Elisha: God’s Power Prophet: Baldness, Bad Boys and Bears
By Brad Quiring on July 15, 2018
In one of the most controversial stories of the Bible, one might accuse Elisha of overreacting out of his vanity. But, look at the whole story and you’ll see a deep-rooted disrespect not for Elisha, but for God and His Gospel. The whole nation of Israel was a moral and ethical disaster, and the time for a cleanup had...
Elisha: God’s Power Prophet: Productive
By Brad Quiring on July 8, 2018
The land, like life, can be unproductive. In fact, under certain conditions, death is the only outcome. The people of Jericho and surrounding area were in the midst of a water crisis. Their water was unsafe for consumption and agricultural production. God used Elisha not only to rescue them, but we see a greater lesson unfolding of God taking that...
Elisha: God’s Power Prophet: Double Spirit
By Brad Quiring on July 1, 2018
God’s plan for Elisha was revealed in Elijah’s darkest moment. God was correcting the course of Israel and his plan included a new prophet to speak to both kings and citizens. When Elisha was named as the new spokesman for God, he had a simple but deep request of his mentor: “Let me inherit a double portion of...
Be Refreshed
By Brad Quiring on June 24, 2018
Isaiah 55; We look to summer as a time for refreshment and renewal, especially after a long, hard winter and the work that accompanies it. Many head out on holidays and some work places experience a slowdown in action, while others face a big jump in activity. Nevertheless, we in Manitoba see summer as a time to refresh. Our refreshment comes...
Ignite!: Reinforcement
By Brad Quiring on June 17, 2018
Acts 14:21-28. After Paul, Barnabas and their team completed their tour of Asia Minor, they returned to all the places they had been and reinforced the churches: praying with, teaching, warning and encouraging them. They established leadership teams and helped strengthen the work that had begun. God has called us to reinforce our churches with prayer, the Word of God...
Camp Nutimik Sunday
By Wayne EisBrenner on June 10, 2018
For its whole life as a church, Abundant Life has been a partner of Camp Nutimik. Camp Nutimik is located in the Whiteshell Provincial Park and plays an important role in helping children and youth learn about Jesus and to develop leaders. Nutimik's executive director Wayne EisBrenner will be speaking this morning to not only let us know what is...
Camp Nutimik Sunday: God Changes People
By Wayne EisBrenner on June 7, 2018
For its whole life as a church, Abundant Life has been a partner of Camp Nutimik. The camp is located in the Whiteshell Provincial Park and plays an important role in helping children and youth learn about Jesus and to develop leaders. Nutimik’s executive director Wayne EisBrenner on how God changes people's lives, and how participating with Camp Nutimik...
Highest Honour: Honouring Purity
By Brad Quiring on May 27, 2018
Marriage is to be held in highest honour by everyone, whether they are married or not. Before marriage, God expects and helps us to be sexually pure and to honour one another in love. Within marriage God also expects couples to be sexually pure, faithful and honouring one another in love. This is part of being faithful to one another....
Highest Honour: Honouring the Love
By Brad Quiring on May 20, 2018
Love stands out in most people's minds when they think of marriage. The image is usually rose-coloured romanticism but not real love. Romantic love definitely has its place in marriage, but the real love that God commands reflects the attitude of Jesus Christ. Marriage is the place where the husband and wife exercise true agape love for one another, sacrificially...
Highest Honour: Honouring One Another
By Brad Quiring on May 13, 2018
God created marriage for two to become one. A man and a woman, two distinct people, both created in the image of God, brought together by God to become one. From the beginning, God said it was not good for man to be alone, so he worked his creation miracle to ensure that "alone" was not part of his original...
Highest Honour: Honouring God
By Brad Quiring on May 6, 2018
Marriage was established by God for His Glory and to illustrate to the world his relationship with his people. He shows how he works and how believers should work with him in His Church and use that as the model for how husbands and wives work together in their marriage relationship.
Why Should I Blend In When I Can and Should Stand Out?
By Bob McLaughlin, Salvation Today Ministries on April 29, 2018
Bob & Trudy McLaughlin of Salvation Today Ministries are with us this morning to make us ask and answer the question: "Why Should I Blend In When I Can and Should Stand Out?" God is working all around the world, but he works through all kinds of people, including us!
Ignite!: The Gospel is All About God
By Brad Quiring on April 22, 2018
"The Gospel is all About God" Acts 14:8-20. In their next stop of Lystra, Paul, Barnabas and their companions were given the opportunity to show the power of God and present the gospel. The reaction of the crowds in Lystra was completely unexpected. For many of us, we would love to take advantage of the opportunity, avoid trouble and come...
Ignite!: The Power of God in the Gospel
By Brad Quiring on April 15, 2018
The Power of God in the Gospel. Acts 14:1-20. The Gospel of Jesus isn't just a feel-good message to bring people some sense of hope. The very power of God is behind everything. This power moved history to the point of Jesus' dying for our sins, this power raised Jesus from the dead, this power destroys the authority of sin...
Ignite!: Are you REALLY Listening?
By Brad Quiring on April 8, 2018
When the Good News of Jesus is proclaimed, there are two reactions: accept or reject. No one can sit on the fence. If you really listen to the message you will hear and find the Truth. If you choose to not listen and hear what you want to hear, you will reject Life. Are you listening? Read Acts 13:13-52
The Cross: Resurrection Sunday: The Empty Cross and Grave
By Brad Quiring on April 1, 2018
1 Corinthians 15:12-28. Jesus died on the cross. He was buried. Had he stayed in the grave, he would be no better or different than any other human. But Jesus rose again from the dead. Both the cross and the grave are empty because Jesus is alive. Because Jesus is alive, we are alive, too, through faith in the fact of...
The Cross: Good Friday: The Reason for the Cross
By Brad Quiring on March 30, 2018
Isaiah 53 – Jesus was our substitute on the cross (Galatians 3:13). He took upon himself all of God’s righteous and holy punishment reserved for us.
The Cross: My Cost from Christ’s Cross
By Brad Quiring on March 25, 2018
The cross was very costly for Jesus. It cost Him His life. It was costly for God the Father, as it cost Him His son. But all this was done out of love for us. What will our response be? Do we live for ourselves and today, or do we live for Someone who is so much higher and greater?...
The Cross: Our New Life in Jesus’ Cross
By Brad Quiring on March 18, 2018
Jesus died for us to take away our sin nature and our sinful lifestyle. His death didn’t just take sin away, it gave us new life, a new self, a new being and a new purpose in life. We died with Christ so that we could become new. Galatians 2:19-21; Romans 6:1-14.
The Cross: The Glory of the Shameful Cross
By Brad Quiring on March 11, 2018
The message of the cross, of Jesus’ substitutionary death, is the primary message. God turned the shame and curse of the cross into His glory and our salvation. This is what we proudly proclaim: The Gospel of Jesus is simple: Jesus died on the cross for our sins. That is all we have to announce. Hebrews 12:1-3; 1 Corinthians 1:17-18