Hope4Bath

Suggested reading: 1 Kings chapter 3 verses 16-28 We have already witnessed this week, the importance of obeying God’s command to ‘ASK!’ Our failure to obey means that we miss the opportunity of experiencing the generosity and faithfulness of God, who will give far beyond what we ever expected. Solomon asked for wisdom to rule ….  Read More

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, 3 And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; they found no city to ….  Read More

/Suggested Reading: 1 Kings chapter 3 verses 1-15 In a previous meditation we focused on the time when God instructed King Solomon to ‘ASK!’, verse 5. We noted that God loves us to ASK of Him, because He also loves to give. We also observed that we miss out on so much blessing, if we ….  Read More

Imagine you are 20 years of age and God says to you, ‘ASK! What shall I give you?’ He asked King Solomon this, when he became king of Israel at the age of 20: ‘At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, ASK! What shall I give you?’, ….  Read More

Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can declare all His praise? 3 Blessed are those who keep justice, and he who does righteousness at all times! 4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favour You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation, 5 That I may see the benefit of ….  Read More

However today finds you, be encouraged and blessed by a forgotten verse in the Old Testament, Nahum chapter 1 verse 7: ‘The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him’. Praise God, every part of that verse is true and is a real verse for today: ‘The Lord is ….  Read More

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. 2 Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace, ….  Read More

So have said many after the past weeks of sport. For others, they have finished a far greater and more important race – THE RACE OF LIFE. Paul, a servant of God, could write in his final letter ‘I have fought the good fight, I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE, I have kept the faith. Finally, there ….  Read More

Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples! 2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works! 3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord! 4 Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face evermore! 5 Remember His marvellous works which ….  Read More

‘Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us RUN WITH ENDURANCE THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US’, Hebrews chapter 12 verse 1. We do not know who the author of this letter in the New Testament of the Bible was; however, it is clear that ….  Read More