Hope4Bath

Naturally speaking, LONELINESS is something we often seek to avoid. However, there are some moving verses in the Gospels that focus on Christ’s loneliness, e.g. ‘And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain BY HIMSELF to pray. Now WHEN THE EVENING CAME, He was ALONE THERE’, Matthew chapter 14 ….  Read More

Jesus said: “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may ….  Read More

Diolch, Merci, Gracias, Ddanke, Grazie, Obrigado, Mam’noon, Dhanyavaad, Xièxiè Such a simple word, easy to say, one of the first words we were taught by parents and friends.  But why are we so slow to say it “Thank you”?  It doesn’t cost us anything other than recognising some one has been kind or good to ….  Read More

So Jacob lodged there that same night, and took what came to his hand as a present for Esau his brother: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals. 16 Then he delivered them to the hand of his servants, ….  Read More

We have seen in our meditations this week the many times that the restless SEA appears in the Scriptures as a backdrop to distressing incidents, which remind us of the SORROW and lack of peace seen among the nations of the world today. It is not surprising, therefore, to discover that many hymn writers used ….  Read More

Jesus said: “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for ….  Read More

In our previous meditation we considered how two Old Testament prophets likened the tossing and turning SEA to the restless nations of the world. This week we will turn our attention to the New Testament; however, although we have moved into a different dispensation, we discover that the SEA has not changed its nature. It ….  Read More

God said, through Isaiah the prophet, ‘But the wicked are like the TROUBLED SEA, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. “There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked”, Isaiah chapter 57 verses 20-21. ‘THE SEA’ is, therefore, a picture in the Bible of the restless nations that make ….  Read More

Jesus said: “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavour, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do ….  Read More

John chapter 9 verse 11 Do you know this man, “The man they call Jesus”? Have you heard of him “The man they call Jesus”? Why is he so important to us and to the world “The man they call Jesus”? In John’s Gospel chapter 9 we read of a blind man and, unbeknown to him, ….  Read More