Hope4Bath

The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” 2 The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! 3 Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power; in the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew ….  Read More

‘My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth’ Psalm 121 verse 2. Some time today, some place today each of us will need help, support, assistance, guidance encouragement. We are thankful for family, friends, Christian teachers and others who are willing to help, but not all will be able to provide just what we need. ….  Read More

27 Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?” 28 So they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter ….  Read More

EXERCISE PATIENCE Suggested reading: James chapter 5 How easily do you lose your patience with people and circumstances? The readers of this letter from James could so easily have done so as they faced immense pressure from their unscrupulous employers, who often kept back from them their rightful wages, verse 4. They often took advantage ….  Read More

Do not keep silent, O God of my praise! 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. 4 In return for my love they are my ….  Read More

CONTROL THE TONGUE Suggested reading: James chapter 3 Although the focus of our meditations in three of our meditations this week is on the importance of what we do, James also reminds us that it does matter what we say! Even though the tongue is a small member of the body, it is very powerful. ….  Read More

One of the challenges that face Christians is to show by their actions that their Christian faith is real. Facing trials, dealing with temptation, confronting discrimination, controlling the tongue, ending fights and quarrels, overcoming worldliness, resisting the devil, planning the future and exercising patience are aspects of life that are relatively easy to talk about; ….  Read More

O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 2 Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn. 3 I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises to You among the nations. 4 For Your mercy is great above the [a]heavens, and Your truth reaches to the clouds. 5 Be exalted, O ….  Read More

‘Be still, and know that I am God’ Psalm 46 verse 10. Facing a day, a week of challenges, unknowns, anxieties? News from across the world is distressing and our lives are no different. The psalmist similarly had to face such uncertainties but God said to him ‘Be still, and know that I am God’. • ‘Be still, oh ….  Read More

In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 And if I send them away hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for ….  Read More