{"id":316,"date":"2023-07-12T13:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahh1954.wordpress.com\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2023-07-12T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:46:32","slug":"david-danced-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/david-danced-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Like David Danced"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7514\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dance-image-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dance-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dance-image-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dance-image-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dance-image.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6>The ark of the LORD not seen for many years<\/h6>\n<h6>Until David said, <em>I will bring the ark home,<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Home to the city of David.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>The ark was set in a brand-new cart, not God\u2019s command at all\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Oxen stumble the ark began to tumble.<\/h6>\n<h6>Uzzah held out his hand\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Pride and arrogance of the young priest provoked the anger of God.<\/h6>\n<h6>Uzzah died right there and then\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>David, afraid and confused.<\/h6>\n<h6>Why would he die? He only tried to keep the ark at ease\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Seeing God\u2019s anger David did not continue to the journey\u2019s end\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>The ark was sent to Obed-Edom, a man whose heart rejoiced, no guile was found in him.<\/h6>\n<h6>Although he was poor and his family too, God blessed him with favor and grace.<\/h6>\n<h6>Three months passed; happy at last, David followed God\u2019s commands\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Thirty thousand people all of Israel\u2019s tribe, shouted, and rejoiced upon their way.<\/h6>\n<h6>The ark was going home\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Instruments played, ram\u2019s horns blown, what a jubilant, wild display\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Into the city of David, rejoicing as they went\u2026priest&#8217;s shoulders steady, and strong they were not bent.<\/h6>\n<h6>God completely pleased with their obedience\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>David rejoiced at these new current events\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Kill the fatted calf and bull, all for the glory of God!<\/h6>\n<h6>No more to fear let all draw near, shout, and sing; rejoice!<\/h6>\n<h6>Exchanging His robe of purple, to a simple linen one\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>David, danced before the LORD of hosts!<\/h6>\n<h6>Leaping and twirling, in the bright sun light, dancing and jubilant, with all of his might\u2026heart full of joy, no pride or restraint\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>No care of what people might say or think\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>In the presence of Jesus, such exuberance displayed.<\/h6>\n<h6>Join right in let the praises begin!<\/h6>\n<h6>To laugh and breathe this precious gift\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>In the presence of God, over and over again and again\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Rejoice all ye people dance before the king\u2026draw near, and shout\u2026open your hearts to worship and sing\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>The Ark is home again\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>David danced joyfully, with all of his might, before the King!<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O&#8217;Neill<\/h6>\n<div id=\"dropdown-83967\" class=\"bcv d-container go2538389840\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"listbox\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdown-83967\">\n<div class=\"dropdown-display\">\n<h6 class=\"dropdown-display-text\"><em><span id=\"en-NLT-8148\" class=\"text 2Sam-6-14\" style=\"font-size: 1.063rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">And David danced before the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>\u00a0with all his might, wearing a priestly garment.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.063rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text 2Sam-6-15\" style=\"font-size: 1.063rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\">So, David and all the people of Israel brought up the Ark of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> with shouts of joy and the blowing of rams\u2019 horns.\u00a0<\/span><strong>2 Samuel 6:14-22 New Living Translation\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"dropdown-display-text\"><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ark of the LORD not seen for many years Until David said, I will bring the ark home, Home to the city of David. The ark was set in a brand-new cart, not God\u2019s command at all\u2026 Oxen stumble the ark began to tumble. Uzzah held out his hand\u2026 Pride and arrogance of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8aPxH-56","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7518,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions\/7518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}