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Spread the Love – opening day!

Today we launched our ‘Spread The Love’ contests for Valentine’s week 2021. Congratulations to Vanessa of Mount Vernon, whose question was about the classic song, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” She won $10 to The Gospel Christian Life Shop. Peter from Howard also won an MVNU blanket from the Cougar Corner bookstore – his question was about the top holidays for sending cards (Christmas is #1, followed by Valentine’s Day). Listen to win all week!

Name something that’s hard to get off your shoes.

1- Gum
2- Dog Poop
3- Mud or Dirt
4- Tar
5- Paint

Congratulations to Elizabeth from Mount Vernon, who guessed the top two answers and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.

Today’s Monday Motivation focuses on God’s unfailing love, despite our mess, and on joy.

Todd’s devotional today is called ‘The One Who Sees,’ from author James Banks. Read it by clicking here.

Joe’s devotional focuses on joy:

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
Luke 2:9-11 ESV

Not to be confused with happiness, joy is not dependent on external circumstances. It’s a Holy Spirit-inspired mystery that defies all reason. Living joyfully is not denying reality. But in the midst of our ‘parched desert’ times, our heavenly Father reaches to lift and sustain us.

PRAYER: Giver of strength, fill me with Your joy in the midst of sorrow like a desert flower, Amen.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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NZ Top 10 for 2/5/21

Praise the Lord it’s Friday! Here’s this week’s countdown:

10. We Are Messengers – Image of God
9. Jeremy Camp – Out of My Hands
8. Cory Asbury – Sparrows
7. NEEDTOBREATHE – Who Am I
6. Josh Baldwin – Evidence
5. Tauren Wells f/ Jenn Johnson – Famous For (I Believe)
4. Andrew Ripp – Jericho
3. Matthew West – Truth Be Told
2. CAIN – Rise Up (Lazarus)
1. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – Graves Into Gardens (1st week at #1)

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – new songs added to the WNZR playlist this week:
for King and Country – Amen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jThYchneZvw

You can also see their performance at the 2020 GMA Dove Awards with Lecrae by clicking here!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Zoe

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Motivation for a snow day!

Today’s Monday Motivation comes from the book “3-Minute Devotions”…

#1 Laughter

On your feet now-applaud GOD! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence.
Psalm 100:1-2 MSG

As children of the Creator Himself, we were made to laugh—to experience great joy. Our design didn’t include for us to carry the stress, worry, and heaviness every day. Go ahead! Ask God to give you a really good laugh today.
Prayer: Lord, help me to rediscover laughter. Help me to take every opportunity You bring to see the joy in life and the comedy that it brings to my world every day. Amen.

#2 Christian Living

You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone.
Ephesians 2:19 MSG

What seems impossible on our own becomes a pleasure when we have help. We are never alone in our Christian journey. We are given one another, and we are even in touch with God’s Holy Spirit.
Prayer: O Lord, show me how You want me to be. Open my eyes, my heart, my spirit. Amen.

Name a subject on which people are always giving unwanted advice.
1 – your love life
2 – raising kids
3 – money
4 – weight/health
5 – cooking

Congratulations to Esther from Mount Vernon, who guessed the top two answers and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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NZ Top 10 for 1/29/21

Praise the Lord it’s Friday! Here’s this week’s countdown:

10. Jeremy Camp – Out of My Hands
9. Austin French – Wake Up Sleeper
8. Cory Asbury – Sparrows
7. Josh Baldwin – Evidence
6. NEEDTOBREATHE – Who Am I
5. Andrew Ripp – Jericho
4. Tauren Wells f/Jenn Johnson – Famous For (I Believe)
3. Matthew West – Truth Be Told
2. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – Graves Into Gardens
1. CAIN – Rise Up (Lazarus) – 4th week at #1

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – new songs added to the WNZR playlist this week:

Riley Clemmons – Keep on Hoping

Crowder – Good God Almighty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aiyosAp_5w

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Zoe

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Taste testing something new!

I was intrigued earlier this week when I found that Coke was rolling out “Coca-Cola with Coffee.” Lexie and Zoe looked for it over two days, but found it last night at a convenience store. It is interesting – the flavor seems to be heavy on the Coke first, then the coffee kicks in. Here’s a picture:

Here’s the link to the story from USA Today.

and…IT’S NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY…(AND I’M SHOUTING…)

In America, chocolate was consumed primarily as a beverage until the 1830s or 40s. Chocolate cakes, as we think of them today, mostly did not exist then.  According to the Dover (DE) Post, the chocolate cake was born in 1765 when a doctor and a chocolate maker teamed up in an old mill.  They ground up cocoa beans between huge millstones to make a thick syrup. The liquid was poured into molds shaped like cakes, which were meant to be transformed into a beverage.  A popular Philadelphia cookbook author, Eliza Leslie, published the earliest chocolate cake recipe in 1847 in The Lady’s Receipt Book.  Unlike chocolate cakes we know today, this recipe used chopped chocolate.  Other cooks of the time such as Sarah Tyson Rorer and Maria Parloa all made contributions to the development of the chocolate cake and were prolific authors of cookbooks.

The first boxed cake mix was created by a company called O. Duff and Sons in the late 1920s. Betty Crocker released their first dry cake mixes in 1947.

Read more from ‘Days of the Year’ by clicking here.

Today’s Who Am I? Who Knew Wednesday question:
– I was born today in 1901 in Coulterville, PA
– I was a boxer and football player before getting into the business of football
– I bought an NFL franchise for $2,500 in 1933
– My team has six Super Bowl rings
– My team has the same colors as my city’s baseball team and hockey team

The answer is Art Rooney – the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers! Congratulations to Richard from Fredericktown, who wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Lexie

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New motivation for a new week

Joe’s Monday Motivation today comes from a daily devotional book he got as a Christmas gift – and today’s topic is creation:

“When times get bad, people cry out for help.
    They cry for relief from being kicked around,
But never give God a thought when things go well,
    when God puts spontaneous songs in their hearts,
When God sets out the entire creation as a science classroom,
    using birds and beasts to teach wisdom.

Job 35:9-11

In a world where such glory exists, why do we continually allow worldly concerns to occupy so much of our attention? Let God be our glory, and indeed, when we find ourselves most down, He will lift our heads up and show us all the wonders of His magnificent creation.

Todd’s devotional is called ‘The Bell,’ written by Evan Morgan, and addresses how we handle failure. Read more by clicking here.

Name a reason you might not leave your house all day:
1- bad weather
2- illness/being sick
3- watching TV
4- I have the day off!
5- waiting for a repairman
6- I’m too tired.

Congratulations to Jan from Apple Valley, who guessed the top two answers and won the $5 gift certificate to Everlasting Cup.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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NZ Top 10 for 1/22/21

Praise the Lord it’s Friday! Here’s this week’s countdown:

10. Casting Crowns – Start Right Here
9. Austin French – Wake Up Sleeper
8. Colton Dixon – Miracles
7. Josh Baldwin – Evidence
6. NEEDTOBREATHE – Who Am I
5. Forever – Chris Tomlin
4. Andrew Ripp – Jericho
3. Matthew West – Truth Be Told
2. Elevation Worship f/ Brandon Lake – Graves Into Gardens
1. CAIN – Rise Up (Lazarus)

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: here are new songs added to the WNZR playlist this week – click the links below for videos:

We The Kingdom f/Bear Rinehart from NEEDTOBREATHE – Child of Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLUM48jPBBw

Zach Williams – Less Like Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkYL1b7MCEw

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Zoe

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Honoring Dr. King’s example

Today we honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by sharing a devotional from Pastor Victoria Curtiss, written as a tribute to him.

Matthew 5:43–48

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (NRSV)

Jesus said that anyone can love those who love them in return. What distinguishes people of God is the way we treat those who oppose us—our enemies. Just as God shows love to everyone, so are we to show love to everyone. This inclusivity is the meaning of “be perfect” as God is perfect.

What a fitting scripture for the day we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The key to the life of Dr. King is found in his Christian faith. He responded to violence with nonviolence, to hate with love. Dr. King was always looking toward reconciliation after the battle, because his approach was grounded in the gospel. He wrote, “It was the Sermon on the Mount, not a doctrine of passive resistance, that inspired the Negroes of Montgomery to social action. It was Jesus of Nazareth that stirred [them] with the creative weapon of love.”

Martin Luther King recognized that the heart of the gospel proclaims that love can really change a situation of conflict and enmity: love reaching out toward the oppressor, love pushing negotiation, love offering forgiveness and newness. It wasn’t that he lacked an appreciation for the persistence and power of evil. It was rather his evangelist’s faith. He really believed that the intolerant and prejudiced sheriffs and politicians were sheep who had strayed from the fold, who had the potential to be converted. However powerful evil is, love is more powerful still. “Remember him,” said Coretta Scott King, “as a man who refused to lose faith in the ultimate redemption of [humanity].”

Prayer

Thank you, God, for the witness of Martin Luther King Jr. Guide me as Christ’s follower to love as you love—everyone without exception. I lift up my enemies to you and pray for their well-being. Amen.

Name a sign that people ignore:
1 – stop
2 – yield
3 – do not enter
4 – no littering
5 – speed limit
6 – no smoking

Congratulations to Lyle from Gambier, who guessed the top two answers and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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NZ Top 10 for 1/15/21

Happy Friday! PRAISE THE LORD it’s Friday! Here’s this week’s countdown:

10. Casting Crowns – Start Right Here
9. Austin French – Wake Up Sleeper
8. Colton Dixon – Miracles
7. Josh Baldwin – Evidence
6. Andrew Ripp – Jericho
5. NEEDTOBREATHE – Who Am I
4. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – Graves Into Gardens
3. Matthew West – Truth Be Told
2. Tauren Wells f/Jenn Johnson – Famous For (I Believe)
1. CAIN – Rise Up (Lazarus) – 2nd week at #1

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: three new adds this week –

Apollo LTD – Patient

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNh5Z32SxH8

Micah Tyler – New Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bjmvi7d3o

Cade Thompson – Every Step of the Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02RHzc_w6cs

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Zoe

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