1. Gospel Reading Matthew 2:13 – 23

2. Matthew 2:13 – 23
13 After they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said, “Herod will be looking for the child in order to kill him. So get up, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave.”

3. Matthew 2:13 – 23
14 Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and left during the night for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until Herod died. This was done to make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet,
“I called my Son out of Egypt.”

4. Matthew 2:13 – 23
16 When Herod realized that the visitors from the East had tricked him, he was furious. He gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its neighbourhood who were two years old and younger—this was done in accordance with what he had learned from the visitors about the time when the star had appeared.

5. Matthew 2:13 – 23
17 In this way what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true:
18 “A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of bitter weeping. Rachel is crying for her children; she refuses to be comforted, for they are dead.”

6. Matthew 2:13 – 23
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 back to the land of Israel, because those who tried to kill the child are dead.”
21 So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went back to Israel.

7. Matthew 2:13 – 23
22 But when Joseph heard that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as king of Judea, he was afraid to go there. He was given more instructions in a dream, so he went to the province of Galilee 23 and made his home in a town named Nazareth. And so what the prophets had said came true:
“He will be called a Nazarene.”

8. Matthew 2:13 – 23 .

9. Matthew 2:13 – 23 About 120,000 Iraqis displaced/homeless

10. Matthew 2:13 – 23
About 120,000 Iraqis displaced/homeless
“Life is difficult……but thanks God we are safe”

11. Matthew 2:13 – 23
About 120,000 Iraqis displaced/homeless
“Life is difficult……but thanks God we are safe”
They had to leave home

12. Matthew 2:13 – 23 Reading: Joseph had to leave home

13. Matthew 2:13 – 23
Reading: Joseph had to leave home
He took his family and escaped

14. Matthew 2:13 – 23 It is a New Year

15. Matthew 2:13 – 23 It is a New Year We give thanks……

16. Matthew 2:13 – 23 It is a New Year We give thanks…… And seek guidance

17. Matthew 2:13 – 23 Guidance for the New Year

18. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
V13 ..an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt.

19. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
V13 ..an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt.

20. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
V13 ..an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt .....Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

21. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
V14 … he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod.

22. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Escape must be done immediately
V14 … he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod.

23. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Escape must be done immediately
Fear often prevents us from escaping
V14 … he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod.

24. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Escape must be done immediately
Fear often prevents us from escaping
Escape all that harms your relationship with Christ
V14 … he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod.

25. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
V14 … he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod.

26. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
V20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel…”

27. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
V20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel…”

28. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
Divine guidance comes only to prepared hearts
V20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel…”

29. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
Divine guidance comes only to prepared hearts
We must be receptive to God’s guidance
V20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel…”

30. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
Divine guidance comes only to prepared hearts
We must be receptive to God’s guidance
V21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

31. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
V21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

32. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
Resolutions:
V21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

33. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
Resolutions: purpose?
V21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

34. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
Resolutions: purpose?
To honour God or me?
V21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

35. Guidance for the New Year
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go

36. Guidance for the New Year And may God be glorified in all you do
Matthew 2:13 – 23
Guidance for the New Year
Take and Escape
Take and Go
And may God be glorified in all you do