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 first, from David Roper, is called Life to the Full
The second, from Lisa Samra, is called Knocking Down the Pins
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– Joe and Todd
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.
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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!
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Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd
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.
Thanks for listening!
– Joe
Here’s this week’s countdown:
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!
Thanks for listening!
– Joe
Today we shared more encouragement from the Word and excellent devotionals from Our Daily Bread.
Todd’s devotional is from Patricia Raybon, called How To Stay on Track
Joe’s shared a devotional from Amy Boucher Pye called Surrendering All
We want to encourage you to reach out to five people this weekend and just check in on them. The attention you give to your friends and family can make a big difference!
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Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd
Today two of WNZR’s core artists get the spotlight –
Read here from JesusFreakHideout.com how Matthew West and Newsboys did some songs from home!
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…
The song? Looks like a stumper!
Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd
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Today we shared an encouraging devotional from Peter Chin about walking with the Holy Spirit, even when we face tough times.
Ten thousand hours. That’s how long author Malcolm Gladwell suggests it takes to become skillful at any craft. Even for the greatest artists and musicians of all time, their tremendous inborn talent wasn’t enough to achieve the level of expertise that they would eventually attain. They needed to immerse themselves in their craft every single day.
Chin writes that we need a similar mentality when it comes to learning to live in the power of the Holy Spirit. In Galatians, Paul encourages the church to be set apart for God. But Paul explained that this couldn’t be achieved through merely obeying a set of rules. Instead we’re called to walk with the Holy Spirit. The Greek word that Paul uses for “walk” in Galatians 5:16 literally means to walk around and around something, or to journey (peripateo). So for Paul, walking with the Spirit meant journeying with the Spirit each day—it’s not just a one-time experience of His power.
May we pray to be filled with the Spirit daily—to yield to the Spirit’s work as He counsels, guides, comforts, and is simply there with us. And as we’re “led by the Spirit” in this way (v. 18), we become better and better at hearing His voice and following His leading. Holy Spirit, may I walk with You today, and every day!
Name an animal whose legs are featured on a restaurant menu.
The top four answers:
1. Frog
2. Chicken
3. Crab
4. Lamb
Congratulations to Esther from Mount Vernon, who guessed correctly and wins the WNZR GAME ON t-shirt!
Thanks for listening!
– Joe
Happy Easter weekend – this is our countdown for Good Friday 2020:
10. Elevation Worship – See A Victory
9. Cochren & Co. – One Day
8. Zach Williams – Rescue Story
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. Cory Asbury – The Father’s House
2. We The Kingdom – Holy Water
1. MercyMe – Almost Home (1st week at #1)
New Music Friday features:
Bethel Music f/Jenn Johnson – Goodness of Our God
Jeremy Camp – Keep Me in the Moment
Thanks for listening!
– Joe
This weekend we celebrate Easter in a different way, but still confident of the wonderful message of death being defeated!
Today I shared a devotional from Linda Washington about death being overturned and based in John 20. Click here to find the link from Our Daily Bread.
I hope you have a great Easter weekend!
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