Hope4Bath

Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God, 16 that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the ….  Read More

“For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing” Deuteronomy chapter 2 verse 7. These were some of the last words of Moses to the children of Israel; despite all his frustrations with them ….  Read More

Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you ….  Read More

There is a real danger of giving the impression that those who ‘turned the world upside down’, in the 1st century, were all of the male gender. We are indebted to Luke, in ‘The Acts of the Apostles’, for giving us an insight into the considerable contribution made by spiritual women. The first one to ….  Read More

We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbour for his good, leading to edification. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we ….  Read More

PHILIP Our meditation today takes us first of all into hostile territory, A great persecution against Christians in Jerusalem had led to many of them being scattered throughout the region, Acts chapter 8 verse 4. In particular, a man called Saul of Tarsus was creating havoc among the Christians – he had watched those who ….  Read More

Following the death and resurrection of Jesus, His followers preached a message throughout the Roman Empire that dramatically changed people’s lives; indeed, they even caused the opposers of their message to refer to them as those who ‘turned the world upside down’, Acts chapter 17 verse 6. They declared confidently that Christ had died and ….  Read More

But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” 12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to ….  Read More

“I will … I will … I will …” Do you wish for unconditional guarantees, certainty today? To know that you can make a decision with a definite, reassured outcome that will never be reversed, challenged or overturned?. This Monday let us read definite statements made by Jesus Christ; all are found in John’s Gospel. ….  Read More

Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, 18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, in order that ….  Read More