Learn from Anna.....

Anna the Prophet.........

Luke:2:36ff "There was a also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as widow to the age of eighty-four. 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"

Anna the prophet is a true model to a God-Centred Life

1. She never left the temple (God) A very strong imagery of a God centred life. Temple has to be seen as a symbol of a place which is ruled by God. Today I would like to read it a She never left God

2.She worshipped God Worshipping God means acknowledging God's holiness. Worship is search of our identity. Worship is a process which we initiate a discourse with God.Anna had a good and healthy relationship with God.

3. She Worshipped God with fasting Fasting is nothing but a counter expression of faith in the midst of a consumeristic way of living.We discipline ourselves in a world of abundance and luxury. A counter living

4. She worshipped God with fasting and Prayer She prayed to God. That means she denied the ungods of the day. She was ready to proclaim the God in the midst of the forces of death.

5. She worshipped God with fasting and prayer night and day Her relationship with God was continuous and long lasting. It was not a use and throw approach.

6. She was looking for the redemption of Jerusalem She had a dream. She had dream of a liberated world, redeemed world. She had vision...imagination...engagement......

She could see the liberator at the Temple of God....Because she was moving with God.....