Unplugged, yet plugged in.....

What a busy week for Healing Flow. Last Sunday, morning at Walk on Water, evening service at Eastanolee Baptist Church, Wednesday night at the Potters House......and Sunday morning rolls around.....boom.

OK, all of the sudden the ladies are feeling less than perky. So Daniel and I move on to plan B and let Frances and Hannah take care of each other. While loading for the Plan B, Kenny calls in as well. On to Plan C and its only 9:30 in the a.m.

Let me say first of all that leading worship with my son is really not a shabby plan C. I get a real kick out of ministering with my son and I have a great appreciation for his gifts and talents, he is an anointed worship leader. We arrived late, set up quickly and just started to drift through our list of unplugged tunes to see what intrigued us. Before you knew it we had a plan and it looked like this:

Meet With Me Lamont Hiebert/Ten Sheckel Shirt

Madly Passion

Treasure Healing Flow

Sweep Me Away Charlie Hall

Your Love Oh Lord Third Day (well, a lot of people, but you know...)

So there you are, banging away on your classic 70's vintage Alvarez guitar when suddenly yhe Lord shows up. Boom, your unplugged set is now PLUGGED IN. Thank you Lord for taking control and moving in our service. There was an undeniable flow in the Spirit which is where we always want to be. There is where the songs of Healing Flow are birthed....There is where we want to be....in His Presence.

have a good week everybody

in the flow....

jack

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You Can't Get the Holy Spirit from Watching Carol Burnett

A little random, perhaps? A blast from the past, all you old Visions fans? Or a reality check on a Tuesday afternoon?

My old friend Corky wrote a song talking about T.V. and it's ability to take us away from what is important. The TV Blues was a fun little tune, with a message that rings true 30 years later. "The best way to kill some time is to read God's Word. So please Lord, deliver me from my TV set". I was reminded of this last night when I noticed that Terry Ross, Missions Pastor for Grace Fellowship and former lead singer of Visions had Carol Burnett Show listed on his facebook page. Facebook...now there's an addiction for you.....Terry, forgive me for this but I cracked up when I read that. And yes, folks....don't worry about Pastor Terry Ross, he is most definately Spirit filled and walking with the Lord.

I wrote a song a couple of years ago called Treasure which is based on the scripture that says "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also". As a worship leader in a missions church, where a great number of our congregation come for the free food and a place to spend the night, I am always concerned at the attitude toward worship that many people have. Worshipping God together is a privilege and an honor and leading others into His Presence is an awesome responsibility. Sunday morning I heard His Spirit within me say, " If you do what you have always done, you will always get what you've always gotten." I encouraged our congregation to go after God and see what happens. If we are looking for a free meal, to satisfy our flesh, for our ears to get tickled, that can surely happen, but what if our treasure, our real reward is to be in His Presence and to drink from the river of life and feast on His word?

I'm so glad we had this time, together, just to have a laugh and sing a song. Seems we just get started, and before you know it, comes the time we have to say, so long.....

In the flow,

Jack

This weeks set list at Walk on Water Church:

Path of Life by Healing Flow
Our God by Chris Tomlin
Trading My Sorrows by Darrell Evans
Amazed by Jared Anderson

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Walk

We are the praise team for a unique ministry in Athens called Walk on Water. Pastor Perry Burgess named his ministry after the story told in the book of Matthew where Peter steps out of the boat to walk to Jesus.

Faith, a daunting proposition at best.

On Sunday, a guest speaker, Pastor Lee Peters of Monroe, GA spoke on the subject: Walk. We want to know what is going to happen, how it is all going to come out before we step out. It rarely works out that way, huh?

Many of my friends and family members are facing obstacles and situations that seem insurmountable. We always try to encourage them to "have faith". Easier said than done. We say "believe" and step back in judgement when the results say something different from what we think should happen. And then there is the old "Why do bad things happen to good people" conundrum.

So we walk by faith, not by sight. or do we?

God knows the end from the beginning. He's not nervous. He just wants to know if we trust Him. We are promised that He will not put on us more than we can bear. Sometimes I wish He wouldn't have such a high opinion of me, and I really do have a pretty good life going for myself. So when it's time for me to step out of the boat, will I be found faithful?

This week was great for us, musically. Keith Franks, my old friend and wingman was with us to add his skills on lead guitar and harmonica. Always a pleasure to have him with us and he is welcome anytime. The set list this week:

Hosanna by Paul Baloche
Forever by Chris Tomlin
Jesus Paid it All (traditional, Chris Tomlin arrangement)
Amazing Love (You Are My King)
Healing Flow by Jack Balthazor

to see what others are singing visit the Sunday Set Lists at www.theworshipcommunity.com


We also did a reprise of the Train Song (People Get Ready) with Keith on harmonica so they could record it for the church website http://www.walkonwaterathens.com/. Check out the site, it's brand new.

Let's all take a step this week and see how water walking works for us.

In the flow,

Jack

btw, check out Jessica Patrick's new blog I'm All Out of Milk. Well written...well done.

Life after the holidays

OK here's your update:

Hey Yall, Watch This! update: After a couple of sleepless nights, and a failed trip to the deer stand, I finally sucked up my pride and went to the doctor. Chest x-rays revealed bruised ribs and after another you are not getting any younger speech I have started the healing process.

but I did buy another boogie board......hehehehehe

Sunday morning was a whole other test of my patience, which in my highly medicated state was running pretty thin. My faithful guitar amp decided to start acting up, causing me to run direct into the system. The monitors at Walk on Water are on the ends of the stage and I am in the middle, meaning I couldn't hear too well. Of course my amazing team took up the slack and everything went fine. Here's the set

Praise Your Name by Healing Flow

Healer by a lot of different people depending on whose story you believe

Our God by Chris Tomlin

Revelation Song by Gateway Worship (Kari Jobe)

Last holiday day for me today, working at home before I hit the road tomorrow hot and heavy.

People are asking for the video of the boogie board incident....we will just have to see 'bout that.

in the flow

jack

btw, have you checked out the new look at www.healingflowmusic.com?

I'm getting too old for this....

Ramblings of a man on the day after a boogie board accident

Not too many good things happen after the phrase "Hey yall, watch this!" We were snowed in in the first White Christmas in 118 years or something like that when we decided to go out and video the kids (Daniel, Hannah, Andrew and Eric) playing in the snow. Daniel has a regular sled run out on our property, but the grass there didn't get cut this year so it wasn't working. So they devised a plan where they would tie a rope to the back of the four wheeler and pull the boogie board around in our field. One by one they all took a turn when all of the sudden the old man says, "I want to try!" The look of amazement on everyones face should have been enough to convince me that I shouldn't, but my last words were, "Hey Yall, watch this!" Things were going along quite well when we hit a corner and the boogie board drifted a little too far to the left, and I went tumbling. Chest pains, (rib cage, not the ticker) and a somewhat damaged pride, I soon excused myself to a warmer place to fess up to Frances of my stupidity and take my beating. (in a matter of speaking only)

Christmas was otherwise great, with my Grandson Myles having the first real toy explosion of his life (he is 20 months old) and friends and family near. Too much food, but some great memories and the opportunity to spoil Myles. Some highlights of the season:

We did an unplugged set at Westminster (Bentley Assisted Living Center) in Jefferson for Bethe Kellum and her ministry called Healing School. Hannah, Daniel and I sang some of the Healing Flow Christmas collection and Frances videoed the service for us. It was a TV taping for local station Channel 54 and I am looking forward to seeing it when I can.

We attended the Christmas celebration at Lula Assembly of Praise where our son and daughter Christopher and Angie and our grandson Myles attend. Myles dressed up like a shepherd boy and Angie was one of the soloists in the Choir. We love this church and their pastor Scotty Poole. A great celebration of the Savior's birth.

Some bittersweet memories this year as we lost Frances's brother Denver this year to pancreatic cancer. He is sorely missed and was a great friend and neighbor as well as a brother to us. My parent's have been gone over a year now, but when we listen to Bethlehem Morning, my brother Lindsey's Christmas CD, and eat breakfast casserole, memories flood back in of Christmas morning with Mom and Dad.

We will be editing video and posting pictures as soon as we can. The boogie board video could probably go straight to the famous TV show, but I think we better hold on to that, it could cause more people to have chest pains.

Merry Christmas!

Jack

Run to the Battle

Worship at Walk on Water World Outreach Church is always unique. Our Pastors, Perry and Angie Burgess are incredible worshippers and create an environment that Worship Leaders like me can thrive in, namely FREEDOM. Ministering to homeless people and street people is challenging and tricky in that many of them came for the warm bed or the hot food and seem to be generally disinterested in the proceedings of a worship service, even one in a Pentecostal church with a rock band.

In the midst of that, we have a core of people with a heart for ministry, a heart for the move of God, a heart of Worship that is strong. They come to serve, not to be served, and to love and reach out to the above mentioned street people of Athens, Georgia. As I said, not where you might typically look for a major revival Spirit to break out.....but wait!

Here we are, pressing in to His Presence when the word comes from the Lord...."There is a battle raging for the souls of men....There is a war for men's souls....In war there is no spectators, you are on God's side or you are against Him...Where do you stand? Take up your weapons and run to the battle. Now is the time to declare who you stand with....Run to the battle, Run to the fight".

The intensity of Worship and Warfare is increasing week by week at WOW church. God is up to something special here. My question for you is, " Are you taking up your weapons and running to the battle, or are you on the sidelines, watching someone else fight? I wrote a song a couple of years ago that says it for me the best:

"Not content to watch another sing....zealous in the praises that I bring....a moment in the presence of the King....Lord I know I don't want to stay....arms length from a miracle...."

This weeks set list:

Song of Hope by the Robby Seay Band

Friend of God by Israel Houghton and Michael Gungor

We Prepare the Way by Rick Pino

Rescue by Desperation Band

(an extended period of spontaneous worship and flow right here)

Call My Name by Third Day

Thank you WOW and thank you Healing Flow Praise Team for your obedience and your heart for worship. Thank You Pastors Perry and Angie for your sensitivity to the Spirit and your love for your people.

The altars were full, miracles, signs and wonders, people getting saved, set free, and comissioned for the fight. What a service...All Glory, Honor and Praise go to You, Lord!

in the flow....

jack

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He Touched Me

Here we are with a favorite of mine, Phillip Council's arrangement of the Gaither tune He Touched Me. We love it when Phillip comes with us, he is so open and free and ministers what is on his heart.

More live video from the Jam for the Lamb. Even more coming soon

In the flow....

jack