Hope4Bath

O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 2 The dead bodies of Your servants they have given as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, and there ….  Read More

… so said the prophet Nahum and many more since his day, even when not understanding the purposes of God and the difficulties and sorrows in their lives. ‘The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him’ Nahum chapter 1 verse 7. We can be greatly encouraged, and challenged, ….  Read More

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your ….  Read More

So far this week we have considered two men, who asked the question, ‘WHAT SHALL I DO?’, as they faced momentous decisions. In conclusion, we meet the owner of a vineyard, in a parable Jesus told, who asked the same question, Luke chapter 20 verses 9-16. The owner planted a vineyard that he let out ….  Read More

32 In spite of this they still sinned and did not believe in His wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days He consumed in futility, and their years in fear. 34 When He slew them, then they sought Him; and they returned and sought earnestly for God. 35 Then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer. 36 Nevertheless they flattered Him ….  Read More

In Mark’s Gospel we meet a man, who wanted eternal life. He ran to Jesus, knelt before Him, and asked, ‘Good Teacher, WHAT SHALL I DO that I may inherit eternal life?’, Mark chapter 10 verse 17. We applaud him for approaching Jesus, about a spiritual issue, in a respectful manner. Jesus was impressed with ….  Read More

Most, if not all, of us face dilemmas every day that lead us to ask the question, ‘WHAT SHALL I DO?’ The decisions we make in answer to this question often have important and far-reaching outcomes. It is a question which was on the lips of a variety of individuals in the Bible and the ….  Read More

Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises ….  Read More

In 1844 in the USA, Captain Jonathan Walker was so upset by the plight of slaves that he tried to help some of them escape to freedom. Sadly, the plan failed, the Captain was imprisoned and branded on to his hand were the letters SS standing for ‘Slave Stealer’. The Captain’s kind efforts were admired ….  Read More

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— 2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in ….  Read More