The people around the star:
Joseph & Mary: Luke 1:26 & 2:4
…God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. (&) So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
Shepherds & Wisemen: Luke 2:8 & Matthew 2:1
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. (&) After Jesus was born… Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?”
Herod: Matthew 2:3 & 16
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him… (&) he was furious and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under…
Ruth: Matthew 1:5 & Ruth 2:2
…Obed, whose mother was Ruth… (&) And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”
David: Matthew 1:6 & I Samuel 16:11
Jesse the father of King David. … (&) “There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered, “but he is tending the sheep.”
Solomon: Matthew 1:6 & I Kings 10:23
David was the father of Solomon… (&) King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
Our hearts: ______________________ or ______________________
(Matthew 6:24)
The “intersection”: ___________________ & ___________________
James 1:9-10
My “crossroads”: ___________________ & ___________________
(_____________) (_____________)
Isaiah 46:12-13
Isaiah 48:4-6
Romans 2:4-5
James 4:7-10
WHICH ROAD WILL I TAKE?