Hope4Bath

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! 2 For You are the God of my strength; why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; ….  Read More

We awoke one morning last week in the UK to exciting news. We discovered that we had become the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination. The move from concept to reality has been impressive. A process that normally takes 10 years to complete has been achieved in ….  Read More

I had a favourite aunt in my youth; however, she disappointed me every Christmas. Three plain white handkerchiefs was her idea of an acceptable present for a young nephew! My mother’s annual rebuke to me was, ‘It’s the thought that counts’, which never helped me overcome my disappointment. The Bible makes it clear that God’s ….  Read More

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my ….  Read More

… so read one of the UK’s national headlines recently. The news was that with the relaxation of lockdowns there can be a measure of normality again, we can meet up with family and friends and enjoy a time over Christmas. We will all value this no doubt, but sadly we know it could all ….  Read More

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing that ….  Read More

One of the best known sections in the Bible is THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN: ‘Then Jesus answered and said, “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among THIEVES, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance A CERTAIN PRIEST came ….  Read More

Blessed is he who considers the poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. 4 I said, “Lord, be merciful ….  Read More

We would find it strange to pick up a holiday brochure and discover that all it told us was what could not be found in the destination we were interested in. Some of this ‘negative’ information might be useful to know; however, primarily, we would want to learn about the ‘positives’ that would entice us ….  Read More

Most people accept that Christmas this year will differ from those of the past; nevertheless, a familiar question will be asked in many households over the coming weeks: ‘What do you want for Christmas?’ We discover in the Old Testament that God asked King Solomon a similar question: ‘Ask! What shall I give you?’, 1 ….  Read More