While in prayer, contemplating the life and love of Anna, I asked God a question. “Why was Anna such a good finisher?” Anna stayed with for 62 years, worshiping and serving God for over 60 years, with fastings and prayers in the Temple. How did she last. At 84 she was still passionately seeking Him, […]
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We are once again in the Jewish month of Shevat. It started on Jan.12, and ends on Feb.10th. Here are some facts. It is the 11th month in the Jewish sacred calendar. Asher is the Patriarch associated with Shevat, and He is the 8th child of Jacob. His name means “With my happiness.” The tribe
Rev. 1:8 ¶ “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” I have spoken and written about this verse often over the last several months, because there is so much practical stuff here. Just as a reminder, one of the
2Cor. 5:9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. The word ‘ambition’ in verse 9 comes from two words. The first word is ‘to love,’ and the second is ‘to honor,’ or ‘price.’ Also, the word pleasing is written in such a way grammatically that
I have been absolutely fascinated with Anna in Luke 2:36-38. I’ve spent the last several weeks just meditating on her life, and allowing God to speak into my life through hers. I’ve probably spent 20-25 hours gazing into her Jesus Story, and I still feel I’ve just begun. What a mentor she has become to
Just like Simeon was looking for the consolation of Israel; declaring Jesus to be our great consolation; Oh!! how I celebrate that everyday, that no matter what is happening around me, I have Jesus and He is my consolation; Anna was looking for and declaring Jesus to be the Redemption of Jerusalem. He is our
Prov. 30:15 “There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: Prov. 30:16 the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’ The fourth thing that never says, ‘Enough,’ is fire. A firestorm always wants to burn higher and hotter. It always
Luke 2:36-38 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with rfasting and
1Th. 5:24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. By now all of you have already broken any New Years resolutions you may have made. You discovered, one again, that true change can’t be accomplished by will power alone. If it could, you would have never needed Jesus. We are created
Col. 1:10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; Col. 1:13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, It’s
