Immerse: Bible Reading Experience - NLT Daily Bible In A Year

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If you are following along in the Immerse Kingdoms Bible, we are on day 38 in week 8 of the 16 week plan

Welcome to Immerse: Kingdoms!

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel–Kings Immerse: Kingdoms is the third of six volumes in Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience. Kingdoms presents a new and unique journey through the story of Israel from the time of its conquest of Canaan (Joshua) through its struggle to settle the land (Judges, Ruth) and the establishment of Israel’s kingdom, which ends in a forced exile (Samuel–Kings). The nation of Israel, commissioned to be God’s light to the nations, falls to division and then foreign conquest for rejecting God’s rule.

QUICK START GUIDE
3 ways to get the most out of your experience
  1. Use Immerse: Messiah instead of your regular chapter-and-verse Bible. This special reader’s edition restores the Bible to its natural simplicity and beauty by removing chapter and verse numbers and other historical additions. Letters look like letters, songs look like
    songs, and the original literary structures are visible in each book. 
  2. Commit to making this a community experience. Immerse is designed for groups to encounter large portions of the Bible together
    for 8 weeks—more like a book club, less like a Bible study. By meeting every week in small groups and discussing what you read in open, honest conversations, you and your community can come together to be transformed through an authentic experience with the Scriptures.
  3. Aim to understand the big story. Read through “The Stories and the Story” (p. 483) to see how the books of the Bible work together
    to tell God’s story of his creation’s restoration. As you read through Immerse: Messiah, rather than ask, “How do I fit God into my busy life?” begin asking, “How can I join in God’s great plan by living out my part in his story?”
4 Questions to get your conversations started:
  1. What stood out to you this week?
  2. Was there anything confusing or troubling?
  3. Did anything make you think differently about God?
  4. How might this change the way we live?
The Immerse Bible Series is the proud winner of the prestigious Bible of the Year award from the ECPA Christian Book Awards. Immerse: The Reading Bible is specially crafted for a distraction-free listening and reading experience, helping you dive in and get immersed in Scripture. You’ll have a great experience using Immerse by yourself. But for an even richer experience, try reading with friends.

Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience is an invitation to a different kind of community interaction with the Bible. Less like a Bible study, more like a book club.

– 8 or 16-week Bible listening plans take you through a large section of the Bible like the New Testament or the Torah
– Meet once a week for a free-flowing discussion about the text
– Wrestle with questions and celebrate ‘aha!’ moments together

Nothing impacts spiritual growth more than spending time in Scripture. Immerse removes many of the barriers that make Bible reading difficult and invites communities to become transformed together through the power of God’s word.

For more great resources for your church or small group, visit https://www.immersebible.com/

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What is Immerse: Bible Reading Experience - NLT Daily Bible In A Year?

Take a breath, find your place, and read deeply. Discover the joy of reading God’s word with the Immerse New Living Translation (NLT) Bible.

This daily Bible podcast will take you through the Bible in a year following the Immerse Bible Reading Experience. So grab your family and small group and go through the Bible in a year together with Immerse. Each of the 6 volumes is available online or at your favorite Christian bookstore.

Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the
daily bible reading experience.

Day 200

when King David was settled in his
palace and the Lord had given him

rest from all the surrounding enemies.

The king summoned Nathan the prophet.

Look, David said, I am living
in a beautiful Cedar palace.

But the ark of God is out there in a tent.

Nathan replied to the king, Go
ahead and do whatever you have in

mind, for the Lord is with you.

But that same night the Lord said to
Nathan, Go and tell my servant David,

This is what the Lord has declared.

Are you the one to build
a house for me to live in?

I have never lived in a house from
the day I brought the Israelites

out of Egypt until this very day.

I have always moved from one
place to another with a tent

and a tabernacle as my dwelling.

Yet no matter where I have gone with
the Israelites, I have never once

complained to Israel's tribal leaders,
the shepherds of my people Israel.

I have never asked them, Why haven't
you built me a beautiful cedar house?

Now go and say to my servant
David, This is what the Lord of

heaven's armies has declared.

I took you from tending sheep in
the pasture and selected you to be

the leader of my people, Israel.

I have been with you wherever you
have gone, and I have destroyed

all your enemies before your eyes.

Now I will make your name as famous
as anyone who has ever lived on

the earth, and I will provide a
homeland for my people, Israel.

Planting them in a secure place
where they will never be disturbed.

Evil nations won't oppress them as they've
done in the past, starting from the time I

appointed judges to rule my people Israel.

And I will give you rest
from all your enemies.

Furthermore, the Lord declares
that He will make a house

for you, a dynasty of kings.

For when you die and are buried with
your ancestors, I will raise up one of

your descendants, your own offspring,
and I will make His kingdom strong.

He is the one who will build a house,
a temple, for My name, and I will

secure His royal throne forever.

I will be His Father,
and He will be My Son.

If he sins, I will correct
and discipline him with the

rod, like any father would do.

But my favor will not be taken
from him as I took it from Saul,

whom I removed from your sight.

Your house and your kingdom will
continue before me for all time, and

your throne will be secure forever.

So Nathan went back to David
and told him everything the

Lord had said in this vision.

Then King David went in and sat
before the Lord and prayed, Who am I?

O Sovereign Lord, and what is my family
that you have brought me this far?

And now, Sovereign Lord, in addition
to everything else, you speak of

giving your servant a lasting dynasty.

Do you deal with everyone
this way, O Sovereign Lord?

What more can I say to you?

You know what your servant is
really like, Sovereign Lord.

Because of your promise and
according to your will, you have

done all these great things and have
made them known to your servant.

How great you are, O Sovereign Lord!

There is no one like you.

We have never even heard
of another God like you.

What other nation on earth
is like your people Israel?

What other nation, O God,
have you redeemed from

slavery to be your own people?

You made a great name for yourself when
you redeemed your people from Egypt.

You performed awesome miracles
and drove out the nations and

gods that stood in their way.

You made Israel your
very own people forever.

And you, O Lord, became their God.

And now, O Lord God, I am your servant.

Do as you have promised
concerning me and my family.

Confirm it as a promise
that will last forever.

And may your name be honored forever,
so that everyone will say, The Lord

of heaven's armies is God over Israel.

And may the house of your servant
David continue before you forever.

O Lord of heaven's armies, God of Israel,
I have been bold enough to pray this

prayer to you, because you have revealed
all this to your servant, saying, I will

build a house for you, a dynasty of kings.

For you are God, O Sovereign Lord.

Your words are truth, and
you have promised these

good things to your servant.

And now, may it please you to
bless the house of your servant,

so that it may continue forever
before you, for you have spoken.

And when you grant a blessing
to your servant, O Sovereign

Lord, it is an eternal blessing.

This concludes today's
Immerse Reading Experience.

Thank you for joining us.