GOD’S FACE AND FAVOUR!
Today’s Reading: Psalms 79-80
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Date palms flourishing in the Israeli heat of the Jordan Rift Valley.
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Key Verse: Psalm 80:14-15
Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;
Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
Psalm 79 pictures Jerusalem destroyed by surrounding nations. Yet at the time of Asaph Jerusalem was in the process of building the Temple. Under David and Solomon they experienced a period of safety and prosperity. Therefore, Asaph was given a prophecy of a time to come when the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Romans would, at various times, fulfill this prophecy. Approximately 1/3 of the Bible is prophecy. Therefore, we would do well to be aware of what will come on the earth in our future or in the future of our children.
Three times in Psalm 80 we’ve read the prayer, “Restore us O God!” Our key verse cries out for God’s return and reminds God that He has planted His people as a vineyard. Three times also Asaph prays for God’s face to shine upon them. Without the sunshine the vineyard cannot be healthy. We need to cry out for God’s favour on our land, repenting for our sins and the sins of the people of this world.
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Thank You, Father God, that You have restored me and others in our time by sending “the true Vine,” our Lord Jesus Christ! May I see Your face in Jesus today. I pray for Your continuing grace, Your favour, making Your face to shine upon us all. I ask with faith in the One who said, “I am the true Vine,” Jesus, Himself. Amen!!
100 PERSONAL WORDS:
I’ve just read Isaiah 5:1-7. This is a song sung by Isaiah about the vineyard of God’s people hundreds of years after Asaph’s song and just before the fulfillment of Asaph’s prophecy by the army of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. I’ve also read John 15:1-11, where Jesus, the true Vine, shows us the way to live so that, as Jesus said, “Your joy may be full.” The key words are: “Abide in Me (as a branch abides in the vine) and My words abide in you.”
Norma-Jean and I voted in the advance poll last Friday. We’ve done our part to elect the people we believe are best for Canada’s federal government over the next four years. The actual election day is Monday, October 19th! Please don’t fail to vote if you are a Canadian!!!
Tomorrow morning from 9:30 to 10:30 live on the Global TV Network, I’ve been invited by our Crossroads Global CEO, Dr. John Hull, to host the 10,000th telecast of 100 Huntley Street. How about that for a man in his 80th year!!! Please watch and then let me know your thoughts on the broadcast by a response here on the blog. I’ll treasure your comments…positive or negative. Get everyone you know to watch. There’s a repeat on YES-TV at 11 a.m., and then John will host a live prime time edition on YES-TV.
Yours to bless you and thank you for your faithful support through the years!!!
David
P.S. I celebrated with some family members last night as we watched the Toronto Blue Jays defeat Texas in their crucial playoff match. Knuckleballer R. A. Dickey pitched an excellent game for Toronto. Our 100 Huntley Street crew taped a great interview with R. A. Dickey where he shares his powerful personal story of faith. You can watch it HERE.
P.P.S. I told my great-grandchildren about the upcoming 10,000th program of 100 Huntley Street and they started celebrating with me already (see photos below). There’s a whole lot of celebrating going on this week!
My Neilson great-grandkids…Noelle, River, Myles and Autumn.
My Stowell great-grandkids…Aliyah, Kaylin and James.
Praise be to God for your strength David to do all you do may God give you continued strength to do His will God Bless You and Norma Jean and yoyr wonderful family I wish my family lived closer to me Love your blog and help me Lord to stay in The Vine
The Lord has indeed blessed 100 Huntley Street! Not just in Canada but throughout the world with the program! It is AMAZING GRACE! there is no other way to express oneself! Of course now with the internet the program can be watched in every corner of the world! Again, it is truly AMAZING GRACE!
I know that l00 Huntley Street has helped people get their act cleaned up and put away the booze! I know that some people have come to a point in their lives where they could turn one way and die, or turn the other way and live! 100 Huntley Street helped them make a decision to live! This program has been very helpful because it happens in your own home, your own living room. No one can see what is going on EXCEPT God!
I know of some very interesting stories of people coming to faith because of 100 Huntley Street, again I say, AMAZING GRACE!
Thank you David Mainse and thank you to your family for all you have done to make this blog possible!
Thank you David Mainse, and thank you to your family for all their help!
Amen my mom is going to have her surgery on Wednesday she is traveling over to Halifax this morning they have post phoned her surgery or as mom calls it cancelled
it four times it has been and anxious time for her waiting by the phone. Lucille my mom
mom does not know the lord please continue to pray for her as well as my family.
thanks everyone
Lianne
Holding your mom, Lucille up, Lianne, that her surgery takes place and God’s hands are upon the surgeons and healing her body. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Amen.
Father You know Lianne`s mom. You know the surgery she is going to have! You know her heart! It may have been wounded as a child! Father I pray the Holy Spirit will enter her heart and that she will come to the knowledge of knowing Jesus Christ as her Saviour! I pray that You will oversee the surgery and that all will go well and that this precious mother will be completely healed and be able to enjoy her life with her family. In Jesus Name I Pray AMEN
Amen.
I will be watching tomorrow! How exciting. Praise the Lord!
I just recently read R.A. Dickey’s book because of the interview. So good to hear
that they won!
Amen!
There are many avenues to make change in our lives, but often only lead back to where we started. The vine that is rooted (or routed) in Christ has proven time and time again to be our only real assurance of staying on “true track.” My prayers are with you David, as you host the 10,000th airing of 100 Huntley Street, and point the way!
Outstanding interview of RA Dickey. Very honest.
I watched that interview of R.A.Dickey a while back and just bought the book and reading it because of seeing him on 100 Huntley St. Looking forward to the 10,000 show tomorrow. David & Norma Jean you both have a beautiful legacy to leave for your great grandchildren, thanks for sharing stories and pics of them. May God continue to bless you both and keep yous in his care!
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing…. As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” Thank You, Jesus, for Your guidance and everlasting love. Thanks for the great photos, David. I will be watching, tomorrow. Way to go Blue Jays! God’s continued blessings, dearest saints.
Amen to all of the above.
And Amen!
Congratulations on 10,000 shows. That is incredible. 100 Huntley continues to inspire many people, myself included, on a daily basis. May God bless you for many years to come. (Thanks for sharing the R. A.
Dickey interview. He is a class act)
Praying and watching for you David, brother in Christ…
Blessings blog friends in Christ
I am always sharing portions from 100 Words on my FB when I feel led to do so.It is often one of the links provided and so it was today but when I red more of this scripture,one of my poems jumped into my head demanding to be included with that post so I went back and edited it to include this poem.
I do not get secular TV normally,just FTA TV so I don’t get any networks but I remember seeing YES TV listed on one of the FTA satellites so I will have to find that one.Thank you for all you do,David.I am nearly finished my 2 year mark with 100 Words.God bless
Abide In Me
Abide in me and I will give you life,
For if you first seek me out sincerely
Then you will share what grows rife,
In My grace where you are held dearly.
You are a branch and I am the tree,
With Me you will know life eternal,
But if cut off from your life with Me,
You are doomed to a life infernal.
So into my open arms you must flee,
For I love all who seek out my trust,
To accept the love,abundant and free,
Instead of greed that turns all to dust.
G W (Bill) Marshall/ February 20, 2013
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:1-11&version=ERV
Prayed with you Pastor David…and celebrating with you and your great-grandchildren…what a Blessing!!!
I too voted in advance.
Congratulation on the “10,000th” telecast!!!! hope to see you as you host it.
Wonderful and we celebrate with you! Praying for you David and looking forward to seeing the program tomorrow; and also hearing about your new ministry Ron and Ann. I will always remember your kindness in Israel. Tonight I am doing the Bible Study on Israel at our church and praying for the upcoming election. That was a good interview with R.A. Dickey. Prayers for your Mom, Lianne.
Wonderful scriptures today as usual. Keeping your mom in prayer Lianne and pray she will find Jesus as her strength and salvation.
Looking forward to 10000th show tomorrow and praying God’s blessing on the show and you Pastor
David and Norma-Jean
Please pray for my sister Lena who is having an operation tomorrow morning to remove a cancerous tumor. They caught it early and the outlook is positive, but I believe prayer is still important during this time and into her recovery stages. She had a lot of health issues in her life and she is bravest person I know, but even the brave need our Lord’s comforting presence in their life to sustain them when going through a difficult time. Thank you.
Donna; praying for your sister! Praise God that the tumor was dfound early enough to be removed and she will be completely haled!
have a friend who was put on Vit C,Zinc & Magnesioum thorugh intravenous and for 12 weeks. No radiation, very healthy! Lord God we pray for Lena; thank you for bringing this tumour to the attention of the medical team and we thank you Lord for complete healing throughout her whole body!
May she live a long life and continue to give You all the Glory and Praise in Jesus Name We Pray AMEN
NEVER DOUBT THE POWER OF PRAYER!
Holding your sister, Lena, up in prayer, Donna, for God’s healing hand to be upon her, amen.
Praying for your sister Lena, Donna, for total healing in the Mighty Name of Jesus the Greatest Physician!! and for your Mom, Lucille, Lianne, that all goes well and through it she come to know her Savior. Amen
Amen.
Amen!
10,000 programs…WOW!! 100 Huntley Street and your 100 Words devotional blesses me every day.Thanks to the exposure that the Inspirational Music in the Park concerts series (Brampton) has received over the years through 100 Huntley Street, I am thrilled to announce that this music outreach ministry has now expanded to Barrie Ontario and the town of Airdrie Alberta. God bless you David as you continue to bless others!! THANK YOU!!
Voted also early. Today I saw a beautiful flower. I wanted to ask what the name of the flower is but the clerk was talking to someone and I didn’t get the opportunity. It is a very small, dark royal purple colour, very round in shape like a miniature mum. It had one row circling near the top, of TINY white stars. So beautiful. So amazing. I don’t think even a florist could dream up such a beautiful little thing. May all eyes be open to God’s amazing beauty.
Congratulations re 10,000 programs. Looking forward, David, as you host this special milestone. Significant for this occur around election week. We truly need a Mighty outpouring of God convicting Spirit upon our country. “Let God arise, and His enemies be scattered”!
Great to see the precious grand and great-grand children. Oh, may God protect them!
Prayers for Lianne’s mom, Lucille (for surgery and salvation) and also for Lena as she undergoes surgery to remove a tumor.
May God continue to bless all those who have family who need the Lord, as well as, many who are going through difficult times.
Blessings to all. Samuel
Amen David! I’m looking at the pictures of you and your grandchildren and I’m reading my coffee mug “Fathers couldn’t be everywhere, that’s why God created GRANDPAS!!!
Thank you David Mainse for your unselfish labour of love in supplying us with fresh bread daily! I’m constantly blessed and inspired through this daily discipline, your insights and prayers, the many links you supply and by your devotion to your wife, Norma Jean, and to your whole family. It’s a wonderful testimony to your 100% commitment to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Tomorrow’s program will be exciting to watch, truly a supernatural accomplishment. I am praying for you and Norma Jean and the whole team! May you experience God’s presence, power and pleasure. Thanking God for you I remain a devoted and grateful blog follower.
Ps a special thanks to Reynold who’s photography is outstanding. And praying for Ron and Ann who have been a part of this from the start.
What a great testimony bu R.A. Dickey!!
Isaiah 5:1-7 Israel …God’s Vineyard…His Great Love!!
John 15:1-11 HE IS THE TRUE VINE!!!