In the pages of the New Testament, Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth finds the kind of woman she wants

to become as she gets older. Here's a woman who's not a busy body. She's not a gossip. She's not

an idler. She uses her tongue to give thanks to God and to tell others about the Lord Jesus.

You see the contrast here between the godly widow or the godly married woman and the woman who is self-indulgent

living her life for herself.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, co-author of Seeking

Him.

For December 19th, 2024, I'm Dana Gresh.

Were you ever told to wait for Christmas, maybe to receive an item on your wish list,

like toys you'd been hoping for? Is this a bad time for me to mention that I didn't wait for that model horse that my mom was hiding under her bed when I was 12 years old? Sorry, Mom.

Today we'll learn about a woman who was waiting during the time of the first Christmas,

but she was waiting for something far more significant than a toy.

Nancy's in a series called Anna, the woman who welcomed Christ.

Here's Nancy.

If you haven't turned to Luke chapter 2, let me invite you to do that.

We're continuing in our study of Anna, who was the older woman, elderly woman, who came to the temple to see the infant Jesus,

who was brought there by Mary and Joseph 40 days after his birth.

And we have just three verses about her in the whole Bible.

The Lord is using those verses in such a great way in my own life.

Beginning in verse 36 of Luke 2, and there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Fanuel,

of the tribe of Asher.

She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,

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