Hope4Bath

God’s Word, the Bible, brings us all down to the same level and makes us face reality. It does not matter how rich we might be in this world’s goods, spiritually we are bankrupt and have nothing to bring to God. Isaiah, an Old Testament prophet, said, ‘But we are all like an unclean thing, ….  Read More

Hear a just cause, O Lord, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips. 2 Let my vindication come from Your presence; let Your eyes look on the things that are upright. 3 You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed ….  Read More

We went there, 2 weeks ago, a beautiful scenic walk in Somerset; but we nearly missed it because the directions were wrong. Others were the same too, they had wrong directions. We nearly missed out on a great walk and scenery. How tragic, though, to miss God’s fair Heaven because of wrong directions. Heaven: a ….  Read More

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralysed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool ….  Read More

Those who participate in marathons, park runs or fun runs, set their sights on the importance of finishing. A good or improved time may be hoped for, or for the best runners, a good finishing position. But for most, it is the challenge of reaching the finish. The Lord Jesus Christ came into this world ….  Read More

The third thing that captivated Solomon was ‘the way of a ship in the midst of the sea’, Proverbs chapter 30 verse 19. It amazed him that a vessel, steered only by a small and unseen rudder, could find its way through the sea and reach its desired haven. Christians believe that the Lord Jesus, ….  Read More

One of the quietest places in a zoo is the reptile house – nothing ever seems to move! However, when food arrives, seemingly docile creatures spring into action in their rocky enclosures to devour it. The second thing that was ‘too wonderful’ for Solomon to understand was ‘the way of a serpent on a rock’, ….  Read More

It is recorded of King Solomon in the Bible, ‘For he was wiser than all men . . . He spoke three thousand proverbs’, 1 Kings chapter 4 verses 31-32. I invite you to consider one of these proverbs with me in our meditations this week. He wrote, ‘There are three things which are too ….  Read More

Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust. 2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You.” 3 As for the saints who are on the earth, “They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.” 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god; their drink offerings of blood ….  Read More

What worrying times these have been for many young people and others as they have received their exam results or teachers’ assessments. Others have received results of medical tests, surveys etc. Pass or fail; cured or not. They can be life changing experiences. For all of us there is one result we have to accept; ….  Read More