The Return to Nazareth
Opening Prayer
Heavenly Father, I praise You for the great wonder that I should be called one of Your children (1 John 3:1).
Read Matthew 2:19-23
The Return to Nazareth
19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.
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Reflect
What was significant about Jesus growing up in Nazareth?Apply
Recall how God worked in your childhood to make you the person you are. Thank him for that and for the specific people involved.
Closing prayer
Thank You, Lord, for all those who love me and have helped make me the person I am in You.