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Isaiah 54:10.    For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 
 
Oh Friends, it’s a new day, one with new mercies and blessings prepared especially for today! Oh Glory! And I’m gladly seeing an inkling of one of those blessings already, a sprinkling of rain. Thank you Lord! For though the sunny days are nice, without that blessed heavenly water raining down on us, the earth will not be able to reproduce the things it needs to sustain life. So please, let’s all be thankful this Thursday morning, let’s go out with a thankful heart regardless of the difficulties and problems that beset us, just like Jesus did each and every day of His earthly sojourn. And we can do this without fear or dread because of our Bit, a great promise of our God: ‘For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.’ Oh my people, that is one of the greatest promises found in the Word! Upon it we can securely build our lives and sure foundations! Do we really realize what it says, as well as what it really means? I’m not so sure, else we’d surely make greater use of it. Here is Almighty God, Creator of the universe and all therein, Alpha and Omega, the most powerful Being in existence, promising us that though the hills and mountains may be destroyed, His LOVE, His kindness towards us will never stop. He will continue blessing us regardless of what happens to the physical world, once we obey His will. Wow! Isn’t that mind boggling Friends? And furthermore, He will NEVER break the oath, the covenant of peace He made with our forefathers, which means we’ll walk in peace forevermore, if we stay faithful to Him. Oh my brethren, has any other God, in fact, can any other supposed god promise such a great and everlasting promise? Certainly not! That’s because there’s ONLY ONE TRUE God in all the world; He of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob! And He’s backed up that promise ever since it was made! And all God’s people sang His praises in a loud and joyous voice! Yes Friends, for all His undeserving goodness to the children of sinful, rebellious men, He’s certainly worthy of our undying LOVE and praise. The problem here though is whether we have the faith and trust to accept His promise, to stand on, live and die by it? Now that’s the number one question! And unfortunately it seems that very many, too many of us don’t have that vital faith, because we are being led by the wicked ways of the world and not by the faithful promise of our God. Oh my brethren, just look at where the world’s evil ways have gotten us nuh; well on the road to self-destruction. And just look at the petty, selfish foolishness that’s being played out in the U.S, where the two governing political parties are at loggerheads to renew the debt ceiling of the gov’t. Failure to do so by August 2, will basically mean an insolvent gov’t; one unable to pay its bills, and consequently cause untold worldwide economic disaster. It’s already underway, with the Stock Markets losing millions of dollars in the last couple days, and people losing faith and trust in the U.S gov’t. How foolish can we be eh, playing partisan politics and brinkmanship with the world’s future at stake? That’s four days to go before the world’s most powerful nation will renege on its promise to pay its bills, simply because two sets of ignorant, arrogant, power hungry, money grubbing fools put their personal agenda before that of their nation and the entire world. For make no mistake, though the U.S. may be in decline, still, as it goes, so does the rest of the world. Now put that promise of the U.S. gov’t to pay its bills beside that of our great God to never leave or forsake us, despite the physical destruction of the earth and to always keep His covenant of peace. That of our God is clearly superior in every way! Mankind can, and will renege on its promises, but trust me Friends, and I’m speaking here from personal experience, our God NEVER will. And we’ll end today with some very appropriate words of the psalmist. ‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present (abundantly available) help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst (heart) of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.’ (Ps.46:1-3) Oh my people, let’s write those words indelibly in our hearts, souls and minds, then go out and stand strong and steadfast on them, because they are infallible words of our Most High God and consequently will NEVER be broken. More on this tomorrow, God in favour. Till then keep on trusting in Him, for He will never let us down. Much LOVE!…men’s promises are made to be broken…but not those of our faithful God…NEVER EVER!