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: Dedicated to the Lord

"When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon 'Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.'" (v.4)
Luke 5:1-11
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"There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses had placed there at Horeb where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, when they came out of the land of Egypt." (v.9)
1 Kings 8:1-13
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"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built! Have regard to your servant's prayer and his plea, O Lord my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you today." (v.27-28)
1 Kings 8:22-30
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"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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"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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"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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"When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord." (v.22)
Luke 2:22-40
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"But Ittai answered the king, 'As the Lord lives, and as my Lord the king lives, wherever my Lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there also your servant will be.'" (v.21)
2 Samuel 15:1-23
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"Master now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel." (v.29-32)
Luke 2:22-32
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"The king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, 'O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would that I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!' ... So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the troops; the troops stole into the city that day as soldiers steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle." (18:33; 19:2-3)
2 Samuel 18:1 - 19:3
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"When David's time to die drew near, he charged his son Solomon, saying: 'I am about to go the way of all earth. Be strong, be courageous, and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn.'" (v.1-3)
1 Kings 2:1-12
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