2 Samuel 6:14: And David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod.

I was in a church last Friday and i gladly danced GODWIN dance moves as well as etigi and it will surprise you how they all looked at me with one funny eyes.

Sometimes i imagine what it feels like to dance with all your might because as a good dancer and one who loves dancing so much,i can't remember anytime in the past where i have danced with all my might.

But the truth is that as Christians, we have allowed timidity of expression before GOD to rob us the privilege of teaching the world great dance steps.

I have been dancing sekem since 1997 and that was my favorite step during praise section that the pastor even wanted to learn that step from me but today if i do that same step, the members will tag me worldly.

Dancing according to Wikipedia is a performance art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

[size=13pt]I do not understand why we should stereotype certain dance steps as worldly and probably some as heavenly because to me, dance is dance and it may even come as a surprise that most of these dance steps these circular artistes give names have always been there from time memorial and many of these dance steps are actually the native dance steps of some people like the etigi dance which is a calabar dance as well as the makossa which is the dance of the duala people in Cameroun.[/size]

David danced with all his might and for such to happen he must have thrown all caution to the wind and must have invented many dance steps like azonto,etigi,galala,shoki,sekem and many more.

Judging from the description of the way king David danced, i can say without any fear of contradiction that im yet to see anyone in any christian gathering danced half the way he did and even more annoying is the way Christians move their body whenever they sing the song "when the spirit of the lord....i will dance like David danced".

My admonition to my fellow Christians is to emancipate ourselves from self imposed perpetual bondage of timidity,lets free ourselves and lets invent new dance steps from the church and not be imitators of dance steps that were re-enacted and renamed by the circular world.

Lets learn to dance at least half the way King David danced.

This was really really insightful.. . A dance is kinda an expression of one's self, moving with zero resistance to the body.. I don't see why certain dance steps are seen and tagged as 'unholy'. ..

SUGARBEE:
This was really really insightful.. . A dance is kinda an expression of one's self, moving with zero resistance to the body.. I don't see why certain dance steps are seen and tagged as 'unholy'. ..

Its because we have allowed timidity take over the church.

There is nothing bad in dancing shoki,azonto and the likes to the glory of GOD.
Absolutely nothing

As long as you do not dance in a way that will tempt others then we are free to explore every form of dance steps that comes to our head.

I think we all need dancing lessons from King David. When is the last time you stepped out in courage and danced in church so well that you became the center of focus?

Trust me, you can make GOD happy just by dancing so well in worship.

Toks2008:
2 Samuel 6:14: And David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod.

I was in a church last Friday and i gladly danced GODWIN dance moves as well as etigi and it will surprise you how they all looked at me with one funny eyes.

Sometimes i imagine what it feels like to dance with all your might because as a good dancer and one who loves dancing so much,i can't remember anytime in the past where i have danced with all my might.

But the truth is that as Christians, we have allowed timidity of expression before GOD to rob us the privilege of teaching the world great dance steps.

I have been dancing sekem since 1997 and that was my favorite step during praise section that the pastor even wanted to learn that step from me but today if i do that same step, the members will tag me worldly.

Dancing according to Wikipedia is a performance art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

[size=13pt]I do not understand why we should stereotype certain dance steps as worldly and probably some as heavenly because to me, dance is dance and it may even come as a surprise that most of these dance steps these circular artistes give names have always been there from time memorial and many of these dance steps are actually the native dance steps of some people like the etigi dance which is a calabar dance as well as the makossa which is the dance of the duala people in Cameroun.[/size]

David danced with all his might and for such to happen he must have thrown all caution to the wind and must have invented many dance steps like azonto,etigi,galala,shoki,sekem and many more.

Judging from the description of the way king David danced, i can say without any fear of contradiction that im yet to see anyone in any christian gathering danced half the way he did and even more annoying is the way Christians move their body whenever they sing the song "when the spirit of the lord....i will dance like David danced".

My admonition to my fellow Christians is to emancipate ourselves from self imposed perpetual bondage of timidity,lets free ourselves and lets invent new dance steps from the church and not be imitators of dance steps that were re-enacted and renamed by the circular world.

Lets learn to dance at least half the way King David danced.

Lalasticlala,ishilove,happy first sunday.Hope you danced so well today?

:[size=28pt]Se omo ti won pe davido gbo , Yoruba.
Omo to obi, won classify omo nu, as ogun ijoba. Omo nu , won expect to, lati join awon jagun jagun. Ti oruko bere pe nu ade.
Ofi je ki o join jagun jagun. Ati omo re.
Basically eni ti orukan re pe beren pe lu, ade.
Ofi so pe, ogbodu join jagun jagun
Basically ofi make ke compulsory pe gbo gbo awon to oruka won ba bere lati ade.
Won gbo du, join jagun jagun
][/size]

Highly insightful!!

All this mumbo jumbo just because you danced in the church today?

Truth be told... Thus has also crossed my mind severally... Many Christians just kinda attribute things to the world... Forgetting that " the earth is the Lords and all its fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein ps 24:1... To me in as much as whatever dance step is to the glory of the Lord... I see no issue # baseline is MOTIVE#... what's your motive of dancing My 2 cent

I don't subscribe to people dancing shoki ,etighi, azonto nd all this dance steps in the church.

Dancing is a function of praise you give to God and praise is a sacrifice. A sacrifice can be accepted or rejected. Some of this dance steps whether traditional or not where birthed by satanic influence after all you acknowledge that it didn't originate from the church.

You don't give what was inspired by demons to God OP it won't be acceptable.

Any wonder why the church is becoming more worldly?

You can decide to dance from now till 2mao nd God no go luk ur face.

The spiritual man judges all things OP

Imagine Oyedepo, Kumuyi, Adeboye or any respected man of God dancing shoki...Lol

U're sure David danced azonto...u dy dia??

Ok

Hmm....This one is strong o.

Lanceslot:
All this mambo jumbo just because you danced in the church?

I tire o!

hmmm

Op, away with dis ur mentality we have satanic and seductive dance too.

DrChukzy:
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but must you book space?

No be only CIRCULAR world, na SPHERICAL world.

Op, away with dis ur mentality we have satanic and seductive dance too, which is sin

This is seriously funny...dancing for god

Toks2008:
2 Samuel 6:14: [b]
most of these dance steps these circular artistes give names have always been there from time memorial and many of these dance steps are actually the native dance steps of some people like the etigi dance which is a calabar dance as well as the makossa which is the dance of the duala people in Cameroun.[/size]
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The etigi dance is not a native dance to the Calabar (Efik/Efut/Qua) people of CRS.

firstking01:
Op, away with dis ur mentality we have satanic and seductive dance too, which is sin

Example?

lexiconkabir:
but must you book space?

lol...i tire o

lexiconkabir:
but must you book space?

lol...i tire o

in church I dance any type of dance......weda shoki or wateva.......if u like curse me........remember way happened to d lady dat insulted David ooooooo....

digital dancing steps

lol... who knows if it's that shoki that angels do dance in heaven??

Abeq make we dy shekem shekem

I'm so sure King David danced Skelewu like Davido.....

SUGARBEE:
This was really really insightful.. . A dance is kinda an expression of one's self, moving with zero resistance to the body.. I don't see why certain dance steps are seen and tagged as 'unholy'. ..

The christainity of today is different from that of david's time.
Wonder what life was like during that time,
Oh well, i guess i was born too late to explore then world, yet born to early explore the galaxy, but i was born just in time to post on nairaland