Rooted in God's Unfailing, Everlasting Love

We asked the honest question: Does God really love me, even when I mess up? Scripture answers with a steady, unblinking yes. Psalm 136 repeats it twenty-six times: His faithful love endures forever. If God says something once, we listen; if He says it twenty-six times, He is trying to settle it deep in our unbelieving hearts. God’s love is not seasonal, emotional, or conditional. It is who He is. He doesn’t have love as a feeling that comes and goes; He is love. If He stopped loving, He would stop being God.

Exodus 34 shows this in the moment right after Israel’s golden calf disaster. Not after Israel improved, but in the valley of their failure, God revealed Himself as compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. Love introduced itself after failure, not before perfection. That is why I urged us to stop measuring God’s love by our last mistake and to stop confusing His discipline with rejection. Hebrews 12 says He corrects those He loves.

Jeremiah 31:3 calls His love everlasting—no expiry date, no “until.” Before we were born, before we failed, before we even knew Him, He set His love on us. Abraham is proof: chosen by God before he proved anything, and kept by God even when he faltered. Lamentations 3 was written amid ruins, yet it dares to confess that the Lord’s faithful love never ends and His mercies are new every morning. You can lose Wi‑Fi, battery, and patience—but you cannot outrun His mercy.

This love is not a flimsy feeling; it is covenant love—hesed—loyal, binding, and better than any contract. David’s kindness to Mephibosheth flowed from covenant with Jonathan, not Mephibosheth’s merit. In the same way, God’s love toward us rests on His promise and Christ’s finished work, not our performance. So we renounce performance-based Christianity and receive the love that draws us, anchors us, corrects us, and sends us. Let this revelation move from head to heart: you are loved with an everlasting love, and His faithful love over your life will not fail.

Key Takeaways

• 1. Love rooted in God’s nature God does not love as a reaction; He loves as His essence. That means your best day doesn’t inflate His love and your worst day doesn’t deflate it. Discipline is not an eviction notice; it is family proof. Receiving this frees you from living under the tyranny of your last success or failure.
• 2. Eternal love with no expiry God’s love predates your life and outlives your failures. He set His affection on you before you could perform or rebel, and He will not revoke what He eternally purposed. This creates a stable ground for repentance—turning back is safe because the door of love was never locked. Hope grows when tomorrow’s mercy is already scheduled.
• 3. Unfailing mercy in real failure Jeremiah declared unfailing love while standing in a broken city. God’s mercy isn’t theoretical; it shows up in wildernesses, ruins, and relapses. Fresh mercy is not a reset of a scoreboard but a restoration of a relationship. Let your need become the place where His constancy proves itself.
• 4. Covenant love secures our identity Hesed is loyal, binding, promise-keeping love anchored in God’s character and Christ’s covenant. When identity rests on covenant, we serve from acceptance, not for it. This ends the anxious hustle of earning love and makes obedience a response of gratitude. Security in love becomes the soil where holiness actually grows.

1. Psalm 136 repeats the same refrain many times. What is that refrain, and what things or actions does the psalmist list as reasons to return to that refrain?
2. In Jeremiah 31:3 what two truths are stated about God’s love (look at verbs and time language)?
3. Lamentations 3:22–23 was written in a ruined city. What words does the writer use to describe God’s mercy, and how do those words stand against the writer’s circumstances?
4. The sermon said, “Love introduced itself after failure, not before perfection” (Exodus 34 example). Where in the story of Israel’s golden calf does God reveal His character, and which attributes does He name?

1. What does the repeated “his faithful love endures forever” in Psalm 136 suggest about human memory and God’s intent in reminding people of his love?
2. How should the phrase “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jer. 31:3) shape a believer’s understanding of God’s timing and initiative in relationship with us?
3. Lamentations declares mercies are “new every morning.” In what ways does that language change the idea of mercy from a one-time reset to an ongoing reality for someone who keeps failing?
4. The sermon contrasts covenantal hesed with conditional contracts. What difference does covenant loyalty make for how one interprets God’s discipline or correction (Hebrews 12 idea)?

1. Think of a recent mistake or failure you’re still carrying. In what ways have you been measuring God’s love by that last mistake? Name one concrete thought you can replace the next time that memory resurfaces (for example: replace “God must hate me” with “God set his love on me before I could earn it”).
2. When you experience correction, what is a short, specific prayer or Bible verse you can say in that moment to remind yourself it’s not rejection but loving discipline? (Pick one and practice it this week.)
3. Identify one area where you work hard to earn approval (at home, at work, in church). What is one specific action you will take this week to stop performing for acceptance and instead receive God’s acceptance (for example: admit a struggle to a trusted friend, set aside one achievement-focused task, or intentionally accept a compliment without qualifying it)?
4. Who is a person in your life that feels unlovable or whose failures make them easy to reject? What is one act of hesed (loyal, covenantal kindness) you can do for them in the next 7 days—something that communicates you belong to them, not because of performance but because of promise?
5. The sermon encouraged moving revelation from head to heart. What daily practice will you adopt for the next two weeks to rehearse God’s unfailing love (examples: read Lamentations 3:22–23 each morning, memorize Jeremiah 31:3, or journal three ways you experienced mercy each day)?
6. Pick one declaration from the sermon’s list (for example, “I am loved with an everlasting love” or “My past is forgiven”). How will you use that declaration this week—when and how will you say it so it begins to shape your emotions and choices?
7. When you begin to doubt God’s love, who could you call or meet with in the next 48 hours to share that doubt and receive encouragement? Name that person now and plan the outreach.