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God bless, i'm very grateful to be able to be a part of the online community here. I've been reading and studying a lot about Catholic and Orthodox Churches and early Church history for the past year, and i'm pretty interested in getting involved we the Coptic Orthodox Church. I have been a protestant Christian my whole life without even realizing it up until last year. I'm very excited about getting a chance to congregate with an great Apostolic Church established for 2000 years. Happy to be here on Tasbeha (not sure what the title means, sorry) Thanks! God bless
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Tasbeha means Praise. =)
God bless, i'm very grateful to be able to be a part of the online community here. I've been reading and studying a lot about Catholic and Orthodox Churches and early Church history for the past year, and i'm pretty interested in getting involved we the Coptic Orthodox Church. I have been a protestant Christian my whole life without even realizing it up until last year. I'm very excited about getting a chance to congregate with an great Apostolic Church established for 2000 years. Happy to be here on Tasbeha (not sure what the title means, sorry) Thanks! God bless
Welcome Welcome. Being an Ex-Protestant myself, I must say I know exactly what you are going through. Where abouts you from?
God bless, i'm very grateful to be able to be a part of the online community here. I've been reading and studying a lot about Catholic and Orthodox Churches and early Church history for the past year, and i'm pretty interested in getting involved we the Coptic Orthodox Church. I have been a protestant Christian my whole life without even realizing it up until last year. I'm very excited about getting a chance to congregate with an great Apostolic Church established for 2000 years. Happy to be here on Tasbeha (not sure what the title means, sorry) Thanks! God bless
Welcome, you are not alone here. Most of the active members are former protestants, even our moderater is. About the word "tasbeha", it is an arabic word meaning praise and it is refering to the Coptic midnight praises mainly.
The lyrics have full meaning, taken straight from the Old Testament. The pauses and long vs short ways to sing certain hymns during this beautiful night gives us time to reflect and ponder at the Glory of our God. Always, always, always when I attend the Midnight Praises I think of our great Father, the Archprophet Moses, and what he must have thought before crossing the Red Sea.
Always I reflect upon my own circumstances, my own troubles, my own afflictions. Always I think about God and how he, on a daily basis, tells me to go here or do this, and I am scared and unaware as to what is to happen, yet I say, "Yes, Lord. Here I am." and BOOM! I too, cross the red sea. God sends the horse and its rider in my life into the sea, while I gracefully walk unto dry land.
I'm not comparing myself to a prophet; I am comparing the Glory of God in my life with everyone else's. I'm pretty sure you all can relate when I say this. God carries us from tribulation onto high ground continuously and on a day-to-day basis.
I'm sorry. I feel as though I hijacked this thread; But *something within me* chose to interject.
try looking for the coptic prayer book (agpeya), it's easy to find online, and praying the Lords' prayer, the thanksgiving prayer and the confession (psalm 51) is a good idea every day. that way your personal prayers will have more focus as u think of how great and wonderful God is as u pray.
:)
('mabsoota' means 'happy' in arabic)
hi and welcome from another former protestant (i also didn't realise i was one for ages, due to being in a 'non denominational' denomination).
try looking for the coptic prayer book (agpeya), it's easy to find online, and praying the Lords' prayer, the thanksgiving prayer and the confession (psalm 51) is a good idea every day. that way your personal prayers will have more focus as u think of how great and wonderful God is as u pray.
:)
('mabsoota' means 'happy' in arabic)
It means happy for a girl :) Mabsoot for a guy .