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

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This week's theme: The Cry for Justice

The Resource Hub Bible Studies
Friday 6 December 2024

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen?" (v. 24)

1 Samuel 10:17-24
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Thursday 06 December 2018

6 Dec 2018

'Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.' (v 22)
1 Samuel 15:10-23
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Monday 18 January 2010

18 Jan 2010

"And Samuel said, 'Has the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obedience to the voice of the Lord?'" (v.22)
1 Samuel 15:16-23
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Thursday 18 December 2014

18 Dec 2014

“Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD was sorry that he had made Saul king over Israel.” (v. 35)
1 Samuel 15:34-35
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Friday 19 December 2014

19 Dec 2014

“The LORD said to Samuel, ‘How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.’” (v. 1)
1 Samuel 16:1-9
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Saturday 7 December 2024

The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; for this is the one.” (v. 12)

1 Samuel 16:1-13
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Friday 07 December 2018

7 Dec 2018

‘… the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.’ (v 7)
1 Samuel 16:1-13
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Saturday 04 December 2021

4 Dec 2021

‘But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.’ (v. 7)
1 Samuel 16:1-13
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Tuesday 19 January 2010

19 Jan 2010

"Samuel said to Jesse, 'Are all your sons here?' And he said, 'There remains yet the youngest, but he is keeping the sheep.' And Samuel said to Jesse, 'Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.' He sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome. The Lord said, 'Rise and anoint him; for this is the one.'" (v.11-12)
1 Samuel 16:1-13
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Saturday 20 December 2014

20 Dec 2014

“The LORD said, ‘Rise and anoint him; for this is the one.’ Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the presence of his brothers; and the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.” (vv. 12-13)
1 Samuel 16:10-13
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Wednesday 20 January 2010

20 Jan 2010

"But David said to the Philistine, 'You come to me with sword and spear and javelin; but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head...'" (v.45-46)
1 Samuel 17:32-51
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Thursday 21 January 2010

21 Jan 2010

"As they were coming home, when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments. And the women sang to one another as they made merry, 'Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.' Saul was very angry, for this saying displeased him. He said, 'They have ascribed to David tens of thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands; what more can he have but the kingdom?'" (v.6-8)
1 Samuel 18:6 - 19:7
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