Today our featured Song Poetry artist and title was:
Here are our inspiring headlines today…
Sled Dog Disaster Averted
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Stuck Sailors Serve the Greater Good
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You can also find our companion video from today’s show on our WNZR Facebook page!
Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Hannah
Today Malisa hid dried fruit in the Mystery Box! I love dried fruit…apricots, apples, prunes, mango, etc…and it’s GOOD FOR YOU!
Congratulations to Phyllis of Danville who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.
Malisa also shared some of her experiences from her mission trip to Indianapolis, where she worked with Burmese refugees. What will she take away from this experience? IN her words, “Humans are humans, and sometimes we have to look beyond politics, open our hearts and love all people.”
Thanks for listening!
– Joe
This week’s countdown:
10. I Just Need U – TobyMac
9. Broken Things – Matthew West
8. Jesus I Believe – Big Daddy Weave
7. Come to the Table – Sidewalk Prophets
6. When We Pray – Tauren Wells
5. Your Love Defends Me – Matt Maher
4. All My Hope – Crowder & Tauren Wells
3. Different – Micah Tyler
2. O’ Lord – Lauren Daigle
1. Control – Tenth Avenue North
New Music and NEW ARTIST Friday today featured these songs:
Reckless Love – Cory Asbury
see the story behind the song by clicking HERE
see the official lyric video by clicking HERE
Broken Prayers – Riley Clemmons
see the official video HERE
Thanks for listening!
– Joe
Last week I picked up a book at the NRB Convention called 52 Uncommon Dates by Randy Southern. Find out more here from Moody Books.
The book is an encouragement to spice up the dating life of married couples. Let’s face it, our dating life can get in a rut or be just common. The book offers some unique ideas to bring adventure, meaning and the Bible back into your dates.
The dates we shared today were:
The CEMETERY date – yes, it sounds weird, but you set the tone of this date by reading Hebrews 12:1 before you go…reminding us of the ‘saints’ that have gone before us. Visiting burial sites together can remind us of those family members and friends who have run the course before us and lived victorious lives. You want to choose a burial site that has a personal connection to one of you.
The MUSIC date – this one’s easy for most of us. Read Psalm 95:1, then pick a playlist of 5-6 songs and play those songs to each other, explaining why they have had such an impact in your lives. Then you take a road trip to a music/record store and pick a couple of romantic new or old records to share.
The GET LOST date or the “random destination” date means you pick a place you’ve never traveled to before. There are several different ways to do this, but the bottom line is that this date should be an adventure. Once you get to your destination, explore, visit the local sites and people and get to know as much as you can about it. Then share what you’ve learned with each other. The lead-in verse is Psalm 139:7.
The FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING date – this is simply trying a new routine. New restaurant, new event (ever been to a Roller Derby? A hockey game? A symphonic orchestra concert? A high school musical?). Then spend some time talking about the date and what you enjoyed most and surprised you the most. The lead-in verse is 2 Timothy 1:7
Thanks for listening!
– Joe
Maybe it should be called “orange fingers day,” but we celebrate the cheesy, poofy, crunchy snack today.
The National Day Calendar shares this information:
“The actual inventor of Cheese Doodles is under debate. Generally, the credit goes to a man named Morrie Yohai who made a variety of extruded snack foods in the 1940s for his family’s company called Old London Foods. Other sources show patents for similar products in the 1930s and still other competing accounts in Wisconsin and in New Orleans as well.”
Frito-Lay says it produces Cheetos in 22 countries and there are 50 different flavors! They include Fizzy Pepsi Cheetos in Japan, Japanese Steak in China, Ketchup Cheetos in Poland and Strawberry Cheetos in Russia.
Today’s Mystery Question: How many cows does it take to make a year’s worth of Cheetos?
The answer, according to Frito-Lay’s communications office, is 5,000! A year-long production run requires 11 million gallons of milk, or 10 million pounds of cheddar cheese used in the Cheetos seasoning. WHOA.
Congratulations to Daniel of Mount Vernon, who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!
Thanks for listening!
– Joe
This week’s countdown:
10. Crowder – All my Hope
9. Zach William – Old Church Choir
8. Jeremy Camp – Word of Life
7. Big Daddy Weave – Jesus I Believe
6. Elevation Worship – O Come to the Altar
5. Mathew West – Broken Things
4. Micah Tyler – Different
3. Matt Maher – Your Love Defends Me
2. Lauren Daigle – O’ Lord
1. Tenth Avenue North – Control
Today our behind the mic song was “Write Your Story” by Francesca Battistelli!
Our New Music Friday songs featured:
Hillsong United- So will I (100 Billion X) – click the image for the video
Thanks for listening!
– Hannah
Today, we dived into another Lifeline themed song- “Point to You” from We are Messengers! Check out the lyrics and scripture below!
Here’s the first verse…
“How can I forgive when I can’t forgive myself
How can I move on when all I have is regrets
How can I fix you when I keep turning away
How can I make it past the noise of my shame”
1st John 4:19
“We love because he first loved us.”
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
It’s hard to forgive when we have no reference. It’s hard to move on, it’s hard to be fixed and it’s hard to make it past the noise of our shame. When we fix our eyes on God and learn that He has set the examples for us, we can do all these things more fully.
The pre-chorus is so powerful…
“Some healing for my heart
I need a revelation
A brand new start
I want simplicity
Where I can rest
But I need a miracle
to put my past to death”
1 John 1:9-
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Psalm 103:12 –
He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.
God as taken our past and our past sin and thrown them out – but sometimes there is a lot of hurt left from those past sins – But Gods as got it *Psalms 23 – God is healing our hearts and grieving us peace like it says in psalms 23. We can become fully healed when we fix our eyes on Jesus and we can also have a peace that passes all understanding.
The chorus really packs a punch…
“I know you want my heart
My bruises and my scars
I’m coming as I am
The only way I can
I can’t forget from where I’ve come
And what my heart’s been rescued from
Yeah when they ask me who
I owe my whole life to
I point to You”
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
God wants us! He wants us – the creator of the galaxies wants us. And he doesn’t want this pretty perfect cleaned up version of us, because he knows that no matter how hard we try, it will never be good enough- That’s why he sent his son. To cleanses us. God doesn’t want this fake pretty picture of you, he wants you as you are – he knows that you broken and wants to help heel you, but you need to show him all the dark and gross, the bruises and the scars and let him heal those parts of your heart.
The first part of the second verse goes like this…
“I want so badly just to finally get well
But I don’t want a quick fix and emotional self”
This world is going to try to give you all these quick fixes. The world is going to try to get you to walk through all these doors that offer temporary happiness, a temporary cure. Once we fix our eyes on Christ, we know that this world has nothing to give us and that our hope and future is found only in Jesus, and He is the only one that can help us finally get well.
The second part of the second verse…
“I will be honest with my humanity
No I’m not perfect and I don’t pretend to be”
One of the hardest things to do is to admit when we’re struggling. Being honest with our humanity is so difficult and I know sometimes we want to pretend that we have it all together and pretend that we’re perfect, but that’s also difficult to do. In all reality, we are so broken. We are all broken. When we start being honest, it opens up a whole new world to us. We start becoming stronger as a Christian community because we are open and honest with each other because we now know that Jesus heals our brokenness and makes us new, and that’s what happens when we fix our eyes on Him.
The bridge is the most powerful part of this song…
“People say that I’ve lost myself
I’ll say I’m found in You
People ask where does my story end
I’ll say it starts with You”
Romans 6:14
For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Psalm 39:4 -7
“Show me, LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. 5 You have made my days a mere hand-breadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. 6 “Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. 7 “But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.
We have been made new! As Christians Christs lives within us, we become one with him. We are no longer who we were but we are a new creation in him. That’s good and a reason to praise God, which we are on longer like our sinful self’s – are we perfect – no, but we are redeemed. The best part is, this life is just a breath, we get start our life in our true home. Heaven.
Thanks for listening!
-Lilly and Hannah
Today Lilly and I celebrated national Pink day – and no, not for the color! Pink day is a day dedicated to preventing, spreading awareness and ultimately stomping out bulling.
Here is what we talked about on the show!
History of Pink Day
Pink Day was established in 2007 after a pair of students, David Shepherd and Travis Price, saw one of their fellow students at Central Kings Rural High School being bullied for no other reason than that they were wearing a pink shirt. In a stroke of brilliance, these two got together and decided to show support for the student and take a stand against bullying by getting everyone at their school to wear a pink shirt the next day. Pink Day was created to stomp out all bullying and spread understanding, and it’s a concept spreading throughout the world.
According to Dr. Joel Haber, bullying expert and author of Bullyproof Your Child for Life, your child could be a victim of bullying if he/she:
Is your child the bully?
While you could never imagine your own sweetie excluding or teasing a classmate, 1 out of 5 kids in grades 6-10 admits to being a bully or doing at least some “bullying” (Nansel, et al, 2001). Children know that bullying is wrong. That’s why they do it when parents aren’t around. That’s why cyberbullying has become so common (the Internet is like one huge parentless mansion). And because adults are left in the dark, they don’t often face repercussions for their actions. So they keep doing it.
Of course you don’t want to admit that your child could be a bully. But you definitely don’t want to let your child stay a bully. Look for the signs — and then find a way to check the behaviors.
Dr. Haber says that your child could be a bully if he/she:
Observes you excluding, gossiping about, or otherwise hurting others: As parents we have a tremendous influence on our children. As human beings, we all occasionally exhibit some bullying behaviors. It’s only natural and it doesn’t mean we’re bad people. But think honestly about your own behavior and then ask — do your kids also show these traits?
What do I do?
For the Bullying statistics we shared click HERE.
Thank you so much for supporting the Afternoon Drive! Hannah
Today Lilly and I shared with you lots of information about our NEW event to Lifeline – A 5K run, walk, and bike! Click HERE for more information!
We also got to talk to Joe and Marcy who are in Nashville at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention. They’ve had some really awesome opportunities to meet Alex Kendrick and see a South Korean choir! Here are some pictures!
Today we gave you two chances to win a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!
First, we played ‘Song Poetry” and our lyrics for today were
You’ve counted every breath
Each hair upon my head
You know exactly who I am
And will always
From the song “All that Matters” by Colton Dixon – Congratulations to Francesca from Mount Vernon who won Song Poetry!
Then we played selling EEB-
Our theme today was was polar bears and our word was arctic. Congrats to Sandye from Mount Vernon who correctly spelled arctic backwards!
We also shared with a devotional from the late Billy Graham! Click HERE to read that.
Thank you for listening!
– Hannah Radke
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