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Game Time Tuesday

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Today’s Song Poetry focused on these lyrics:

If judgment looms under every steeple
If lofty glances from lofty people
Who can’t see past her scarlet letter
And we never even met her…

The answer is ‘Does Anybody Hear Her?’ by Casting Crowns.  Congratulations to Stephanie from Howard who wins the $5 certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Name That Tune today featured ‘Soul on Fire’ by Third Day and All Sons and Daughters. Phyllis from Danville was our winner.

Our uplifting story today focused on Hailey Dawson of Henderson, Nevada, who is becoming a regular guest at baseball games.  Read the story here from NBC’s Today Show.

If you missed Hannah’s devotional, it was from Sarah Young’s Jesus Always, focusing on Psalm 46:1.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Game Time and Inspiration!

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GAME TIME!  Here’s the recap of today’s Song Poetry lyrics:

Who we are, what you want and where we are going, such a mystery…
I don’t always understand, but I believe.

The song is ‘God, Help Me,’ from Plumb. Sandye of Mount Vernon was our winner!  She gets the $5 gift certificate from Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Name That Tune song is a STUMPER – that means we’ll bring it back next week.

Inspiration today comes from author Sarah Young and her book Jesus Always.  Scripture references came from Hebrews 12:1-2; Romans 8:38-39; Psalms 2:4 and Psalms 32:10.

We also shared Chuck Swindoll’s devotional called “My Greatest Passion.” Read it by clicking here!  You can also hear Insight for Living with Chuck weekday mornings at 9 and evenings at 6 here on WNZR.

Today’s Word of the Day is lagniappe (LAN-yap), a noun that means a small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Hannah

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Game Time Tuesday!

School kicks back into high gear tomorrow here on the campus of MVNU, and we’re celebrating by giving away two $5 gift certificates to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Our Song Poetry lyrics today were…

If I give to a needy soul
but don’t have love then who is poor?
It seems all the poverty is found in me.

Congratulations to Lisa from Mt. Vernon!
That’s For King and Country with ‘Proof of Your Love’

And congratulations to Terry! She won our Name that Tune game!
It was Eye of the Storm from Ryan Stevenson!

Our uplifting news stories today included Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks and an amazing man spending time with children in the ICU!
Check them out here! Dallas Mavericks and ICU Grandpa

Our word of the day today is…

astrobleme // [as-truh-bleem]

an erosional scar on the earth’s surface, produced by the impact of a cosmic body, as a meteorite or asteroid.

Thanks for listening!

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Game Time Tuesday!

For Game Time Tuesday today, we played Song Poetry and Name that Tune!

Our Song Poetry lyrics for today were as follows…
“There’s a place where sin and shame are powerless.
Where my heart finds peace with God and forgiveness.”
Congratulations to Michelle from Mt. Vernon for giving us the correct answer!
The song was ‘At the Cross’ from Chris Tomlin!

Our Name that Tune song was “The comeback” By Danny Gokey – Congrats To Beth from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed this song and won a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple valley!

Joe shared some uplifting news in the mists of the Las Vegas tragedy, with the heroes that showed up in that heart- wrenching situation. Hannah also shared an uplifting devotional about the Vegas tragedy.

 Today’s word of the day was:
Censure
verb
SEN-sher

Definition

: to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy

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Game Time Tuesday! 9/26

For Game Time Tuesday today, we played Song Poetry and Name that Tune!
Our Song Poetry lyrics for today were…

“Lay down my burdens, I lay down my past
I run to Jesus no turning back
Thank God Almighty I’ll be free at last in heaven”

Our winner was Jennifer from Howard!
The song was Home from Chris Tomlin!

Our winner for Name that Tune was Amy from Mt. Vernon!
The song we played was ‘The Comeback’ from Danny Gokey!

Our word of the day today was…

broadside

noun // BRAWD-syde
meaning…

1 a : a sizable sheet of paper printed on one side; also : a sheet of paper printed on one or both sides and folded (such as for mailing)

b : something (such as a ballad) printed on a broadside

2 : all the guns on one side of a ship; also : their simultaneous discharge

3 : a volley of abuse or denunciation : a strongly worded attack

4 : a broad or unbroken surface

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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Double Game Time Tuesday!

Today Joe and I had LOTS of prizes to give away to you! We also had some uplifting news and an uplifting devotional…

I shared the September 19th devotional from Sarah Young’s book “Jesus Always”. If you would like to know more about Sarah and her AMAZING devotionals click HERE .

Joe shared a uplifting news story about a Houston couple who were forced to re-schedule their pre-wedding rehearsal dinner due to hurricane Harvey flooding…and decided to lend a helping hand. You can read the whole story HERE.

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Our first giveaway was Tickets to the MTVarts show ‘Lion King Jr.” coming up this weekend! Congratulation to Saunja from Mount Vernon who was our third caller! Along with her Lion King Jr. tickets she won a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!  If you would like to know more about this show are just more about MTVarts just click HERE. 

Give away #2 was Sonfest Tickets! Our Sonfest trivia question  was “Where did Sarah Reeves record her First album?’

Congrats to Alyssa from Howard, who correctly guessed the answer to our Sonfest trivia question which was ” Sound Cell Studios In Huntsville, Alabama!” She won a pair of Sonfest tickets along with a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Do you want to come to Sonfest? Click HERE find out more!

Our Word of the Day today was :
glabrous (GLAY-brus) Definition-  smooth; especially : having a surface without hairs or projections.

Had a great show today…thanks for tuning in! – Hannah Radke

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Double prizes Tuesday!

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Today’s Game Time Tuesday featured double prizes – a pair of Sonfest tickets, a pair of tickets to MTVArts ‘How I Became a Pirate,’ plus $5 certificates to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Today’s Sonfest 2017 artist trivia was: What year did Bonray officially become a band?The answer? 2014.

Congratulations to Paul from Howard, who won the tickets…

Also congrats to Heather of Mount Vernon, who won the musical tickets. Find out more about this fun, family show by clicking here.

Hannah also shared a devotional from Sarah Young’s Jesus Always. Find out more about the book here!

Our Word of the Day is scour (like sour with a c), a verb that means to clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Hannah

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Game Time Tuesday!

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Today on the Afternoon Drive we gave you two chances to win a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley with Song Poetry and Name that Tune!

Our “Song Poetry” lyrics for today were:

“Trading punches with the heart of darkness
Going to blows with your fear incarnate
Never gone until it’s stripped away
A part of you has gotta die today”

From the song “Hard Love” – By NEEDTOBREATHE Ft. Lauren Daigle

Congrats to Bethany and Matthew from Glenmont who correctly guessed these lyrics and won a $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

We had a stumper for Name That Tune!  So it comes back next week…

We also shared ways that you can give to the relief effort for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey.  Here are the links where you can donate:

Samaritans Purse

Convoy of Hope

Somebody Cares

Salvation Army

Joe shared some uplifting news about thing going on here at WNZR and I shared my devotional from “Jesus Always” by Sarah Young. Here is a link to some info on Sarah Young devotional : Jesuscalling.com

Our word of the day was “incarnate”

[adjective in-KAHR-nit, verb in-KAHR-neyt]

Adjective
1.)  embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:

2.) personified or typified, as a quality or idea:

3.) flesh-colored or crimson.
Verb (used with object), incarnated, incarnating.
4.) to put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea:

The building incarnates the architect’s latest theories.
5.) to be the embodiment or type of:
Her latest book incarnates the literature of our day.
6.) to embody in flesh; invest with a bodily, especially a human, form:

a man who incarnated wisdom and compassion.

Thank you so much for tuning in to the Afternoon Drive today!  – Hannah Radke

 

 

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Game Time Tuesday!

Our song poetry prompt today was…

“Open up the gate make way before the King of Kings.
 The God who comes to save is here to set the captives free.
 Who can stop the Lord Almighty.”

These were lyrics to Big Daddy Weave’s ‘Lion and the Lamb’
Congrats to Travis of Mt. Vernon!

Are you a dinosaur fan?
Well what if you tripped and fell over an extremely rare fossil?
Check out our uplifting story of Jude Sparks, who did just that!
Read his story here!

Can you administer CPR?
What would you do if your teacher needed CPR, what would you do?
Read the story of a man who’s student gave him CPR!
Check it out here!

Our Name that Tune song today was Bulletproof from Citizen Way!
Congrats to Lisa from Danville!

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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