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
22 Sep 2007
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them. I lead them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them".
Hosea 11: 1-12
- Bible Book: Hosea
9 Sep 2007
"Now large crowds were travelling with him; and he turned and said to them, 'Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple'". (v.25-27)
Luke 14:25-33
- Bible Book: Luke
10 Sep 2007
"When his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, saying 'This is the way your servant treated me', he became enraged. And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined". (v.19-20)
Genesis 39:1-23
- Bible Book: Genesis
12 Sep 2007
He replied, 'I have kept all these since my youth.' When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 'There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.' But when he heard this, he became very sad; for he was very rich". (v.18-23)
Luke 18:18-30
- Bible Book: Luke
13 Sep 2007
"If you say to yourself, 'These nations are more numerous than I; how can I dispossess them?' do not be afraid of them. Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt, the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and the outstretched arm by which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples of whom you are afraid". (v.17-19)
Deuteronomy 7:12-26
- Bible Book: Deuteronomy
14 Sep 2007
"And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death – even death on the cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father". (v.8-11)
Philippians 2:5-11
- Bible Book: Philippians
15 Sep 2007
"In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered, and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvations for all who obey him, having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek". (v.7-10)
Hebrews 5:1-10
- Bible Book: Hebrews
4 Sep 2007
"For thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite". (v.15)
Isaiah 57: 14-21
- Bible Book: Isaiah