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

"It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the Lord may be on your lips." (v. 9)
Exodus 13:3-10
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"Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine." (v. 2)
Exodus 13:1-2, 11-16
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"When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God thought, 'If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.' So God led the people by the roundabout way of the wilderness towards the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt prepared for battle." (vv. 17-18)
Exodus 13:17 - 14:4
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"Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, ' Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!'" (vv. 9-10)
Mark 11:1-11
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"He was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the seasno for figs. He said to it, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.'" (vv. 12b-14)
Mark 11:12-25
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"Jesus said to them, 'I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.'" (v. 29)
Mark 11:27-33
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"When they realised that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowd. So they left him and went away." (v. 12)
Mark 12:1-11
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"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly I tell you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." (vv. 24-25)
Mark 14:12-25
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"And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom." (v. 38)
Mark 15:21-41
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"Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus." (v. 43)
Mark 15:42-47
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"Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it does, it bears much fruit." (v. 24)
John 12:20-33
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"Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word." (v. 38)
Luke 1:26-38
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