Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
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… She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. When it comes to Jesus, you got two options. You can resist him or you can marvel at him. and my question to you today is do you resist the words of Jesus do you resist the ways of Jesus do you resist the life of Jesus or do you marvel at his beauty do you gaze upon his eyes do you look upon his splendor do you behold all the power and the glory of the come on clap if you believe it today I marvel at the Lord our God and I pray that Zoe would be a church that does not resist our Savior, we marvel at our Savior. That when we come to church, we marvel at His grace. We marvel at His presence. We marvel at His words. I don't know if you're someone that marvels at diamonds and marvels at cars and marvels at celebrity and marvels at creation. That's great. …
… She did not depart from the temple worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And coming up at that very hour, she began to give thanks to God and to speak of Him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. We meet two characters here at the end of the Christmas story. one man and one woman, Simeon and Anna. And they share a number of similarities. I wonder if you noticed. First, they're both in the temple. Simeon comes into the temple. Luke says Anna never left the temple, not that she literally lived at the temple, but she was there daily. It was only the priests who could go into the holy place, but there were temple courtyard, and that's what's meant here. There was a court for women and that's where Anna was day after day. So they're both in the temple. Second, they're both old. Simeon, we assume, is old because he's been waiting his whole life and the Lord told him, it was revealed to him, you would see the Lord's Christ. …
… I ask that you would stand with me. As we look at the scripture found in Luke chapter 2, verses 36 through 38. And it reads like this in the NRSB version. There was also a prophet. Anna, the daughter of Phanuyel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then as a widow to the age of 84. She never left the temple, but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment, she came and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. Before you go to your seats, I want to center your thoughts this morning around the significance of the insignificant. And I want you to turn to your neighbor and say, God responds to human devotion. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. In the tradition of prayer as our theme for the month of January, I want us to look at a woman who prayed and fasted day in and day out. …