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 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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My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favouritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? (v. 1)
James 2:1-7
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Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith. (v. 18)
James 2:8-26
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Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. (v. 12)
Matthew 4:12-23
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Hear this, O elders, give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your ancestors? (v. 2)
Joel 1:1-13
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To you, O Lord, I cry. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have burned all the trees of the field. Even the wild animals cry to you because the watercourses are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. (vs 19-20)
Joel 1:14-20
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They only heard it said, ‘The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.’ And they glorified God because of me. (vs 23-24)
Galatians 1:11-24
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Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. (v. 13)
Joel 2:1-17
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You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame. You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is no other.And my people shall never again be put to shame. (vs 26-27)
Joel 2:18-29
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The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel. (v. 16)
Joel 3:1-16
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The next day he saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, ‘Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!' (v. 29)
John 1:29-42
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'See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God.' (v. 1)
1 John 2:29-3:6
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