We live in a world where promises are broken every single day. Your boss breaks his promise to promote you. A person breaks the promise to pay you the loaned money. Your tenant breaks contract. Your friend changes plans last minute. Your parent fails to show up on your important event. Your colleague misses a deadline. Your partner who promised to always love you just ran off into the arms of another.  Many of us are victims of broken promises which caused disappointments in our lives. Broken promises hurt. They have the potential to severe relationships, bring heartache and wound deeply. My question today is, do we stand by our promises or are they sometimes half-hearted commitments, casually made and hence easily broken? When we say to someone, “I will pray for you,” do we? When we commit, “I will be there to help,” will we? When we obligate ourselves to pay a debt, do we? When we raise our hands to sustain a fellow member in a new calling, which means to give support, do we? In a world that allows for broken promises, how can we trust that the people around us are going to be committed to their word? The world we live in is tough especially during this pandemic where struggles and heartache are inevitable, and they may leave us wondering. … whom can we trust? Is there anyone out there who actually keeps every promise?   Change is a constant of life…but let me tell this morning….God is a rock of stability.  No matter what happens in life, we can hold on to this profound truth that God will never break His promises. NEVER. You know why?  Because He is trustworthy and faithful (2 Timothy 2:13).  We can rely on Him to do as He has said. It is His nature to be faithful. “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” He will never let us down. We can’t say that about people. In Malachi 3:6 God says clearly: “I the Lord do not change.”  You see,  a promise only has real value if it holds hands with commitment, faithfulness and perseverance.