Hope4Bath

So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. 2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. 3 Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands. 4 Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that ….  Read More

In our third meditation on FREEDOM this week, we enter a Jewish synagogue on the Sabbath, Luke chapter 13 verses 10 -17. Jesus is teaching and there is a woman present, who is longing for FREEDOM. She is a sad sight – she is ‘bent over’, verse 11, and has been so for eighteen years. ….  Read More

O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. 2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. 3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. ….  Read More

n our second meditation on FREEDOM this week, we turn again to John chapter 8. At the beginning of the chapter we meet a woman who is far from free. She has been caught in the act of adultery and brought by Jewish leaders to appear before Jesus in the Temple. She stood condemned as ….  Read More

I am sitting in my study composing this meditation within 30 minutes of the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, making a televised broadcast. He will tell us when, and how, he plans to release us from the long period of lockdown through which we have been passing in order to overcome the global pandemic. I ….  Read More

Truly my soul silently waits for God; from Him comes my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. 3 How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, like a leaning wall and a tottering fence. 4 They only consult to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they ….  Read More

At such times, many have found great encouragement from knowing the personal love of God, a love that includes all and excludes none. From such an experience the following hymn was penned many centuries ago: The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star ….  Read More

The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine. 20 Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing. 21 Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know ….  Read More

‘Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not ALL sleep, but we shall ALL be changed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye’, 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 51. Paul, an apostle, wrote these comforting words to Christians living in the 1st century. They are still a comfort to Christians today, ….  Read More

Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy. 4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; ….  Read More