Hope4Bath

As we conclude our meditations on James, the brother of Jesus, please allow me to ask a question: How easily do you lose PATIENCE with people and / or circumstances? The initial readers of James’ letter could easily have done so, as they faced immense pressure from their ungodly employers. These men deprived them of ….  Read More

Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy on us. 3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! ….  Read More

So often we are guilty of believing that our destiny is in our own hands. We ought to have learned during the past two years that such a belief falls well short of reality. Self-confidence has largely evaporated in the face of a deadly virus! Hopefully, recent experiences have taught us that it is foolish ….  Read More

We have learned a great deal about facing trials during the past two years of the pandemic. If we do not approach them in the right manner, our responses can become very negative, e.g. we become bitter, resentful and impatient; we turn our anger on God and charge Him with being uncaring and powerless to ….  Read More

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord.” 2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! 3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together, 4 Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, to the Testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of ….  Read More

“Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels, Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys” 1 Chronicles chapter 27 verse 30. Well this is an unusual Verse for Today! Not what is usually written. That is what I thought but then I felt bad to think I would consider any part of the inspired Scriptures less important than others or ….  Read More

32 Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.” 35 He went a little farther, and ….  Read More

Sadly, fights and quarrels are a feature of most families. It would be hypocritical of me to pretend that they never featured in my relationship with my twin brother! Thankfully, however, they quickly became a thing of the past and harmony reigns! It is a particularly sad thing, however, if they are a feature of ….  Read More

I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. 6 The sun shall not ….  Read More

We noted in a previous meditation that JAMES, a brother of Jesus, would have learned much from sharing family life with his perfect brother. We will see further evidence of this in some of the practical teaching he gives in his New Testament letter. James’s letter shows that one of the key things he would ….  Read More