This week in our Follow the Leader Class we discussed how dancing with our spouse can be a form of praise to God. One thing that was of particular interest was Ecclesiastes 3:4 It reads there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. Is it not amazing that the opposite of mourning is not Joy, but dancing? It makes me think of the song Amazing Grace. I once was lost, but now I am found. Blind, but now I see. To me dance is the ultimate expression of Joy for what God has done for me and it is even more amazing that he has given me a spouse I can share this with.

Let Them Praise His Name with Dancing 

Psalm 149:3 New International Version (NIV) 

³Let them praise his name with dancing 
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp. 

Jeremiah 31:13 New International Version (NIV) 

¹³Then young women will dance and be glad, 
    young men and old as well. 
I will turn their mourning into gladness; 
    I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. 

Group Questions? 

Have you ever thought of dancing as a form of praise to God?  If you have, what do you think constitute praise verses just dancing?   

In some congregations dancing is forbidden.  Why do you think this is?   

What are some ways you could use your new dancing skills to honor and praise God.  

Homework 

Look up verses  

• Hebrews 12:28 

• John 4:23-24 
• Psalm 30:11 
• Ecclesiastes 3:4