Pastor Lem Niere

By Pastor Lem Niere (Creation Life) Relationships are full of small requests for attention. A friend sends a funny photo. A child holds up a drawing. A spouse reads a headline out loud. A coworker asks, “Got a second?” We call these moments “bids.” Each one asks a simple question: Will you notice me? Research suggests the…

By Pastor Lem Niere “Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honourable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine,…

by Lemuel Niere “Are not two sparrows sold for one copper coin?” “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins?” [Matthew 10:29-31; Luke 12:6]. Are you a worrywart? In Matthew 6:25, 26 Jesus tells us to “look at the birds of the air” and be encouraged. The house sparrow is one of the most…

By Pastor Lem Niere Psalm 133 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” In this Peanuts cartoon Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus.…

By Pastor Lem Niere (From Creation Life) In 1937, a Canadian entomologist named Fred Urquhart began gluing tiny paper tags to the wings of monarch butterflies. Each tag weighed almost nothing and carried a simple request: mail it back to the Zoology Department at the University of Toronto. Fred and his wife Norah wanted to…

By Pastor Lem Niere Let’s be honest—trusting God sounds great until life throws you curveballs. You lose your job. A relationship falls apart. The medical diagnosis catches you off guard. And suddenly, trusting God doesn’t feel so simple. But here’s the truth: even when life doesn’t make sense, God does. And He can be trusted—fully,…

by Pastor Lem from CREATION Life He’d never seen a pool like it. Fifty meters of blue stretching out before him, deeper and wider than anything he’d swum in his life. Eric “the Eel” Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea had taken up swimming only eight months earlier, training before dawn in a hotel pool barely twelve…

by Pastor Lem Niere A man once believed that he was dead. The psychiatrist had difficulty persuading him that he was not dead. No argument seemed to convince him. The doctor finally thought of an idea. He asked the man if he believed that dead men don’t bleed. “Yes,” replied the man, “dead men don’t…

by Pastor Lem Niere July 4, 2026 is a historic anniversary of America. Two hundred and fifty years since the founding of our great nation, the United States of America! it is worth remembering that America’s founders were not only brilliant statesmen, but men deeply influenced by biblical truth. While they studied the great civilizations…