Hope4Bath

Many of you will have heard the apocryphal story of a man who was heard to pray, ‘Lord, give me patience but I want it NOW!’ We are living in an increasingly restless world. We have been called upon to exercise great patience in the face of the Covid19 pandemic and, in general, people around ….  Read More

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, ….  Read More

”Jesus wept” John’s Gospel chapter 11 verse 35. Only two words for ‘Verse for the Day”? Whatever your Monday looks like today, this shortest verse of the Bible will help carry you through any difficulties, problems and challenges. It will encourage with your joys and blessings. The Lord Jesus always makes the difference: ”Jesus wept” ….  Read More

15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.” 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and ….  Read More

I suppose that there is little else that is more demoralising than having a FRIEND, in whom you trusted, let you down. It is often said that there are few people in life in whom you can place your complete trust; however, you expect to be able to trust a friend. Sadly, however, even this ….  Read More

13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the ….  Read More

So often a hymn will express what we find it difficult to put into words. We thought in our last meditation of a good friend of mine, who discovered late in life that ‘there is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother’, Proverbs chapter 18 verse 24. The hymn, ‘I’ve found a Friend’, clothes ….  Read More

Yesterday I had the task of conducting the funeral service of David, a very good friend, who passed away on 20 March. If you had met him 15 years ago, you would have been surprised that he would ever become a close friend. In many ways he had led a lonely and aimless life. He ….  Read More

I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and ….  Read More

Should you meet some one today for the first and only time, what helpful saying, quotation, proverb would you pass on to them? What important message would you want them to hear? Can I pass on to you today just 25 words that will change your life and your future destiny. They are words spoken ….  Read More