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Dance is:
Praise is a joyous declaration of who God is and what He has done for us, it is manifested outwardly ( you can have thanksgiving your heart). Dance - To move rhythmically to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures. The American Heritage Dictionary A Time to Dance by Barbara Knoll is an excellent resource (note: story of minister & Rabbi) We are to offer our bodies as living sacrifices, holy acceptable to the Lord. We sing, clap, shout, lift our hands, leap, spin, dance all of these would be difficult without our physical bodies. Ps 33:1 it is fitting for the upright to praise Him Ps 149:3 Let them praise (halal) His name with dancing and make music to Him with tambourine and harp. Ps 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord Ps 47:1 Clap your hands all you nations; shout (split the ears) to God with cries of joy Ps 9:14 That I may declare your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion and there rejoice (#1523-giyl; spin round (under a violent emotion) in your salvation Ex 15:20 Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel and all (#3605
the whole approx 1 to 1.5 million) the women (#802 every female) went (#3318)
out after (#310) It is for all of us no matter out age, size, experience, etc (male & female) Acts 6:5 - They choose seven men to be decons - 3rd one listed - Procorus:#4402-before, in front of; "leader of the chorus"#5525-round dance David was a man after God's own heart, he was a worshipper and he was a man of war. 2 Samuel- 6:5 David and all Israel where celebrating (#7832-sachaq-to laugh,
make Jer 31:4 I will build you up again (#5750 still, repeatedly, all life long) and you will be rebuilt O virgin Israel. Again (5750) you will take up your tambourines an go out to dance (#4234-machowl-a round dance) with the joyful (#7832-sachaq-to laugh, make merry, rejoice, play). Ps 149:3 Let them praise (halal 1984) His name with dancing and make music to Him with timbrel and harp. Luke 15:25 The older brother heard music and dancing (5525 choros (khor-os'); a ring, i.e. round dance ("choir"): KJV-- dancing. a band (of dancers and singers), a circular dance, a dance, dancing) There was no distinction between religious dance and secular dance. It did not exist in early times. Dance was bound up with life itself and life was intimately bound up with religion. There are no less than eleven Hebrew verb roots to describe dancing activities and to highlight the nuances of dance movements. It makes a statement as to how important dance was. In the account of David's dance there are four descriptive terms Devotional dance: someone who dances in worship before the Lord, at home or in church. Everyone is called to be a devotional dance. Dance troop: company whose purpose is to usher in God's presence, prepares the way for God's people. Ministering to God's people: through edification and presentational dancers. Dance is an expression of joy in our lives. It is a physical demonstration of the interior emotion. How will the world know we have joy if we do not show it? An expression like - laughing, crying, talking, singing, etc. God created us and we are whole beings made up of the body, soul and spirit (don't separate). Creativity of our movement is to show forth the Lord within us and to be a visual manifestation. If our dance is of God then He is the CHOREOGRAPHER, the one who arranges the movement (spontaneously or ahead of time). Types of Dance Victory Praise Processional Feast Marriage Restoration
GOD IS AFTER OUR HEARTS NOT OUR FEET Be modest Be aware of your surrounding Holiness
Brenda Taylor, 1995 |
