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

"The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip." (v.31)
Genesis 32:22-32
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"Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, 'Why are you staring at one another?' He said, 'Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die'." (42:1-2)
Genesis 41:55 – 42:38
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"Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, 'Send everyone away from me.' So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?'" (45:1-3)
Genesis 44:18 – 45:5
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"'I am God, the God of your father,' he said. 'Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes'." (v.3-4)
Genesis 46:1-30
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"Then he gave them these instructions: I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my father's in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite ... And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place." (49:29, 50:25)
Genesis 49:29 – 50:25
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"While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader's house to say, 'Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?' But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, 'Do not fear, only believe.'" (v.35-36)
Mark 5:21-43
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"But Peter said, 'I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.'" (v.6)
Acts 3:1-10
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"The LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do ... No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; so that the LORD may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.'" (v.17, 19)
Genesis 18:16-33
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"And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, 'What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.'" (v.17)
Genesis 21:5, 8-20
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"So Abraham called that place 'The LORD will provide'; as it is said to this day, 'On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.'" (v.14)
Genesis 22:1-19
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"Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, 'Let us also go, that we may die with him.'" (v.16)
John 11:1-16
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"So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, 'Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed'." (v.27)
Genesis 27:1-29
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