Hope4Bath

All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. These are the words of a once popular children’s hymn in England. Whether a child or older, it is good for all of us to look around and see the wonder of God’s creation. This will ….  Read More

When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. 2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with His disciples. 3 Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there ….  Read More

Are you worried about anything today? Listen to the words of a man who was placed under house-arrest and chained between two Roman soldiers in the 1st century: ‘Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which ….  Read More

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by. 2 I will cry out to God Most High, to God who performs all things for me. 3 He shall send from heaven and save me; He reproaches ….  Read More

Peter, one of Jesus’ disciples, wrote the following to Christians who were facing severe persecution in the 1st century and had every excuse to be anxious: ‘Casting all your care upon Him {God}, for He cares for you’, 1 Peter chapter 5 verse 7. It is possible that Peter had in mind an event that ….  Read More

Most would, no doubt, agree that we are passing through a time of unparalleled anxiety. Almost every Government briefing on the current pandemic is dominated by questions as to when it is going to end. No one, of course, has the answer and this only serves to increase the anxiety levels. We might justifiably ask, ….  Read More

Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; fighting all day he oppresses me. 2 My enemies would hound me all day, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High. 3 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. 4 In God (I will praise His word), in God I have put my trust; I will ….  Read More

Are you pleased to turn the calendar, leaving January behind and starting a new month, and that the month with the least number of days? At least in the west February brings us closer to spring, a little more daylight and the buds beginning to appear. All months and seasons are all to be enjoyed, ….  Read More