WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.980 --> 00:00:04.110 Day three hundred and nine. 00:00:04.690 --> 00:00:06.400 Psalm 105. 00:00:07.930 --> 00:00:11.350 Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.500 Let the whole world know what he has done. 00:00:15.190 --> 00:00:16.210 Sing to him. 00:00:16.390 --> 00:00:18.460 Yes, sing his praises. 00:00:19.030 --> 00:00:23.950 Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds exalt in his holy name. 00:00:25.090 --> 00:00:27.550 Rejoice you who worship the Lord. 00:00:27.865 --> 00:00:31.915 Search for the Lord and for his strength, continually seek him. 00:00:32.875 --> 00:00:35.245 Remember the wonders he has performed. 00:00:35.545 --> 00:00:38.845 His miracles and the rulings He has given you. 00:00:38.845 --> 00:00:44.845 Children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones. 00:00:45.835 --> 00:00:47.575 He is the Lord our God. 00:00:48.085 --> 00:00:50.185 His justice is seen throughout the land. 00:00:50.665 --> 00:00:53.965 He always stands by his covenant, the commitment he 00:00:53.965 --> 00:00:56.125 made to a thousand generations. 00:00:56.965 --> 00:01:01.285 This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac. 00:01:02.095 --> 00:01:05.485 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree and to the people of 00:01:05.485 --> 00:01:07.795 Israel as a never ending covenant. 00:01:08.725 --> 00:01:12.745 I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession. 00:01:13.085 --> 00:01:17.365 He said this when there were few in number, a tiny group 00:01:17.365 --> 00:01:18.835 of strangers in Canaan. 00:01:19.765 --> 00:01:23.725 They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. 00:01:24.670 --> 00:01:26.860 Yet, he did not let anyone oppress them. 00:01:27.490 --> 00:01:32.290 He warned Kings on their behalf, do not touch my chosen people 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:34.540 and do not hurt my prophets. 00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:39.820 He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply. 00:01:40.510 --> 00:01:45.160 Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them, Joseph, who sold as a slave. 00:01:46.150 --> 00:01:50.710 They bruised his feet with FES and placed his neck in an iron collar. 00:01:51.505 --> 00:01:56.575 Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph's character. 00:01:57.475 --> 00:01:59.905 Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free. 00:02:00.445 --> 00:02:03.445 The ruler of the nation opened his prison door. 00:02:04.195 --> 00:02:07.225 Joseph was put in charge of all the King's household. 00:02:07.765 --> 00:02:10.645 He became ruler over all the king's possessions. 00:02:11.305 --> 00:02:16.135 He could instruct the king's aides as he pleased and teach the king's advisors. 00:02:17.185 --> 00:02:19.045 Then Israel arrived in Egypt. 00:02:19.870 --> 00:02:24.040 Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham, and the Lord multiplied 00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:27.880 the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies. 00:02:28.660 --> 00:02:32.260 Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites and they 00:02:32.260 --> 00:02:34.300 plotted against the Lord's servants. 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:39.580 But the Lord sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen. 00:02:40.390 --> 00:02:45.700 They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians and wonders in the land of Ham. 00:02:46.855 --> 00:02:50.785 The Lord blanketed Egypt in darkness for they had defied his 00:02:50.785 --> 00:02:53.005 commands to let his people go. 00:02:53.815 --> 00:02:57.445 He turned their water into blood poisoning all the fish. 00:02:58.135 --> 00:03:02.725 Then frogs overran the land and even invaded the king's bedrooms. 00:03:03.015 --> 00:03:07.315 When the Lord spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians and 00:03:07.315 --> 00:03:09.505 gnats swarmed across Egypt. 00:03:10.615 --> 00:03:15.565 He sent them hail instead of rain, and lightning flashed over the land. 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:21.280 He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees. 00:03:22.150 --> 00:03:27.610 He spoke and hordes of locusts came young locusts beyond number. 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:33.280 They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops in their fields. 00:03:34.330 --> 00:03:37.330 Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home. 00:03:38.020 --> 00:03:40.300 The pride and joy of each family. 00:03:41.380 --> 00:03:45.550 The Lord brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold. 00:03:46.225 --> 00:03:48.415 Not one among the tribes of Israel. 00:03:48.415 --> 00:03:53.995 Even stumbled Egypt was glad when they were gone for they feared them greatly. 00:03:54.895 --> 00:03:58.705 The Lord spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a 00:03:58.705 --> 00:04:00.685 great fire to light the darkness. 00:04:01.495 --> 00:04:04.255 They asked for meat and he sent them quail. 00:04:05.005 --> 00:04:08.185 He satisfied their hunger with manna bread from heaven. 00:04:08.965 --> 00:04:14.905 He split open a rock and water gushed out to form a river through the dry wasteland. 00:04:15.760 --> 00:04:18.940 For, he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham. 00:04:19.780 --> 00:04:25.330 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing. 00:04:26.050 --> 00:04:30.370 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations and they harvested 00:04:30.375 --> 00:04:31.990 crops that others had planted. 00:04:33.010 --> 00:04:37.990 All this happened, so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. 00:04:38.860 --> 00:04:40.420 Praise the Lord. 00:04:42.970 --> 00:04:44.710 Psalm 106. 00:04:46.285 --> 00:04:47.545 Praise the Lord. 00:04:48.145 --> 00:04:50.425 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. 00:04:50.995 --> 00:04:53.125 His faithful love endures forever. 00:04:53.965 --> 00:04:56.815 Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord? 00:04:57.145 --> 00:04:58.975 Who can ever praise him enough? 00:04:59.785 --> 00:05:04.675 There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right. 00:05:05.605 --> 00:05:09.265 Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people. 00:05:09.745 --> 00:05:11.425 Come near and rescue me. 00:05:12.115 --> 00:05:15.055 Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. 00:05:15.565 --> 00:05:17.995 Let me rejoice in the joy of your people. 00:05:18.565 --> 00:05:21.445 Let me praise you with those who are your heritage. 00:05:22.375 --> 00:05:26.545 Like our ancestors, we have sinned, we have done wrong. 00:05:26.785 --> 00:05:28.405 We have acted wickedly. 00:05:29.005 --> 00:05:33.745 Our ancestors in Egypt, we're not impressed by the Lord's miraculous deeds. 00:05:34.315 --> 00:05:37.105 They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. 00:05:37.465 --> 00:05:40.075 Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea. 00:05:41.125 --> 00:05:46.675 Even so he saved them to defend the honor of his name and to 00:05:46.675 --> 00:05:48.565 demonstrate his mighty power. 00:05:49.105 --> 00:05:51.565 He commanded the Red Sea to dry up. 00:05:52.375 --> 00:05:58.015 He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert, so he rescued them from their 00:05:58.020 --> 00:06:00.955 enemies and redeemed them from their foes. 00:06:01.795 --> 00:06:04.615 Then the water returned and covered their enemies. 00:06:05.005 --> 00:06:06.625 Not one of them survived. 00:06:07.405 --> 00:06:09.775 Then his people believed his promises. 00:06:10.285 --> 00:06:15.895 Then they sang his praise, yet how quickly they forgot what he had done. 00:06:16.495 --> 00:06:19.735 They wouldn't wait for his counsel in the wilderness. 00:06:19.735 --> 00:06:24.805 Their desires ran wild, testing God's patience in that dry wasteland. 00:06:25.705 --> 00:06:29.935 So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it. 00:06:31.075 --> 00:06:34.555 The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of 00:06:34.555 --> 00:06:36.565 Aaron, the Lord's holy priest. 00:06:37.525 --> 00:06:40.015 Because of this, the earth opened up. 00:06:40.225 --> 00:06:44.575 It swallowed dathan and buried a byrum, and the other rebels 00:06:45.385 --> 00:06:47.245 fire fell upon their followers. 00:06:47.545 --> 00:06:49.645 A flame consumed the wicked. 00:06:50.635 --> 00:06:55.555 The people made a calf at Mount Sinai, they bowed before an image made of gold. 00:06:56.485 --> 00:07:01.675 They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass eating bull. 00:07:02.695 --> 00:07:04.735 They forgot God, their savior. 00:07:05.260 --> 00:07:10.150 Who had done such great things in Egypt, such wonderful things in the land of 00:07:10.150 --> 00:07:13.870 Ham, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea. 00:07:14.650 --> 00:07:19.660 So he declared he would destroy them, but Moses has chosen one, stepped 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:21.160 between the Lord and the people. 00:07:21.910 --> 00:07:25.180 He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them. 00:07:26.350 --> 00:07:29.560 The people refused to enter the pleasant land for they wouldn't 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:31.600 believe his promise to care for them. 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:37.270 Instead, they grumbled in their tense and refused to obey the Lord. 00:07:38.140 --> 00:07:42.820 Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness, that he 00:07:42.820 --> 00:07:47.860 would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands. 00:07:48.910 --> 00:07:52.540 Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor. 00:07:53.260 --> 00:07:56.080 They even ate sacrifices offered to the dead. 00:07:57.070 --> 00:08:01.630 They angered the Lord with all these things, so a plague broke out among them. 00:08:02.455 --> 00:08:06.565 But Phineas had the courage to intervene and the plague was stopped. 00:08:07.225 --> 00:08:10.855 So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time. 00:08:12.025 --> 00:08:16.855 At Maraba two, they anger the Lord causing Moses serious trouble. 00:08:17.575 --> 00:08:20.755 They made Moses angry and he spoke foolishly. 00:08:21.895 --> 00:08:26.485 Israel failed to destroy the nations and the land as the Lord had commanded them. 00:08:27.220 --> 00:08:31.900 Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs. 00:08:32.680 --> 00:08:36.520 They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall. 00:08:37.330 --> 00:08:41.230 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons. 00:08:41.950 --> 00:08:47.650 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters by 00:08:47.650 --> 00:08:50.290 sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan. 00:08:51.445 --> 00:08:53.425 They polluted the land with murder. 00:08:53.725 --> 00:08:58.765 They defiled themselves by their evil deeds and their love of idols 00:08:59.185 --> 00:09:01.255 was adultery in the Lord's sight. 00:09:02.335 --> 00:09:06.385 That is why the Lord's anger burned against his people and he 00:09:06.385 --> 00:09:08.425 abhorred his own special possession. 00:09:09.385 --> 00:09:14.275 He handed them over to pagan nations and they were ruled by those who hated them. 00:09:15.265 --> 00:09:19.075 Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power. 00:09:19.915 --> 00:09:20.965 Again and again. 00:09:20.965 --> 00:09:25.015 He rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him and they were 00:09:25.015 --> 00:09:27.055 finally destroyed by their sin. 00:09:28.075 --> 00:09:32.935 Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries. 00:09:33.745 --> 00:09:38.815 He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love. 00:09:39.655 --> 00:09:43.105 He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness. 00:09:44.185 --> 00:09:46.495 Save us, oh Lord, our God. 00:09:47.095 --> 00:09:51.115 Gather us back from among the nations so we can thank your holy 00:09:51.115 --> 00:09:53.995 name and rejoice and praise you. 00:09:55.075 --> 00:10:01.195 Praise the Lord, the God of Israel who lives from everlasting to everlasting. 00:10:01.645 --> 00:10:04.465 Let all the people say amen. 00:10:05.395 --> 00:10:07.075 Praise the Lord. 00:10:14.185 --> 00:10:17.065 This concludes today's Immerse Reading experience. 00:10:17.185 --> 00:10:18.415 Thank you for joining us.