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: Expectancy and Hope
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen?" (v. 24)
The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; for this is the one.” (v. 12)
He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight." (vs 3-4)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. (v. 3)
Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord. (v. 10)
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. (vs 4-5)
Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” (v. 23)
See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight – indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. (v. 1)
But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. (v. 2)
John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming." (v. 16)
An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. (v. 1)
Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. (v. 1)