by Shirley Connolly
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Other Prophetesses:
- Old Testament: Hulda, Deborah, Noadiah and Miriam.
- New Testament: Philip's four daughters of Acts 21:9.
- False Prophetess: Jezebel, of Revelation 2:20.
Anna stood in between the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Special Facts about the Widow Anna:
- Did not become isolated
- Did not live in self-pity
- Did not become a burden to any known relatives
- Did not run from her past nor to her past
- Did not run from her own present spiritual life.
Her Significant Insight: Anna knew as we should know that God always has a reason for all that He allows - even to the death of her husband of seven years. When her spouse passed away, where did she go? Anna went straight to the Lord and He became her husband; His house became her house. She dedicated her life to Him as she served Him day and night in the temple.
Comparing Anna's Life with Our Own...How do we fit in?
- As devout worshipers
- With our intercessory prayer life
- In our willingness to age gracefully
- As constant and faithful servants of God
- In self-denial.
- As devoted believers
- In continual watch as we await the 2nd coming of our Lord
- In obedience to fasting if we are called to it by God
- As women of comfort to others who are in need of spiritual guidance and prayer
- With active lifestyles as we go about doing God's work day and night
- In belief that we as Christian women are truly blessed
Prioritizing Sets the Process: Anna Allowed God to be her continued primacy and consolation and became a comfort to others who came to the temple in mourning.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all
comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in
any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
 II Corinthians 1:3, 4 KJV
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