Nick Lemau

Good to Those Who Wait

“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” — Lamentations 3:25 Waiting is hard.Especially when you’ve been praying. When you’ve been faithful. When you’ve done everything you know to do—and still nothing seems to be changing. We

Finding Peace in Isaiah 41:10

Do Not Fear “Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” — Isaiah 41:10 NKJV There are moments when life feels heavier than we expected.

God's Promise to Restore Lost Years

God Can Restore the Years “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten…” — Joel 2:25 NKJV There are some things we lose that we can replace. Money can be earned again. Possessions can be replaced. Plans can be changed. But time feels different.

Don’t Just Believe Different—Live Different

Romans 12 There comes a point in our walk with Jesus when what we believe has to change how we live. Romans 12 is that turning point.For the first eleven chapters of Romans, Paul lays out the incredible mercy and grace of God—the reality of our sin, salvation

His Ways Are Higher

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” — Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) There are moments when God simply doesn’t make sense to us. We pray, but the answer doesn’t come the way we

Faith That Rejoices, Prays, and Gives Thanks

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 (NKJV) Three verses. Three simple commands. And if we’re being truthful, three things that can become incredibly difficult when life gets heavy. Rejoice

Finding Rest for a Weary Soul

WHEN YOUR SOUL IS TIRED “For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.” — Jeremiah 31:25 NKJV There is a kind of tired that sleep doesn’t fix. You can get a full night of sleep and still wake up exhausted. You can take

Maybe the Rock Was Never Supposed to Move

Have you ever been faithful to something God asked you to do, only to look around and wonder: “Why isn’t anything changing?” There’s an old illustration about a man who was given an assignment from the Lord. “See that large boulder? Every day, I want you to push

Choosing Mercy Over Judgment

WHEN YOU WANT TO THROW STONES “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” — John 8:7 (NKJV) Some days, you understand the people holding the stones. Someone hurts you. Someone disappoints you. Someone lies about you. Someone makes a decision that affects

Trusting God with your timeline

My Times Are in His Hands Psalm 31:15 “My times are in Your hand…” — Psalm 31:15 There are seasons when life feels completely out of our control. Plans change. Doors close. Answers take longer than expected. People leave. Opportunities disappear. Prayers seem delayed. And suddenly, the timeline we

God is watching your every step

HE WON’T LET YOU FALL Psalm 121:3 “He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber.” — Psalm 121:3 (NLT) There are seasons when it feels like you’re barely keeping your footing. You’re tired. You’re stretched. You’re trying

Finding Security in God Amidst Life's Instability

WHEN EVERYTHING SHAKES, GOD DOESN’T “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” — Psalm 18:2 (NIV) David knew what it felt like to need somewhere safe.

Drawing Near to the Throne of Grace

COME BOLDLY “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” — Hebrews 4:16 (ESV) There are moments when we feel like running toward God—and there are moments when we feel like

The Importance of Gathering for Worship

Don’t Miss the Gathering There is something sacred about Sunday. Not because Sunday is the only day we can worship God. Not because the church is a building. And certainly not because showing up earns us anything with God. Sunday matters because God’s people gather. Hebrews 10:24–

Viewing Difficult Seasons as Divine Assignments

Maybe This Difficult Place Is a Divine Assignment What if the difficult place you’re in today isn’t just something you need to get through? What if it’s somewhere God wants to shine through you? Most of us spend difficult seasons asking God to change our circumstances.“Lord,

Finding Purpose in Seasons of Isolation

“God Will Isolate You Before He Elevates You” There are seasons when God seems to pull you away from everything familiar. The phone doesn’t ring as much. Certain relationships change. Doors you expected to open stay closed. People you thought would walk with you suddenly become distant. And you

Strength For The Step I Am On

There are seasons when I wish God would give me strength for the whole journey. Strength for next month. Strength for the next decision. Strength for everything that might happen. But lately I’m learning that God doesn’t always give me strength for the whole road. He gives me

Finding Purpose in Your Current Season

For Such a Time as This “And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” — Esther 4:14, ESV There are moments in life when suddenly everything begins to make a little more sense. The experiences you’ve walked through. The doors

Search Me, God

Search Me, God “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.” — Psalm 139:23 (NIV) It’s easy to ask God to change our circumstances. It’s much harder to ask Him to change us. David ends Psalm 139 with a courageous prayer: “Search

Placing Trust in God Instead of People

When Trust Is in the Wrong Place “This is what the LORD says: ‘Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the LORD.’” — Jeremiah 17:5 (NLT) There is nothing wrong with having people you trust. God

Planted by the Water

Jeremiah 17:7–8 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be

The difference between caring and carrying

Caring Without Carrying “Jesus, teach me the difference between caring and carrying. Help me surrender what was never mine to control.” There is a difference between loving someone deeply and taking responsibility for what only God can handle. Sometimes we confuse the two. We care about our children, so we

Overcoming fear by remembering God's faithfulness

Fear has a way of making us forget. There’s an acrostic for FEAR that says: F — Forget  E — Everything  A — And  R — Run And sometimes, that’s exactly what fear does. Fear makes us forget everything God has already done and run from the very place where He is

God Is for Us

If God Is for Us “What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?” — Romans 8:31 (NLT) There are seasons when it feels like everything is against you. The circumstances are against you. The numbers are against

The Importance of Guarding Your Heart

Guard Your Heart “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” — Proverbs 4:23 (NKJV) We spend a lot of time guarding things that matter to us. We lock our doors. We protect our passwords. We watch our finances. We try to protect