worship service; jumping up and down

[Glenda]

Praise the Lord.. For He is Mighty..
Praise the Lord.. For He is Good..​

Psa 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I willpraise Your name, O Most High. ​

 

[Diatheke]

~Jumping due to being led by the HS-Orderly.

~Jumping because you feel like it at an inappropriate time therefore interrupting the service - Disorderly.

~Jumping just because everyone else is jumping-happens a lot.

 

[Jillymac]

well that makes sense to me

 

[nephilimiyr]

~Jumping due to being led by the HS-Orderly.

I don't believe jumping is a supernatural thing and people don't need to be waiting for the Holy Spirit to smack them along side the head or whisper in their heart to start jumping. I believe if the joy you are feeling, the excitement and urge comes upon you to show God in some way some kind of gratitude and you start jumping then so be it. The point is to be yourself. The act of jumping should be nothing but an emotional release. You feel so happy and filled with joy that you just don't know any other way to express or contain yourself. You want to express yourself to God just how much you love him and alot of times you just can't find the words.

~Jumping because you feel like it at an inappropriate time therefore interrupting the service - Disorderly.

If you're jumping to call attention to yourself then you need to stop. If you're jumping to show others how more righteous you are or something like that then you need to quit. The point is, and again, jumping up and down should be a way to express yourself to God when words can't be found. There should be a time and place for this. That's what the worship service is for but when the word is being read and taught then some amount of restraint needs to be exercised. The worship service is the time to be getting all excited, and feeling the love and joy we do when we're in God's presence and worshiping Him.

~Jumping just because everyone else is jumping-happens a lot.

Yet wheres the great sin it that? The sin would be found in the heart, not in the act. The sin might be that you are jumping to please others yet I see no reason therefore to stop pointing the finger at the act of jumping. There are perhaps hundreds of things a person does to please man and not God. That means to repent, you don't go after the act but what's really in the heart. Once you solve the problem in the heart all the actions that were the result will be taken care of.

 

[JimB]

I actually think I agree with ToL here - there are different standards of behavior for different places - one would not act the same at a hockey game as at a funeral - or at least I hope not! And I really also think that it is not the behavior at church that needs to change - it's the behavior at WalMart - it should be at least a little more obvious that we are not 'of the world' when we are 'in the world'....... shouldn't it?

Talitha, according to Jesus, the world knows we are Christians by our love, not by our WWJD bracelets, T-shirts, or bumperstickers ... or our weirdness.

John 13.35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Sincerely,
~Kareem O'Weet

 

[BenAdam]

Has anyone heard of church where in worship some people are jumping up and down? The first time I saw that in church, it made me think people were on pogo sticks...! LOL
Jan

Amazing how this thread has grown from one simple question.

 

[Diatheke]

Quote: DIATHEKE
~Jumping due to being led by the HS-Orderly.

Quote: nephilimiyr
I don't believe jumping is a supernatural thing and people don't need to be waiting for the Holy Spirit to smack them along side the head or whisper in their heart to start jumping. I believe if the joy you are feeling, the excitement and urge comes upon you to show God in some way some kind of gratitude and you start jumping then so be it. The point is to be yourself. The act of jumping should be nothing but an emotional release. You feel so happy and filled with joy that you just don't know any other way to express or contain yourself. You want to express yourself to God just how much you love him and alot of times you just can't find the words.

Di

~No problem here; if you want to jump because your led or because of emotion - either way - didn't mean to imply that God had to appear in front of you and command you to jump - whatever your reason and as long as its proper - JUMP !~





Quote:DIATHEKE
~Jumping because you feel like it at an inappropriate time therefore interrupting the service - Disorderly.

Quote: nephilimiyr
If you're jumping to call attention to yourself then you need to stop. If you're jumping to show others how more righteous you are or something like that then you need to quit. The point is, and again, jumping up and down should be a way to express yourself to God when words can't be found. There should be a time and place for this. That's what the worship service is for but when the word is being read and taught then some amount of restraint needs to be exercised. The worship service is the time to be getting all excited, and feeling the love and joy we do when we're in God's presence and worshiping Him.

~ I think were in agreement here ~



Quote:DIATHEKE
~Jumping just because everyone else is jumping-happens a lot.

Quote: nephilimiyr
Yet wheres the great sin it that? The sin would be found in the heart, not in the act. The sin might be that you are jumping to please others yet I see no reason therefore to stop pointing the finger at the act of jumping. There are perhaps hundreds of things a person does to please man and not God. That means to repent, you don't go after the act but what's really in the heart. Once you solve the problem in the heart all the actions that were the result will be taken care of.

~ Never said there was sin in it nor did I imply you shouldn't jump even if its because others are doing it; I was speaking "tongue in cheek" as a matter of fact I believe you can "school" yourself into worship sometimes by participating even though you don't really feel like it - before long you do feel like it! ~


~ For the record - I have jumped many times. ~

~ I think were in agreement - if its done at the proper time no matter the reason; no problem. ~

 

[KleinerApfel]

I see it here and there, I always assumed it was just another form of dancing.

 

[NacDan]

Talitha, according to Jesus, the world knows we are Christians by our love, not by our WWJD bracelets, T-shirts, or bumperstickers ... or our weirdness.

John 13.35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Sincerely,
~Kareem O'Weet

Well, Talitha, I guess this answers your question....LOL

Danny

 

[NacDan]

The Wal-Mart/Ballpark analogy means this to me: Different social situations dictate different levels of acceptable behavior. What is acceptable at the ballpark may not be acceptable at Wal-Mart.

That goes as well for our assemblies. In some assemblies, jumping and shouting and falling out on the floor, etc, are perfectly acceptable, and as I've witnessed in some assemblies (yes, I get out from time to time...), expected and encouraged. That is fine. However, in other assemblies, jumping and shouting and falling out on the floor, etc, would be totally disruptive and not acceptable. As far as I'm concerned, THAT is fine too.

When I am a guest or visitor at an assembly, I’m not there to prove anything to them. I’m just a visitor or guest and etiquette will dictate my behavior.

I don't think that a contemplative quiet meditative worshipper would get much out of a full Gospel meeting anymore than a "holy roller" would get much out of being told to sit down and be quiet (which was my last assembly....)

I'm not sure why the debate in this and the previous threads is on whether it is acceptable to worship either way, rather than whether we ought to respect each other.

Just a side note…at the assembly that Jim & I are part of, a lot of the above happen on a regular basis. I remember 3 weeks ago I was leading worship and somebody screamed, and oddly enough, it seemed appropriate and in order at that specific moment. I even know of 3 of us that have been known to give out a loud AMEN during the lesson and even occasionally, ”PREACH IT!”

That said, when I went over to 1st Methodist here in town before Easter, I pretty much followed the program of sit, stand, kneel, and pray.

Danny