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 Coming Light

“This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work in him.” (v. 2)
Matthew 14:1-12
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“When the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan flowing from above shall be cut off; they shall stand in a single heap.” (v. 13)
Joshua 3:1-17
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“(T)hen you shall let your children know, ‘Israel crossed over the Jordan here on dry ground.’ For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea …” (v. 22-23a)
Joshua 4:1–5:1
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“The city and all that is in it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction.” (6:17)
Joshua 5:13–6:20
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“I am the living bread which came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I give for the life of the world is my flesh.” (v. 51)
John 6:51-58
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“In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ.” (v. 11)
Colossians 2:8-15
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“Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, dwelling on visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.” (v. 18-19)
Colossians 2:16-23
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“Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.” (3:14-15)
Colossians 3:1-17
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“Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is your acceptable duty in the Lord.” (v. 18-20)
Colossians 3:18 – 4:1
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“You are those who have stood by me in my trials and I confer on you, just as my Father has conferred on me, a kingdom...” (v. 28-29)
Luke 22:24-30
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“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.” (v. 2)
Colossians 4:2-6
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“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life.’” (v. 35a)
John 6:35, 41-51
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