Sure Mercies

Preached by Apostle Sydney Quaye, the Global Lead Pastor of Shekinah Avenue Church. In “Sure Mercies,” Apostle Sydney Quaye unveils mercy as far more than pity for sin: it is when God does for a man what he cannot do for himself—setting laws aside to give him the good he does not deserve, even when judgment is due. Using the courtroom picture, he explains how a guilty person can be legally condemned by the law, yet the judge chooses leniency; that is mercy. In the same way, God calls Himself “gracious and merciful,” and in Christ has given us what Scripture calls “the sure mercies of David”—an everlasting covenant where goodness and mercy are guaranteed, not unpredictable. Apostle Sydney shows from Isaiah 55, Acts 13:34, and Psalm 23 that these sure mercies are a resurrection benefit and a daily reality: we are the ones mercy has chosen and given “the choicest” in life—health, preservation, favor, open doors and victories in battle, like David before Goliath. Even when every natural law is against us—age, background, experience, family history—mercy overrides the laws, chooses us out of the crowd, and sets a table before us in the presence of our enemies. This message calls you to bury fear and anxiety, put your name where “David” is, and boldly walk through every season declaring: “Surely, goodness and mercy follow me all the days of my life—these are the sure mercies of God at work in me.”