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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him,“ Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
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Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,
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2 Timothy 1 11
For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
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Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace
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1 Corinthians 12 11
But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.
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Acts 14:26
From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
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Acts 22:21
“ He said to me,‘ Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”
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Daniel 9:3
I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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1 Timothy 2 7
to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle— I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying— a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
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Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
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Galatians 2:8-9
for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
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Matthew 9:38
Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”
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1 Samuel 2 11
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
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Luke 2:37
and she had been a widow for about eighty- four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.
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Ephesians 3:7
of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
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Acts 8:29
The Spirit said to Philip,“ Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
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Acts 16:6-7
When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
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Acts 6:4
But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”
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Acts 13:3
Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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Luke 10:1
Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he was about to come.
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Acts 20:28
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
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Romans 10:15
And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:“ How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
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1 Chronicles 16 4
He appointed some of the Levites to minister before Yahweh’s ark, and to commemorate, to thank, and to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:
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Hebrews 5:4
Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
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Colossians 4:17
Tell Archippus,“ Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”
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2 Timothy 4 5
But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
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Numbers 8:11-14
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.“ The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
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Acts 10:19
While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him,“ Behold, three men seek you.
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Matthew 6:16
“ Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
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2 Corinthians 11 27
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
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2 Timothy 4 11
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.
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2 Timothy 2 2
The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
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1 Corinthians 7 5
Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self- control.
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1 Chronicles 16 37-1 Chronicles 16 43
So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;and Obed- Edom with their brothers, sixty- eight; Obed- Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before Yahweh’s tabernacle in the high place that was at Gibeon,to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in Yahweh’s law, which he commanded to Israel;and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever;and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.All the people departed, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
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Romans 15:16
that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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2 Corinthians 6 5
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
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Acts 10:30
Cornelius said,“ Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
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Matthew 9:14-15
Then John’s disciples came to him, saying,“ Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”Jesus said to them,“ Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.