7 Bible Verses about Responding To God's Call

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Genesis 12:1-4

Now LORD said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing. And I will bless those who bless thee, and he who curses thee I will curse. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.read more.
So Abram went as LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

1 Kings 19:15-21

And LORD said to him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when thou come, thou shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. And thou shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And thou shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in thy place. And it shall come to pass, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall kill. And he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall kill.read more.
Yet I have reserved [for me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him. So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle upon him. And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again, for what have I done to thee? And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to

Matthew 4:19-22

And he says to them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men. And straightaway having left the nets, they followed him. And having gone on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And he called them.read more.
And straightaway having left the boat and their father, they followed him.

Mark 1:16-20

And walking beside the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, the son of Simon, casting a net in the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, Come ye behind me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men. And straightaway they left the nets, and followed him.read more.
And having advanced a little from there he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. And straightaway he called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the workmen, they went behind him.

Luke 5:26-27

And amazement gripped all, and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today. And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, Follow me.

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