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What a glorious song of praise to God. Take some time and pray this Psalm to God.Reflect on it as you pray; think of the awesomeness of God, and all He does for us.In our busy lives, we do not take the time to just pray a "praise prayer" to God. Takesome time alone, and think of everything you can think of that God is and does for thisworld, for His saints, and even for you, personally.I can never come to grips with understanding why God bothers with me! Who am I thatGod is mindful of me. I'm nothing before a Holy and Righteous God. Look at all God hasdone. Look at the majestic world and heavens He has created. Who am I compared to allof that?For further reading, check out this Who am I devotion on this question on my devotionalwebsite, and also a Who am I Poem.Pray today that God would help you to think of the many ways God has blessed you, andthen tell Him!ScripturesA multi-level marketing companyBy Christians and for ChristiansWhat a great way to witness to your friends and family, by purchasinggifts with Scripture verses on them. Croft Enterprises 200810

November 5The Hope of the Faithful1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: mygoodness extendeth not to thee;3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom isall my delight.4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: theirdrink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into mylips.5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thoumaintainest my lot.6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodlyheritage.7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins alsoinstruct me in the night seasons.8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, Ishall not be moved. Croft Enterprises 200811

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shallrest in hope.10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thineHoly One to see corruption.11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; atthy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.Psalm 16Psalm 16 is such a wonderful Psalm of encouragement to the Christian. This is a praisePsalm to Christ, looking to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:2This is another Psalm that would be a great prayer to God. We all have a tendency todominate our thoughts with ourselves. How much better if our speech and thoughts werefilled with faith and praise to Christ. We look to Christ as our Lord, our portion of ourinheritance, the One who maintains our lot, Who gives us counsel, and Who is always atour right hand.What are the results of having this attitude before us at all times? My heart is glad, myglory rejoices, and my flesh will rest in hope.What do we know of God? You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow YourHoly One to see corruption. You will show me the path of life; in Your presence isfullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.Pray today that you will lift your heart in praise to God no matter what the day brings. Croft Enterprises 200812

November 6I Sought the Lord1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be inmy mouth.2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hearthereof, and be glad.3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all myfears.5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were notashamed.6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out ofall his troubles.7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,and delivereth them.15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are openunto their cry.16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off theremembrance of them from the earth.17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them outof all their troubles. Croft Enterprises 200813

18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and savethsuch as be of a contrite spirit.19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD deliverethhim out of them all.22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of themthat trust in him shall be desolate.Psalm 34:1-7, 15-19 & 22God knows our many weaknesses, and He understands how discouraged we can become.In Psalm after Psalm we are encouraged by the faithfulness of our God who never leavesus nor forsakes us. Look at verse 7: The angel of the Lord encamps all around those whofear Him, and delivers them.The world loves riches and views those who have them as wise and powerful. But howcan any be wise and powerful without the Lord? He may be powerful for a time, but soonanother will take his place. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears areopen to their cry. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off theremembrance of them from the earth. Psalm 34:15-16Christians must become poor before they will be rich and weak before they will bestrong. Our riches and our strength is in the Lord. Verse 6 tells us: This poor man criedout and the Lord heard him.Pray today that you will be humble and poor before the Lord and seek His wisdom andriches.More Daily Bible Devotionsfrom the Psalms Croft Enterprises 200814

November 7The Shadow of Your Wings6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a greatdeep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children ofmen put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; andthou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thyrighteousness to the upright in heart.Psalm 36:6-10Take some time today to ponder the words of this Psalm. What does it mean to put yourtrust under the shadow of God's wings? I like to think of a child who has no thought orworry about having a place to stay or food to eat. He looks to his parents to provide forhim. Yet, how often do we fret and stew and worry about not having enough money?Romans 8:15 says this, For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, butyou received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. It is not natural forthe believer to fear. Instead he should cry out to God saying Papa, Father! Abba is a wordof endearment a child might use when speaking to their father. We are adopted by Christand as such are sons of God! Croft Enterprises 200815

Just ponder that awhile. God, the creator of heaven and earth, adopts us to be Hischildren! I do not understand such a great and mighty God who would think to look uponsuch creatures of sin as we are. I can only fall down before God and thank Him.Pray today that you would be surrounded by the comfort of God, your Father in everycircumstance this day brings.Download my free eBook,20 Devotions on Love,When you sign up for my freeBi-monthly Devotional ReflectionsNewsletter Croft Enterprises 200816

November 8He Set My Feet Upon a Rock1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heardmy cry.2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, andset my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth notthe proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hastdone, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned upin order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are morethan can be numbered.Psalm 40:1-5Have you every wondered why God doesn't take us to heaven the moment we become aChristian? Why must we stay so long in this world that is so full of envy, hatred, andstrife?Never forget that it is God alone who saves us, and that we are saved for a purpose! It isGod who has brought me up out of a horrible pit . . . and set my feet upon a rock, andestablished my steps. The normal, natural Christian life is a life of praise and joy to God.Not just the showy kind of praise and joy, but it is a new song in our heart that produces a Croft Enterprises 200817

peace and joy that becomes visible to all of those around us.When peace and joy in spite of circumstances are evident in our life many will see it andfear, and will trust in the Lord. This does not mean we are happy, happy all the time; butrather, we have such a complete confidence and trust in God in all of our experiences inlife, that we are filled with a deep inner peace.Pray today that God will grant you complete confidence and trust in God that will beevident to all of those around you.I highly recommend this site! Croft Enterprises 200818

November 9Out of the Ivory Palaces6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is aright sceptre.7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thyGod, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivorypalaces, whereby they have made thee glad.9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy righthand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget alsothine own people, and thy father's house;11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; andworship thou him.Psalm 45:6-11How interesting that this Psalm follows Psalm 44. Remember our theme yesterday:adoring God. Here we have an entire Psalm that does just that! Verses 6-9 use the pictureof God as our King; He comes to us out of the ivory palaces.Look how Psalm 45 begins: My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite mycomposition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Verse 1 Croft Enterprises 200819

Now there is something for us to do; write a composition of praise to God! Make it yourown; use the personal experiences of your own life. We just cannot praise God enough;and yet we tend to do so little of it! What a mighty God we have; He sent His only Son tosave a people for Himself by dying on the cross to pay for our sins! Do you understandthat? I don't; and yet I constantly praise Him for it.For what other things should we praise Him? How about the breathtaking world He hasput us in; His power to keep this world in place and establish the balance of nature; thesongs of the birds each morning singing their praises to Him; the miracle of a newborn,so helpless and in need; the joy of Christian marriage when the man and woman loveeach other with all of their hearts; or a prosperous nation and the comforts it brings to us(God made us prosperous, not mankind.) This just barely scratches the surface of all thatGod is and does for His children.Pray today that God would fill you with a spirit of praise to Him as you go about thecircumstances this day brings you.Contact Me!I would really like to hear from you.Send your comments, suggestions, prayer requests,And even criticisms. Croft Enterprises 200820

November 10The Lord Most High is Awesome1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice oftriumph.2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all theearth.3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whomhe loved. Selah.5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, singpraises.7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of hisholiness.9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of theGod of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he isgreatly exalted.Psalm 47 Croft Enterprises 200821

The war is already over! Do you remember the story of the Japanese man found on adeserted island many years after the end of World War II. There he was, still defendingthe island for Japan; it was not easy for his rescuers to convince him that the war hadbeen over for over a decade!Do you know that we do the same thing? We live as those we are still in the midst of awar between good and evil; worse than that, most people do not even believe that such awar exists! That is not true of Satan. He knows that the war is already over; he knows heis already defeated. He sure does a good job of convincing us otherwise.God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. How would you live differentlyif you truly believed that and acted upon it? Remember those high school basketball days.Try to convince the cheerleaders that they have not already won even before the gamebegins! Before the first ball is tipped off, the cheers of victory have already begun.Pray today for a victorious spirit as you live this day; God has already won!Join me as an AffiliateFor Site Build It! Croft Enterprises 200822

November 11The Streams of God4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach untothee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with thegoodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of oursalvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of themthat are afar off upon the sea:6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded withpower:7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and thetumult of the people.8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thoumakest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with theriver of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thouhast so provided for it.10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrowsthereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springingthereof. Croft Enterprises 200823

11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hillsrejoice on every side.13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered overwith corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.Psalm 65:4-13David did not believe in “Mother Nature.” As a boy, David spent years out in the hillstaking care of his father’s flocks. As a man, David spent many years in forests, caves,mountains, valleys, etc. when he was being pursued by Saul, and later by Abner, his son.Because of David’s intimate knowledge of nature, he constantly praised God usingexamples from nature. He also, as in this Psalm, illustrated the power and strength of Godby using examples from nature. Look at all that God does in Psalm 65: He cares for theland and waters it, He fills the streams with water for their crops, He softens the earthwith showers to facilitate planting, He blesses the harvest with abundance of crops, Heclothes even the desert and the hills, and the flocks and the valleys mantled with grainshout for joy and sing praise to God.Did you think that man was the only being to praise God? The plants, animals, birds,rivers, mountains, i.e. everything on earth sings praises to God. Just as in Adam’s sin, notonly was man cursed, but the whole earth was cursed as well. Just as Christians lookforward to the time when Christ will return and take His saints with him to heaven, so allof nature looks forward to the time when God will create a new earth, perfect in everyway.Pray today that God would help you observe nature all around you as it sings praises toGod; pray that you, too, will sing praises to God this day!I Work from My Own Home!You Can Too! Croft Enterprises 200824

November 12The Mighty One Has Spoken1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earthfrom the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devourbefore him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he mayjudge his people.16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare mystatutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hastbeen partaker with adulterers.19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thineown mother's son. Croft Enterprises 200825

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that Iwas altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set themin order before thine eyes.Psalm 50:1-4 & 16-21This is a very sobering Psalm and one we must take care to act upon. It describes the timeto come which we will all experience. God will bring all of the souls of men togetherfrom heaven above and the earth beneath. No one will escape this courtroom. He is a justGod; He will not be bought with money. The only payment He will receive is from thosewho have bowed the knee before Christ and cried out to Him for salvation. God then seesthe righteousness of Christ when He gazes upon us.There are only two classes of people in this courtroom; the Godly and the ungodly. Hewill gather His saints together with Him, but the ungodly will be sent to the eternal lakeof fire. This is not a scare tactic, it simply is the truth!Many today do not believe there is a God because, in spite of their great sin, they havenever been struck by lightning or have been judged in any way. God's answer to themwhen they stand before Him is: These things you have done, and I kept silent; youthought that I was altogether like you; but I will rebuk

Daily Bible Devotions. blog, and now also appear on my . Devotional Reflections from the Bible website. I am dedicating this eBook to my daughter, Margaret. I am especially thankful for her tireless confidence in me, as well as her constant encouragement. I