Hope4Bath

To emphasise the value of one individual to God, Jesus told a story of a sheep that was lost, likening the sheep to us, and the reaction of the shepherd to such a loss: ‘What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the ….  Read More

‘Almost 62,000 ‘excess deaths’ have been recorded across the UK since the outbreak of the virus …’ one national newspaper reported last week, these being more deaths than normally take place in that period. We understand what is being measured but it is shocking to reflect that any number of deaths could be described as ….  Read More

I am writing this on the Monday morning when the country is taking its first small steps out of the coronavirus lockdown. The Government has referred to them as ‘baby steps’. Government ministers are urging caution, because if we move too quickly we run the risk of undoing all the progress that has been made ….  Read More

‘There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said ….  Read More

As we come to the end of the week when the lockdown restrictions have been eased and, in some cases lifted, many are critical that the Government should have done less – or more. For good reason Christians are always encouraged to pray for those who make such decisions ‘Therefore I exhort first of all ….  Read More

It has been stated many times, since the Government’s Plan to release the nation from lockdown was unveiled, that the Prime Minister was seeking to achieve the impossible. It has become abundantly evident that such a conclusion is justified. Complex issues have to be addressed, and solved, that go beyond the limits of human reasoning. ….  Read More

There was a couple who sadly had no children but they, and the husband in particular, always claimed that they loved children. Their garden bordered on to a golf course and one summer’s day the husband was laying a concrete path to a gate that led onto the course. He had one of those machines ….  Read More

At the time of writing, there are nearly 5.6 million cases of coronavirus around the world and, tragically, there have been more than 350,000 deaths confirmed. These are truly staggering figures, bearing in mind that they are almost certainly higher in reality. Out of 193 countries, only 12 have no recorded cases of the virus. ….  Read More

In the past week we have been listening to a Government aide explaining why he ‘deviated’ from the Government’s rules on lockdown by going for a half hour drive in the countryside to test his eyesight. His statement led me to think of testing our ‘spiritual eyesight’. There were those in the New Testament, who ….  Read More

What a difference the sunshine makes. Lighter, brighter days; longer days we say but we really mean we have more hours of daylight in every 24 hours. God in His wisdom when He gave us time, 7 days to each week, He also gave us the seasons. After the judgement of the flood God have ….  Read More