A stumper from last week! The answer is Newsboys with ‘Live With Abandon’ – congratulations to Marian from Danville who guessed correctly and wins the WNZR Game On shirt!
Today I shared a couple of passages about lament. For many of us, this is a real thing right now. Lamenting is found in, literally, its own book in the Old Testament, Lamentations. Jeremiah kept a record of his pain. He wrote of the atrocities done to Judah. He also grieved for the youngest victims of these events:
“My heart is poured out on the ground…because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city…their lives ebb away in their mother’s arms.” (Lamentations 2:10-13, 18-19)
Now, as author Tim Gustafson writes, we might expect Jeremiah to reject God in the face of this suffering, but instead, he urges the survivors to, “pour out your heart in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children.”
It’s good to pour out our hearts to God. Lament is a crucial part of being human. God grieves with us.
But lament is different that complaint. Ken Wytsma and A.J. Swoboda, in their book, Redeeming How We Talk, remind us that lament cries out to God and includes repentance, while complaining tends to blame or criticize. Lament seeks God, while sometimes our complaining and self-pity condemns God. Lament names what is broken and seeks God’s intervention instead of just crying, “unfair.”
Name a term used in a game of bowling… 1. Strike 2. Spare 3. Pin 4. Turkey Congratulations to Isaiah from Bellville, who guessed the top two answers and wins the WNZR Game On t-shirt.
10. Matt Maher f/Ellie Limebear – Alive and Breathing 9. Cochren and Co. – One Day 8. Elevation Worship – See a Victory 7. Micah Tyler – AMEN 6. Michael W. Smith f/ Vanessa Campagna – Waymaker 5. Matthew West – The God Who Stays 4. Big Daddy Weave – I Know 3. We The Kingdom – Holy Water 2. Cory Asbury – The Father’s House 1. MercyMe – Almost Home (2nd week at #1)
New Music Friday adds today:
Hope Darst – Peace Be Still
Lauren Daigle – Still Rolling Stones
AND CLICK HERE for Lauren’s social distancing version!
Driving Notes 