Today on the Morning Thing, we celebrated Ash Wednesday. This is the start of Lent which leads up to Easter. Click HERE for some facts and information on Ash Wednesday. As always, thanks for listening!
Today Lilly and I shared some Artist News about Bethel Music, 7eventh Time Down and gave you chances to win with Song Poetry and Name That Tune!
Bethel Music News
Bethel Music’s newest record Victory debuting Jan. 25, 2019. Bethel is known for anthems like “No Longer Slaves,” “One Thing Remains”. On this album, they dropped songs in partnership with Josh Baldwin with the song “Stand in Your Love” and “Living Hope” with Brian and Jenn Johnson. This awaited collection reminds the listener that Bethel Music is a community of real people traversing life’s challenges and triumphs.
The personal stories behind this album though, are what really make it shine. A huge part of The band’s inspiration for Victory came from the fight for young Jaxon Taylor, Son of Bethel Music CEO Joel Taylor
“Last Christmas, we almost lost our son to a battle with a deadly disease,” shares Joel. “We spent five-weeks of sleepless nights in the hospital by his side as our prayers became our weapons and our worship became our warfare. In the battle for his life, the global church community rose up like a mighty army and joined us in prayer and worship all over the world. Our son was miraculously healed and today is perfectly healthy. For us, Victory has become a declaration of truth over hopelessness, a prophetic statement in the storm of adversity, and a battle-cry when facing the impossible. The battle belongs to our God, and our God is victorious!”
7eventh Time Down News
“Just Say Jesus” and “God Is On The Move” hitmakers 7eventh Time Down return March 1 with Brand New Day, the band’s highly anticipated fourth BEC studio recording. It features 10 tracks and builds on the pop/rock melodies and emotive lyrics that have come to define the 7eventh Time Down sound.
Brand New Day features “The 99,” a joyful anthem inspired by Luke 15’s Parable of the Lost Sheep. The new single is slated for adds at Christian radio January 18 and will be available digitally January 25. Additional highlights of Brand New Day include the title-cut, an embrace of complete surrender in Christ; the synth-punctuated rally cry “I Have Decided”; and “Let Me Tell You,” which includes a modern nod to the gospel classic “There’s Something About That Name.”
“You unravel me, with a melody
You surround me with a song
Of deliverance, from my enemies
Till all my fears are gone”
Congratulations to Kari from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed that these lyrics are from the song “No longer Slaves” by Bethel Music and won a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.
We also shared with you the results of the iNRB contest that we as students at WNZR competed in.
Here they are:
Short Form Feature: Todd 4th, Jaxon 5th
PSA/Promo: Hannah and Malisa 3rd, Lexie 4th
Imaging/Branding: Lilly 2nd
News/Sports Production: Hunter 3rd
Thanks so much for checking out our blog!
Hannah and Lilly!
Today Todd and I talked about something with an unsuspecting depth to it and that is names! It’s “Fun facts about names day”, so we celebrated by sharing the meaning of our names and talking about names in general!
We also talked with Joe Rinehart who is on the way to the NAIA basketball tournament to cheer on and report back the games with our MVNU Men’s Basketball Team, The Cougars! Click here if you want more information!
We played Mystery Box today, and because our item was a little abstract we jumped right into the touch test!
Todd had two questions to ask, here they are with the answers!
- Is this a piece of paper? – yes!
- Is this paper blank? – No!
At this point, we asked for what was on the paper.
Congrats to Peter from Howard who guessed what was on the mystery box Paper, which was a list of names – our birthday list to be exact. He won that $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!
If you want to put your name on our birthday list or anniversary list, here is a link to the online form. You can also give us a call at (740) 397 – 9090 or (740) 397 – 9697 and ask to be put on the birthday or anniversary list!
Thank you so much for checking out our blog!
-Hannah and Todd
Welcome to the weekend! Here are this week’s Top 10 songs:
10. We Are Messengers – Maybe It’s OK
9. TobyMac – Everything
8. Lauren Daigle – You Say
7. Zach Williams – Survivor
6. Hillsong Worship – Who You Say I Am
5. Micah Tyler – Even Then
4. Tauren Wells – Known
3. MercyMe – Best News Ever
2. Josh Baldwin – Stand in Your Love
1. Casting Crowns – Only Jesus
New songs this week include these – click the album art to see lyric videos!
Newsboys – Greatness of Our God
Ryan Stevenson – With Lifted Hands
Today is the Collegiate Day of Prayer around the United States – we would LOVE for you to join us in praying for students, faculty and staff here at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Click here for more about it!
In our devotional “Time With God for Fathers,” by Jack Countryman, we’re looking at verses about kindness and comfort today.
A father, or parent for that matter, with a kind and tender heart can be a magnet to those he loves. Everyone craves love and encouragement. Kindness builds confidence, security and trust for those around you. We can reflect God’s kindness with those in our circle of family and mentorship.
Matthew 7:9-11…9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
The phrase “the God of all comfort” in 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 is encouraging. It helps us remember that God will always come to our aid – it is His promise for those who follow Christ. He will see us through the trials we are facing.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any [a]trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our [b]consolation also abounds through Christ.
Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd
Today Todd and I shared some fun facts about space – why? Well, because Todd’s taking Astronomy this semester and I just got hooked on the new CBS Star Trek series, Discovery.
Here are those things you can use to impress your friends:
THERE MAY BE LIFE ON MARS. Of all the planets in our solar system (apart from Earth), Mars is the one most likely to be hospitable to life. In 1986, NASA found what they thought may be fossils of microscopic living things in a rock recovered from Mars.
THERE IS A VOLCANO ON MARS THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF MOUNT EVEREST.
At 600 km wide and 21 km high, Olympus Mons is a volcano on Mars that may still be active, according to scientists. It is the tallest peak of any planet. However, the Rheasilvia central peak on the asteroid Vesta is taller at 22 km.
A FULL NASA SPACE SUIT COSTS $12,000,000.
While the entire suit costs a cool $12 million dollars, 70% of that cost is for the backpack and control module.
THERE MAY BE A PLANET MADE OUT OF DIAMONDS.
As space facts go, this is pretty impressive. Research by Yale University scientists suggests that a rocky planet called 55 Cancri e — which has a radius twice Earth’s, and a mass eight times greater – may have a surface made up of graphite and diamond. It’s 40 light years away but visible to the naked eye in the constellation of Cancer.
IF TWO PIECES OF THE SAME TYPE OF METAL TOUCH IN SPACE THEY WILL PERMANENTLY BOND.
This incredible fact is also known as cold welding and it happens because the atoms of two pieces of metal have no way of knowing they are separate. This doesn’t happen on Earth because of the air and water found between the pieces.
Thanks to theplanets.org for the OUT OF THIS WORLD information!
Today’s trivia was (Family Feud style) – Name something an astronaut might see outside the window of the international space station.
The top answers were: 1- Earth (29 votes) 2- the Moon (26) 3- the sun (14) 4- an alien (11) T5- a shuttle (4) and Mars (4) T6- a satellite (3) 8- astronaut (3) 9- a comet (3)
Congratulations to Juanita from Mount Vernon who won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley! Thanks for listening!
-Joe and Todd
GAME TIME TUESDAY – With TODD!
Blog Exclusive
February 22nd – for KING & COUNTRY – joy. (The Remix EP) – Cur https://www.newreleasetoday.com/albumdetail.php?album_id=20828
Every great song has a remix or two, joy has 4 and counting with this newest release. Check out our blog for the link
On the Show
Chris Tomlin’s Holy Roar Tour is almost Underway https://www.newreleasetoday.com/news_detail.php?newsid=3477
Toby Mac Is on Tour! http://tobymac.com/tobymacs-popular-hits-deep-tour-to-hit-34-arenas-with-2019-return/
Winners
For Song Poetry we had “White Flag by Chris Tomlin.” Congratulations to Maude from Mt. Vernon, our winner for this week
And a congratulations to Matt from Howard. He was our winner for Name That Tune! This week the song was “Steal My Show” by TobyMac.
Thanks for hanging out with us today as we shared with you some tips and tricks on how to get a better night of sleep (which I think we could all use).
Check out some tips below that will help you get a better night of shut-eye!
Click here to read all 48 sleeping hacks from SleepAdvisor.org!
Here’s some highlights of what we shared today!
– Wake up at the same time each morning
– Reduce your overall sleep need
– Sleep in a dark enviroment
– Sleep in a colder room
– Eat breakfast every morning
– Limit your nap time
– Find a good pillow
Congratulations to Mary from Fredericktown for guessing our Mystery Question!
Name something you do right before bed.
Brush teeth 29
Watch TV 21
Read 15
Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Joe
It’s SPRING BREAK for us here on the campus of MVNU! Woohoo!
We hope your weekend is off a great start!
Here’s this week’s countdown!
10. Maybe It’s Okay – We Are Messengers
9. Everything – TobyMac
8. You Say – Lauren Daigle
7. Survivor – Zach Williams
6. Who You Say I Am – Hillsong Worship
5. Even Then – Micah Tyler
4. Known – Tauren Wells
3. Best News Ever – MercyMe
2. Stand in Your Love – Josh Baldwin
1. Only Jesus – Casting Crowns
We also had new music from Ryan Stevenson and Cochren and Co!
Listen to Ryan’s “With Lifted Hands” and “Church” from Cochren and Co.
Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Joe
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