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.

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This week's theme: The Coming Light

‘I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.’ Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel (v6).
Exodus 17:1-7
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The Lord said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.” (vs 5-6)

Exodus 17:1-7
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“So Moses cried out to the LORD, ‘What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.’” (v. 4)
Exodus 17:1-7 (Water from the rock)
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"Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink." (v. 6)
Exodus 17:1-13
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"So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said" (v. 24)
Exodus 18:1-27
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Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good. You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you. For the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone." (vs 17-18)

Exodus 18:13-26

Exodus 18:13-26
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“You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you. For the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.” (v. 18)
Exodus 18:13-26
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'If you do this, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will go to their home in peace.’ (v. 23)
Exodus 18:13-26
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“Moses’ father-in-law said to him, ‘What you are doing is not good. You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you. For the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.’” (v. 17-18)
Exodus 18:13-26 (Sensible advice)
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On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came into the wilderness of Sinai. (v. 1)

Exodus 19:1-9a
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'Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples.' (5a)
Exodus 19:1-9a
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'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine, but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.' (vs 4-6)
Exodus 19:1-25
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