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NZ Top 10 + New Music – 6/10

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: Grace Wins – Matthew West

9: Breathe – Jonny Diaz

8: Diamonds – Hawk Nelson

7: If We’re Honest – Francesca Battistelli

6: Everything Comes Alive – We Are Messengers

5: You Are Loved – Stars Go Dim

4: Just Be Held – Casting Crowns

3: God Is On The Move – 7eventh Time Down

2: Tell Your Heart To Beat Again – Danny Gokey

1: Trust In You – Lauren Daigle

 

NEW MUSIC ADDS (Click each to hear the song)

Priceless – For King & Country

Dear Younger Me – MercyMe

 

We also had our monthly focus on Operation Christmas Child. You can find out everything you need to know about how you can support their ministry year-round by clicking here.

 

Have a great weekend!

-Jess

 

 

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The values series: Intimacy

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John 13: 34-35 says,”A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” (NIV).

Today we continue our series on values, inspired by Craig Groeschel’s book, #Struggles. The focus today is on restoring the value of intimacy.  Intimacy is defined as a close familiarity or friendship. In 2016, Craig believes our definition of friendship has evolved, but not necessarily for the good.

Pew Research found in 2014 that the average American has 338 Facebook friends, but most Americans say they have just two close friends and 25% of Americans say they have NO close friends.

We also can fall into the trap of desiring immediate affirmation, since that’s what we get many times on social media.  I just posted something today about one of my favorite restaurants and got pretty excited when people started responding within a minute.

The key to intimacy is that it takes time to develop…and ideally we should be focused on cultivating intimacy with God and our spouse/family.  So how can we work to restore intimacy?

  • Remember what the Bible says: “and let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another” (Hebrews 10:25)
  • “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.”(Romans 12: 9-10)
  • we have to be physically present in a conversation, not tethered to a phone, tablet or laptop (yes, we can be tethered even if it’s wireless)
  • we need to be willing to go deeper in our connections with spouses, family members and those around us.  There’s a difference between praying for someone and praying with them.

Remember, they will know we are Christians by our love, not our likes!

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Who Knew About These Free Summer Activities In Knox County?!

centerburgToday was Who Knew Wednesday on the Afternoon Drive, and we highlighted a lot of fun summer activities for you and your family to enjoy in Knox County, and everything on our list just so happened to be FREE!

Here’s the list of everything we talked about (click on each for more information):

 

You can click here to see a complete calendar of events happening in Knox County.

Our Word of the Day was onomatopoeia (on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh), a noun meaning the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. Head over here to read more on that.

Have an awesome Wednesday evening!

-Jess

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818 per second?

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(photo courtesy USA Today)

Okay, I get that we like hot dogs in this country, but this statistic is a bit staggering…USA Today reports that Americans eat about 7 billion hot dogs between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  That’s 818 hot dogs eaten EVERY SECOND. Eddie says blame it on those hot dog eating contests.

We also shared information about our 2016 version of ‘Take Dad to Dinner.’ Click here to find out more about nominating your dad to win dinner and a DVD!

Song Poetry today was from Danny Gokey’s ‘Tell Your Heart to Beat Again.’ Congratulations to Brenda from Mount Vernon for winning the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley and the Pier House Coffee Shop. Name that Tune was a clip from Phil Wickham’s ‘Your Love Amazes Me,’ and Andrew of Big Prairie, OH won the certificate.

Today’s Word of the Day is villatic (vi-LAT-ick), an adjective meaning of or relating to the country or a farm, or something rural.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

 

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Remembering June 6th

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(photos courtesy of the U.S. Army Militaria Forum)

Today we remember the significance of this day, June 6, where 72 years ago Allied Forces landed over 160,000 troops on the beaches of Normandy.  The event was a turning point in Europe during World War II.

The Museum of the Bible shared today in its daily email that during the war, Heart Shield Bibles were produced to fit in a soldier’s pocket.  These gold-plated steel bibles were a protection from bullets but also contained an inscription of encouragement from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Today we also brought back the Mystery Box. I hid and you helped Eddie guess the item, which was a mini Twix Bar!  Congratulations to Susan of Mount Vernon who won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley. Let’s just say Eddie enjoyed eating the mystery today.
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Today’s Word of the Day was a proper one: Normandy, the site of the primary D-Day landing. Normandy is a region in northern France along the English Channel, invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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NZ Top 10 + New Music 6/3

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: It’s Not Over Yet – For King & Country

9: Diamonds – Hawk Nelson

8: If We’re Honest – Francesca Battistelli

7: Everything Comes Alive – We Are Messengers

6: Grace Wins – Matthew West

5: God Is On The Move – 7eventh Time Down

4: Just Be Held – Casting Crowns

3: You Are Loved – Stars Go Dim

2: Tell Your Heart To Beat Again – Danny Gokey

1: Trust In You – Lauren Daigle

 

NEW MUSIC (Click each for lyric video)

MercyMe – Dear Younger Me

The God I Know – Love & The Outcome

Have a great weekend!

-Jess

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The values series: contentment

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Today we start a Praise Thursday series on values, inspired by the book #Struggles by Pastor Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv.  The theme of the book (click here for more info) is giving us sound biblical tools to combat our addictions to technology and social media, focusing more on “following Jesus in a selfie-centered world.”

Craig sets up the book by establishing eight biblical values that can help us put technology and social media in its proper place. The first is contentment, which is defined as a state of satisfaction or peace of mind.  Contentment can be at risk when we put too much value in comparing our lives with others through social media.  Comparison can be a trap that leads to envy…and envy is the enemy of contentment.

So what can the Bible teach us about contentment?  First, that Christ can be the source of our contentment, as Paul shares in Philippians 4:12-13. “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Remember that Paul wrote that while he was in jail, chained to a guard!

What can we do to foster contentment in our lives?  The first choice is to embrace our position and confidence in Christ as his child.  Then, we have to identify and stop doing things that cause us to compare or even envy. That may look different for each of us. Stop trying to one-up your friends on social media? Quit worrying about your likes and follows? Maybe. You can also start celebrating the blessings in the lives of others instead of wondering why it didn’t happen to you. You also can cultivate gratitude; being thankful for what you do have instead of what you don’t.

and…remember this…the toe-stepper…in Exodus 20:17 (The Ten Commandments): “Thou shalt not covet.”

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Who Knew These Holidays Were Today?!

Today was Who Knew Wednesday on the Afternoon Drive. We shared some interesting holidays that are today.

We talked about Say Something Nice Day, which you can read about here. We also talked about Running Day. You can click here to find out more on that. Lastly, today is Go Barefoot Day, and you can find everything about that holiday over here.

We also told you that tomorrow is Leave The Office Earlier Day, which you can find out about over here.

Our Word of the Day was tickety-boo (tik-i-tee-boo), an adjective meaning fine or okay. You can read more on that here.

Have an awesome Wednesday evening!

-Jess

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May is…gone already?

Summer is officially here, you might say.  It’s hard to believe this is the last day of May, yet, here we are.

Eddie celebrated his 19th birthday Monday with his family. His signature gift was a baritone ukulele (see picture).koloa-baritone-ukulele

We also spent a fun Saturday at the Utica Sertoma Ice Cream Festival and were happy to be part of the Mount Vernon Memorial Day Parade.

Congratulations to our winners for Game Time Tuesday: Lisa from Danville and Beth from Howard both won $5 gift certificates to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.  Our Song Poetry song was ‘Great is Our God’ by Plumb, and our Name that Tune song was ‘It’s Not Over Yet’ by For King and Country.

Today’s Word of the Day is MUGWUMP (just like it sounds), a noun that is 1800’s slang for a person who cannot make up his or her mind; someone indecisive.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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