Hope4Bath

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!” 3 But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did ….  Read More

“Bless me—me also, O my father!” Genesis chapter 27 verse 34 These are words spoken by Esau to his father Jacob. “Bless me—me also, O my father!” Sadly, in a family dispute, Esau’s brother had tricked him and robbed him of his father’s blessing.  Jacob told Esau the sad news “Your brother came with deceit ….  Read More

20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom. 22 And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Lotan’s sister was Timna. 23 These were the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 These were the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah and ….  Read More

If I were to supply you with pen and paper and ask you to write down a list of the seven things that you HATE, what would they be (you could even have a go for real!). After all, I am not asking you to do anything other than what God Himself has done (apart, ….  Read More

Jesu said … 16 “But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, 17 and saying: ‘We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament.’ 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He ….  Read More

I am sure that all of us are aware of short but wise sayings, that we would do well to remember and live our lives by them for guidance.’ However, although often brief and simply stated, they are what we might term, ‘hard sayings’, i.e. a challenge to live up to. I invite you today ….  Read More

‘WHO CAN bring a clean thing out of an unclean?’ Suggested Reading: Job chapter 14 verses 1-22 The Bible confronts us with many questions us that often take us outside of our comfort zone. This is particularly so in the Book of Job. It challenges us with the realities of human existence that we would ….  Read More

Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?” 4 Jesus answered ….  Read More

“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven” Luke chapter 10 verse 20. Who knows your name?  Do you have more than one name and wish you had more? Have you changed your name?  God knows you whatever your name. Where is ….  Read More

Now this is the genealogy of Esau, who is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 Now Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel. 5 And Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born ….  Read More