A major key to life in the Spirit and hearing God’s voice is through Fellowship with Holy Spirit. In the week’s message, David teaches about keys to developing fellowship with the Holy Spirit gleaning from the life of King David. From the time he received the Spirit until his death, King David highly valued his relationship with the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit helped him stay in God’s will and do all that he wanted him to do. This made God consider him a man after His own heart! Check out this week’s message if you would like to learn more about how to develop an intimate friendship with the Holy Spirit gleaning from King David’s life and songs:
David Cwir - The Inner Witness
Being led by the Spirit is an important part of our faith, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). But how do we practically live our lives led by the Spirit? Check out this week’s audio message if you would like to learn about some of the common ways the Spirit speaks and leads people, so that you can continue to grow in your walk and journey in the Spirit:
David Cwir - This One thing is Needed: Intimacy with God
Jesus exhorts us all to be faithful during the time of His delay. The parable of the wise and foolish virgins in Matthew 25:1-13 emphasizes the need to stay connected with Holy Spirit to cultivate intimacy with Jesus. In other words, Jesus directly connected preparation for the end times to cultivating intimacy with God! Through this parable, Jesus taught that it is foolish to neglect our intimacy with God during these times and that it is wise to cultivate it. We must keep our “lamps” filled with the oil of the Spirit! If you would like to hear more about the importance of cultivating intimacy with God along with some practical keys in how to do so, you can download David's message at the following link:
David Cwir - Living Life According to The Spirit
Scripture is clear that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. However, it is also clear that we are to seek and pursue righteousness as New Covenant believers (e.g., Matthew 6:33; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22) . The question becomes: if we are no longer under law, how do we seek righteousness and develop Christ-like character without getting into works of the law? The answer: by walking in the Spirit (Galatians 5:18). If you would like hear more about life in the Spirit, you can download my message at the following link:
David Cwir - Expanding the Kingdom as the Body of Christ
Jesus’ primary ministry was to preach and demonstrate the Kingdom of God. Scripture tells us that one of the purposes of the church is to function as the Body of Christ, acting out the present-day ministry of Jesus. In other words, we are now Christ’s Body with diverse functions and gifts that all work together to expand God’s Kingdom. Check out this week’s message if you would like to learn more about how we are all empowered by the Spirit to be “Jesus’ hands and feet” to the church and to the world, and how we all have a part to play to expand His Kingdom.
David Cwir - The Church, The Spirit, and The Kingdom
Throughout the Bible and church history, the visible dynamic work of the Spirit has frequently manifested itself in drawing people to Christ and into His church. The Spirit is an experienced Kingdom reality who serves both as evidence that the future Kingdom is already at hand and as the guarantee of its final consummation. A genuine recapturing of the dynamic life of the Spirit will result in building the church and in more effective evangelism by showing people that His Kingdom is present here and now. Check out this week’s message if you would like to learn more about the essential role that the Spirit played in Jesus ministry and message about the Kingdom, and how we are to continue Christ’s ministry by the power of the Spirit:
David Cwir - Spirit Outreach with Wind, Fire, & Wine (Acts 2)
The message of the gospel is truth accompanied by experienced reality (as in 1 Corinthians 2:1-5). Although it came in word (proclaimed truth), it did not come in word alone: God verified its truthfulness by a display of His power through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Paul’s Spirit-empowered word was regularly accompanied by Spirit-empowered miracles as well (Romans 15:18-19). Galatians 3:1-5 shows that Paul’s converts’ own experience of the Spirit was also accompanied by experiential phenomena to which Paul can appeal as evidence of their having become the children of God by faith. It is this difference between Paul and us that is so radical that it explains a lot about our present condition in the West. We need to get back to Biblical Christianity and live like Jesus called us to live by the Holy Spirit!
David Cwir - Ministering in the Power of Holy Spirit
Not only did Jesus delegate His authority to us, He also gave us the same power that He operated in through the Holy Spirit so that we could carry on His work until He returns. Although the gospel came in word (proclaimed truth), it did not come in word alone: God verified its truthfulness by a display of His power through the ministry of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:1-5). We are called and commissioned by Jesus to operate in that same power today. If you would like to learn more about how we are called to operate in the power of the Spirit through Christ, you can download David's message at the following link:
David Cwir - Part 1 - How to Know God's Will & Be Led By The Spirit
We come to know God’s will through relationship with Holy Spirit. Of course, you can get an idea of God’s will through the Scripture, but the Scripture doesn’t always tell us what God’s will is for specific situations in our lives. God wrote the Bible in such a way that we need to know what to do through relationship. Check out Part 1 of this 2 part message on how to know God's will and be led by the Spirit:
David Cwir - Part 2 - How to Know God's Will & Be Led By The Spirit
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing, which is to be conformed to the image of Christ. Not only was Holy Spirit the defining characteristic of Jesus’ life and ministry (Acts 10:38), He is also the one defining characteristic of all true Christians (Romans 8:9). As soon as Jesus was anointed by the Spirit, He immediately began being led by the Spirit (Luke 4:1-2). This is exactly what we are supposed to do as Christians: “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God” (Romans 8:14). In Part 2 of this 2 part message, David gives a scriptural foundation on how to hear God’s voice, know God’s will, and be led by the Spirit. If you would like, you can download this message at the following link:
David Cwir - Part 1 - Quest for the Radical Middle: Legalism vs. Lawlessness
The Radical Middle is “the perfect balance between biblical truths in tension.” There are a number of such tensions in the Bible and Biblical truth is found in the radical middle, holding these truths in happy tension. The Quest for the Radical Middle: The danger of not holding truth in tension is that we end up in error and rationalize away scriptures that don’t conform to our understanding of truth. God has this tension intentionally in Scripture because we are no longer under law: We are under relationship. Check out Part 1 of this session to learn more about the importance of life in the Spirit for staying on the path of life (the radical middle).
David Cwir - Part 2 - Quest for the Radical Middle: Legalism vs. Lawlessness
The Radical Middle is “the perfect balance between biblical truths in tension.” There are a number of such tensions in the Bible and Biblical truth is found in the radical middle, holding these truths in happy tension. The Quest for the Radical Middle: The danger of not holding truth in tension is that we end up in error and rationalize away scriptures that don’t conform to our understanding of truth. God has this tension intentionally in Scripture because we are no longer under law: We are under relationship. Check out Part 2 of this session to learn more about the importance of life in the Spirit for staying on the path of life (the radical middle).
