Reasons Why I'm Not Panicking God's Promises (Video) — Shane Idleman

Anchoring Our Lives in God’s Word and Promises

And look at the tornado just went through Kentucky and that area and there's so much fear and what is going on and people are panicking. Even Christians are panicking about things and here's the reasons why I'm not panicking.

One reason, God's promise is because there is only one solution, one remedy, one treatment, one cure, one answer, one hope and that is getting anchor back into the life, our lives back into God's word and anchored into his promises.

And I know a lot of people they'll say, but Shane, and I get this sometimes, the Titanic has been hit, there's nothing we can do. Well, you can jump into the lifeboat of God's arms of safety and forgiveness and restoration.

You can do something. We're not called to give up and give in. We're actually called to hold the ground. We're called to fight and do business until he returns. We're called to contend for truth in a postmodern culture.

We're not called to back up. We're called to push forward and Jesus said, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail. It depends what side of the fence are we on. Are we backing away and panicking and living in fear or are we seeking God again with all of our heart, with all of our strength and listen, the red, white and blue is not gonna save you.

Only the crimson blood of Jesus Christ is gonna save us in these dire times. I love our country. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but our hope is not in elections and voting and different things even though it's good to do.

We've gotta get back to soul searching, Bible reading, truth elevating, churches again that proclaim the truth of God's word and the power of the Holy Spirit, convicting the sinner, encouraging the prodigal and watch what God does in that environment.

Creation, the Fall, and the Flood

So back to Genesis and if you're somewhat new, you can start in Genesis one when you get home. Read up to Genesis nine and you'll be caught up. We're going through the entire Bible. I'm going not necessarily verse by verse, but chapter by chapter, principle by principle.

We learned about the creation of the universe. Yes, there was a creation. Creation screams creator. God put these things into motion. There was the fall of man. We talked about the fall of man. So Shane, how old is the earth?

Well, you're gonna have to go rewind on YouTube and find that sermon. We talked about that, the age of the earth, the sin that entered in, how sin entered in, the fall of man, all of that. And now, God destroyed the earth with a flood.

And only Noah and his family were saved. And I also talked about, if you have skeptics, you can go back to some of those sermons, but how they're finding seashells and mountaintops and the archeological discoveries and how the Grand Canyon, how would you just cover a billion fossils at once?

And there's so much evidence for the flood that it's actually, it's not people deny God because lack of evidence. They deny God because they don't want there to be a God. I want to do what I want, when I want, to who I want.

And I don't want there to be a God. So it doesn't have anything to do with facts. It has to do with the heart, where the human heart is at. And so chapter nine, the ark has landed. The waters have receded.

So God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. And I just thought of this week. Even 50, 60 years ago, did you know that big families were a blessing?

Well, lots of kids. Now I tell people I have five and they're like, whoa. Oh, how, oh, they about lose their mind. Don't you know that's gonna hurt the ecosystem? Don't you know global warming and more?

And it's like, they forget it's a blessing. Kids are a blessing. Be fruitful and multiply. We talked about that sex was God's idea a month ago. Don't let it corrupt you, that's his idea. He created it.

And then what the word perversion comes from, pervert, is to take what is straight and to pervert it off course. And that's what society does. They pervert the word of God. They pervert good things. I can't believe Shane mentioned that in church.

Well, I've got a lot of things I'm gonna mention, so hold tight. And he said, and the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth. So that is why beasts of the earth fear man.

God has put man in dominion over the earth. So a common misconception out there is that we are not good stewards of the environment when actually Christians should be good stewards of the environment.

Anybody go hiking in the mountains or the high Sierras, and I always tell the kids, let's take back more than we brought in. Let's keep it cleaner than when we arrived. Let's make a difference. Let's recycle.

Let's care about these things. But ultimately, we don't worship Mother Earth. We worship Father God. We put God on the pedestal, not this new age philosophy. And then I'm skipping ahead here to verse three.

Food, Blood, and Biblical Dietary Principles

Every moving thing that lives. Now, this is pretty interesting, at least to me, with the background in fitness and diet and nutrition and all these things that, you know, the plant-based diet debate with the meat eaters and the vegan and the plant, the whole foods and the raw and the keto and intermittent fasting.

And what do you do? What don't you do? You can't eat dairy. You should eat dairy. You can't eat fruit. You should eat fruit. And it's, it's confusing. Well, for 1600 years about, we ate, you ready for this?

We ate plants. You bacon lovers out there? We ate mainly plants. And the reason is because the life-giving food, the nutrients, the enzymes, the vitamins, the minerals that actually the plants get from the soil, the carrots, the cucumbers, the broccoli, that is to be taken into the human body.

And that life-giving food gives life to the body. So when you eat dead, depleted food that has no nutritional value, you can see why we are reaching an epidemic level of health-related illnesses. So with that said, I did put the books out there for free.

Grab a free book on this area of nutrition and health if you need more help in that area. But we learn here, every moving thing that lives now shall be food for you. I have given you all things even as I gave you the green herbs.

And God will go on to say later what to eat, what not to eat, the unclean and the clean. You know, you don't want to eat a skunk. You don't want to eat certain animals and the clothes of their hooves and different things.

And it's interesting, even now you look, and when God said eat fish that have scales and avoid those who don't, because we know that like lobsters at the bottom of the ocean and they're just gross. They're the septic system of the ocean.

They're clean, they're very toxic. And so when we eat these oysters and clams and things we love, sorry, I have to tell you the truth today, God knew what he was doing because those are even not healthy foods as far as from a nutritional standpoint.

And so he said, now you can eat the food that moves. Now I could go into a long reason why I think, and I mean, I don't think it's real applicable. I wrote about it in my books, but obviously something shifted and God now allows it.

And so that's my stance on it. I mean, if it's allowed in the Bible, now, I mean, because you get people hardline on either side of this debate. It's allowed in the Bible, but here's the interesting thing, verse four, but you shall not eat flesh with its life that is its blood.

Now in Leviticus, Genesis, Exodus, Exodus maybe too, Leviticus, we're gonna read that God says, don't eat the fat and don't eat the blood, these two things. And so that's where that word kosher comes from.

You hear in the Jewish community, it's the meat that's properly prepared. And so one of the questions that comes in on this area in my view is obviously I think plant food should be the primary diet without a shadow of a doubt.

And what has happened though, when our meat and dairy now is so processed, and people wanna throw a scripture at me, but they haven't done their homework because the meat now that we're eating is so toxic.

I don't even wanna make you sick, but the hormones, the antibodies, the way they're, the antibiotics, they're shot into them, the growth hormone, the way they're fed, what they're fed, the GMO food that they're fed, the things they shouldn't even be eating, and it's consumed.

And the meat is so dirty that we're consuming it. Dairy that actually should be, could be raw, raw dairy, where all the enzymes and nutritional value is not killed in the pasteurization process, pasteurized.

All that was life-giving food, number one. So they eat much cleaner stuff, not McDonald's and Panda Express. Not only that, they moved a lot and didn't deal with obesity. They didn't deal with heart-related issues.

And if you're moving, you're active, and you have clean food, I think there's some leeway there for meat and dairy. But you can't just, you know, I'll look and I can have all this meat and dairy. Now, I think health-wise, you should really look at that.

And the New Year's coming up, you might wanna consider that. But according to the biblical standard here, it is, it's allowable. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is the blood. It's interesting, without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.

The life of the body, the life of the flesh is in the blood. And creation .com, I got this from creation .com, blood provides a coordinated environment for just about everything in the body. You hear the big word, you know, the alkalinity and the alkaline in the blood and the body, it provides oxygen, it removes carbon dioxide and other waste products, it carries essential vitamins and minerals.

Also, blood has to be in the right place, at the right time, at the right temperature, under the right pressure. And it carries messages between organs via something called hormones. And so, what we're finding is that the more you take care of your body and give it what it needs, your hormone levels balance out, your mental capabilities and your mental health, all that really balances out because now the body can work the way it was designed.

Fasting, Health, and Spiritual Discipline

I don't wanna say this, not even in my notes, but it keeps coming up. And somebody even actually, it's funny, this is funny. Somebody told me this yesterday and then I heard it last week. It's like, is that the church that you can't have coffee?

I've never, ever said that, nor will I say that. And somebody, they have a coffee, they hide it from you, and I'm like, I don't care what you do. I'm just telling you, if you struggle with anxiety, depression, you can't sleep, well, don't drink caffeine.

It's a drug, it is a drug. So, take a drug, it's up to you. I'm just gonna tell you the truth. It's a central nervous stimulant that puts your body in fight or flight and you're irritable and shaky all day.

That's just the truth. Now, what you decide, now, you're convicted. Don't say you can't drink coffee at that church. I'm just saying the truth and you must be convicted. That's why you don't wanna take it or wanna hear more about it.

So, I'm just supposed to tell you the truth and then what you do with it is up to you. So, all that is in the books. If you need more information on that, I guess I better drop this bomb as well. Something that really helps in this whole process and what they did earlier in creation, especially Noah, you know, there were seasons of feasts and famine.

So, fasting was actually a part of how we were designed. We were not designed to eat and consume as much as we consume. The fat is stored in feasting and then it's utilized during the seasons of fasting as they traveled.

So, we're calling the church to a fast on January 1st. Many people did fast in October. Fine, that's great, but a lot of people didn't and they're looking forward to starting a fast again, a corporate fast with the church January 1st.

What that looks like is totally up to you. If I were you, I would get off the junk food so you're ready because when you start to fast on junk food, you feel like you're a heroin addict in recovery because you're withdrawing from all kinds of things.

So, I'll have more on that as well, but anyway, I wanna share this with you too. Processed meats, I forgot to just keep convicting you here. Processed meats, basically luncheon meat, sandwiches, fast food, it's now listed.

You can go to the World Health Organization, even though they've lost some credibility in my mind with the recent virus. Processed meats are now listed in the same carcinogen category as alcohol, asbestos, arsenic, diesel engine exhaust, and cigarettes.

Carcinogen is cancer causing. Something as I was researching, what happens is you see the carcinogen enters in and what it does is it begins to affect the cell and then there's cellular multiplication, there's a genetic change, and then it becomes a malignant cell and then the cancer begins to form.

So, carcinogen is cancer causing. Cancer starts at the cellular level and so these toxins come in and they affect the cell and that's why you've heard of pesticides or Roundup, glyphosate and Roundup can really do damage to those cells and that smoking carcinogen, because it's affecting the cells and they begin to respond and they begin to multiply and there's your tumor and things like that.

So, that's what they're finding. So, I think it's time to take back our health in many areas and why this passion is a passion for me and people do say Shane, just focus on spiritual things. I got it, but we live in a physical body.

This is how I live the rest of my life. This is how I lead the church. This is how I raise my family. This is how I lead my family. This is how I have the energy to be productive. This is how I'm in good moods and can minister to others.

This affects everything I do spiritually. So, you better care about both because if we neglect this, we will be running on one cylinder instead of eight, even spiritually speaking. I can't go minister, I don't feel good.

I don't wanna go do that, I don't feel good. I can't get there, I don't feel good. I'm tired, I just wanna watch Netflix all day. Shane, let's just focus on the spiritual, but see, your physical is affecting your spiritual.

There's no way around that, but it's all true, is it not? I mean, let's just be honest. And I know it's difficult, I know it's challenging. I've opened up about this before. For me, I love food, and I eat even good food.

And I know it's hard to believe, but I'm what they would consider 30 to 40 pounds overweight, over my ideal weight. I should weigh about 185, not 225. And, oh, Shane, no, no. But, no, I'm talking about ideally, how the body's carrying around all this weight, and as I get older, things aren't like this.

They're not like they used to be. They, it's a little softer, I can tell. You know, might wanna make some changes there. So fasting, aids, and all that, it's not about the physical, but our physical help affects the spiritual.

Let me tell you, when I'm fasting, when I'm eating good, I come, and my worship is incredible. If I stop by Dunkin' Donuts and grab a venti coffee and ate junk all night and didn't have a good sleep, I'm in a bad mood.

It affects me, and it affects you. You can ignore it, but it does. Verse five, surely for your life blood, now he's switching gears here. Consuming food, now he's saying, basically gonna talk about an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

If somebody kills somebody, they're gonna lose their life. So he says here, surely for your life blood, I will demand a reckoning from the hand of every beast, I will require it, and from the hand of man.

From the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of the man. Whoever sheds man's blood, and of course, he's talking here about innocent blood, not self-defense, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God he was made.

We forget that we are made in the image of God, and this reminds us. And so that's where the capital punishment, when the founding fathers founded our nation, and they looked at Blackstone's commentaries of the laws of England from before the founding of the nation, that's where capital punishment came from.

They actually gave scripture references. Did you know that? Early America gave scripture references in their legal system, and on their laws, and Webster's Dictionary, and in the school system. And so this is where the capital punishment comes from.

Biblical Justice, Human Dignity, and Government

And if you're wondering, why is crime increasing? Hello? Here's what happens now if you rob a store. Don't do that again. Don't do that again. We've decreased the penalties to such a degree that people don't really care.

What about if you got a license, no chance for parole if you're a sex trafficker? You think that would stop a little bit? Think that would back off? They do that to children, they should spend a life in prison.

Shame, where's grace and love? That's a Christian, legal system's different. And see, the penalty matches the action. And then you think before you react, and states have become soft in this area. And now I know sometimes innocent people are tried and convicted.

I understand that the system needs a little bit of overhaul or looked at closely and things like that. But overall, we can't dumb down the penalty. We can't dumb down, and that's when crime increases.

Now, of course, there's reform, and rehab, and things like that. I'm all for changing people and giving them a second chance when it's warranted. But the penalty has to match the crime. And actually, laws and policies, laws and policies should be based on biblical principles.

That's the foundation of any solid government is the laws and principles must be based on God's word. And that's, again, what America did early in her conception. Somebody I was on a conference call with a while ago, his name is Mike Johnson.

He's a congressman in Louisiana, has a great website. He talks about how all these political hot buttons, right, where America's divided, left, right, progressive, this, Republican, Democrat, independent, all laws could be built on a foundation of God's word.

So technically, technically, there shouldn't be two sides. Technically, it should be what does God's word say on these critical issues. But right now, we've got a society hell-bent on rejecting God, and you see a huge, massive division in our country.

But most laws, and on his website, they said there's human dignity because all men are created equal in the image of God. Every human life has dignity and value, and every person should be measured only by the content of their character.

And so see, if your laws, if the laws you're building in the country or wherever, if they're built on God's word, they'll have a powerful impact. And you'll see how legislation is drifting away from God's word.

Have you noticed that? Calling good evil and evil good. And people will say, but Shane, you can't change a person's heart by pushing all these laws on them. True, but you can restrain evil. You can restrain evil and deter wrongdoing.

That's why God would say, don't do this. This will happen. There has to be a pushback on our behavior. I shared with you before, and some of you are new, you've probably seen this, but I was in a local store, and these three guys go running in, they grab as much as they can carry.

And then they leave. And I asked the person, and they're like, well, we can't really do anything, it's under $1 ,000. Are you kidding me? You think it's gonna stop there? You think it's gonna stop there?

What is happening? We have kingdoms colliding right now. You have God's kingdom wanting godliness and holiness and purity and honoring his word, and you have a kingdom that is hell-bent on rejecting God.

Don't tell me what to do. And those kingdoms are colliding. So we're wanting what is pure and noble and honest and right. They're wanting what is depraved and perverted and trying to push that and legislate that.

And our governor came out and challenged the Supreme Court and said, if you go against Roe v. Wade, California's gonna be a sanctuary state where you can come here and slaughter your child. Why do you use such strong language?

Because it's a horrific practice. God, help us. God, help us. Chapter nine, I'm just gonna sum up verses eight through 17. In a nutshell, God said, after the flood, Noah's released now with these words, he said, never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.

So God said, never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth. My rainbow in the cloud shall be for the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. So what's interesting is this logo that is used as a logo of pride is actually a reminder that God will not judge based on pride.

We kind of missed that there. And so when there is a storm, the rainbow appears and it's a reminder of God's covenant, God's promise that he will not go back on, that he will not judge the earth by a flood again.

And that is what the rainbow really is. And taking back the rainbow. But he said here, it's a sign, it's a sign. And God would use signs often. There were signs of his displeasure, but there were also signs that he was with someone or that he would bless someone.

In this case, that he would not judge the earth like this again. And to me, this really stood out. This is a reminder. When does the rainbow come? Kind of sometimes during the storm, right? Do you ever see it raining and thundering?

There's a rainbow out there sometimes after the storm. But it was a reminder to me that the rainbow comes sometimes during the storm or right after the storm. So in other words, as you're going through the storm, especially little kids, they hear the thunder, the lightning, do you ever see them go screaming and running, mom?

They don't understand. You show them the rainbow. And so sometimes you don't see the rainbow until you're going through the storm. Many of us, we're going through the storm, but we've gotta see the promise at the end of the, the light at the end of the tunnel, that rainbow.

Yes, we're in the storm, but God will not let us down. And reminding ourselves of that covenantal promise. And so I'm gonna get to those. I think this is so important. But I wanna talk about the rainbow for just a minute because many times when I talk on this subject, people say you hate people, you're a hate monger, you're a homophobe, which none of that's true.

We love, we love all people, all individuals. And I don't hate what's ahead of me, I just love what's behind me. So as you're guarding your family, guarding your children, guarding the truth, guarding the church, I love what's behind me, I don't hate what's ahead of me.

Boldly Proclaiming Truth in a Hostile Culture

But in doing that, I've gotta stand up for what is right. We've gotta say no, not on our watch. We've gotta hold that ground. We've gotta lift up the truth. That's a big misconception with Christianity right now.

We're not called to be arrogant, Bible thumping, arrogant, you know, in your face, preaching, but we're not called to be passive, wimpy cowards that do nothing and say nothing. We're called to be filled with the spirit of God and boldly proclaim the truth and say, that's not right, that's not good, that's not edifying.

You might not like what I say, you might call me names, but I have a biblical obligation to hold the ground. God said, like Moses, having done all, just stand there, stand there with your loins girt about with truth and proclaim the truth and let the chips fall where they may.

It might convict, it might offend, but Shane, don't, that's not your job, your job is just to preach it and let me handle the details. We're so worried about offending people. Have you ever stopped to consider you might be offending God?

This issue, we can speak boldly and clearly. Oh, I hurt their feelings. Yes, you might. You know, it's okay to hurt feelings. We're in the situation we're in because we're not hurting feelings sometimes.

We're so worried about what we're gonna think and I can't say this and I don't wanna do this and let me just be nice and a motivational speaker and I don't wanna upset people, I don't wanna upset people.

And so people leave here justified while still living in sin. If somebody holding on to sin, rejecting God, can come to church week in and week out and never be convicted, you're not having church. You're going to a motivational seminar.

There should be a conviction, not a judgment, not a hatred, but a conviction. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. I think we forget that Jesus said, if the world hates you, wait a minute, Jesus, hold on.

If the world hates you, know that it first hated me. So if the world loves the way you do church, if the world is not convicted in your church, the world's not convicted by you or your lifestyle, are you sure you're on the right side?

Because just standing up for the truth, the world is going to hate you because you shine a light in the darkness. So finally, the part I wanted to get to, and it only took 25 minutes, reasons why I'm not panicking.

God’s Promises and the Call to Seek Him

You can pick up this brochure from gotquestions .org that lists all these in the lobby. It's so powerful to meditate on. The reason I want to bring these up is if you're like me, you forget about the promises of God sometimes and you get caught up on the headlines.

What's Elon Musk doing? What's China doing? What's Russia doing? By the way, my concerns are with those two individuals. They so disrespect Biden, it's amazing. We used to be the world will look to us for authority and military dominance.

Now they laugh at us. Don't worry, I might get political, so I'm going to stay here. I know, me too. People get mad at me, why are you political? Well, the Bible's political. Did you know the word politics means governing or leading a group of people?

And you don't think the Bible has anything to say about that? It has quite a bit to say about leading or directing a group of people. It has quite a bit to say about laws governing a nation. It has quite a bit to say what is good and evil and what is right and wrong.

It has a lot to say about that. The problem is it's difficult and you step on toes and you have to be a little bold to talk about controversial issues. But the Bible talks about our borders. It talks about the definition of marriage.

It talks about how Congress should act, it talks about the things we don't want to talk about, it talks about. Really what they want the church to do is shut their mouth. You shut your mouth, you worry about religion, we'll handle the other stuff.

But they're interwoven. Now you don't get on political rants, you don't become all, but if it fits into what God's word says, it fits into what God's word says. For example, the founders of America quoted or referenced the Bible four times more than any other source when they put together the founding documents.

Did you know that? They referenced the Bible four times more than any other source. You can go back and look, but you couldn't even run for office unless you believed in God and in Jesus Christ. Boy, that's pretty narrow.

Separation of church and state. Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. I'm gonna drive this sign language guy crazy, I'll slow down.

I'm slowing down for you right now. But that's not true. See, America can't establish a national religion, but we can sovereignly acknowledge the hand of God who has guided us. Acknowledgement is not establishment.

And so, anyway, I better get back on track. I just have a desire for that because we have been so misled that the pulpit is just to focus on these things that have no outward political involvement. Don't step on these toes.

Just stay here and you feed the homeless and you paint houses and you just do good things and you let us handle everything else. The reason that we're in the predicament we're in is because we have done that.

We have given up the reins of truth to the culture. So, let's look at these promises. Get back on track. You guys got me off track here. God promised that if we search for him, we will find him, Deuteronomy.

Now, another translation, your translation might say, if you seek me. It says, if you seek me with all of your heart, you will find me. See, that's a promise. And God isn't like hiding behind the drum set.

It's not that kind of hiding. It's a spiritual. You ever feel dry and empty inside, anybody? Dry, empty, distant from God. Many times it's not his fault, it's our fault. There has to be a yearning and a desire in that word seek.

I've told you many times before, it's like losing your child in a crowded mall. Has it ever happened to you? I mean, you like, you about go ballistic. Everything changes. You're not hungry. You don't have to go to the bathroom.

You don't care what your schedule is. You have to find that child. That's what this is. When you look for God as if he's the priority, when you put him back on the throne, when he is front and center in your life, when you give him everything, when you begin to seek him and search for him, everything else becomes secondary.

He becomes primary. He says, then and only then will you find me. I will rain down from heaven. I will fill you with my spirit. I will guide you. I will direct you. If you seek me with all of your heart, you will find me.

And once you find him, oh, you never wanna let go. Church, have you ever been there when you felt the presence and power of God and he changed you and you just held on to that? I never, never wanna let that go.

If you seek me with all of your heart, you will find me. And I'm convinced that many of you are bored in church because you're not seeking him. You're not fully surrendering your lives. You've got one foot in.

I like the world, but I like God. And I'm miserable because you cannot serve two masters. You'll either love the one and hate the other or despise the one and be loyal to the other. You cannot serve both God and this world.

For years, 11 years, I've mentioned full surrender, dozens and dozens and dozens of times. And it has nothing to do with perfection. It has everything to do with emptiness. Lord, I give you my agenda, my finances, my children, my mouth, my lust, my desires, everything.

God, I give you everything, I need you. I'm emptying myself of everything. God, would you come and fill me? Because what happens when we hold on to a certain area of life? God, you can have everything except, you know what this is, don't act like you don't.

You know, we hold on to that, mm-mm-mm. Do you kids ever do that? My little two and a half year old had something I wanted. She's like, no, mine, mine. And we don't want God to have that. And so we go through life and we're miserable.

We're not happy. When I do this, I get angry. I'm mad, I'm angry, I'm irritated because I want this. I want this. And when you try to get this, I want, I'm mad. Full surrender is just giving God everything.

Your agendas, your desires, your goals, your ministry, your gifting. Say, God, how do you want to use me? Come with your repentant heart. If you seek him, you will find him. God promises protection for his children.

Protection, Love, and Salvation

God promises protection for his children. Psalm 121, read that today if you need encouragement here. The psalmist says, I look to the hills. Where does my help come from? And during that time, they would be surrounded by armies and maybe a Judah or Israel or one of the tribes would come down and they would see their help.

They would see, here comes my help. Here comes my help coming down from the mountains. So the psalmist says the same thing. Where does my help come from? It comes from the hills. Here comes God Almighty.

Who can stand before God Almighty? You plus God is the majority. No matter, no weapon formed against you will prosper when God is on your side. He will protect his children. And then his promise that his love will never fail.

His love will never fail. No matter what you're going through, disappointment, discouragement, his mercy and his grace and his love, they do not fail. You might not feel them all the time, but not feeling is not, feeling is different than failing.

Failing is I promised you this and I can't fulfill it. I have failed you. And God's love will never fail you from the day you make that decision to follow him to the day you die. That love is with you, his mercy and grace.