So, for some odd reason, my girl friends don’t believe that I have found a scripture to support the command that has been given in the title of this blog: “Now Pop Your Coochie For The Lord.” I’m so confused as to why they would doubt me when they know, as well as you do, that I am the “Scripture Fairy.” I can find a scripture in the bible that applies to ANY and EVERYthing! But that’s okay - I’m going to give you some brief back story to this ridiculous and audacious statement, I’m going to scripturally build my case and then I’m going to raise an offering and let you go home.

Friday night I was at my church’s women’s conference opening night and Pastor Sabrina Ellis of Cleveland, Ohio was preaching from Mark 5. There is so much yummy goodness in Mark 5. The demon Legion is cast out of a man into some pigs that drown themselves by Jesus, the woman with the issue of blood is healed and a dead girl gets up and walks. Yall know how I feel about dead stuff getting up so I dont even have to tell you that anything after that story was just bonus for me. It doesn’t take much to get me shimmying and shaking at church.



I digress.

So, at some point Pastor Ellis starts talking about miracles and what our life will need to look like in order to cultive a prepared life to receive miracles. She goes on to ask the question (as we’re all standing) “What will your praise look like when God manifests all that you’ve been praying for?” Of course every one started doing the obligatory and ritualistic “Hallelujah’s” and “Unknown Tongues” - but I really stopped right there in that moment and thought seriously about what I will do when God gives me the miracle I’ve been crying out to him so desperately for. Trust me - when God does what I’ve been petitioning Him for it will be a miracle b/c this situation is so dead that it stinks.

Digress Pt. 2

So - I have to be honest with you. I’m a radical, dramatic worshiper already. I will run at the drop of a dime. I will pass out at the mention of “The Blood that Jesus shed.” I will dance like David… no seriously - I’ll dance out of my clothes like David did in Samuel. I’m not exaggerating. I do have witnesses to this type of ridiculous behavior. (You dont know my life!) And if you think all of that is something, I’ve been known to be even more undignified than this.

So - because I act like that NOW and I haven’t seen the manifestation YET - that says to me that my praise when God moves mighty on my behalf has to be on a whole nother level. You can’t just wave your hands after you’ve been known to teleport your body through the sanctuary. You can’t just cry and shout “Worthy worthy worthy” when you’ve been known to translate “Ancient of Days” into Japanese to sing it at the alter in this language as an offering to God. No. You gotta do 173% MORE than that. Not 172% that’s not enough. 173% - Or somebody might end up dead. And it aint gon be me.

Digress Pt. 3

So - as I stood there thinking about how I will seriously praise God when he manifests my miracles the only thing I could think of that was ridiculous enough to express how much I owe God, was to put my hands on my knees, drop my pelvis to the ground and start popping my coochie. True story. Praise is seriously going on around me. I’m talking, snotting, crying, screaming, dancing praise. And your girl was standing there giggling at the idea of stepping out into the isle at church the Sunday after the manifestation has come and “Coochie pop, coochie pop, coochie pop, grind!” <- In Jesus’ Name though.

I told my homegirls that I believed this was the will of the Lord b/c I use to pop my coochie for the world so it was only fitting that now I pop my coochie for the Lord. What would be more fitting of a response to His grace while I was popping my coochie in the world, than to give that back to Him now that I’m in His will? (shrugs)

I know I’ve lost some people already - but stick with me. I’m about to build my case really quick: "Now Pop Your Coochie for the Lord!“ Galatians 5:13. Turn with me now in the New King James Version.

*For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.*

How does that translate to "Now pop yr coochie for the Lord?” you ask. Let me break it down for you so that it will forever and consistently be broken: In this scripture - the same Hebrew word used for “Liberty” is also used for “Serve.” So it would say “Brothers, you have been called to shafech, only do not use your shafech as an occasion to boom on others, but by love shafech one another. (Shafech- the Hebrew word used means freedom/service). Okay… keep following me.

This scripture, when broken down further, admonishes us to "Serve through love - affection, agape, benevolence, charity.” If you will trek with me over to I Corinthians 9:19 I’m about to give my closing statements, if the glove fits you can’t acquit, and we out of here -

Here Paul says, “For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave (KJV servant) to all, that I might win the more” The same word “Shafech” is used here for “freedom” and “serve/slave” again. Ultimately what Paul is saying is, “I’ve been a slave to ridiculousness. I will now make myself a slave to service (freedom).

So, when I told my homegirls that I had popped my coochie for the world so now I will pop my coochie for the Lord, that surely was biblical b/c look what Paul says in the aforementioned scripture.

No longer should we be slaves and in bondage to the things of the world. We are supposed to be a slave to love, service, compassion. Frankly, we know how to be slaves. We were slaves and in bondage to the things of the world. Don’t do that anymore. Now - only be a slave to the things of God.

Listen. I know it’s hard for you to imagine that God wants me to stand in the middle of the isle at my church and pop my coochie. Clearly that will not be happening as I do have (puts thumb and index finger close together) a wee little bit of sense. I know folk would not be able to handle me "Coochie pop, Coochie pop, Coochie pop, Grind” at church. I’ll save that kind of amazing greatness for the praise I give God in my secret place at the house.



However, the point of all of this was to say: We know how to be in bondage to craziness. As God draws nearer and we are more aware of His presence, power, and love for us - why not take that fervent energy we gave to the bondage of craziness and put that energy into going hard in the paint for the Lord. How do we do that Ebony Janice? I’m glad you asked - Give God unrestrained, undignified, unquestionable access to your heart. Allow Him to be so in control that you don’t care who see’s you or knows you or what they think of you. Praise Him so radically that if, in fact, a coochie pop does well up in your soul - b/c you know you would have given it to the world - you are not ashamed to turn around, stick it out, and make the devil shout! Pop your Coochie for the Lord really is my silly way to say: Give yourself completely to God. Unabashed and unashamed. The same way you did when you were in the world - go that hard for God… I guarantee that is the will of God and that is the kind of mentality by which miracles can be bred and do abound.

This is the word of the Lord.

Thanks be unto God!

:)