Bible Studies

We hope you find our 'Word in Time' Bible studies support you in recognising God in Scripture, and the world around you.

Each week’s studies are written by volunteers across the Connexion (you can read the author’s biography after each study). They follow the lectionary of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. You may additionally be interested in our Prayer of the Day, also from the Methodist Prayer Handbook.

If you would like to write for A Word in Time, please email wit@methodistchurch.org.uk

This week's theme: Slavery and Freedom

"Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king to execute justice and righteousness." (v.9)
1 Kings 10:1-10
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1 Kings 10:1-10
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"So she said to the king, 'The report was true that I heard in my own land of your accomplishments and of your wisdom, but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it'". (v. 6-7a)
1 Kings 10:1-13
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"The whole world sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind." (v.24)
1 Kings 10:14-25
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1 Kings 11:29-32
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“... and his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel.” (v. 9)
1 Kings 11:4-13
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"For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David." (v.4)
1 Kings 11:4-13
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"The king answered the people harshly. He disregarded the advice that the older men had given him and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men." (v.13-14)
1 Kings 12:12-19
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“You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough.” (v. 28)
1 Kings 12:25-31
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"So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. He said to the people, 'You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.'" (12:28)
1 Kings 12:26-33; 13:34
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"You shall drink from the wadi and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there." (v.4)
1 Kings 17:1-6
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“So he went and did according to the word of the Lord.” (v. 5)
1 Kings 17:1-7
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