Aisle Running and Dancing a Virtue to be Taught? - Page 2

Praxeas · #11 10-26-2011, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay

I have run the aisles in church, and do view it as a valid form of worship, but I would advocate caution in some areas. I have heard of some interesting things happening to runners who run with their eyes shut. Did not our Lord Himself command that people should watch and pray? Thus if you run, run with your eyes open and seeing, and your mind in the Spirit. You will then preserve the worship, and your body both. Otherwise, it will be olive oil and possibly a trip to the hospital.

Why is that worship?

kclee4jc · #12 10-26-2011, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay

I have run the aisles in church, and do view it as a valid form of worship, but I would advocate caution in some areas. I have heard of some interesting things happening to runners who run with their eyes shut. Did not our Lord Himself command that people should watch and pray? Thus if you run, run with your eyes open and seeing, and your mind in the Spirit. You will then preserve the worship, and your body both. Otherwise, it will be olive oil and possibly a trip to the hospital.

i love this! lol

kclee4jc · #13 10-26-2011, 03:30 AM

I most certainly believe that dancing before the Lord is a valid form of worship. I don't think many of us even need reminded of David's demonstration. Aisle running is simply a modern adaptation of the same principle. Our church still occassionally does "the victory march". I've seen people seem to get blessed in it, but i don't ever partake. I often dance before the Lord as a form of worship, but there have been a few times that it has went from an act of worship with the flesh to a complete surrender and yielding to the Spirit. I can think of a couple of times that it seemed as if I had completely yielded to the Holy Ghost and it was the Spirit controling my body movements. I was dancing very eratically in a small space, not watching anything, or thinking about anything other than what I was feeling in that moment. I did not hit anything and i suppose those that were around me had enough sense to move out of the way..lol. Some told me afterwards that i looked as if limbs could begin flailing through the air. I don't know why God does that and i can say it's only happened a few times. Sure felt good tho!

Amanah · #14 10-26-2011, 03:32 AM

It's a relationship. When I praise God with dance and lift my voice up to him and tell him I love him, he responds to me by flooding my soul with joy. It's not something you have to do, just like you don't have to tell your spouse how much you love them. It's not something you have to do in church. It's something you can do in the privacy of your own home and God will respond just the same.

Jay · #15 10-26-2011, 03:41 AM

I have heard preachers say that running is not a mode of worship expressed in leaping. However, in Acts 3:8 it is stated, "And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God."

I have no doubt that this included a bit of running. He went in walking and leaping. You just do not often take a leap from a position of walking, and I have yet to see too many people who have lept not run a little. If walking, dancing, and leaping, are all included in praises to God, then I have no problem with some running either.

Jay · #16 10-26-2011, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by kclee4jc

I can think of a couple of times that it seemed as if I had completely yielded to the Holy Ghost and it was the Spirit controling my body movements. I was dancing very eratically in a small space, not watching anything, or thinking about anything other than what I was feeling in that moment. I did not hit anything and I suppose those that were around me had enough sense to move out of the way..lol. Some told me afterwards that it looked as if limbs could begin flailing through the air. I don't know why God does that and I can say it's only happened a few times. Sure felt good though!

I have had incedents like this myself in worship. I have been dancing and been hit, stepped on, tripped and fell, and once was told that I was on top of another individuals head when they were lying out. No harm has ever come to me. I broke glasses (mine) and watches (again mine), but I suffered no harm nor have any others unless they were not truly in the Spirit.

There was one night, I was dancing before the Lord in church, and all of the sudden my voice was doing something it had never, ever done in my life. I had the Holy Ghost, but that night I was half way done before I knew I was giving a message in tongues. It took a few years, and some learning (thank you Lord, for Bro. Verbal Bean, Bro. Bernard, and Bro Stoneking among others), but God started using me more and then He has since given other gifts. But that was a night that changed my life forever.

Dagwood · #17 10-26-2011, 05:00 AM

No. It should not be "taught." If it's truly of the Spirit of God, it will be done in decency without attention being drawn to that person. I've done the running thing, all under the umbrella of emotionalism. I seriously question the validity of some stories involving aisle-running, and even pew-hoping. Rolling around on the floor is for another thread...

And I'LL say that AISLE is not spelled ISLE in the sense of how it's used in this thread...

shag · #18 10-26-2011, 05:49 AM

I can't help but wonder why this stuff doesn't (for the most part atleast)happen in our personal day to day life of worship and praise at home, but only in the "right environment" at the "right place".....(at the so called house of God with loud music and loud microphones to get foks "with the program" .

Nitehawk013 · #19 10-26-2011, 06:05 AM

I hope that my son, as well as the child on the way, will both learn to worship and run/dance in church at some point.

I also intend on teaching them, when they are ready and can understand, that much of what happens in church is emotionalism, hype and mob psychology. Most of it is harmless, but it is still mostly just hyped up emotional response. I don't mind emotionalism. I just wish we would be more interested in deeper word and long term results that come from good teaching, rather than immediate results like full alters and a bunch of crying or shouting. Those tend to wear off quick.

Amanah · #20 10-26-2011, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Amanah

It's a relationship. When I praise God with dance and lift my voice up to him and tell him I love him, he responds to me by flooding my soul with joy. It's not something you have to do, just like you don't have to tell your spouse how much you love them. It's not something you have to do in church. It's something you can do in the privacy of your own home and God will respond just the same.

I worship God in church and at home.