Oh my God, Zumba is the greatest invention ever for women. So glad that this post helped you. I am currently searching for a new church and I thought I found one, but I noticed that they had zumba classes. And from that conversation, zumba came in and i thank God for your view which has given me more insight. I did not realize how far I had gotten from God. so I was looking for the web site to see if there was for Christian I saw before christian zumba advertising but it did’n convents me. The Bible indicates that worshipful dance can bring glory to God (Exodus 15:20; Psalm 30:11; 149:3; 150:4). I can’t believe I justified and suppresseed (resisted) the voice of the Lord in this for so long….This article is a confirmation on what the Lord has been speaking to me for TWO YEARS. I want to do it but I don’t know, Personally, I stay away from secular music and dancing, simply because it doesn’t glorify God. it is a life saver for Christians sincerely looking for a good workout. Was NOT going to read it, but I COULD NOT stay away from your blog. And the first time I heard of zumba my knowledge on these subjects came back front and center to my mind, this was a few years ago that I heard of zumba.Recently our aerobics group leaders decided that we would include zumba, the red lights promptly went off again. And oh yes on “opening the door for the enemy”. I totall . Just a genuine and pure workout! My face turned 3 shades of red and it was then the Holy Spirit convicted my heart. So, yes I have found my answers to my questions. Please pray that we can stop this sneaky attack on our Christians and that the light of God will shine on all this evil. It’s not edifying. First I would like to thank God for wisdom & knowledge and for you,taking time out to begin this blog. I cancelled my ZIN membership a few weeks ago. I’ve always found that when we’re willing to sacrifice or give up what we want to do, God usually opens up another door where we still can enjoy what we love in true peace. Excellent teaching for the church today , thank you so much !!! I really appreciate you giving your perspective on this from your angle. Selah (pause and consider). See more ideas about The daniel plan, Zumba dance, Dance workout. Thank you! God Bless you. I want nothing to do with yoga, but I didn’t really give Zumba much thought. I was searching for an answer on Zumba class. Praise the Lord. And what a great Scripture Jo Ann! I am a dance worshipper and know how moving your body in an unholy way can open the doors for demonic seductive spirits to enter. I would always tell God – “I have always been overweight, and now I have found an exercise program, that has helped me lose the weight, and I really enjoy it”. Zumba incorporates hip-hop, samba, salsa, merengue, mambo, lunges, martial arts, and some Bollywood, squats and belly dance moves. Thank you for speaking the truth in love my sister. My religion frowns on music in general as people lose themselves in and forget themselves. In fact, I’d like to offer four bold leadership moves Zumba can teach the church. you can read about Laurette’s story and why she started them at http://www.praisemoves.com . I'm christianna koebcke, and I live in demotte, IN. God is an on time God! The testimony of my adult life is that I’ve seen miracles, signs and wonders on the other side of my obedience. Right? Thank you for your honesty, and for your willingness to post what’s RIGHT, not what’s popular. Thank you. And no prob. Dakiti x @zumba Dancing to the #1 hit song around the with my Sistah @catmedinaa ! I asked online for donations and who came through? Praise the LORD and to GOD be the Glory for the answers to my question whether zumba is pleasing in the eyes of GOD. As for me I am glad I left your world behind and found the Zumba world. I thank God for your write up on this subject zumba. Thank you for sharing this. Hi there May! If you choose to leave a comment, I think that's great! Belly dancing in its place of origin was a ritual designed to pay homage to the goddess of fertility (I think the origin was in an Arab country). No judgement: Everyone accepts you as you are in Zumba, male, female, gay, straight, fat, skinny, athletic, or uncoordinated you are welcome in Zumba. Thanks for your comment on this. Susan. Once I fully admitted and spoke aloud the realization, my Spirit began to feel lighter and happier again. I am so excited to hear that you’ve found a true alternative to Zumba like “Devoted Fitness”. With origins in Columbia, South America, Zumba is a substitute for aerobics. You’ve been yet another ‘God thing’ that’s been put in my/our way as we determine the path of our new women’s ministry. Zumba® The class that started the dance-fitness revolution and changed the way we look at a “workout” forever. We’re definitely in the end times. For those who endure unto the end shall be saved. Let’s stay sober and alert in these last days. Christianity is a lifestyle. Okay, I know that I’m going to get a mixed bag on this topic, but here goes. Someone might argue that they don’t pay homage to gods when they do it, but understand it was designed to do that whether you are intending to do that or not. On day 2, the participants took part in a 45-minute Zumba Gold exercise class, during which the researchers tracked their cardiovascular and metabolic response… I’ve been wanting to attend the Zumba classes held in uni, but for 2 weeks, I’ve been held up. It belongs to the Lord!! Praise His Holy Name! Im quite confused. Hi Pam. So true, Sis! I’m so grateful to God that you’ve been enlightened on this! And I know that some people in the church just don’t see it. Well said Boris! I used to be an avid Zumba-er (more like zombie!) Thanks! I’m sure this was a tough thing to surrender, but I believe God will bless you for “not” ignoring your conviction on this. Awesome comment! *And don't forget to check out my latest blog posts every Monday at 7:30am on www.insideoutwithcourtnaye.org! Yes – you are right. Look forward to going over your web page yet again. Thanks for sharing and writing in. How fun! I believe the Lord led me to your blog. Weekly updates on Facebook. This helped. A few days later, she wrote to hospital management seeking dance classes with patients in the drug and alcohol unit. Thanks sista. God bless. They are spirits of lust and zumba was originated for woman to seductively dance for slave owners. I have been a Christian all my life but pretty lukewarm and not walking closely with the Lord as I have started to just recently. Praise God Sooz! LIVE: Museveni Declared Winner of 2021 Uganda Presidential Elections polling 58.64%, LIVE:Election boss Byamukama dismisses Kyagulanyi’s allegations of vote rigging as Museveni continues to lead, LIVE: EC’s Byabakama releases first results, BREAKING NEWS: Internet Shutdown, voting starts, Elections could affect recovery of lending businesses, ELECTION DAY: Break down of polling day procedures. Thanks for sharing. With God, the Holy spirit. God bless you my sister. From my first Zumba class, I’ve always incorporated Christian songs as part of the 30% (non-Latin) songs we’re allowed to incorporate…yet, God kept speaking to me about “more”. Woohoo!!! Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I was never a “party girl”, but zumba does promote a party atmosphere in a worldly manner; and as Christians know that is not pleasing to God. Feb 10, 2014 - This Pin was discovered by Hannah Green. Jan 23, 2020 - Explore James Christy's board "Christian Zumba Dance Routines", followed by 319 people on Pinterest. Oh wow! Thanks for this revelation, I think the Lord had me happen upon this blog when searching for Christian Zumba. So my question is, is it ok?.Looks like ive answerd my question but i still want another person’s contribution. Is it pleasing to God? , Praise the lord, sister Courtnaye! Today I wanted to do a workout(Zumba) at home and watch it on youtube, the Holy Spirit told me:”It’s a trap” so I went online and found your site. Im not afraid to withdraw it and be humble to tell my kids that mummy was wrong but ild like to have enough and deeper reasons for them. I was lead to your website after praying and asking the Lord about zumba. The body of Christ is stronger for it. Most of the lyrics of Zumba songs are obscene. I know of a church where the wife was teaching zumba and it broke up her marriage and the marriage of one of her close friends. Many thanks for this article. To say you can dance like that and not get to involved in the seduction is just simply ignorance. You can now use your experience accompanied with Scripture to help others glorify God with their temples. The key to losing weight is being consistent and staying the course in your exercise routine, and eating right. I appreciate the recommendation and comment! Thank God for His faithfulness and for you also!!! We have to watch the enemy in this and watch out for what we bring into the church and into our Christian lives. The Devil is subtle. Awesome!!! Your post is just confirmation of what the Lord has been working out of me for almost a month now. Blessing to you! This is such a reminder to all of us that when God speaks, we really need to be sensitive to His direction and obey. FOLLOW YOUR CALLING, FEAR NOT September 24, 2019. Thank you God That I reed Your letter. I’m so glad I found this! THANK YOU for sharing your heart and for unmasking it for what it really is. Stay strong sister… Greater is He who is in you, then he who is in the world…, “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter throught it. Pray for me sisters and brothers. Zumba? Was conficted about the zumba after trying it at the gym wasnt comfortable with the moves as well as yoga .Advise welcome. I know surrendering something that you’ve loved doing for awhile can be quite challenging. When I got my result in Physical exam for high cholesterol, I started to sign up with zumba, after a month, I’m just wondering why I couldn’t attend, there’s some hinders, is it that the LORD is closing the door? My brother was the one standing behind me… I’m a girl. It’s pretty intense and it’s a group effort. Come join me, I guarantee you will have a blast! That is truly the love of a Father (you said it right sis), because it’s so much harder to let go of something once you’ve poured your heart into it. By taking Zumba, sure, you will lose weight and inches, relieve stress, improve your health in every way. We are set apart for God’s glory. Thanks for being bold enough in the Lord to post this. There is a certain addiction to it, and it is like a drug that is no longer in your system when you don’t participate. Thank you so much for this blog. Opoka maintains that dance fitness only served to reawaken her childhood talent. In fact, the instructor is a Christian woman and a dear friend. There are great exercise programs out there. God bless you for posting this article. It is not by chance that you found this post. I like group exercise so I went to 2 Zumba classes. For sometime now the holy spirit has been telling me to leave this, but i chose to ignore it. I say that if your in a church that practices zumba you should look at the rate of divorce from adultry. Thank you. I prayed and was able to understand some of the words. Everyone has a free will. I needed the truth, not opinions. I haven’t gone in a while. I know many ppl that purchased the DVD or partake in the classes & have seen results. Wow!..I am truly amazed and thankful that I stumbled across this blog. I want to thank you for posting this article. Hi Ms Courtney, this has really been an enlightening topic for me. WOWEEEEEEE!!!! It gets the job done and there’s Christian music playing as I workout. I have been asking, and I haven’t found anything yet. Thank you! On day 1, the research team collected each participant’s physical and physiological measures (Table 1). May God bless you sis! I like what I see so now i am following you. Thanks for sharing sis. Hi, thank you for your post. Thank you so much for posting about this. I begin to google and found the articles that you wrote. Thanks for your comment. Amen Sister! Until now zumba was my everything, I put all my hope in it and the community of people that came with it but it left me feeling like there had to be more to life than this. I tryed zumba one time and refused to do it any more because of how uncomfortable I felt doing it. I have been a Zumba dancer for about six months and even though we dance to Christian music we still had all the moves as they do in the dance class. Today I am happy to say I am a dedicated Christian and I love my God. This my 1st time reading your blog. Curious what ur favorite forms of aerobic exercise are, fun ones, not just runningon a treadmill, you know what I’m sayin’? This thing is demonic. Aside from all that, I had a check in my spirit about it – and that’s the only “no” I really needed to hear. So sis, we have to keep watching and praying, because the enemy is very busy in this last hour. Opoka joined formal employment right after graduating from Makerere University in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration working on a project with DFID. I have to admit, I tried it once and it didn’t seem too bad, however, after trying it again, I felt very uneasy in my spirit. Then reading a few posts by people breaking down tantra from yoga practices. This is a suggestive read. I thought i might help as an African sister. I am Latina, I grew up with this music and dance. I agree with you; the movements are seductive and not for a Christian lady to do. Sorry- I didn’t see you on the NRB Christian Network. I was hearing the music and imagining myself teaching or doing routines. Is African dance bad! So I would suggest that you pray for your mom and stay true to what you believe always according to God’s ways and His word with all due respect. Best to keep out. thank you. And all honesty, I didn’t think anything wrong until I took the second class. 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