Luk 2:36-38

And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.
She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four.
She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.

At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God,
and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Anna.
She was a prophetess.
Yes!
There were prophetess.
Yes!
There are prophetess.

She was aged.
There is debate as to her age.
Some translations read as if she were “84” years old.
Other translations read as if she lived “84” years after the death of her husband.
Regardless, she was older.

She never left the temple.
She served day and night.
How?
By “circles”, “meetings”, “clubs”, etc.?
No!
By fasting.
By prayer.

Have you considered that?
That fasting and prayer are a service to the Lord.
Has He called you to do such?

She began to give thanks to God for the Child.
She spoke of Him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
This means she was declaring that the Child was the redemption they had awaited.

We are called to declare the same truth.

Do so in the manner the Lord designs for you…

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