Worship restores us to life with God and makes us fully human. the complete deliverance manual by gene moody deliverance ministries gene b. Antiochian Holy Year 1977 (32nd Annual Convention) by Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North. FREE delivery Wed, Nov 23 on 25 of items shipped by Amazon. We were created to have communion with God but lost that state by our disobedience. A Pocket Prayer Book for Orthodox Christians red vinyl cover: 'The Little Red Prayer Book' 4.9 out of 5 stars 263. In the Sacraments, or Holy Mysteries, God adopts us as his children, feeds us and strengthens us for life’s journeys. God shares his life with us in many ways. Augustine said that “he who sings prays twice.” Our worship involves all the senses, as we see the beauty of the church, the vestments and the icons, as we hear the chant and prayers, as we smell the incense, as we touch the Holy Water and the candles and kiss the icons, and as we taste the goodness of the bread and wine that have become Christ’s own Body and Blood. Our services are filled with Scripture, in both the readings and the chant and in the prayers. We always strive to offer the best and the most beautiful we have to God, who is always worthy of our praise. In the Orthodox Church we worship in the manner that has been passed on to us – we don’t “make it up as we go.” Our services are ancient and have been hallowed by the prayers of devout men and women through the ages. What we do in the liturgical services of the Church prepares, nourishes, heals, informs and guides us so that our whole lives may become acts of worship.
This, in turn leads us to repentance, as we see that we are not as God wants us to be, and to gratitude for God’s goodness, love and mercy. We remember what God has done, and continues to do for us. Worship is the act of giving thanks and praise to God.
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