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Dance: a Language for Worship

Instructor: Lisa Ross

DANCE: A LANGUAGE FOR WORSHIP, WARFARE, AND INTERCESSION

I. Dance: A Language for Worship

• A. Luke 10:27 “Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” This is God’s command to us!!!!
• B. Bible References for dance (not exhaustive):
  • Zephaniah 3:17 “He will take great delight in you…He will rejoice over you with singing.” Our Father God dances! And over us!!!!
  • 2 Samuel 6:14 “David danced before the Lord with all his might…”
• C. Root meanings of praise and rejoice:
  • 1 of 7 Hebrew meanings of praise: HALAL” To be clamorously foolish”
  • Hebrew meaning of rejoice: GUL, GIL “to spin around, to twist, to leap under the influence of a violent emotion.”
  • Jeremiah 31:13,14 “then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, the young and old men together; for I will turn their mourning into joy….I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness.” declares the LORD.”

II. Dance: A Language for Warfare

• A. Warfare: fighting against the powers of darkness in the Spirit.
  • Ephesians 6:12 “for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers…of this dark world…”
• B. Psalm 149: 3, 6-9 “Let them praise His name in the dance….may the high praises of God be in their mouths and a two edged sword be in their hands to …bind their kings with chains and their nobles with feaers of iron…”

C. II Chronicles 20

III. DANCE: A LANGUAGE FOR INTERCESSION

• A. Intercession: To stand in the gap in prayer on behalf of someone else
  • Ezek. 22:30 “ I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it…”
• B. II Samuel 6 “When they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. And David danced before the LORD with all his might; And David was girded with a linen ephod… and he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one 1. a cake of bread , 2. a good piece of flesh , 3. a flagon of wine” King James Version

How do we bless (intercede for harvest) the naMons with a triple porMon like David did?

Dance before the LORD!

C. “Dancers are forerunners to prepare through movement as intercession for the people. They are birthing sons and daughters…” Ray Hughes

IV. Dance: A Sacrifice

• Pride

• Fear

• Comparison

V. Let’s Dance!!

VI. References

A. New American Standard Bible

B. King James Bible

C. Rejoice Debbie Roberts

D. Glory Ruth Heflin

E. Strong’s Concordance

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