Hope4Bath

Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me. 2 Many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah 3 But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head. 4 I cried to the ….  Read More

We cannot begin to imagine the feelings of God the Father in heaven, when wicked men took His only Son, Jesus Christ, and crucified Him. It is true that He sent Him to die for our sins, so that He might be able to forgive the sins of all who trust Him as Saviour; however, ….  Read More

Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; ….  Read More

There is a very real danger that we might be tempted to presume on God’s forgiveness, i.e. to believe that, because He is both loving and forgiving, everything will turn out well for each one of us in the end, regardless of how we respond to Him in this life. Nothing could be further from ….  Read More

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by ….  Read More

This statement is made countless times every day throughout the world, almost always with reference to a specific wrong that we have committed against another. However, when we read the Bible we discover a God that, genuinely, does forgive ALL our sins. King David, Israel’s most famous king, wrote, ‘Bless the Lord, O my soul, ….  Read More

Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he ….  Read More

Today, most of us in the UK will not be thinking of 4 July 1776, the American Independence Day, when the 13 American colonies were no longer subject to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states. Instead we will be thinking more of Lockdown Independence Day! as ….  Read More

It has been said that “you can give without loving, but you can’t love without giving.” At Christmas time we may buy a present for a cousin, bring it home and wrap it up with a nice bow. We hand over the present with a lovely smile and say, “Happy Christmas!”. However, we could be ….  Read More

The Bible says of Jesus, ‘who for the JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God’, Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2. As we trace His life on earth, we discover that rejection, shame and death marked His pathway. ….  Read More