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02/14/2025

Who doesn’t love in The Morning Mix sponsored by Elam Heating and Air Conditioning? Here are the newest Positive Hits in The Mix! What is your favorite new song in The Mix?

• “God Did It” by Micah Tyler
• “A Lil Church (Nobody's Too Lost)” by TobyMac

02/14/2025

Do you need a last minute gift for your valentine? How about concert tickets??? 😉😁

Get your tickets to see Tenth Avenue North and Natalie Layne in Hannibal right now at https://wgcathemix.ticketspice.com/tenth-avenue-north-4925!

02/14/2025

"Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins." 1 Peter 4:8

Earnestly:
Adverb
“With deep and sincere feeling; seriously”

I’m going to make the obvious statement that as humans, we are messed up. We aren’t perfect. We hurt those around us. We are hurt by those around us. We see pain and brokenness each and every day. So, what are we supposed to do about it?

“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”

Peter was talking to people that were just as broken as we are. He was talking to people dealing with death, hatred, brokenness, and sin. All the things that anyone born into this sinful world has to deal with. Yet, he is telling the readers of his letter to keep loving… earnestly. This kind of love isn’t flippant. It isn’t just saying words. It requires action and dedication.

Loving sinful people (AKA everyone, including us) isn’t easy. But, Peter says that love covers a multitude of sins. If sins are being covered, then that must mean that forgiveness is happening for those sins, right? So, that means that our main motivator for forgiveness is love. Love for the person and love for our Father that provided the ultimate example of love covering a multitude of sins.

So, love the sinful today. Know that we are all hard to love. Then, thank God for how He loves the hard to love ones just like us.

02/13/2025

"Because Your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise You." Psalm 63:3

Someone once offered me this advice: speak your praises out loud.
In moments of hardship, I have forced myself to say out loud: I love the blue sky. I’m in awe of the flowers. The snowflakes are spectacular…

Speaking my praises transforms my heart.
I find myself filled with God’s love. I’m brimming over with joy and peace.
The hardships melt. Unattractive emotions of anger or frustrations dissipate.
God’s love is transformative.

“Child Of Love” by We The Kingdom is a perfect example of enveloping yourself in God’s steadfast love and praising Him.

"I was walking the wayside
Lost on a lonely road
I was chasing the high life
Trying to satisfy my soul

"All the lies I believed in
Left me crying like the rain
Then I saw lightning from Heaven
And I've never been the same

"I'm gonna climb a mountain
I'm gonna shout about it
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I found a friend in Jesus
I am a child of love

"Nothing can change the way
You love me
Nothing can change the way
I belong to You"

02/12/2025

Congratulations to Paige and Zach Pfeiffer of Hannibal for being one of our winning couples in our Valentine’s Day Giveaway!

We’ll be drawing our final winning couple Friday morning on The Morning Mix! Text 217-223-7700 or email [email protected] with what you love about your spouse to enter!

02/12/2025

You can count on that
You know what He's like
You've seen Him do it a thousand times
Yeah even in the dead of night
There's never been a morning when the sun don't rise
He'll never let go, you know that it's true
He's still that good and He's still got you
You can count on that
You know what He's like
You've seen Him do it a thousand times!!!

We Are Messengers on Lyric Wednesday in your Morning Mix!

02/12/2025

"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." Proverbs 10:12

As we are talking about today’s Power Verse, I think that it’s a great day to remember the greatest example of love covering up offenses.

As unconventional as this might seem, take some time to read Luke 23:18-49. My favorite verse from that passage is verse 34a: “And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do’.”

How amazing it is to think about how much God loved us when we had turned away from Him! I don’t know about you, but if someone rejects me as much as I have rejected God, my first reaction would not be to sacrifice myself for them. I am so incredibly grateful that even though I had hatred and strife against the Lord that He still came down to earth so that His act of love could cover my offenses. As crazy as it is to think, Jesus loved us just as much as the actual people who nailed Him to that cross 2,000 years ago. He died just as much for our sins as He did for the sins of the soldiers responsible for His death.

As we celebrate the holiday of love this week, take time to think about the best love that could ever be offered: the love of our sacrificing and redeeming God.

02/11/2025

Today was an Artist Focus Tuesday, and we focused on Tenth Avenue North! Don't forget to get your tickets to see them in Hannibal this April! Get your tickets now at https://wgcathemix.ticketspice.com/tenth-avenue-north-4925!

02/11/2025

"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." 1 John 4:16

If someone is wearing a shirt with a certain college’s name on it, you automatically think that they or someone they care about goes to that school. If we see a ring on a person’s left hand, we see it as a sign that he or she is married. There are certain things that we use to identify things about those around us.

“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them…”

As Christians, our love is what others identify us by. The only way to truly live in love is to walk in step with the Spirit as He lives in you.

So, go through today and lift your head. Follow the Spirit as He leads you and live loved because you most definitely are. Then, spread that love to everyone around you so they can experience the love and grace of God the way that you have.

02/10/2025

Congratulations to one of our winners in our Valentine’s Day Giveaway, Diane Nutter of Liberty!

You have one more chance to win this Friday! Text or email us that you love about your spouse from The Flower Girl Of Quincy, Chocolaterie Stam of Hannibal, and Emerald City Jewelers!

02/10/2025

Did you get to see Lauren Daigle perform at the Super Bowl last night?

Lauren Daigle sand 'America the Beautiful' ahead of Super Bowl LIX.

02/10/2025

"Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth." 1 John 3:18

I don’t know about everyone else, but around Christmas time, I love to watch all those sappy, romantic Christmas movies. You know the ones I’m talking about: girl works in big city, girl goes to small hometown, girl meets boy, boy owns Christmas tree farm, boy shows girl the Christmas spirit, boy and girl say “I love you,” it snows, credits roll. Oh, and there’s also a dog (probably a golden retriever).

Love always seems so easy in movies like this, doesn’t it? The happy couple says “I love you,” and they live happily ever after. I think everyone can agree that loving one another is not that easy in real life. Love isn’t something that we just feel for someone; love is action. Truly loving another person isn’t about some warm fuzzy feeling, but putting the needs of others above our own. Loving others means choosing to love them despite whether they deserve it or not. As Christians, we are called to love others in all that we do, not just the words that we say.

As you go about your day today, pray for the Lord to open your eyes to ways that you can love those around you in your actions.

02/09/2025

"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Ephesians 4:2-3

Through sibling rivalry, marriage, parenting and family I’ve learned love for others requires different approaches from me. Let me be transparent: love does not come easily at times, and I absolutely make mistakes. Identifying the difficult moments I have, where anger/frustration/guilt/shame sprout up, unwelcome in my day, is an opportunity for me to grow. A chance to decide how to combat the sin pulling me from Jesus and respond in a way He would.

Shall I be humble…
Shall I be gentle…
Shall I be patient…

All very different ways to show love, just as Jesus does for me in different seasons of my life.
I pray, in response to others, I can be more like Jesus in order to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
To learn to love like Jesus is an honor and an invaluable lesson to learn.

02/08/2025

"I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul." Psalm 31:7

How often do we hide things from those around us to protect our reputation? Most of the time, we only allow people to see the good parts of us, and we hide anything that we’re ashamed of. Sometimes, we can’t even imagine other people loving us if they knew each and every thing about us.

Well, guess what? God sees all the dirt and grime that we try to hide deep down inside. He sees our sin and how we have dishonored Him. He knows the deepest, darkest parts of our hearts that we would let absolutely no one see.

But then, the most amazing thing happens: He loves us anyway.

He knows that we have done nothing to deserve love and forgiveness, yet He loves us enough to not only sacrifice Himself to save us, but also, to just get us through each day. Let us praise our Heavenly Father for how He unconditionally loves us despite all that we’ve done!

02/07/2025

Did you catch the news this morning???

Tenth Avenue North will be in Hannibal at The Crossing - Hannibal on April 9th! Space is limited, so get your tickets now at https://wgcathemix.ticketspice.com/tenth-avenue-north-4925!

02/07/2025

Another exciting concert announcement coming up at 7:40 this morning on the Morning Mix with Gregory!

02/07/2025

You have heard that it was said, “love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Matthew 5:43-44

Loving like God calls us to love everyone, including those who have wronged us. I know you see their face in your mind…the word enemy triggers you to conjure up the image of a specific person. You may feel anger or a deep sadness that feels like a suffocating weight you can’t seem to get out from under.

The word enemy triggers a name in my mind, and the anger I feel has been negatively affecting my daily life. I reached out to my minister, and he freed me with a plan of love.

Extract the bitter seed by praying for that person. (But wait, what in the world do I pray for?! I don’t want to!)
Pray for the person to be redeemed and know Jesus.

Yes, I can do that! With TIME: the anger melts and sadness slowly dissipates. It’s a daily decision I have to make to turn from anger and pray. Each day, I notice a difference. And each day, I think of Jesus loving everyone around him, knowing they would soon cheer on his crucifixion.

Jesus knows exactly how you are feeling and that is a truth that can encourage you today.

02/06/2025

We're drawing our next winner in our Valentine's Day Giveaway this Friday! Make sure you let us know what you love about your spouse!