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

"And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Son, the Beloved with whom I am well pleased.'" (v. 17)
Matthew 3:13-17
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"God said to Jacob, 'Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau'. So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, 'Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves, and change your clothes...'" (v.1-2)
Genesis 35:1-15
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"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations... Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the LORD said to me, 'Now, I have put my words in your mouth'". (v.5, 9)
Jeremiah 1:4-10
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"Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smouldering wick until he brings justice to victory. And in his name the Gentiles will hope". (v.18-21)
Matthew 12:15-21
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"So the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." (v.11)
Isaiah 51:7-16
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"Now those who were scattered went from place to place, proclaiming the word." (v.4)
Acts 8:4-13
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"Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life". (v.4)
Romans 6:3-5
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"Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising and have come to pay him homage." (v.2)
Matthew 2:1-12
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"But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel... And he shall be the one of peace". (v.2 & 5)
Micah 5:2-9
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"And that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge". (v.17-19a)
Ephesians 3:14-21
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"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!" (v.34)
Luke 13:31-35
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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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