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

"But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he night die: 'It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors'. Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, 'Get up and eat'. He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again". (v. 4-6)
1 Kings 19:1-8
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"Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (4:16)
Hebrews 4:14 - 5:14
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"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself form your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rearguard". (v.6-8)
Isaiah 58:1-12
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"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." (v.6)
Matthew 5:1-12
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"Your people shall be my people and your God my God." (v.16)
Ruth 1:1-18
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"May you have a full reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!" (v.12)
Ruth 2:1-16
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"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (v.21)
Matthew 6:1-21
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"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled." (v.21)
Luke 6:17-26
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"My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame." (v.13)
Isaiah 65:1-16
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"Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear." (v.24)
Isaiah 65:17-25
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"Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; Though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident". (v.3)
Psalm 27
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"The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, 'The LORD is with you, you mighty warrior'. Gideon answered him, 'But sir, if the LORD is with us, then why has all this happened to us?'" (v.12-13)
Judges 6:11-24
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