{Day 14} Questions

So I had a question this morning about Saturday's post wanting me to elaborate on my statement:

"Josh gave us permission to dance at one point, so that was awesome. And the worship team - they were a bit drunk, not going to lie..."

• In the healing rooms, dancers are part of the healing ministry. Christina Chadney leads the healing room dance, and it's a very serious aspect of the healing rooms. {I took a healing room dance workshop from her my first week here.} It's just as important as the prayer team, the painters, or the musicians. You understand when you go in there that only the Bethel team is there to pray - to honor Bethel and other people, you don't individually pray for other people. Same way you wouldn't go up and join the band, or randomly start painting, you don't really dance. It's not a rule, but it is an honor thing. At the time Josh gave us permission, I was eager to dance, and so when he told us all we could dance, I was ecstatic.
• There is another aspect of this. Sometimes people who never dance need someone to tell them they can. When you declare permission for something in an environment, it breaks inhibitions and some of the enemy's fear stronghold. I'm not well-versed in all of this, but I know that what you say matters, and that giving permission to dance is so much more than just telling a bunch of people that they can join the healing room dancers. There's a definite spiritual aspect to it. And some people are just waiting for permission. I'm not sure which of these Josh was aiming for, but they both applied.
• The worship team was drunk on the Holy Spirit, not wine. {It was early in the morning, after all.} They were still playing well, but the girl leading kept messing up words and giggling. I mean, we shimmied in the river (instead of jumped) in "Deep Cries Out." 
• It's difficult to compare drunk with wine and drunk with the Spirit, but just consider a worship time where the worship leader is drunk with wine and ridiculously happy. It's like that. Without the hangover. I mean, a worship leader who effortlessly combines "Father Abraham" and "The Hokey Pokey" has got to be on something...on the Spirit.

Hopefully that answers the question. I love answering questions, so if you have any, feel free to send them my way! :)