The Dance of David
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I titled this The Dance of David because its what got me going last night. Davids dance is what made me know the spirit was going to move on me last night. I just got done talking and hanging out with Dan and Kat and Dan advised me to take caution in who I tell what happened last night. I know now is not the right time to tell my mom, she'll think we'll all crazy, but all in good time. I know theres other family members and close personal people that might as well be family that I cant tell because they will turn away from me. I do however feel its ok for me to share it with friends of mine who I hope keep an open mind. I want to share my story of last night because it was just simply amazing.
So here it goes, this is my story of the Dance of David:
I love my family in Christ. I couldnt ask for anything better besides my own family, well, sorta, thats a whole nother story. Last night was amazing. Absoutly amazing and it made me appriciate the things I have and the things God is going to do in my life and it also made me see that im amazingly loved not only by God but by my family in Christ (in other words my church family). We had Pastor Mark come visit us the past 3 days for revival meetings, hes an evangelist from Baton Rouge LA but is originally from Massachusetts, he's my Pastors first Pastor. And he is so close to God its just breath taking.
So let me take you back to Sunday, when he first came.
Now he's been at my church before, but I didnt see him last year it was before I came to church. So I heard the stories and I was so excited to meet him. He comes once a year for about 3 days for revival meetings to start up fresh fire for God in our church. A couple days before he came Pastor Al and Tommie told me the people of the church wanted me to be the greeter at the meetings, I was a little weary but I was like sure ill do it. So Sunday morning im greeting everyone as they come in, some regulars, some new people, it was fun though. Then Pastor Mark came and you just felt that there was something about him. So we had church on Sunday. He preached and teached a little and then he had an alter call at the end if anyone wanted to be prayed over. So a bunch of us went up including myself. Now the thing with Pastor Mark is that God speaks to him about everyone in that room and anyone he prayed over had a chance to get a word from God. Ive never really gotten a word from God. Pastor Dan has been telling me since the day I started coming to church that God had great plans for me and that hes had his hand on me. Thats all ive ever heard. So then Pastor Mark came to me and started praying over me, he touched me and started speaking in tounges (which is when someone starts speaking in their heavenly language, its an amazing gift from God, the only thing is, I had no idea what he was saying lol) And then he grabbed my shoulders and started laughing and im like ok....and then he got up to my ear and told me "Dont worry, no matter what God truely does love you, just be patient and you will see what work He has in store for you" and I thought thats all he was gonna say and then he gets in my ear again and says "Dont worry, God knows what Hes doing, He will take care of you because He loves you so much" And yeah that was pretty much what was running in my head and it just touched me and I started bawling and Pastor Mark just kept confiriming how much God loves me.
I was kinda upset I had to miss the Sunday night meeting because I had to go to work but I got to go to the Monday night and Tuesday night meeting. The Monday night meeting was mostly a teaching and then at the end Pastor Dan said "God tends to save the best for last, come tomorrow night expecting to get what you want from God, come with your hearts open" So I was excited. From the second I woke up yesturday morning I could feel it, I could feel something was going to happen.
So we get to the meeting and the Worship team goes on and we're all feeling it. The first song was just one they felt like playing spur of the moment from the spirit and we just all got into it. Now here comes why I titled this the Dance of David. In the Bible there was a man named David who was not ashamed of praising God and he did it dancing. When Pastor Mark first came in last night I said I felt like dancing and then they placed the song about Dancing. It goes:
I will dance I will sing
To be mad before my King
Nothing else is hindering
The passion in my Soul
And i'll become even more undignified then this
And some may say its foolishness
And i'll become even more undignified then this
And some may say its foolishness
na na na na na na na Hey!
And so on and so forth. Anyways its such a good song and I just started dancing and singing my heart out, the second I heard that song I just knew that this night was gonna be special. So we have praise and worship and it was so good I was so open to the Lord. I loved it. So then Pastor Mark comes up and he asks that we sing the last worship song again but with no music and just purely worship God and come into his precence. It was so amazing. Then the service started and he said at one point he was in the back of the room praying over every person in the room and he saw that at least 8 people were gonna be touched by the Holy Spirit that night and he said "watch out you people in the front row, your gonna be hit with the Holy Spirit!" And yeah I was in the front row haha. Anyways so he reads a passage in the bible and he teaches a little on it but hes like "you know, I feel the Lord is pulling me in another direction, He doesnt want me to teach" So then he does an Alter call but just for the unsaved people who wished to turn their lives over to Christ and live for Him and get salvation. And then asked if anyone had a burden or a problem that they wanted solved. I have solved some problems in my life, one big one that only a few know of, but I have my burdens and they weighed so heavly on my heart that I wanted them gone.
I had problems with loneliness and happiness and I doubted God's will too much. So when we all went up It was Pastor Mark and he asked Pastor Dan, Rich, and Tim to come pray with him. So they did the first 2 people and then they got to me. Well actually, besides Pastor Mark, the other guys wernt done praying with the girl before me, but Pastor Mark came to me and pulled me closer to alter and asked me what I wanted to be prayed for. So I told him that I wanted to rid myself of the lonieness and unhappiness that has been such a burden on my heart and I dont want to doubt God's will, I just want to live for Him and do what He wants me to do. So then Pastor Mark grabs my head and starts speaking in tongues again and then I didnt really catch what he said, everything started getting fuzzy and all I heard was "let go" and then I fell. Now most of the story is gonna be accounts from my perspective and other peoples because I dont remember the whole thing. But what happened to me is that I was slain in the Spirit.
To be slain in the spirit is an amazing thing. The Holy Spirit just takes you over and in my case, He was taking care of my problems and in other words doing spiritual surgery on me, healing my heart. So yeah Ryan told me that Pastor Mark didnt pray over me long, he said after he said some things I fell but I didnt just fall backwards, I completly collapsed. So im laying on the floor and I start to shake and then I just started praying, like it was completly pouring out of me, I was just praying to God that he take care of all my problems and too fix me and make me unbroken and to take all of me and use me according to His will not my own. So I guess the whole time I was completly like going into convulsions on the floor and I felt myself shaking at some points and then I felt someones hand on my stomach and I was instantly calm. I asked Kat and she said it was Pastor Dan, he came over to pray over me after I was laid out (laying on the floor slain in the Spirit) Now to me it felt like I wasnt on the floor long, but I guess I was down for almost a half hour. towards the end I spred out my arms on the floor and they started to raise and then I just got this feeling that I was being lifted up I felt so weightless and at peace, it was amazing. So then im ready to get up and the Worship team just started their last song so I was like ok im just gonna stand up and go back to my seat and start praising God for all his wonderful works. I sat up and I felt so lightheaded I couldnt get my bearings. Rochelle told me at first when I sat up I looked around at everyone and smiled and then was like ready to collapse back on the floor so then I tried to like struggle back to my seat and I couldnt get there. Wendy (God bless her soul) came over and sat on the floor with me and asked me if I was ok but I couldnt get the words out. I tried to tell her I couldnt stand up because I was lightheaded but all the came out was "I cant...I cant..." and shes like "You cant what sweetie?" and Im like "I cant..." and then started bawling. I just cried my eyes out, and she just sat there and held me and comforted me. What happened is that I got drunk off the Spirit. Meaning the Spirit completly took me over and it just shook my soul so completly that I had to get my bearings back. And honestly I thought I wasnt on the floor for more than a feew minutes but I was there for almost a half hour. Anyways I finally calmed down and Wendy helped me into a chair and I just got my strength back and I just felt so amazing. I felt like so much had been lifted off my heart. I just felt so light. Before Pastor Mark left I talked to him and he told me not to worry, God has already begun to do His work in my life and I will see it soon. A little while after that I went to go see Pastor Dan and he told me pretty much the same thing he said "You'll start to see God work in your life and not just now but youll really begin to see it a few months from now" Im so excited! I feel like I got it. Like I understand things better And I know not to doubt God and His will.
You know I just love my family in Christ though. I know I said it before but they are just fantastic. They love me and they tell me they love me everytime they see me. I used to think why would anyone love me, but I know its ok for people to love me and I love them too. I just cant believe how everything turned out. I feel so much more peace. I love my friends and my family and I love God and He loves me and thats just amazing.
Im so excited for my life right now. Im so glad im not dead. Im so glad that im still living my life. and im so glad that my burdens are nnot going to plague me like before. No more oppresion.
So thats my story. Im just so excited for whats going to happen. The past couple nights have been awesome as well. Fellowshiping with the whole youth. Sleeping over Nicoles 2 nights in a row. Its so much fun. I just know my life is on the right track right now. I just feel so at peace.
I thank anyone who actually read all this, I hope it was a good story for you despite its length lol.
I titled this The Dance of David because its what got me going last night. Davids dance is what made me know the spirit was going to move on me last night. I just got done talking and hanging out with Dan and Kat and Dan advised me to take caution in who I tell what happened last night. I know now is not the right time to tell my mom, she'll think we'll all crazy, but all in good time. I know theres other family members and close personal people that might as well be family that I cant tell because they will turn away from me. I do however feel its ok for me to share it with friends of mine who I hope keep an open mind. I want to share my story of last night because it was just simply amazing.
So here it goes, this is my story of the Dance of David:
I love my family in Christ. I couldnt ask for anything better besides my own family, well, sorta, thats a whole nother story. Last night was amazing. Absoutly amazing and it made me appriciate the things I have and the things God is going to do in my life and it also made me see that im amazingly loved not only by God but by my family in Christ (in other words my church family). We had Pastor Mark come visit us the past 3 days for revival meetings, hes an evangelist from Baton Rouge LA but is originally from Massachusetts, he's my Pastors first Pastor. And he is so close to God its just breath taking.
So let me take you back to Sunday, when he first came.
Now he's been at my church before, but I didnt see him last year it was before I came to church. So I heard the stories and I was so excited to meet him. He comes once a year for about 3 days for revival meetings to start up fresh fire for God in our church. A couple days before he came Pastor Al and Tommie told me the people of the church wanted me to be the greeter at the meetings, I was a little weary but I was like sure ill do it. So Sunday morning im greeting everyone as they come in, some regulars, some new people, it was fun though. Then Pastor Mark came and you just felt that there was something about him. So we had church on Sunday. He preached and teached a little and then he had an alter call at the end if anyone wanted to be prayed over. So a bunch of us went up including myself. Now the thing with Pastor Mark is that God speaks to him about everyone in that room and anyone he prayed over had a chance to get a word from God. Ive never really gotten a word from God. Pastor Dan has been telling me since the day I started coming to church that God had great plans for me and that hes had his hand on me. Thats all ive ever heard. So then Pastor Mark came to me and started praying over me, he touched me and started speaking in tounges (which is when someone starts speaking in their heavenly language, its an amazing gift from God, the only thing is, I had no idea what he was saying lol) And then he grabbed my shoulders and started laughing and im like ok....and then he got up to my ear and told me "Dont worry, no matter what God truely does love you, just be patient and you will see what work He has in store for you" and I thought thats all he was gonna say and then he gets in my ear again and says "Dont worry, God knows what Hes doing, He will take care of you because He loves you so much" And yeah that was pretty much what was running in my head and it just touched me and I started bawling and Pastor Mark just kept confiriming how much God loves me.
I was kinda upset I had to miss the Sunday night meeting because I had to go to work but I got to go to the Monday night and Tuesday night meeting. The Monday night meeting was mostly a teaching and then at the end Pastor Dan said "God tends to save the best for last, come tomorrow night expecting to get what you want from God, come with your hearts open" So I was excited. From the second I woke up yesturday morning I could feel it, I could feel something was going to happen.
So we get to the meeting and the Worship team goes on and we're all feeling it. The first song was just one they felt like playing spur of the moment from the spirit and we just all got into it. Now here comes why I titled this the Dance of David. In the Bible there was a man named David who was not ashamed of praising God and he did it dancing. When Pastor Mark first came in last night I said I felt like dancing and then they placed the song about Dancing. It goes:
I will dance I will sing
To be mad before my King
Nothing else is hindering
The passion in my Soul
And i'll become even more undignified then this
And some may say its foolishness
And i'll become even more undignified then this
And some may say its foolishness
na na na na na na na Hey!
And so on and so forth. Anyways its such a good song and I just started dancing and singing my heart out, the second I heard that song I just knew that this night was gonna be special. So we have praise and worship and it was so good I was so open to the Lord. I loved it. So then Pastor Mark comes up and he asks that we sing the last worship song again but with no music and just purely worship God and come into his precence. It was so amazing. Then the service started and he said at one point he was in the back of the room praying over every person in the room and he saw that at least 8 people were gonna be touched by the Holy Spirit that night and he said "watch out you people in the front row, your gonna be hit with the Holy Spirit!" And yeah I was in the front row haha. Anyways so he reads a passage in the bible and he teaches a little on it but hes like "you know, I feel the Lord is pulling me in another direction, He doesnt want me to teach" So then he does an Alter call but just for the unsaved people who wished to turn their lives over to Christ and live for Him and get salvation. And then asked if anyone had a burden or a problem that they wanted solved. I have solved some problems in my life, one big one that only a few know of, but I have my burdens and they weighed so heavly on my heart that I wanted them gone.
I had problems with loneliness and happiness and I doubted God's will too much. So when we all went up It was Pastor Mark and he asked Pastor Dan, Rich, and Tim to come pray with him. So they did the first 2 people and then they got to me. Well actually, besides Pastor Mark, the other guys wernt done praying with the girl before me, but Pastor Mark came to me and pulled me closer to alter and asked me what I wanted to be prayed for. So I told him that I wanted to rid myself of the lonieness and unhappiness that has been such a burden on my heart and I dont want to doubt God's will, I just want to live for Him and do what He wants me to do. So then Pastor Mark grabs my head and starts speaking in tongues again and then I didnt really catch what he said, everything started getting fuzzy and all I heard was "let go" and then I fell. Now most of the story is gonna be accounts from my perspective and other peoples because I dont remember the whole thing. But what happened to me is that I was slain in the Spirit.
To be slain in the spirit is an amazing thing. The Holy Spirit just takes you over and in my case, He was taking care of my problems and in other words doing spiritual surgery on me, healing my heart. So yeah Ryan told me that Pastor Mark didnt pray over me long, he said after he said some things I fell but I didnt just fall backwards, I completly collapsed. So im laying on the floor and I start to shake and then I just started praying, like it was completly pouring out of me, I was just praying to God that he take care of all my problems and too fix me and make me unbroken and to take all of me and use me according to His will not my own. So I guess the whole time I was completly like going into convulsions on the floor and I felt myself shaking at some points and then I felt someones hand on my stomach and I was instantly calm. I asked Kat and she said it was Pastor Dan, he came over to pray over me after I was laid out (laying on the floor slain in the Spirit) Now to me it felt like I wasnt on the floor long, but I guess I was down for almost a half hour. towards the end I spred out my arms on the floor and they started to raise and then I just got this feeling that I was being lifted up I felt so weightless and at peace, it was amazing. So then im ready to get up and the Worship team just started their last song so I was like ok im just gonna stand up and go back to my seat and start praising God for all his wonderful works. I sat up and I felt so lightheaded I couldnt get my bearings. Rochelle told me at first when I sat up I looked around at everyone and smiled and then was like ready to collapse back on the floor so then I tried to like struggle back to my seat and I couldnt get there. Wendy (God bless her soul) came over and sat on the floor with me and asked me if I was ok but I couldnt get the words out. I tried to tell her I couldnt stand up because I was lightheaded but all the came out was "I cant...I cant..." and shes like "You cant what sweetie?" and Im like "I cant..." and then started bawling. I just cried my eyes out, and she just sat there and held me and comforted me. What happened is that I got drunk off the Spirit. Meaning the Spirit completly took me over and it just shook my soul so completly that I had to get my bearings back. And honestly I thought I wasnt on the floor for more than a feew minutes but I was there for almost a half hour. Anyways I finally calmed down and Wendy helped me into a chair and I just got my strength back and I just felt so amazing. I felt like so much had been lifted off my heart. I just felt so light. Before Pastor Mark left I talked to him and he told me not to worry, God has already begun to do His work in my life and I will see it soon. A little while after that I went to go see Pastor Dan and he told me pretty much the same thing he said "You'll start to see God work in your life and not just now but youll really begin to see it a few months from now" Im so excited! I feel like I got it. Like I understand things better And I know not to doubt God and His will.
You know I just love my family in Christ though. I know I said it before but they are just fantastic. They love me and they tell me they love me everytime they see me. I used to think why would anyone love me, but I know its ok for people to love me and I love them too. I just cant believe how everything turned out. I feel so much more peace. I love my friends and my family and I love God and He loves me and thats just amazing.
Im so excited for my life right now. Im so glad im not dead. Im so glad that im still living my life. and im so glad that my burdens are nnot going to plague me like before. No more oppresion.
So thats my story. Im just so excited for whats going to happen. The past couple nights have been awesome as well. Fellowshiping with the whole youth. Sleeping over Nicoles 2 nights in a row. Its so much fun. I just know my life is on the right track right now. I just feel so at peace.
I thank anyone who actually read all this, I hope it was a good story for you despite its length lol.