I pray that you had a blessed day of worship of the Lord’s Day and that your faith was encouraged and strengthened in the word of God. I pray the that you begin this day and continue through this week giving praise to the Lord “for His merciful kindness is great toward us.” Psalms 117 is the shortest chapter of all scriptures and the center chapter in the Bible. All the Bible hinges of these words. At the core of the word of God is that He is merciful, and His truth endures forever. We can rejoice in that “His merciful kindness is great toward us.” His mercy is great to all mankind in that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23) yet He loved us so the He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world that none should perish but have everlasting life (Jn 3:16). His merciful kindness is great “in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom 5:8). God withheld the death that we deserved and “in due time Christ died for the ungodly” (Rom 5:6). His mercies are great and mighty to forgive our greatest sins (Amos 5:12). Our fall and failure to sin robs us of the eternal glory of God. Within ourselves, we have no strength nor ability to keep ourselves from sin nor save ourselves out of sin. God in His merciful kindness sent His Son to die for us that we might fulfill His created purpose for us to have life and life everlasting to know Him and His Son, Jesus Christ (Jn 17:3). This is the hope of all the saints of Christ and the promise of God “who cannot lie” (Tit 1:2) for “the truth of the Lord endureth forever.” The eternal hope of the children of God rests upon “His merciful kindness…the truth of the Lord.” My friend, even now He calls unto His children who may have sinned and hide in shame, to know that He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 Jn 1:9). What a marvelous and awesome He is. Father thank You for Your love and Your mercies that are new every day. I praise You for Your merciful kindness and rest in Your truth that endues forever. In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.