A few years ago the Lord opened the door for me to minister in dance at the Orpheum Theater in New Orleans. I had prepared and looked forward to this ministry assignment for months. Well, the day before the event my father-in-law died suddenly. As you can imagine my husband and the whole family were devastated. My dilemma was do I still fulfill my commitment, to minister in dance, or do I cancel my commitment and focus on helping to comfort my husband and family. Well, my husband in his gracious spirit and strength insisted that I keep the commitment. I did not ask my husband to let me go, it was all his idea.Many times the reasons that we have the privilege to praise-dance before the Lord is because of the sacrifice of our family and others. So I kept my assignment and my husband was there in the audience supporting me with his strength and love for God. Please click the video link below and check out the ministry from that night. "Mercy Seat"
Send me a comment by clicking link below. I would like to know about the times when you had to minister during personal hard times.
Hi jocelyn, finally i had some time to browse through your blog!! Praise god for this dance! it is truly awesome depiction of the mercy & grace that Jesus has bestowed on us forever. it reminds me... there is no condemnation for those who are in christ. we can always come running to the mercy seat of christ. was very blessed by this dance. what's the name and artiste of the song? wished you could come n train some of us here in malaysia. god bless.
Posted by: Alicia Cheang | July 17, 2008 at 04:21 AM
Thank you my dear sister for your comment. I have enjoyed your blog also
http://dancing-aunties.blogspot.com. It is a great resource for the Christian dance community. I agree with you so much, when you think about God's mercy you know that He is worthy of absolute devotion and bold expressive praise. His mercy is so good and so wonderful and new everyday. Well I pray that the Lord will allow us to meet one day in Malaysia or here in the States to exchange what God is doing due to my interest in learning about tambourine dance.
Posted by: jocelyn | July 19, 2008 at 09:01 AM
everytime i watch this video i am encouraged!
be blessed
Posted by: wynne | November 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Jocelyn I have been looking for you since 2006 after Hurricane Katrina. I found an old newsletter I managed to save from the storm. I called the number listed but it no longer exsited. Are you still in New Orleans.
Vickie Russell
Posted by: Vickie Whitehead-Russell | November 23, 2009 at 11:12 PM
thanks for stopping by Vickie,
hope to see you soon.
Posted by: Jocelyn | November 25, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Wynne thank you for saying such nice things. I am glad God brought us together.
Posted by: Jocelyn | November 25, 2009 at 12:09 AM
How Awesome it is to see the "Mercy Seat" dance, Lady Jocelyn. It truly blessed me in so many wonderful ways. God has anointed you to minister in dance and it is truly a blessing to feel His Presence around us as you dance. God Bless You and your family as you continue to touch others around the globe in your ministry. I thank you so much for sharing, teaching and ministering and look forward to meeting you soon.
Posted by: Darlene McDean | November 30, 2009 at 11:43 AM
My dear sister thank you for taking time out of your life to share those kind words and to subscribe the The Praise Dance Life updates. I know that we will talk soon on the next Tele-Class.
God bless you as you worship Jesus for who He is.
Posted by: Jocelyn | November 30, 2009 at 01:08 PM