Bristol Hope Assembly

Proverbs 3:5-6

New King James Version

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

And lean not on your own understanding;

6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He shall [a]direct your paths.

 Pastor Jamie Fitt brings the message - Jesus came as a revelation of the heart of the Father. He lived and died to demonstrate the love of God to us in the most tangible way possible. However, before He ascended into heaven, He stated that it was to our advantage that He went away, so that the Holy Spirit could come. The Bible goes on to reveal the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of adoption by which we call out, "Abba, Father."
The day of Pentecost marks a new chapter in the unfolding and revealing of the God of love. It isn't just a revealing; it's an invitation into the very being and nature of the God of love, who has come to live in us by the power of His Spirit.
John 14:16-18
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you

After making the decision to leave the place of Kadesh Barnea, on needs to now step into the Land of Promise. This week Pastor David will address the spiritual principles to encourage your transformation in “taking the Land.”
Yes, there are giants, but the giants lead to your transformation. These insights are to be found from a place of identity before your Father in heaven. Being cageless birds.
“David strapped Saul's sword over the armor and tried to walk, but he couldn't, because he wasn't used to wearing them. “I can't fight with all this,” he said to Saul. “I'm not used to it.” So he took it all off.” 1 Samuel 17:38-51

The location of decision. The Israelites are faced with a decision. They press into the Promised Land or they stay in the Wilderness. After forty years, they make it to the Land of Promise. Moses later uses the example of Kadesh Barnea to encourage the people to walk in the promises of the Lord.

This week, Pastor David returns to the history of biblical narrative to expound on lessons of decision. How can Kadesh Barnea propel us into the inheritance of the Lord?

“We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has received his inheritance. For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.” Numbers 32:18-19

Belief is a powerful concept in both physical and spiritual practice. Belief will determine how you will act, how one processes the information of everyday life. In our Christian circles, we tend to minimize belief to a singular event: salvation. But belief continues after we come to the cross.
This week, Pastor David will teach on revisiting our belief systems and how those paradigms impact the way we see the world and others.
“And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.” Acts 16: 30-32

Pentecost: Walking with the Correct Limp

Fifty days after the Resurrection, the Gift of the Holy Spirit is imparted to the Believers of the first century. As we prepare our hearts to continually receive a touch of the Spirit’s power, we need to guard out hearts to walk with the correct limp. We desire to wrestle with God, like Jacob, and walk with a ‘limp.’ Unfortunately, some walk with a ‘limp’ which is really church hurt. This trauma can often be handed down knowingly or unknowingly from previous leadership. This Sunday, Pastor David discusses the importance of being empowered by the Spirit and not empowered by the trauma which can trickle down from leaders. “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.” John 16:7-11

We have been redeemed by the “New Adam”—Jesus. Yet, it is common to still view ourselves, one another, and the Lord through the lens of the Curse pronounced after the Fall. This week, Pastor David will teach on how we can live from the place of the “New Adam”.

“And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.” 1 Corinthians 15: 45-49

This Sunday we look forward to receiving the message from our very own, Jonathan Pasquale. “The Seed Never Sees the Petal”

It’s incredible when one sows kindness to a neighbor. Sowing into the local church serves the community well. In this hour, however, is there a call to sow more? Has God released a kingdom of comfort, or has he invited us to sow our lives to see His son receive the reward of his suffering?

Through testimony and scripture, we will explore those who sowed the seed of their lives to see the petals of the kingdom flourish.

Acts chapter 7:51-60, Matthew 13:18-23

Jonathan Pasquale

This week Pastor David continues the theme of the Power of the Blood. The Blood of Jesus has provided salvation, but it also provides an entrance to a tribe of people and a community. Unfortunately, the depth of this reality is often overlooked. As the famous theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer stated: “The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.”

This week let us learn how the Lord paid the ultimate price for union with Him, but also, community with each other.

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light…”

1 Peter 2:9

Nothing in existence more valuable;
Nothing more powerful;
The Blood.
A single drop takes away sin;
The eternal purchase for freedom;
The Blood.
This Sunday, Pastor David will relate the biblical festival of Passover to the Power of the Blood of the Lamb of God—Jesus. Theologically we may know of the power, but the time has come to apply the blood to our lives!
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” Ephesians 1:7