Communion Sunday: Great Is Your Faithfulness

Watch the whole sermon as we remember the Lord’s Table and fix our hope on a God who never breaks a promise. Hear how Scripture leads us to look back to the cross, look around at God’s daily mercies, and look ahead to a blameless future in Christ.

In a world that often feels uncertain and chaotic, where do we turn when everything around us seems to be crumbling? How do we maintain hope when circumstances threaten to overwhelm us? These questions have echoed through the hearts of believers throughout history, and the answers remain as relevant today as they were thousands of years ago.

There are moments in life when we need to pause and remember. Not just recall facts or events, but truly remember the foundational truths that anchor our souls. The practice of remembrance is woven throughout Scripture, calling God's people to stop, reflect, and redirect their hearts toward what truly matters.

When we gather to remember Christ and what He accomplished on the cross, we're doing more than participating in a ritual. We're declaring our faith. We're proclaiming that Jesus died for our sins, that He shed His blood for our forgiveness, and that through Him alone we find redemption. This remembrance becomes a lifeline when everything else fails.

The cross at Calvary represents God's greatest work, His ultimate demonstration of love and faithfulness. There, Jesus satisfied God's wrath so that all who believe in Him would not perish but have everlasting life. This isn't just ancient history—it's the living reality that transforms our present and secures our future.

The prophet Jeremiah penned some of the most poignant words in Scripture during one of Israel's darkest hours. In Lamentations 3:21-24, he writes: "Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's faithful love, we do not perish, for his mercies never end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. I say, the Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in him."

These words emerged from a context of devastation. Judah had rebelled against God, and the nation was experiencing the consequences of turning away from their Creator. God's presence and favor seemed distant. Their world was literally in ruins. Yet in this darkest moment, the prophet declares hope.

Why? Because he called to mind who God is.

This is a crucial lesson for us today. When our nation seems to be drifting from God, when our personal circumstances feel overwhelming, when we're tempted to despair—we must call to mind the character of God. We must remember that our God is not a God who desires to destroy, but a God who desires to restore.

Hope isn't found in our circumstances improving. Hope isn't found in political leaders or economic stability. Hope isn't even found in our own strength or determination. True hope is found exclusively in God's person and God's promises.

The prophet's hope was rooted in two realities: God's faithful love and God's never-ending mercies. These aren't abstract theological concepts—they're daily, tangible realities. Every morning we wake up is a testament to God's mercy. Every breath we take proclaims His faithfulness.

Consider the promise embedded in these words: "We do not perish." This isn't wishful thinking or positive self-talk. This is the declaration of an eternal reality secured by God Himself. When we place our trust in Christ, we are eternally secure. Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 100 invites us to "acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are his people, the sheep of his pasture." This acknowledgment changes everything. When we recognize that God is the Creator and we are His creation, we understand that our existence has purpose and meaning beyond ourselves.

The psalmist continues: "For the Lord is good, and his faithful love endures forever, his faithfulness through all generations." This isn't a temporary arrangement. God's faithfulness isn't dependent on our performance or circumstances. It endures forever, spanning generations, outlasting kingdoms and empires.

What does this mean practically? It means that when you're facing that impossible situation at work, God is faithful. When your marriage is struggling, God is faithful. When your children are wandering, God is faithful. When your health is failing, God is faithful. When you feel alone and forgotten, God is faithful.

The establishment of a new covenant through Christ's blood represents the ultimate expression of God's faithfulness. For centuries, God had promised a Savior. From the moment sin entered the world in the Garden of Eden, God declared that a descendant of the woman would crush the serpent's head.

Generation after generation waited for this promise to be fulfilled. Prophets spoke of His coming. The faithful longed for redemption. And then, in the fullness of time, God sent His Son.

Jesus didn't come to establish another religious system of rules and regulations. He came to offer something far greater: fellowship with God. Christianity isn't about following laws to earn God's favor—it's about a personal, real relationship with the living God through His Son, Jesus Christ.

When we embrace this truth, everything changes. We're no longer defined by our past failures or present struggles. We're defined by our relationship with Christ. We have new purpose, new values, new identity.

Perhaps one of the most comforting promises in Scripture is found in 1 Corinthians 1:8-9: "He will also strengthen you to the end so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful. You were called by him into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ, our Lord."

Read that again slowly. God will strengthen you. Not might strengthen you. Will strengthen you. This is His promise, His commitment, His guarantee.

You don't have to live your Christian life in your own power. You don't have to face tomorrow's challenges with only today's strength. God promises to strengthen you continually, all the way to the end.

Why? So that you will stand blameless before Him. Not because of your perfection, but because of Christ's perfect work on your behalf.

This promise transforms how we face each day. When we're weak, He is strong. When we're discouraged, He is our hope. When we're tempted to give up, He provides the strength to persevere. Our weaknesses become opportunities for God to display His power and receive glory.

God's faithfulness isn't just a theological concept—it's demonstrated daily through countless signs we often take for granted. The sunrise each morning proclaims His new mercies. The food in our refrigerator testifies to His provision. The breath in our lungs declares His sustaining grace. Our children and grandchildren are living reminders of His faithfulness across generations.

Every heartbeat is a sign. Every season that changes on schedule is evidence. Every need that's been met, every prayer that's been answered, every trial we've survived—all point to a faithful God who never abandons His people.

The heavens declare the glory of God. The skies proclaim the work of His hands. Creation itself is a continuous testimony to God's faithfulness, power, and love.

When we truly grasp God's faithfulness, it changes how we live. We walk with confidence, not in ourselves, but in Him. We face opposition knowing that our victory is secure. We battle spiritual warfare equipped with His strength. We endure suffering with hope because we know the end of the story.

Our mission becomes clear: to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to a hurting, empty, broken world. We have hope to offer because we serve a faithful God who redeems and restores. Our nation needs this message. Our neighbors need this hope. Our children and grandchildren need to see faith lived out authentically.

As believers, we don't live as victims—we live as overcomers. We're not powerless—we're empowered by the Holy Spirit. We don't face a hopeless end—we face an endless hope.

God's faithfulness isn't just about what He's done in the past or what He'll do in the distant future. His faithfulness is present tense. He is faithful today, right now, in this moment. And because He is faithful today, He will be faithful tomorrow and forevermore.

This is the promise that sustains us: God is faithful to His word, faithful to His plan, faithful to His people. He was faithful to send a Savior. He is faithful to forgive our sins. He will be faithful to strengthen us to the end.

When we call this to mind, we have hope. Not a wishful, fingers-crossed kind of hope, but a confident, assured hope rooted in the unchanging character of God.

So let your soul sing: Great is His faithfulness. Morning by morning, new mercies we see. All we have needed, His hand has provided. Great is His faithfulness.

• Faithful love — ḥesed (חֶסֶד): covenantal, loyal love; God’s steady, promise-keeping kindness that does not let go.
• Mercies/compassions — raḥamim (רַחֲמִים): womb-like compassion; tender affection that moves God to act.
• Faithfulness — ’ĕmûnāh (אֱמוּנָה): firmness, reliability; God’s unwavering dependability.
• Portion — ḥēleq (חֵלֶק): allotted inheritance; God Himself is our treasure and sufficiency.

Redemptive Truth: In exile’s darkness, hope rises from who God is, not from how life feels. At the cross, ḥesed and raḥamim meet (Ps 85:10). Jesus secures for us an everlasting “portion” (1 Pet 1:3–5), so we can say, “The Lord is my portion” even when resources feel thin.

You can preach to your soul what is most true about God until hope returns—His love is loyal, His mercies are fresh, and He Himself is enough.

Mercy in the morning leads to posture in the waiting; hope deepens as we trust God’s timing.

• Wait — qāwâ (קָוָה): to hope with tensile expectancy; like a cord pulled taut—faith under tension.
• Seek — dāraš (דָּרַשׁ): to pursue attentively; to inquire diligently of the Lord.
• Salvation — yešûʿāh (יְשׁוּעָה): rescue, deliverance—anticipating the fullness we have in Yeshua/Jesus.

Theological Truth: Waiting is not passivity; it is worship under pressure. Seeking is not searching for what is lost but turning toward the God who is near (Jer 29:13). In Christ, waiting is never wasted—God forms endurance that anchors joy (Rom 5:3–5).

Holy waiting—seeking God with a quieted heart—becomes the greenhouse where hope grows sturdy.

Waiting hearts become worshiping hearts; gratitude opens the gate. Psalm 100 shows us how to enter.

• “Shout triumphantly” — rûaʿ (רוּעַ): a jubilant cry of allegiance to the King.
• “Acknowledge/know” — yādaʿ (יָדַע): to know intimately by relationship.
• “He made us, and we are his”: identity before activity—we belong to the Shepherd (Ps 100:3; John 10).
• “Faithful love…faithfulness” — God’s ḥesed and ’ĕmûnāh outlast every season and span generations.

Kingdom Truth: Worship re-aligns the soul to reality: God is Creator, we are His people, and His love spans generations. The Lord’s Supper embodies this—gratitude rooted in the cross, joy anchored in the resurrection, expectancy aimed at Christ’s return (1 Cor 11:26).

Gratitude is how faith breathes; praising God for who He is restores who you are.

Gratitude looks back and around; now Paul lifts our eyes forward—Christ keeps us to the end.

• Strengthen/confirm — bebaiōsei (βεβαιώσει): to make firm, establish securely.
• Blameless — anégklētos (ἀνέγκλητος): unaccused, beyond reproach—our final standing in Christ (Col 1:22).
• Fellowship — koinōnía (κοινωνία): shared life/union with the Son.
• Faithful — pistós (πιστός): trustworthy, true to His word—God’s character guarantees your finish.

Gospel Assurance: The One who called you will carry you. Communion points to the past (the cross), nourishes you in the present (grace for today), and promises your future (blameless at Christ’s Day). Your endurance rests on Christ’s intercession and Spirit’s indwelling, not your willpower.

Your future is as secure as God’s character; Jesus will not drop what His blood has purchased.

Mercy behind you, praise within you, strength before you—now respond with your whole life.

"Father, Your mercies met me this morning before I opened my eyes. Teach me to wait with a quiet heart, to enter Your courts with thanksgiving, and to trust that Jesus will keep me blameless to the end. Make gratitude my language and faithfulness my path. In Christ, my portion and my peace—amen."

• Praise God for His faithfulness and the signs of His presence in your lives
• Confess areas where you've relied on your own strength instead of His
• Thank God for the sacrifice of Jesus and the forgiveness we have through His blood
• Ask God to strengthen each group member for the challenges they face this week
• Pray for those who don't yet know the hope found in Christ