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Worship/praise songs wash over us continually, from the selections sung in our corporate services, to CDs we play through out the day or hear on the radio, or songs that loop through our heads.



What's the song you would pick as the the current "most anointed" at the moment, and does that change for you frequently? What I mean is the song that calls your spirit to attention, grips your imagination and produces a recognition of the Lord's presence.



For myself, I know that sometimes long periods go by in between the time I discover an anointed song and when the next one comes along. I remember one of the most powerful was Robert Gay's "No other Name".......the first time I heard it and for months afterwards, I could barely breathe because of the anointing on it, and could not stop the flow of emotion that came with it.



Right now, the song that affects me that way is "His mercy endures forever" by Jimmie Black. It's a declaration that does not fail to transport me into the throneroom of God, joining my proclamation with eternal beings who ever declare His virtues. I heard this song for the first time nearly 4 years ago, and the next one hasn't come along for me yet.



What would you say the song is right now that ministers to you the most, or that allows you to minister to God the most? I thought it would be interesting to compare.

I've always made my banners and flags big... and my flags get bigger all the time. I look at flags in particular as extensions of my body in worship and praise, and I want them to speak, and the bigger they are--the louder they can speak.



But I had an experience once that really spoke to me about how the scale of the banners and flags are critically important to their ability to impact the senses and the spirit. ZionFire was ministering at one of the big international worship conferences that started to become popular in the mid 80's. We were in a large church in Washington DC. It was mid afternoon, and the processional planned for the evening service was being rehearsed. As the music swelled, and the banners, dancers and flags moved and swirled around me, the anointing was incredibly powerful......the huge, ornate and glorious banners gave such a sense of awe to the heroic nature of the processional music. It was so strong, one could hardly stand.



The leaders decided to run the piece again. As the processionalists assembled, I went up to the balcony to watch from there. The music was just as stirring, the processionalists were just as intense and whole-hearted as they moved down the aisles...but something was different......the sense of awe and power was diminished. And the Lord reminded me of another experience....



A group from our church went together to a circus show that was presented in a large sports stadium. Our seats were way up on one of the highest levels. I remembered that we had watched the "high wire act" go on BELOW us. And I remember thinking that it wasn't nearly as impressive looking down on a high-wire act as it would have been looking up from below.



Part of the awe of pageantry and the conceptualization of kingdom things has to do with our grasp of the sense that God is bigger than we are, and His bigness is part of what inspires awe within us. So banners, being made in large enough dimensions to tower over us and dwarf us, are able to be part of that impartation of awe. Just as the height of the high wire act is what is thrilling about that skill, It is partly the very size of the banners that carries some of the anointing as they overshadow us. That was a revelation to me.



There are some churches with very limited verticle space, which handicaps banner makers in that area. But I always encourage people to make them as big as possible, because in this case, size really does matter. (No joke intended, but I guess I just made one. )

We received this e-mail from one of our members here at ZFF, ActsofPraise, and it is authentic. They know the person heading up this relief effort personally, and you can be assured that if you make a donation, that it will be used for what it is intended.



If you feel moved to contribute to this relief effort, you can follow the mailing instructions listed, or you can go to the website link in the following communication and make a donation by credit card there.

--thank you.







Brothers & Sisters,



Rani is a personal friend of ours and his ministry is worthy of consideration in giving to the emergency appeal for those in need in the North of Israel.



Blessings,

Pete





-----Original Message-----

From: <EMAIL email="ranal@netvision.net.il">ranal@netvision.net.il</EMAIL>

To: <EMAIL email="ranal@netvision.net.il">ranal@netvision.net.il</EMAIL>

Sent: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 4:16 PM

Subject: An Update on Israel La'ad - And our operation in the North







Rebuilders of the Galilee..., Update





Dear friends,

Last week we announced raising money for families in need in the bombarded areas in the upper Galilee. It is important to reallize that about 60-70% of the population of the entire Galilee region, have went south to stay with friends and family, already a week and two ago.



The remaining 30-40% who are still there, are some Government workers, like city hall people, Police forces, Hospital related staffers, teachers, social workers etc. But mosly, civillians, who simply have no means to put their kids in the car, and tour Israel for several weeks.



These people, are most needy now. They are the ones suffering the most, after almost 4 weeks of literally living underground, and hearing explostions all the time, while their kids are on a summer vacation, frightened and confused. There are several tens of thousands of them, throughout the Galilee.



I went up there this morning, to meet with my counterparts from the Kiryat Shmona City. I was supposed to meet with them, and walk into the local grocery store, and simply pay for some 30-40 families who have financial difficulties, to make their grocery shopping, and pay immediate essential bills. The local welfare authorities in Nahariya and Kiryat-Shmona, have prepared a list for us of the needed families.





On the way there, near Tiberias, the sirens went on. Within a minute, 3 missiles landed about a mile from me, in an open field. It was far enough, so I kept on driving North, assuming it would be safer to be North of Tiberias, than to stay where I am.



I arrived in Migdal, where I have friends, had a great cup of coffee on the shorelines of the Sea of Galilee. Not a soul on the streets, it was pretty sad, I must admitt.



I talked to my friends in Kiryat-Shmona on the phone, informing them about my little delay. The Director General of the city, and I, were supposed to meet, but because of the missiles, and the news coming from K.Shmona, I decided to stop in Migdal.



He said to me its' probably not a good idea for me to come today, because the city took some 50 rockets. K.Shmona took already some 800 rockets, (!!!), but todays' 'round', was more damaging and accurate. "They destroyed my city today", he said to me.



I waited a few hours, but it seemed like today is just not the day for our food delivery operation. We postponed it for tomorrow night. When I left Migdal on my way back home, the sirens in Tiberias went on again, and another 3 missiles landed near me, further this time, about 2+ miles away, in the same open field.



So.., tomorrow night, I will make another attempt to get to K.Shmona. We have a meeting in the local supermarket, to buy $200 worth of grocery and basic products to some 40 families. This is in addition to 5 computers we were asked to buy for the bomb shelters that have an internet line, but no computer...



On Tuesday and Wednesday, I will attempt to get to other 3-5 communities that are less famous, with the same problem. All in all, I plan to deliver some $35,000 worth of groceries this week.



I will keep you posted. Love to all, Rani.



If you want to support ISRAEL-LAAD and our relief efforts in the North, please overnight a check ASAP, and it will help if you tell us when and how much you are sending, so we can budget our committments for the next week or two ahead.



This will not end in the next day or two...



For mailing info <COLOR color="red">[or to donate by credit card]</COLOR>please look up the website in the CONTACT US section...,

at <URL url="http://www.israel-laad.org">http://www.israel-laad.org





Thank you for your prayers and support, love from Israel,



Rani Levy.





Or overnight to :



Israel La'ad

2 Pekeris Street

Park T.M.R

Rehovot 76702,

ISRAEL



Daytime phone for delivery - 08-9484684

"....We will dance on the streets that are golden

The glorious bride and the great Son of man

From every tongue and tribe and nation

Will join in the song of the lamb "



Anybody else have trouble dancing to that song?



I mean...the words are great......but I find it one of the hardest songs ever to choreograph and dance to because of the tempo.



Our team will be doing a version this week. I plan to use a gold billow cloth which we will bring in and then dance on, maybe with a streamer or tambourine hoop......it will work, but I always find my self exhausted after tring to dance this song. I just can't stay in the air long enough to make dancing to this song seem natural!

I got an email this morning from one of several lists to which I subscribe.



This came through WorshipIdeas.com, edited by Don Chapman.



Tell me what you think of the concept. Have you experienced such a thing? Do you think it would work with your congregation or not? Why? Inquiring minds and all that stuff.



DeanZF



____________________________________________________________



- WorshipIdea: Postmodern Stations

____________________________________________________________



A few weeks ago I talked about how Seacoast Church is doing the new postmodern stations thing [read "Postmodern Path" at my blogger site, link below.]



What's so new about Communion and prayer? Here's what: Seacoast's version is optional and interactive.



The modern service order is linear - announcements, music, offertory, sermon - insert whatever - all in a straight chronological line. Everyone is experiencing the same thing, together, simultaneously.



The postmodern mind is different. Think of a teenager listening to his iPod, doing homework and watching TRL [MTV's Total Request Live] all at the same time. This mindset can multitask, and in fact, would prefer to multitask. We live in an overstimulated age and a one-track mind can be boring.



While the Seacoast service is mainly linear, there is a portion that isn't. During this portion of the service, a person can choose to do one, none, some or all of the

following:



1. Participate in congregational singing.



2. Move to a station to receive Communion.



3. Move to a station to make an offering.



4. Move to a station and pray with leadership.



5. Move to a station, say a prayer and light a candle as a symbol of that prayer.



6. Move to a station, write a prayer concern [sin, healing, etc.] on a piece of paper and nail it to a cross.



Here's how the current service order looks:



>5 minute countdown video.

>2 upbeat worship songs.

>welcome, announcements.

>sermon.

>3-4 songs or hymns, during which you may participate in any or all of the 6 options above.

>benediction



Church. It's not just for sitting anymore.



See pics of the Seacoast Greenville stations at my new Flickr page:



<URL url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worshipideas/sets/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/worshipideas/sets/



Postmodern Path blog entry:



<URL url="http://worshipideas.blogspot.com/2006/07/postmodern-path.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://worshipideas.blogspot.com/2006/0 ... -path.html">http://worshipideas.blogspot.com/2006/07/p...odern-path.html</LINK_TEXT>

This morning, church, our pastor gave a message on the importance that the church should give to supporting and comforting Israel. The basic crux of the message was that in the scriptures we see that Israel is a priority to God...and so Israel should be a priority to the Church.



I was struck by the current relevancy of God's word as we read aloud together from Psalm 83. It reads like a commentary on the images and reports being flashed across our television screens right now. [This is in the midst of the fighting between Israel and the Hizb'Allah after the Israeli soldiers were captured.]

Quote:1 O God, do not keep silent;

      be not quiet, O God, be not still.



2 See how your enemies are astir,

      how your foes rear their heads.



3 With cunning they conspire against your people;

      they plot against those you cherish.



4 "Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation,

      that the name of Israel be remembered no more."



5 With one mind they plot together;

      they form an alliance against you-



6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

      of Moab and the Hagrites,



7 Gebal, [a] Ammon and Amalek,

      Philistia, with the people of Tyre.



8 Even Assyria has joined them

      to lend strength to the descendants of Lot.

      Selah



9 Do to them as you did to Midian,

      as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,



10 who perished at Endor

      and became like refuse on the ground.



11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,

      all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,



12 who said, "Let us take possession

      of the pasturelands of God."



13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,

      like chaff before the wind.



14 As fire consumes the forest

      or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,



15 so pursue them with your tempest

      and terrify them with your storm.



16 Cover their faces with shame

      so that men will seek your name, O LORD.



17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;

      may they perish in disgrace.



18 Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD

      that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

As we spoke these words out loud, I wondered how many people realized that the references to Moab speak of modern day Jordan--the Ishmaelites...all the arab tribes, and Philistia to modern day Palestinians. Hizb'Allah who uses the city of Tyre as a base to plot evil against Israel.



The behind-the-scenes involvement of Syria: "Even Assyria has joined them

to lend strength to the descendants of Lot."



The images of the hillsides set ablaze after the attacks of the Katyushka rockets: "As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,"



Before our eyes, Psalm 83 unfolds in the news today. It is amazing, and yet as I looked around the church I could tell that people were just saying words. The meaning of what they were saying was beyond them, unrevealed, behind a veil. They were just reciting words. I'm sure many were wondering why we were spending so much time talking about Israel. My spirit wept and I began to ask God to honor his Word even though is was being declared without understanding.



After the communion, the music team sang a song

"Be with me, O my strength, and watch over me through the night....

that I might be found under grace.

My High Tower, You will build a wall to cover me

when darkness falls...."



The Holy Spirit prompted me to put on my tallit and to dance in proxy for Israel, making the declarations that God is her strength and tower, and to lift up the tzit-tzit (fringes) of the tallit in proclamation that Israel calls on and clings to the Name of the Lord. The Holy Spirit was directing a powerful intercession. Again, behind a veil. I would venture to say there were very few in the room that "saw" what I was saying in the dance. I know that because I know that there is little depth of awareness in our parish (except in some leadership) of our connection to the Jewishness of our faith.



I'm not saying that people are not aware of the Spirit moving among them when this sort of thing happens, but what I am saying is that it happens without an impartation of understanding....the revelation does not seem to come. That, of course, does not negate anything God chooses to do with those prophetic words and movements, and if that is how He chooses to use our ministry, then so be it.



But I have also been in situations where there was immediate recognition of the prophetic language and the revelation would gloriously unfold from several sources. I suppose that is my basis of comparison and my longing. But I wonder how many of us minster "behind the veil" in this way. And what people really "get" out of the presentation of the prophetic ministry. I really yearn for others to receive the fullness of the the groaning banquet table that the Lord spreads before us in our corporate worship times. But in the end, we have to accept that it is God's business how He reveals himself to each heart and just continue to be faithful and obedient when we discern that call to prophesy in this way.